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2nd wife, 13 children
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Symmes-43
Huldah Davis formerly Symmes
Born before 18 Mar 1631 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Daughter of Zachariah Symmes Sr. and Sarah (Baker) Symmes
Sister of Sarah (Symmes) Brock, William Symmes, Mary (Symmes) Stoddard, Elizabeth (Symmes) Usher, Hannah Symmes, Rebecca (Symmes) Booth, Ruth (Symmes) Wyllis, Zechariah Symmes, Timothy Symmes, Deborah (Symmes) Prout and Timothy Symmes
Wife of William Davis — married about 1654 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Wife of William Davis — married about 1654 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Mother of Elizabeth (Davis) Whitcomb, Mary (Davis) Frost and Rebecca (Davis) Lawrence
Died before 1676 in Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified 11 Sep 2019 | Created 21 Mar 2011
Huldah (Symmes) Davis migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
Biography
Huldah Symmes, daughter of Zechariah and Sarah (Baker) Symmes was baptized August 22, 1632 at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. [1]
She came to New England with her parents and siblings on the ship Griffin in 1634. [2]
Huldah Symmes was admitted to the Charlestown Church on November 27, 1652. [1]
She married, as his second wife, William Davis by 1654 as their eldest child was baptized at Boston in September of that year. [1]
Her father Zachariah's will was written on January 20, 1664/5 and proved on March 31, 1671, names all his daughter's including Huldah, but does not provide her last name. In her mother's undated will, proved on December 28, 1676 bequests were left to two Davis granddaughters - Margaret Davis and Hannah Davis. [1]
Huldah died after August 19, 1674, when twins Hannah and Jane were born [3] and prior to May 17, 1676, when her husband William Davis wrote his will. [4]
After her death, William married third, Sarah Farmer. [5] [6]
William Davis left bequests to the following in his will:
wife Sarah sons Thomas, Benjamin, William and John Davis daughters Elizabeth, Maria, Rebecca, Huldah, Ruth, Margarita and Hannah Davis mother Sarah Symmes for her counsel in the care of my children brother Brock & sister [4] (sister-in-law Sarah Symmes married Henry Brock) [1] brother Savage & his wife [4] (sister-in-law Mary Symmes married Thomas Savage) [1] brother Willis & his wife [4] (sister-in-law Ruth Symmes married Edward Willis) [1] brother Prowtt & his wife [4] (sister-in-law Deborah Symmes married Timothy Prout ) brother Usher & his wife [4] (sister-in-law Elizabeth Symmes married Hezekiah Usher) [1] brother William Symmes [4] (brother-in-law)[1] mother Farmer & sister Wymon [4] the poor of Boston South Church 'where I am a member' Pastor Reverand Thatcher and Edward Rainford son Benjamin Davis, sole executor Overseers - my brother Major Jno. Pynchon and friend Captain Thomas Lake He further states that the portion of the estate left by 'my father Zachariah Symmes' should be equally divided among the children of my wife Huldah, deceased, after the death of 'my mother Sarah Symmes'. [4]
On June 11, 1708, the following heirs of Captain William Davis, submitted a letter to the court regarding administration of their brother Major Benjamin Davis', apothecary of Boston, estate, contesting that the administrators have found many debts of their father in England and have therefore stated that there the heirs have been paid and there is no further money from their father's estate. [7]
Elizabeth Whetcombe Mary Frost Rebecca Lawrence Huldah Rainsford Ruth Royse Hannah Davis Margaret Davis [7] Ruth Willis, sister to Huldah, wrote her will on April 22, 1709, in it she left personal items to 'cousin' Hannah Davis, mentions 'cousin' Royse and appointed 'cousin' Huldah Rainsford as one her three executors. In dividing the residue of her estate, Ruth left divisions to the children on her siblings, including the seven children of her sister Huldah Davis. [8]
On June 3, 1728, John Torrey petitioned the court, stating that the executor's of Ruth's estate had neglected to include certain land, money and interest in the estate inventory. On September 23, 1728, William Symmes, surviving executor submitted a final accounting to the court, which included legacies paid to Huldah's children being :
Mary Frost, Rebecca Lawrence, Ruth Royss, Margaret Davis, Hannah Davis, Elizabeth Whitcomb and Huldah Rainsford [8] Children
