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Dolor Davis
d.Bef 19 Jun 1673 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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m. 29 Mar 1624
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[edit] OriginsHe may have come from Bennefield, England. [edit] Life in New EnglandWas of Cambridge in 1634, a petitioner for Groton in 1656, having before resided in Barnstable, where he died in 1673. He was one of twenty who had lands granted in Concord in 1659, and was employed as a carpenter. He married Margery, sister of Major Simon Willard, and had a daugther Ruth married Stephen Hall, and two sons, Simon and Samuel, who settled in this town [Concord], and were the fruitful vines whose numerous branches extend over this and Worcester counties, and part of New Hampshire, and are constantly sending forth new and flourishing shoots. [Dr. Lemuel Shattuck's 1835 History of Concord] He married second Johanna (Hull) Bursley, widow of John Bursley. (See Great Migration Begins) NEHGS Register, 1849, Volume 2, p. 314 First Settlers of Barnstable: Inhabitants admitted after 1660 and before 1700: Dolar Davis... [edit] Legacy[Based on The Great Migration 1634-5, p. 2:294, which cites Plymouth Probate 3:1:72, and Mayflower Descendant 24:71-3.] Will of "Dolar Davis' of Barnstable, dated 13 Sep 1672, inventory 19 Jun 1673, proved 2 Jul 1673, mentions "son[s] Symon and Samuel", "my dear and loving wife Joanna", "my son John" [executor], "son-in-law Lewis ... and to my daughter Mary his wife", "my daughter Ruth Hall". Also mentions "Roger Chandler of Concord ... his son Joseph", the poor of the town, and "respected friends William Butterick, Richard Hassell and Thomas Browne". References
[edit] Additional Sources!UA-U.S. President #30-Coolidge ???Dolor THE STORY,"LYBERTIE' INA NUT SHELL The Thomas Stevens Pedigree by Vern Hall 157 N StateSt., Salt Lake City, UT in 1973 Family Records in possession of LeoW. and Kathryn H. Powell 2200 E. 3205 So. Salt Lake City, UT 84109 Also Thru UA--FGRA; Hist of Charleston, MA. Also Thru UA--FGRA; WP 7Sep 1704; HIST HOLLAND, MASS; STEVENS Puritans of England. QuestionedChurch doctrines and practices. Settled in America. Established freeinstitutions. Dolor Davis arrived in this country in May 1634, along with his brother-in-law Simon Willard. He settled in Cambridge, then in Duxbury about 1640, then in Barnstable in 1643. |