Person:Samuel Davis (178)

Watchers
  • HSamuel Davis1689 - 1727
  • WSarah Gile1694/95 - Aft 1735/36
m. 3 Mar 1717/18
  1. Mary DavisBef 1723 - 1814
Facts and Events
Name Samuel Davis
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Apr 1689 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Property[3] 1715 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United StatesHe bought a large tract of land on French River from Capt. John Chandler
Residence? 1715 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United Statesnear French River
Marriage 3 Mar 1717/18 Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Gile
Death[2] 13 Aug 1727 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Burial? Aft 13 Aug 1727 Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United StatesWest Thompson Cemetery
Other[4] 18 Sep 1727 Inventory
Other? 25 Nov 1735 Mr Timothy Cooper (etc) adm of estate of Mr. Samuel Davis of Killingly exh. acct. Jun 1737 Quietus est granted on estate
Other? Here Lies The Body of Samuel Dauis Who Died August ye 13 1727 in the 37th Yeare of His Age (Gravestone)

He was the son of Cornelius Davis and Sarah Elizabeth Hilton

References
  1. Davis, Samuell, s. Cornelious and Sarah, Apr. 7, 1689 - Newbury VR
  2. date per gravestone, not in Barbour records for Killingly, nor in Thompson either
  3. Settlers soon also took possession of land on the French River, David Shapley and Samuel Davis buying farms of Captain John Chandler in 1715. Henry Ellithorp settled near the site of the present Grosvenor Dale, north of Samuel Davis. - History of Windham County, Connecticut, by Ellen Douglas Larned
    also
    Along the French or Little Quinebaug settlers had already gathered, viz., David Shapley, Samuel Davis, James Hosmer, Nathaniel Crosby, Henry Ellithorpe. - site cited History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889
  4. inventory of estate of Samuel Davis deceased taken by Henry Green and Benjamin Bixby. 18 Jun 1729 addition made by Sarah Davis, administrator - site cited Windham Connecticut Probate District Records 1719-1734 Vol 1 by George Waller