Family:John Davis and Elizabeth Basford (2)

From the records of the First Congregational Church of Hampton, N.H., book 1, page 13 from the end of the book, “A Record of Marriages before Me Nathan^ll Gookin”:
On the same page, “Aug^st 2^d 1711. John Davis & Elisabeth Basford.”

(http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044010083236?urlappend=%3Bseq=365 : accessed 13 Oct. 2016)

“Captain John, eldest son of John Davis, was born in Amesbury, May 4, 1689. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Basford, of Hampton, August 2, 1711. He moved to Biddeford, Maine, and was selectman of that town in the years 1723-36 and 1743-49. In 1746 he was ordered to recruit a force for defense against the French and Indians. He died May 12, 1752, and his gravestone is still standing in Lower Biddeford cemetery. In his will he mentions his saw and grist mill on the east side of the Saco river. He had four sons and five daughters.”