___ baptized on September 3, 1654. [1] Elizabeth baptized on [26: 6: 1655] August 26, 1655. [3]; died at Boston on August 18, 1712 [9], aged 57 [10] ; married James Whitcomb about 1680 [7] Mary born on December 3, 1656 [3] ; married Captain John Frost [11] [12] about 1680, as his second wife. Her will was proved in 1732. [13] [14] Rebecca born on August 3, 1658 [3]; married Joseph Lawrence on March 13, 1670/1. [15] [7] Huldah born on December 21, 1659 [3]; buried at Boston on August 2, 1721; married Edward Raynsford. [12] Ruth born on February 12, 1662 [3] ; married (?Daniel) Roys/Royce. [12] (note: Daniel Royse and Huldah Rainsford were among the witnesses to the will of James Whitcomb, Elizabeth (Davis) Whitcomb's husband. [16] John born on June 10, 1663. [3] Deborah born on April 13, 1665 [3]; likely died young, not mentioned in her father's will. [4] Joseph born on September 3, 1669 [3]; likely died young, not mentioned in his father's will. [4] Margaret baptized on [24:12: 1666] February 24, 1667 [3] ; unmarried in 1709. [7] [8] Hannah born on August 19, 1674 [3]; unmarried in 17098. [7] [8] Jane born on August 19, 1674 [3]; likely died young, not mentioned in her father's will. [4]
Source notes
Passengers on the Griffin: Arrived at Boston September 18, 1634
Rev. Zachariah Symmes of Canterbury, Co. Kent
Mrs. Sarah Symmes
William Symmes
Mary Symmes
Elizabeth Symmes
Huldah Symmes
Hannah Symmes
Rebecca Symmes [9]
Sources
- Anderson, Robert C. Zachariah Symmes in: Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, p. 634-42.
- Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Vol. 2 http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/griffin16340918.html
- Appleton, William S. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, City Document 130, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. p. 54-5: 67: 69: 83: 88: 96: 103: 110: 132
- Case 786: p. 1-5: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) ↑ Bible Record of Edward Palmes of New Haven, Conn in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 65, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 379
- Crane, Alicia Williams. John Winthrop (1606-1676) p. 6-7 in: Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
- Case 2909: p. 1-14: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
- Case 5647: p. 1-12 : Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) ↑ Brattle Square Church: p 10. “Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895” The Records of the Churches of Boston. CD_ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008 .) ↑ Boston, MA: Deaths, 1700-1799: p. 38219. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.)
- Blair, Margaret. Old Kittery and Her Families corrections/additions; (continued from February 2011) The Essex Genealogist, Volume 31: 2011: p. 84 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.)
- Rasmussen, James A. Edward Raynsford of Boston; English Ancestry and American Descendants (continued) in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 139, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011, p. 310-11 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
- Spear, Burton. Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630, Volumes 17-19, B.W. Spear, Toledo, Ohio, 1999, p. 54
- Anderson, Robert C. Nicholas Frost in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 707-8 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
Wyman, Thomas Bellows & Henry Herbert Edes. The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, David Clapp & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts, 1879, p. 607
- Case 1525: p. 1-8: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) See also:
- The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelott...
- Davis families of early Roxbury and Boston, by Samuel Forbes Rockwell.by Rockwell, Samuel Forbes, 1878. (1932) “Captain William Davis the Apothecary.” Page 203 - 228. Archive.Org
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Huldah Davis's Timeline
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March 16, 1631
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Dunstable, Bedford, England
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| 1659 |
December 21, 1659
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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| 1662 |
February 12, 1662
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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June 10, 1663
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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April 13, 1665
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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September 3, 1669
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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August 19, 1674
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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August 19, 1674
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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August 19, 1674
Age 43
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Boston, Middlesex , Massachusetts
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