Maj. Benjamin Davis

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Benjamin Davis 17 June 1649–26 November 1704

Birth • 1 Sources 17 June 1649 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Age 55 Death • 0 Sources 26 November 1704 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Benja Davis in entry for Elizabeth Davis, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Benjamin Davis 1649-1704

Marriage: Abt 1674/1674 Of Dorchester, Dorset, England

Sarah Richards 1661-1690

Children (6)

Sarah Davis 1680-1683

Margaret Davis 1681-1696

Sarah Davis 1683-1727

Elizabeth Davis 1685-

Dr. William Davis 1686-1745

James Davis 1690-1704

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

William Davis 1624-1676

Marriage: 31 Oct 1644 Boston,Suffolk,Massachusetts,USA

Margaret Pyncheon 1624-1653

Children (6)

John Davis 1644-1736

Thomas Davis 1645-1740

Anna Davis 1647-1676

Jonathan davis 1647-

Benjamin Davis 1649-1704

Ephraim Davis 1651-1652

Executor of his father’s will. Children were Sarah, William and Elizabeth

References

• History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called ..., Volume 1 By Oliver Ayer Roberts Page 223 GoogleBooks
• https://archive.org/details/davisfamiliesofe00rock/page/213

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Maj Benjamin Davis

Born 17 Aug 1649 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Son of William Davis and Margaret (Pynchon) Davis

Brother of Thomas Davis, William Davis, Elizabeth (Davis) Whitcomb [half], Mary (Davis) Frost [half] and Rebecca (Davis) Lawrence [half]

Husband of Sarah (Richards) Davis — married 1680 [location unknown]

Father of Sarah (Davis) Bill

Died 26 Nov 1704 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 17 Aug 2019 | Created 23 Sep 2016

Biography

Benjamin Davis was born at Boston, Massachusetts on August 17, 1649, son of William and Margaret (Pynchon) Davis. [1] [2] [3] [4]

He married first Sarah Richards by 1680. Sarah was the daughter of James Richards, of Hartford. [5]

After Sarah's death, Benjamin married second Mary Tippet on January 15, 1696/7. [6]

Major Benjamin Davis, apothecary of Boston, died on November 26, 1704. [7]

In December, 1704, his widow Mary refused administration of his estate. [8]

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. [8]

Elizabeth Whetcombe Mary Frost Rebecca Lawrence Huldah Rainsford Ruth Royse Hannah Davis Margaret Davis [8] On November 29, 1708, some debts were paid from the estate, and other disbursements went to the following:

Mary Leidget/Ligget, executor to her husband John Davis of ?Phyale to son William Davis to daughter Sarah Davis to daughter Elizabeth Davis [8] His estate inventory was assessed at L2616 1s 26 to which rents accumulated through 1709 were added for a total value of L2951 14s 8d. Among the expenses then deducted including funeral expenses, administrative costs, taxesetc. was also a portion of due to daughter Margaret Davis, from her father Capt. William Davis' estate. [8]

Children

Sarah born on May 20, 1680. [1] Margaret born on October 28, 1681. [1] Sarah born on August 16, 1683. [1] Elizabeth born on May 23, 1685. [1] William born ___. [8] Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Boston, MA: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, 1883. p. 30: 151: 154: 160: 165 ↑ 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) ↑ Anderson, Robert C. William Pynchon in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 1536-8 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) ↑ Genealogical Gleanings in England in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 38, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894, p. 255 ↑ The American Genealogist, Volume 75, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, p. 302 (notes) (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) ↑ A Report of the Record Commissioners of City of Boston. Boston Marriages1700-1809, City Document 150, Municipal Printing Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, 348 ↑ Brattle Square Church: p. 3. “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 .) ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 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)