James Davis, (2)

James Davis, (2)

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  • Name James Davis 
    Suffix (2) 
    Born 1608  Marlborough, Wilshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I22384  Complete
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2015 

    Father James Davis, (1),   b. 1585, Marlborough, Wilshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1679, Haverhill Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Sissilla,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizbetth Eaton,   b. 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1683, Haverhill Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [1
    Married 1 Dec 1638  Haverhill Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elisha Davis,   b. 30 Aug 1670, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1739, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F8533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    John W. Davis and Davis Family Founders of New England
    John W. Davis and Davis Family Founders of New England

  • Sources 
    1. [S223] Rhode Island Reading Room, Various, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/article.
      (II) James (2) Davis, son of James (1) and Sissilla Davis, was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, in 1608-09, and accompanied his parents to America in 1630. He removed to Newberry, where he was made a freeman, May 13, 1640. He was among the pioneer settlers of Haverhill, and subsequently became one of the leading men of the town. He was a prosperous planter and business man, and an exemplar of the settlement which both he and his father had helped to build, and to which he and his wife Elizabeth, being emigrants of Puritan predilections, were principal contributors and partakers in its accomplishments and disappointments. The abundant fruits of their toil, and the loss of sons in the terrible Indian wars, testify to this, and in this connection it is to be remembered that the family has never failed to perpetuate from generation to generation the names and deeds of John and Daniel Davis, who were slain in battle.

      James Davis, Jr., married (first) December 1, 1638, Elizabeth Eaton, who was born in England in 1620-1621, and died in Haverhill, Mass., January 21, 1683. After her death he married a second wife, to whom in his will he made bequests 'to my beloved wife Mary', but of whom we have no memoranda. He died in Haverhill, July 18, 1694.