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Joseph5 Davis (Joseph,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), b. 7 March, 1725, at Woodstock, Conn.: m. 6 July, 1758, Sarah dau. of Samuel and Mary Davis, b. 31 Dec. 1734, at Oxford; sett. at Dudley.
Children:
i. JAMES, b. 23 April, 1759; was in the battles at Saratoga which resulted in the taking of Burgoyne; d. 1777, of camp fever.
ii. SAMUEL, b. 19 June, 1761.
iii. JOSEPH, b. 19 Feb. 1763.
iv. MOSES, b. 12 March, 1766; d. young
v. MOSES, b. 2 Feb. 1769.
vi. AARON, twin, b. 9 June, 1771
vii. SALLY, twin, b. 9 June, 1771, unm.; d. 1 Nov. 1848, at Oxford, Mass.
viii. JOSHUA, b. 25 July, 1774.
ix. MARY, b. 10 Sept. 1775
JOSEPH DAVIS was a farmer; owned a tract of land in what is now the centre of Webster South Village, and also the site of the Stevens Linen Works, with the water-power, in Dudley. Here he had a saw-mill, which he operated. He later bought land and settled about a mile westerly from the river.... He engaged somewhat in business operations and went often to Boston market with farm produce which he exchanged for groceries, in which he dealt to a cosiderable extent. He was a man of character and integrity.
