Margaret Davis

Margaret Pynchon was born about 1624 at Dorchester, Dorset, England. She married at Springfield, on 6 December 1644, Capt. William Davis of Boston, born about 1620 at Dorchester, Dorset, England. She died on 3 July 1653 at Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Capt. Davis died 17 May, 1676, at Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass. He was a wealthy and enterprising Boston apothecary, and was chosen deputy from Springfield several times.

Children of William Davis and Margaret Pynchon are:

1. Thomas Davis, born September 03, 1645; married Hannah L everett September 12, 1689.
2. Anna bap 3rd day 7th month 1647; not mentioned in will
3. Benjamin Davis, born June 17, 1649; died November 26 , 1704 in Boston, Massachusetts; married (1) Sarah Richards ; married (2) Mary Tippet.
4. Ephraim Davis, born Bef. August 03, 1652 [bap 8th day 3rd month 1651] ; died Augus t 02, 1652 [2nd day 6th month 1652]
5. William Davis, born Bet. May 03 - June 25, 1653 in Bos ton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died 1707, married Abigail Elliot Abt. 1680;

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Name: William Davis Gender: Male Birth Date: 25 Jun 1653 Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Father's Name: William Mother's Name: Margaret Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01922-5 System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy GS Film number: 592866 Reference ID: 24

Citing this Record: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTB-YM6 : 4 December 2014), William Davis, 25 Jun 1653; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, 24; FHL microfilm 592,866.

Name: Margaret Pynchon Davis Maiden Name: Pynchon Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1653 Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America Photograph Included: N Death Date: 03 Jul 1653 Affiliate Record Identifier: 163421586 Cemetery: Kings Chapel Burying Ground

Citing this Record: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23Y-G2Z5 : 11 July 2016), Margaret Pynchon Davis, 1653; Burial, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America, Kings Chapel Burying Ground; citing record ID 163421586, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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Margaret Davis formerly Pynchon

Born about 1624 in England

Daughter of William Pynchon and Anna (Andrew) Pynchon

Sister of Anne (Pynchon) Smith, Mary (Pynchon) Holyoke, John Pynchon and Unknown Pynchon Wife of William Davis — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Wife of William Davis — married 6 Dec 1644 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Mother of Thomas Davis, Benjamin Davis and William Davis

Died 3 Jul 1653 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 11 Sep 2019 | Created 28 Apr 2011

Margaret (Pynchon) Davis migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Margaret Pynchon, daughter of William and Anne (Andrew) Pynchon was born about 1624 in England. [1] [2]

She immigrated to New England from Springfield, England, with her parents, in the Winthrop Fleet (1630). The family first settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay [1] but removed to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1636. [2]

Margaret "married in the Bay" December 6. 1644 Capt. William Davis of Boston. [1][3]

Margaret, wife of Lieut. William Davis died 3rd 5th mo. 1653 ( July 3, 1653) in Boston, Massachusetts Bay. [4] [1]

Her father William returned to England, and in his will written at Wrasbury, Buckinghamshire, England on October 4, 1662, he left L10 each to Thomas, Benjamin and William Davis, the children of daughter Margaret Davis, of Boston, deceased. [2] [5]

After her death, her husband William Davis, married Huldah Symmes. [6]

William died on 24 May 24, 1676. [1] He wrote his will on May 17, 1676. In it he left bequests to among others: [7]

sons Thomas, Benjamin, William and John Davis brother Major Jno. Pynchon, was one of the overseers[7] Children

Thomas [2] [5] [7] Benjamin born August 17, 1649 (see note: [2] [5] [7]; died on November 26, 1704 [8]; in December, 1704, his widow Mary refused administration of his estate. [9]; married first Sarah Richards by 1680; married second Mary Tippet on January 15, 1696/7. [10] ? Ephraim born ___; son of William and Margaret, died at Boston on August 2, 1652 [2: 6: 1652]. [4] William born at Boston on June 25. 1653. [4] [2] [5] [7]

[Note]: A Benjamin Davis, son of Mr. William Davis was baptized at the First Church of Boston, aged 2 days, on 19: 6: 1649 [August 19] (p. 30) [4]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jacobus, Donald Lines and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families: Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1952. page 726, 725. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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) ↑ Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to 1850. Volume One. (Clifford Stott: compiler) Boston: NEHGS, 2003. (p. 19) ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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. 37: 40: 42: 72 ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Genealogical Gleanings in England in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 38, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894, p. 255 ↑ 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. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 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) ↑ 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 .) ↑ Case 2909: p. 1- : 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) ↑ A Report of the Record Commissioners of City of Boston. Boston Marriages1700-1809, City Document 150, Municipal Printing Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, 348 Ancestral File Number: 3158-38 Ancestral File Number: 3167-Z8 Acknowledgments

Thanks to Loren Fay for starting this profile.