Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 289
leaving a large family of young children. His widow lived to
great age.
(62-4) Benjamin Davis, son of James, married, May 19,
1754, Patience Bacon.
(66-7) James Davis, son of James, married Reliance Cobb.
He had James, David, and others. James removed to Boston, was
a brass founder, acquired a large estate, and died very suddenly in
1862, aged 84.
(68-1) James Davis, son of Dea. Gersham, married, Oct. 3,
1745, Jean Bacon. His uncle, Dea. Robert Davis, made him his
heir. His children were: 1, Elizabeth, July 2, 1746 ; 2, Elizabeth
again, March 25, 1748; 3, Jean, April 24, 1760; 4, Patience,
June 13,' 1752; 5, Desire, Oct. 22, 1754; 6, Joseph, Sept. 19,
1757; 7, Robert, June 30, 1760; 8, Hannah, Dec. 19, 1762; 9,
James, Jan. 19, 1767 ; baptized May 5, 1765 ; and Desire baptized
Sept. 20, 1772.
C70-3) Samuel Davis, son of Dea. Gersham, married, Dec.
23, 1759, Mary Gorham, Jr., and had Ebeuezer baptized July 6,
1760 ;, Samuel, July 4, 1762; Mary, Sept. 25, 1763; Ebenezer,
Feb. 17, 1765; Prince, May 17, 1767; William, June 9, 1771.
This familv removed to "
Gorham, where they had Elizabeth April
14, 1777.
(79-4) Hon. John Davis, son of Daniel, born Oct. 7, 1744.
He practiced medicine many years, was Judge of Probate, and held
many responsible offices. He was a mild, pleasant man, not inheriting
the energy of character for which his father was distinguished.
He resided in the early part of his life in the house now standing
that was Col. Davis Gorham's. -After the decease of his father he
removed to the paternal mansion, where he continued to reside till
his death. He was afflicted with cancer on the nose which nearly
destroyed that organ. He had a large family. The late Hon. Job
C. Davis was his son, who married Desire Loring daughter of Otis
Loring—had 12 children.
In 1643, five of the name of Davis were "able to bear arms" in
Barnstable, viz : Dolar or Dollard and his sons John, Nicholas.
Simon, and Samuel,; and in Yarmouth, Robert Davis, afterwards of
Barnstable. Dr. Palfrey informed Mr. Savage that the graves of the
ancestors of Dolar Davis were at Bennefield, Northamptonshire,
and that was probably his native town. -He married as early as
1618, Margery, daughter of Richard Willard, of Horsmonden, in
the Counl^ of Kent, where all his sons were born, and perhaps his
daughter Mary. He came over in 1634, in company with his
brother-in-law, Major Simon Willard, a man of note in the history
of the Massachusetts Colony. He stopped first at Cambridge, a nd
in 1635 was one of the first settlers, and had a house lot on Water
street. He sold his lands in Cambridge in 1636, and removed. He