Person Info
- Name: James DAVIS
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1590 in Acton-Turvill, England b
- Death: 29 Jan 1678/9 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d
Parents:
- Father:
- John DAVYS
Mother:
- Agnes (DAVYS)
Family:
Marriage:
- Cicely THAYER on 11 Jun 1618 at Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England .m1
- Cicely THAYER
Birth: Abt May 1600 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Death: 28 May 1673 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
Children:
- James DAVIS Birth: Jul 1619 in Thurnbury, England
Death: 18 Jul 1694 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
- John DAVIS Birth: Jan 1620/1 in Thurnbury, England
Death: Before 25 May 1686 in Oyster River, New Hampshire
- Sarah DAVIS Birth: Before 1626 in England
- Judith DAVIS Death: May 1667
- Ephraim DAVIS Death: 28 Sep 1679 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
- Samuel DAVIS Birth: 1624
Death: 10 Sep 1696 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
- Sarah DAVIS
Bibliography
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Delorey, Janet Ireland, Line of Descent of James Davis of Haverhill, MA, to Jesse Davis of Bucksport, ME. Shrewsbury, MA: author, 2000. NEHGS CS 71/D26. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p[0-9]*].
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Hoyt, David W, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1982. Available at http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal01hoyt, http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal02hoyt, and http://archive.org/details/oldfamiliesofsal03hoyt. Volume 1 also available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hoyt S&A p[0-9]*].
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New Hampshire Historical Society, Barnes ca1620-1698. Concord, NH. Film#0015498#12. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007836012 images 291-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: NHHistSoc BARNES p[0-9]*].
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Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition. Santa Clarita, CA: Carl Boyer, 1995. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts USPres [A-Zp][A-Z0-9]*].
- date:
- abt 1583-88 [Ref: Hoyt S&A p125]
- abt 1590 [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1],
- place:
- perhaps Acton-Turvill [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1],
- parents:
- John DAVYS & Agnes ___ [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1],
- brother:
- perhaps Thomas DAVIS of Haverhill [Ref: Hoyt S&A p125]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1, Hoyt S&A p125]
- 1678/9 [Ref: Roberts USPres p294],
- place:
- [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1, Hoyt S&A p125, Roberts USPres p294]
Sources with Information about marriage to Cicely THAYER
- date:
- [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1],
- place:
- [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1],
- names:
- James DAVIS & Cicely/Sissilla ___ [Ref: Hoyt S&A p125],
- child:
- [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p11, Delorey DAVIS p12, Delorey DAVIS p14, Delorey
DAVIS p9, Hoyt S&A p125, Roberts USPres p294]
Research Notes:
emigrated to New England and settled first at Newbury [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1]
1634: freeman [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1]
1639: received a grant at Hampton [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p1]
1640: one of first settlers of Haverhill, having moved there from Newbury
[Ref: Hoyt S&A p125]
1640: name included in the list of twelve who were in the first company
of settlers in "the wild woods of Pentacket" later known as Haverhill
[Ref: Delorey DAVIS p3]
1644: moved to Haverhill, MA [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p3]
1646: name first appeared in records of Haverhill [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p3]
1646: selectman of Haverhill, MA [Ref: Hoyt S&A p125]
Aug 17 1648: sold his grant at Hampton to Anthony Stanyan of Exeter [Ref:
Delorey DAVIS p2]
1678: "eleven score acres of upland" laid off to James Davis [Ref: Delorey
DAVIS p3]
will dated 17 Mar 1675/6, codicil dated 22 Jul 1676 [Ref: Delorey DAVIS p4,
Hoyt S&A p125]
1680: will proved [Ref: Hoyt S&A p125]
Pedigree of James DAVIS
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John DAVYS
James DAVIS
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