Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BAKN8TABLE FAMILIES. 267
He married Feb. 2, 1745, Martha, daughter of Timothy
Crocker, Esq., of Barnstable. She died Dec. 2, 1772, aged 67.
Children horn in Barnstable.
1, Mehitable, March 4, 1746, married Benjamin Gorham, Jr.,
(called Young Fiddler) a. man of more wit than sound judgment
2, William, born Jan. 18, 1748, was clerk in the store of his uncle
Solomon in Boston, and died unmarried at the age of 24, of
yellow fever; 3, Catharine, born April 29, 1761, married Stephen
Hall of Sandwich; 4, Elizabeth, born April 13, 1755, married
Eleazer Cobb, Sen'r, and inherited half of her father's house
where she resided; 5,
always called Patty)
Martha, born Aug. 19, 1758, (she
married John Cobb, who bought
was
the
Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., house, and had a family. Mrs. Hetty
Davis Hallett, widow of Andrews, is her daughter ; 6, Ruth, born
Jan. 24, 1763, married Capt. Thomas Gray of Yarmouth; 7,
Jesse, who died aged 2 years.
(36-8) Josiah Davis, son of Capt. John, born Feb. 19, 1722.
Of this Josiah Davis I have no certain information.
(40-1) Ebenezer, son of the 2d Josiah, born 19th June, 1713.
Of Ebenezer I have no certain
to Maine.
intelligence. I think he removed
(42'-3) Josiah Davis, son of 2d Josiah, born Aug. 2, 1718,
married, in 1745, Thankful Matthews ; and May 3, 1760, Thankful
Gorham. He resided in the house which was his father's, and sold
the same, on his removal to Gorham, to the late Mr. James
Davis. He had Josiah and Thankful baptized June 6, 1756;
Mary, Sept. 3, 1759 ; Josiah, Oct. 11, 1761, and three children
born in Gorham, in 1773, 1776 and 1780.
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(49-1) Prince Davis, son of Stephen, Jr., born Nov. 17,
1724, was a house carpenter. He resided in Barnstable till 1760, ,
when he removed
proprietor in the
to Gorham, Maine, of which town he was a
right of his grandfather Josiah, who was a
soldier in the Company of Capt. John Gorham in King Phillip's
war in 1675. Mr. Prince Davis early joined the East Church in
Bai'nstable, and continued to be a church member after his removal
east. At Gorham his name appears as one of the selectmen, and
in church affairs he was a prominent man. He was married by
Rev. Mr. Green, Feb. 17, 1749-50, to Sarah Coleman, daughter of
James, of Barnstable. The births of his children are not on the
town records. He died in Gorham in 1809, aged 85 years, and
born in Barnstable, four
his wife in 1804. He had five .
baptized Oct. 9, 1757, namely,
children
Elijah^ Edward, Prudence and
Alice, and Temperance baptized Nov. 18, 1759 ; and five born in
Gorham, namely, Isaac, March 27, 1762'; David, Oct. 20, 1764;
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Rebecca, July 15, 1766; Thomas, May 14, 1768; and Jonathan
Jnlv 10, 1770.