Capt. Samuel Davis, Esq.

Biography

Samuel Davis was born 3 October 1703 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.1,2 He was the son of Samuel Davis (1682-1754), son of Samuel; and Abigail Reade (1680- ), daughter of Philip.

Capt. Samuel was a ruling elder in the church. According to Vital Records. he died: Aug. 25, 1771 a. 67 years [1770. gravestone]. (source: Vital Records of Rockport, MA to the end of the year 1849). His estate was probated September 24, 1770.

Samuel (1703) married Deborah Haynes,170-1778in 1723 in MA (MA, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850). She was the daughter of Francis Haynes and Elizabeth Hooper.

Birth

Marriage

Children

listed in Vital Records of Gloucester: Births - Davis < link >

Children of Samuel Davis and Deborah Haynes

listed in Vital Records of Gloucester: Births - Davis < link >

1. Ebenezer, s. Samuel and Deborah [(Haynes). PR224], Nov. 18, 1725
2. Samuell, s. Samuell and Daborah [(Haynes). PR224], Mar. 12, 1728
3. Agnes, d. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), Oct. 15, 1730
4. Debroah, d. Samuell and Debroh [(Haynes). PR224], Sept. 23, 1730. [bp. Sept. 6 (died young)
5. Agnes, d. Samuel and Deborah, Oct. 15, 1733. [bp. Oct. 22, 1732. CR1]
6. William, s. Samuel and Deborah [(Haynes). PR224], Sept. 21, 1736.
7. William, s. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), Mar. 16, 1738.
8. Henry, s. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), July 17, 1742.
9. Deborah, d. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), Oct. 29, 1744.
10. Sarah, d. Samuel and Deborah, Oct. 29, 1744

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Family of Samuel Davis listed in his 1770 will (document attached)

• Deborah Davis - Wife
• Anne Davis - Granddaughter (daughter of son Henry, deceased)
• Deborah Davis - Granddaughter (daughter of son Henry, deceased)
• Henry Davis - Son (deceased)
• Samuel Davis - Son (deceased)
• Samuel Davis - Grandson (son of son Samuel, deceased)
• Annis Thurston - Daughter
• William Thurston - (son of daughter Annis Thurston)
• Deborah Stevens - Daughter
• Ebenezer Davis - (son of daughter Deborah Stevens)

Probate: September 24, 1770

Tombstone

Footstone

References

1. Birth: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1849, Concord, Vol. 1, Births, Page 59 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_059...
2. Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891) 59. Sam'll Davis the son of Sam'll Davis & Abegail his wife was Borne ye 3'd day of Octob'r 1703. < AncestrySharing >
3. Samuel Davis in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 < AncestrySharing > Name Samuel Davis Record Type Marriage Marriage Date 24 Dec 1723 Marriage Place Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Spouse Deborah Hains
4. Samuel Davis in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 < AncestrySharing > Name Samuel Davis Record Type Marriage Marriage Date 21 Nov 1723 Marriage Place Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA Spouse Deborah Heins
5. Samuel, Capt. Davis in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town Death Records, 1620-1850 < AncestrySharing > Name Samuel, Capt. Davis Death Date Aug. 25, 1771 Burial Place Rockport Source Rockport
6. Samuel Davis in the Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991. < AncestrySharing >; (document attached)
7. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Rockport/aDeathsD.shtml - Davis Samuel, Capt., a ruling elder in the church, Aug. 25, 1771, a. 67 y. GR1
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53797274/samuel-davis
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198831495/deborah-davis
10. Horace Davis, Dolor Davis, A Sketch of His Life with a Record of His Earlier Descendants. Page 41. (document attached)
11. http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marymary/d0/i0000039.htm
12. Ancestry tree
    1. Cemetery name Sandy Bay; Rockport MA Name on headstone Capt. Samuel Davis Birth 1703 Death 1771
13. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Samuel_Davis_%28131%29
14. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LV6F-C9C
15. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davis-272