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 1714 - 1784 (70 years)
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| Name |
DAVIS Edward |
| Suffix |
Esq. |
| Birth |
23 Jan 1714 |
Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
7E485D260AC84CF18E3C8B82E6AD8F75C6AF |
| Death |
30 Aug 1784 |
Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [3] |
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| Burial |
Aft 30 Aug 1784 |
Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [2] |
Address:
South Cemetery |
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Edward Davis gravestone
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Edward & Abigail (Larned) Davis gravestones
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| Notes |
- Edward Davis, Esq., was for many years a very influential citi/,en of Oxford and much in public life ; captain of militia in time of the French War, and marched with thirty-three men of his company, for the relief of Fort William Henry, as far as Sheffield, Mass., and returned, having. been out sixteen days. He retained his connection with the militia and was from 1763 to 1771 major of the first Worcester Countv regiment, under Col. John Chandler, but was too far advanced in years to take an active part in the revolutionarv contest. From 1740 to 1780 he was constantly in town office ; fifteen years representative to the legislature, many years selectman, and moderator in town meetings. From 1760 onward, he was many years justice of the peace, doing much business, especially in performing the marriage ceremony; occupied positions of trust, and settled many estates. In 1772 he was the chairman of the town's committee to oppose the setting off of the town of Ward ; in 1775, member of the Provincial Congress at Watertown.
He settled i1f the easterly part of the town, on a farm given him by his father in 1740. Here he built a commodious and well finished house, which is still standing. Of the seven sons born and reared here, the youngest, Jonathan, only remained in town. He succeeded to the homestead and enlarged and much improved the house. The farm in 1872 passed out of the possession of the Davis family. Edward Davis, Esq., was an extensive land holder in Charlton and Dudley, as well as Oxford.
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| Person ID |
I85103 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
12 Dec 2011 |
| Father |
Deacon DAVIS Samuel, b. 23 Jun 1681, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 8 Apr 1760, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
CHAMBERLAIN Mary, b. 1 Aug 1687, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 11 Feb 1730, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Jun 1709 |
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [1] |
| Family ID |
F33435 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
LARNED Abigail, b. 7 Apr 1719, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 11 Apr 1805, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Dec 1735 |
Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. DAVIS Ebenezer, b. 18 Sep 1736, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. DAVIS Edward, b. 5 Sep 1739, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Colonel DAVIS Jacob, b. 14 Sep 1741, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Apr 1814, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States (Age 72 years) |
| | 4. DAVIS Nathaniel, b. 28 May 1743, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. DAVIS Abigail, b. 20 Apr 1745, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. DAVIS Elizabeth, b. 22 Jun 1747, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 7. DAVIS Reuben, b. 17 May 1749, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. DAVIS Jonathan, b. Dec 1750, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 21 Sep 1760 (Age ~ 9 years) |
| | 9. DAVIS Levi, b. Nov 1752, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 10. DAVIS Mary, b. 9 Feb 1755, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 11. DAVIS Martha, b. 27 Mar 1758, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 12. DAVIS Nathan, b. 27 May 1761, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F33434 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S4670] Correspondence-Email-WATSON Gar, I84555: LARNED Abigail; recommendation; 26 August 2010; Noyes Family Genealogy web site.
Early Massachusetts marriages prior to 1800 edited by Frederic William Bailey
http://books.google.com/books?id=BhH_GDjKhyUC&pg=PA129
Oxford
Edward Davis & Abigail Learned, Nov. 11, 1756
Samuel Davis, of Oxford, Mass., and Joseph Davis, of Dudley, Mass., and their descendants.
Author: George L Davis; George F Daniels Publisher: North Andover, Mass., 1884.
http://books.google.com/books?id=KHItAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10
- [S3808] Internet-Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial #71375548.
- [S4349] Internet-DB-NEHGS--Mass. VRs to 1850, Oxford death VR 1:277.
- [S4349] Internet-DB-NEHGS--Mass. VRs to 1850, Oxford marriage VR 1:195.
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