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James Davis

b. 4 July 1619, d. 18 July 1694

James Davis|b. 4 Jul 1619\nd. 18 Jul 1694|p3184.htm|James Davis|b. 1583\nd. 29 Jan 1678/79|p3194.htm|Cicely Thayer|b. 1 May 1600\nd. 28 May 1673|p3195.htm|||||||John Tayer|b. 6 May 1561\nd. 1 Jan 1600/1|p6416.htm|Joan Lawrence|b. 29 Oct 1570\nd. a 1626|p6417.htm|

Father*

James Davis¹ b. 1583, d. 29 Jan 1678/79

Mother*

Cicely Thayer^2,3,1 b. 1 May 1600, d. 28 May 1673

Charts

Ancestors of Harriet Hanson Robinson
Gerald R. Ford - Harriet Hanson (Robinson) Pierce

James Davis was baptized 4 July 1619 at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England.^3,1 He was the son of James Davis and Cicely Thayer.^1,2,3 He married Elizabeth Eaton, daughter of John Eaton and Anne (---), 1 December 1648 at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.^2,4 He married Mary (---) after 1683.^5,2 He died 18 July 1694 at Haverhill, Massachusetts, at age 75.^5,6

James was the eldest son of his father, was made his executor and the residuary legatee in his estate. He was made a Freeman in 1666, and took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in 1677.

His will was proved 2 Aug 1694 and is recorded at Salem, Massachusetts. His second wife, Mary had property when they married.^7,5

Family 1

Elizabeth Eaton b. 31 Jan 1629/30, d. 21 Jan 1683

Children

Hannah Davis^5,2 b. 19 Jun 1650, d. 5 Jul 1650
Esther Davis^2,5 b. 8 Oct 1651
Elizabeth Davis^2,5 b. 11 Mar 1653/54
Ann Davis+^2,5 b. 13 Feb 1655/56, d. a 1723
Sarah Davis^2,5 b. 5 Aug 1658
James Davis+^2,5 b. 3 Oct 1660, d. 5 Apr 1708
John Davis^2,5 b. 30 Jun 1664, d. c Oct 1690
Daniel Davis^2,5 b. 19 Sep 1666, d. Apr 1689
Elisha Davis^2,5 b. 30 Aug 1670, d. Jan 1738/39
Constance Davis^2,5 b. 9 Mar 1673/74

Family 2

Mary (---)

Citations

[S8] Mary Lovering Holman, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumsford Press, 1938), 153-157. Hereafter cited as Pillsbury Ancestry.
[S7] David W Hoyt, Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (1897; reprint Somersworth [New Hampshire]: New England History Press, 1981), 125. Hereafter cited as Salisbury and Amesbury.
[S922] Sybil Noyes, Charles T. Libby and Walter G. Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1928-1939, 184-185. CD-ROM reprint, Compendium of New England Pioneers: A Collection of 14 Classic Genealogical Dictionaries of Early New England Settlers (Columbia, Maryland: Archive CD Books USA, 2006). Hereafter cited as Gen. Dict. of Maine & N. H.
[S8] Mary Lovering Holman, Pillsbury Ancestry, 2:1115.
[S8] Mary Lovering Holman, Pillsbury Ancestry, 1115.
[S7] David W Hoyt, Salisbury and Amesbury, 125,704.
[S7] David W Hoyt, Salisbury and Amesbury, 147-149.