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DAVIS, Joseph

DAVIS, Joseph

Male 1697 - 1747  (49 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  DAVIS, Joseph was born on 3 Nov 1697 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of DAVIS, Joseph III and RICHARDSON, Hannah); died on 30 Sep 1747 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  DAVIS, Joseph III was born on 27 Oct 1643 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of DAVIS, George Sr and CLARKE, Sarah); died on 28 Jan 1676 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Joseph married RICHARDSON, Hannah on 7 May 1662 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born in 1648 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Apr 1677 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  RICHARDSON, Hannah was born in 1648 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Apr 1677 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Notes:

    There was a petition by the Reading Selectmen to have the widow Hannah Davis 'put her children out to servise, and thus free the Town of supporting them And as the Widow Davis has no means of support. The Middlesex County Court Records Folio Collection, at the Massachusetts State Archives, has a petition(Follo 1679-86-4) from the selectmen of Reading on 12, 10mo. 1679, for power to dispose of Hanah Davise, a "wlddow woman" with minor children, "she not haveing whearewith to mainetaine her selfe but her hard labor much less to mainetaine her chlldren...she haveing bene by us warned to put her children out and free us of this truble but yet the matter is neglected..."

    The Middlesex County court record book adds in 1679 that "The select men of Redding are ordered to dispose of the children of Widow Davis as the law directs. No further record Is found of the Davises in court records. It Is obvious that Hannah probably did not inherit property, land or otherwise, from her husband or her parents. She may well have remarried after 1679, but probably not In Reading as there is no record; the IGI entries for Hannah Davises marrying In Massachusetts during the next decade might be checked for possibilities

    Children:
    1. DAVIS, Joseph was born on 26 Mar 1669 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Sep 1747 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. DAVIS, Benjamin was born on 4 Jun 1670 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Oct 1676 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. DAVIS, Hannah was born on 2 Jun 1672 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. DAVIS (TWIN), Joshua was born on 29 Jan 1672 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Jan 1720 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. DAVIS (TWIN), Caleb was born on 29 Jan 1673 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Oct 1676 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. DAVIS, Thomas was born on 31 Jan 1675 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Oct 1739 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
    7. DAVIS, Samuel was born on 26 Jan 1667 in Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1749.
    8. 1. DAVIS, Joseph was born on 3 Nov 1697 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Sep 1747 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. DAVIS, Elizabeth was born on 13 Dec 1668 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    10. DAVIS, John was born on 2 Oct 1666 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    11. DAVIS, Joseph was born on 26 Jan 1662 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1662 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    12. DAVIS, Abigail was born in 1670 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  DAVIS, George Sr was born in 1616 in England (son of DAVIS, Nicholas); died on 14 Jul 1667 in Bald Head Island, Brunswick, North Carolina, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: He was a sea captain and came to America in 1641
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davis-7659
    • Occupation: Seaman / Sea Captain

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died at Sea

    George married CLARKE, Sarah in 1655 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of CLARKE, William and UNKNOWN, Unknown) was born in 1620 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 May 1698 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  CLARKE, SarahCLARKE, Sarah was born in 1620 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of CLARKE, William and UNKNOWN, Unknown); died on 3 May 1698 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Accused Witch in Salem Witch Trials
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-5749
    • Witch Trials Connection: 1692, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Accused Witch in Salem Witch Trials

    Children:
    1. 2. DAVIS, Joseph III was born on 27 Oct 1643 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Jan 1676 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. DAVIS, Elizabeth Ann was born on 16 Jan 1654 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Jul 1695 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. DAVIS, Benjamin was born on 27 Oct 1642 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Oct 1679 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. DAVIS, Sarah was born on 1 Oct 1651 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Nov 1713 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. DAVIS, John was born on 20 Jul 1660 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Nov 1660 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    6. DAVIS, Mary was born on 16 Jan 1656/57 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Nov 1727 in Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    7. DAVIS, Susannah was born on 11 May 1662 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1734 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. DAVIS, Hannah Elizabeth Rebecca was born on 31 May 1648 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Dec 1719 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  DAVIS, Nicholas died in 1670.
    Children:
    1. 4. DAVIS, George Sr was born in 1616 in England; died on 14 Jul 1667 in Bald Head Island, Brunswick, North Carolina, USA.

  2. 10.  CLARKE, William was born about 1586 in England; died in May 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: William was quite a wealthy man, a property owner and an officer in Salem's military company. He probably enjoyed a relatively superior social position as he is described several times as "Mr. Clarke." in the Salem Town records.
    • Great Migration: William and Katherine emigrated to New England by 1637, accompanied by the three children of his first marriage William, Thomas and Sarah, and at least two of Katherine's children by her first marriage, Robert and Rebecca Prince.
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-4474
    • Occupation: 1645, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Innkeeper and proprietor of "The Ship's Tavern"

    Notes:

    William Clarke's first wife (name unknown). With her, he had three children, including Sarah, our ancestor. William remarried in 1636 to Katherine Franklin (the Widow Gedney). They emigrated to New England by 1637, accompanied by the three children of his first marriage William, Thomas and Sarah, and at least two of Katherine's children by her first marriage, Robert and Rebecca Prince.

    In 1645 William was an innkeeper and proprietor of "The Ship's Tavern" in Salem, Massachusetts. He was quite a wealthy man, a property owner and an officer in Salem's military company. He probably enjoyed a relatively superior social position as he is described several times as "Mr. Clarke." in the Salem Town records. William died suddenly in the summer of 1647, he could have been a victim of an "epidemical sickness" that had smitten Salem residents in June of that year. He left a large and extesnive estate including a 200-acre farm, two houses, part ownership of two ships, 1500 lbs of tobacco, 3 hogsheds of sugar, 40 lbs of ginger and other food, and all the furnishings in the tavern. His wideow Katherine received a license to continue to manage the tavern business.

    Died:
    Possibly a victim of an "epidemical sickness" that had smitten Salem residents in June of that year.

    William married UNKNOWN, Unknown in 1608 in England. Unknown was born about 1587 in England; died before 1636 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  UNKNOWN, UnknownUNKNOWN, Unknown was born about 1587 in England; died before 1636 in England.
    Children:
    1. 5. CLARKE, Sarah was born in 1620 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 May 1698 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
    2. CLARKE, William was born in 1608; died in 1682 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    3. CLARKE, Thomas was born about 1618 in England; died on 12 Sep 1693 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.


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