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Matthew Davis

Also Known As: "Mathew"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: February 04, 1729 (65)
Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of William Davis, of Roxbury and Alice Davis
Husband of Margaret Davis
Father of Samuel Davis; Joanna Ainsworth; Margaret Bowen; Matthew Davis; Elizabeth Davis and 3 others
Brother of Elizabeth Tatman, twin; William Davis, II, twin, died young; Jonathan Davis, I and Jonathan Davis, died young
Half brother of John Davis, of Roxbury; Samuel Davis; Joseph Davis; Benjamin Davis, #1, died young; Benjamin Davis, #2 and 11 others

Managed by: David Embrey
Last Updated:

About Matthew Davis

One of the thirteen "goers" who first went from Roxbury to spy out Woodstock and take possession.


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Matthew Davis Born 24 Jan 1665 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of William Davis and Alice Lavinia (Thorpe) Davis Brother of John Davis [half], Alice Davis [half], Samuel Davis [half], Joseph Davis [half], Elizabeth Davis, William Davis, Jonathan Davis, Mary Davis [half], Jane Davis [half], Rachel (Davis) Goddard [half], Benjamin Davis [half], Ichabod Davis [half], Ebenezer Davis [half], William Davis [half], Sarah (Davis) Scott [half] and Isaac Davis [half] Husband of Margaret (Corbin) Davis — married 27 Feb 1690 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticutmap DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Samuel Davis, Joanna (Davis) Ainsworth, Margaret (Davis) Bowen, Matthew Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Katherine (Davis) Hammond and Abigail Davis Died 4 Feb 1729 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticutmap Profile manager: Wayne Hammond private message [send private message] Profile last modified 18 Apr 2021 | Created 1 Apr 2011 This page has been accessed 852 times. Biography

Matthew Davis was born January 24, 1665 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut.

He married Margaret Corbin. They had children;

Katherine Davis. He died on February 4, 1729 in Pomfret.[1]

Sources

↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7G-KZ2B : 21 September 2019), Mathew Davis, Pomfret; citing Death, 4 Feb 1729, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272229. Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1914) Page 1: "febr: 27: 1690/1 Math Davis and Margrett Corbin Maried" Descendants of William Davis by: Janet Johnson Franke The Davis Family of Oxford, MA & Woodstock, CT DEATH: Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) about Mathew Davis Marriage Date:Early Connecticut Marriages about Matho Davis Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=10659332&pid... http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11025451&pid... Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2001) Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)


William Davis had, By second wife (married Oct. 21, 1658), Alice Thorpe who was buried Feb. 24, 1667. They had: William and Elizabeth (twins), bapt. Jun. 14, 1663, buried Dec. 18, 1678; Mathew, bapt. Jan. 24, 1664, and settled at Woodstock, CT; Jonathan, b. Feb. 2, 1665, who also settled at Woodstock;


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Matthew Davis's Timeline

1663
January 24, 1663
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
January 24, 1663
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1664
January 24, 1664
Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
January 24, 1664
Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass
1693
August 18, 1693
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1696
October 22, 1696
Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, Colonial America
1699
February 7, 1699
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1706
October 14, 1706
Pomfret, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1708
November 13, 1708
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1710
March 26, 1710
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America