Person:Elijah Davis (4)

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Name Elijah Davis
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 Mar 1774 Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 11 Jan 1801 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Rich
Death[2][3][4] 11 Aug 1861 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1906)
    33.

    DAVIS, Elijah, s. Elijah and Hannah, [born] March 28, 1774.

  2. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths Registered in the Town of Warwick for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
    No. 11
    Date of Death: Aug. 11 1861
    Name: Elijah Davis
    Age: 87 y. 4 m. 19 d. [birth calculates to about 23 Mar 1774]
    Place of Death: Warwick
    Cause: Old Age
    Sex and Condition: Widower
    Occupation: Mill Wright
    Place of Birth: Oxford Ms.
    Parents: Elijah Davis / Hannah Davis
    Birthplaces of Parents: Oxford Ms / Sutton Ms.

  3. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Society. Cemetery records. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949-1969)
    Vol. 24, p. 88.

    Warwick Cemetery Records
    DAVIS
    Elijah, d. 11 Aug. 1861, ae. 87 yrs.
    Mary, d. 25 June 1858, ae. 78 yrs., 9 mos. Wife of Elijah Davis.
    [Note: there is a Find A Grave memorial but it has no image of the gravestone.]

  4. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Franklin County). Probate dockets, records, and indexes, 1810-1971. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, 1991)
    Case 1235 Elijah Davis.

    Will of "Eliah Davis yeoman of Warwick ... being in a poor state of health", dated 3 May 1851, proved 7 Jan 1862, names wife Mary Davis; second daughter Mary Drury wife of Elbridge A. Drury; son Jacob R. Davis; eldest daughter Lucinda Kendall wife of Samuel Kendall. Son in law Elbridge A. Druty to be executor.
    10 Sep 1867: Petition of Elbridge A. Drury of Athol that Elijah Davis of Warwick d. 11 Aug 1861, leaving heirs Jacob R. Davis of Warwick, Mrs. Lucinda Kendall of Hardwick, Mrs. Mary Drury of Athol.
    Warrant 10 Dec 1861, appraisors sworn 16 Jan 1861, sworn to 11 Mar 1862: real:$347, personal:$55.26, by James Stockwell, Jacob R. Gale, Sylvester W. Jillson.
    8 Mar 1864: Account of Elbridge A. Drury executor of Elijah Davis late of Warwick deceased, allowed.