Person:James Davis (5)
James Davis
b.Est 1590
d.29 Jan 1678/79 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1590
  1. James DavisEst 1590 - 1678/79
  2. Ephraim DavisEst 1597 -
  3. John Davis1601 - 1675
  4. Thomas DavisAbt 1603 - 1683
  5. Samuel DavisEst 1605 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Jun 1618
  1. James Davis1619 - 1694
  2. John Davis1620/21 - Bet 1685 & 1686
  3. Sarah Davis1623 -
  4. Judith Davis1629 - 1667
  5. Joanna DavisAbt 1632 -
  6. Ephraim Davis1634 - 1679
  7. James Davis1639 - 1694
  8. Samuel Davis1640 - 1696
  9. Sarah DavisEst 1642 - 1714
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][7] James Davis
Gender Male
Birth[2][5][6][8] Est 1590
Marriage 11 Jun 1618 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, EnglandRecorded at Thornbury.
to Cicely Thayer
Death[2][4][5] 29 Jan 1678/79 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910)
    4:2166.

    "James Davis, immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1583-88, and was among the early settlers of Haverhill, Massachusetts, whence about 1640 he removed to Haverhill, where he was one of the first board of selectmen in 1646. He was probably a brother of Thomas Davis, lawyer, born about 1602, who came from Marlborough, England, in the ship "James", April 1635, and settled in Newbury; was admitted a freeman June 2 1641; removed to Haverhill where he was a proprietor and town officer; his wife Christian died April 7, 1668, and he died July 27, 1683, having no descendants of the male line, as far as we know. James Davis was excused from training by the county court at Hampton (New Hampshire) in 1650, on account of his age. His sons James Jr. and John were also proprietors of Haverhill. His wife Cicely died there May 28, 1673, and he died, aged about ninety-six years, we are informed, January 29, 1676. His will was dated March 17, 1675, with codicil of July 22, 1675, and proved 1680, naming sons John; Stephen and Ephraim Davis, sons of Ephraim; James Guild or Gile, son of Samuel. Children: 1. James Jr., the eldest, married December 1, 1648, Elizabeth Eaton. 2. John, born about 1623, married December, 1646, Jane Peaslee. 3. Judith, married, September 1, 1647, Samuel Gile (Guild). 4. Ephraim, died September 25, 1679; married, December 31, 1659, Mary Johnson, who married again November 1, 1682, Edward Clarke. 5. Samuel, mentioned below. 6. Sarah, married June 18, 1683, John Page."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Memoirs: Nestor Wilbur Davis", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol 93 p. 373, 1939.

    "...James Davis, who was born in England about 1595, married at Thornbury, co. Gloucester, England, 11 June 1618, Cicely Thayer (baptized at Thornbury 1 May 1600, died 28 May 1673, daughter of John and Joane (Lawrence) Thayer), immigrated to New England and settled at Newbury, where he was admitted a freeman 4 March 1634/5 but in 1639 moved to Hampton and in 1644 to Haverhill, where he was selectman, grand juryman, and representative to the General Court, and died 29 January 1678/9..."

  3. ↑ 12 James Davis, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
    184.

    DAVIS, JAMES, Newbury, Hampton, Haverhill, m. in Thornbury, co. Glouc., 11 June 1618 Cicely Tayer (Thayer), bp. there 1 May 1600, dau. of John and Joane (Lawrence). Himself, their three eldest children, and his younger bros., Samuel, Thomas, John and Ephraim, are named in the will of his father, John Davys of Acton-Turville April--Nov. 1626, this place a chapelry on the edge of Wiltshire, ab. 30 m. from Marlborough. Other wills of his relations in the same place are found, incl. his grmo. Agnes Davis, wid., 10 Mar. 1587-8--9 July 1589. Arthur Clark (5) was app. his br.-in-law. He was called ± 60 in 1663, ± 96 at death 29 Jan. 1678-9. Made freeman at Newbury 4 Mar. 1634-5. Hampton gr. 1639, rem. to Haverhill in May 1644. His gr. at Hampt. he sold 17 Aug. 1648, four years aft. his removal. Both at Hamp. and many yrs. at Haverhill he was Com.t.e.s.c. He was often selectm. and gr.j. and Rep. 1660. … Will 17 Mar. 1675-6, cod. 22 July 1678. Wife -Sissilla- d. 28 May 1673. Ch: James, bp. at Thornbury 4 July 1619. John, bp. at Thornbury 28 Jan. 1620-1. Sarah, named in grfr.'s will, app. d.y. Judith, m. 1 Sep. 1647 Samuel Guild, d. May 1667, ch. Ephraim, m. 31 Dec. 1659 Mary Johnson. 9 ch. Samuel. Sarah, m. 18 June 1663 John Page, liv. 1714. 1 dau.

  4. ↑ Haverhill Deaths, in Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988: [database on-line]. (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)
    p. 383.

    Davis
    James, Jan. 29, 1768, a. abt 96 y.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Corliss Family: Families Connected by Marriage with the First Generation of the American Corliss Family, in North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    p. 236.

    'James Davis ... removed to Haverhill in 1640, where he died, January 19th or 29th, 1679 (another account gives his death in 1685, aged eighty), aged eighty years.'

  6. ↑ Davis, Edwin Pountney. Davis of Acton Turville, Gloucestershire, ca.1500-1678: the ancestry of James, Thomas and John Davis, who settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, ca.1638. (São Paulo, Brazil: E.P. Davis, 1984)
    p. 6.

    'James, probably born c 1590.'

  7. ↑ Apparently not the freeman of 1635. Anderson (The Great Migration, II:298-300) assigns that data point to James Davis, seaman, of Boston, husband of Joanna -----.
  8. ↑ It is assumed that his age at death (96) was exaggerated. A birth year of 1590 (or a bit later) fits with his brother John's baptism in 1601.
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