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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
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Amos Dauis ye Son of Daniel Dauis and mary his wife was born Aprill ye 8 : 1711.
- ↑ Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
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Davis, Amos, s. Daniel and Mary, [born] Apr. 8, 1711.
- ↑ Davis, George Arthur. Davis and fifty allied colonial families of New England. (Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal, c1956)
p. 16.
Children of Daniel Davis and Mary Hubbard: 6) Amos, b. 8 Apr 1711, m. 21 Oct 1740 Rebecca Colbourn, settled in Grafton.
- ↑ Massachusetts; Ellis Ames; Melville Madison Bigelow; John Henry Clifford; Abner Cheney Goodell; Alexander Strong Wheeler; and William Cross William. Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: to Which are Prefixed the Charters of the Province with Historical and Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Wright & Potter Print Co., 1910)
Col. 15 (1753-1756), p. 691.
Petition of Rebecca Davis, widow of Amos Davis, late of Grafton deceased that her husband being a Soldier in the Crown Point Expedition in 1755, obtained a regular dismission on account of being sick and returned home at his own expense, prays she may be allowed a reasonable charge. Approved 25 Feb 1757.
- ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate records 1731-1916, index 1731-1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2001)
File 15625 Amos Davis Adm. File 1757.
3 Jul 1757: Bond of Rebecca Davis Widow as adm'x on the Estate of her late husband Amos Davis late of said Grafton yeoman Dec'd.
3 Jul 1757: Warrant to appraise estate.
3 Feb 1757 [1758?]: Inventory of mr Amos Davies Late Dec'd by Joseph Meriam, Solomon Stown, and Benjaman Goddard.
2 Nov 1763: Appraisal of an estate [reverse labeled "Division of Amos Davis Estate"], 1/3 to widow [not named, but warrant dated 24 Oct 1763 to divide calls her "Rebecca Wesson formerly Rebeca Davis"]. Other 2/3 "not being Capable of Dividing too and amongst the heirs with out Spoiling the Same we have therefore set of[f] to Amos Davis The only Son of the Dece'd and we have ordered the said Amos to pay of said Estates so set off to him the following sums viz: To Rebeca davis the Eldest sister [sic] of the Decesed ...to Mary Davis the second Dafter of the decesed ... to Lucy Davis the youngest dafter of the said Deceased. Signed by John Wesson, Rebeca Wesson, Amos Davis, Joseph Meriam and Solomon Stow Guardians.
18 Oct 1765: Decree granting estate to Rebecca Wesson formerly Rebecca Davis relict of Amos Davis late of Grafton Dec'ed during her natural Life as her Dower and to Amos Davis Eldest son of s'd Deceased, Amos to pay his Sister Rebecca Wesson wife to Samuel Wesson, to his Sister Mary Wesson wife of John Wesson, to his Sister Lucy Davis or her legal Representatives.
18 Oct 1765: Bond of Amos Davis of Grafton to fulfil decree.
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