Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 299
To Br. John Davis' 2 daughters, £1, £ 2
" " Timothy Davis, 20
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son Nicholas,
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£182
To his brother Benjamin Davis he gave ten acres of land in the
common field bought of Samuel Sargent, and other property, and
to his sister Mercy Davis nearly all his moveable estate.
He also ordered a part of the income of his estate to be kept
in bank, and to be distributed to such of his relations of the
Davis' as may fall under decay, and be in want either by sickness
or lameness or other accident— proportioned according to their
several necessities—until all is distributed.
He appointed Benjamin Davis his executor. He died in 1718
and Samuel assumed the trust, and though the estate was
appraised at £481,17,10, it proved insufficient to pay the legacies
in full. Samuel, before making a final settlement, remaved to
to Connecticut. Some of the receipts call
of New London, and others of Coventry.
him of Groton, others
(10-3) Hannah, daughter of John Davis, married Jedediah
Jones 18th March, 1681, and resided at Scorton, just within the
bounds of Barnstable. In the town records only Shubael, Simon,
Isaac, Timothy and Hannah, are named born previous to 1695.
(11-4) Mary, daughter of John Davis, married in 1677,
Benjamin Goodspeed, and had Mary Jan 10, 1677-8, who married
•Ichabod Hinckley, and receipted for his wife's legacy. Nov. 24,
1697, she married Ensign John Hinckley of West Barnstable. By
her last husband she had no children.
(12-5) Joseph, son of John Davis, married, March 28, 1682,
Mary Claghorn, daughter of James. He resided at Chequaquet,
and died about 1690. She died 1706.
Children horn in Barnstable.
47. I. Simeon 19th Jan. 1683.
48. II. Marv, 19th June 1685.
49. III. Joseph, April, 1687.
60. IV. Robert, 13th June 1689.
James Cahoon, illegitimate son born Oct. 25, 1696.
(13-6) Benjamin, son of John Davis, died unmarried in 1718,
and his estate was divided among his brothers and sisters and their
representatives then living: 1, to John Davis, (Samuel died in
1711) ; 2, to heirs of Hannah Jones, deceased; 3, to heirs of
Mary Hinckley, deceased ; 4, to heirs of Joseph Davis, deceased,
(Benjamin and Simon deceased) ; 5, to heirs of Dolar Davis
6, to heirs of Jabez Davis ; 7, to Mary Davis; 8, to Timothy
Davis ; and 9, to Ruth Linnell. Of the family of John Davis
four were living in 1718, three had died leaving no issue, and five