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Joseph Davis
(1673-1755)
Jemima Eastman (Twin)
(1677-1760)
Isaac Colby
(1680-Abt 1728)
Mary Fowler
(1670-1712)
Joseph Davis
(1701-Bef 1764)
Sarah Colby
(1707-After 1749)
William Davis
(Abt 1730-1778)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rhoda Goodwin

William Davis

  • Born: Abt 1730, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  • Christened: 5 Apr 1767, Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States
  • Marriage (1): Rhoda Goodwin on 27 Oct 1764 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  • Died: will 1778 about age 48
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bullet  General Notes:

1. Rev. John Murray's Church, Boothbay, Me. baptismal records, bp. as adult.
listed as father of child, Charles.
2. DAR records say his will recorded in 1778; note from DAR records says b. 1730! #819727
3. Hoyt
4. kkdavid@charter.net adds son, William b. 1772 m. Lois Morrill/Clarissa Mann
5. Probate Records of Lincoln Co., Maine, 1760-1800 by Patterson, 974.157 adds nothing
6. History of Boothbay, etc. 1623-1905 by Greene has nothing on our family
7. Amesbury Vital Records, p. 84
8. Don Davis
9. Photo of Tombstone in Noble Co., Ohio

Living at the time of his grandfather's will in 1744
He went to Davistown (now Montville), Me. in 1780
marriage intentions were filed 27 Oct 1769 in Ipswich
SAR application says private under capt. Israel Davis, seacoast defense.
My DAR registration number is 844686

Several people on the iternet think that William,b. bef.1785 is another son, but that is not accepted by the DAR since no official records have everbeen found.

In Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine:
Elizabeth Davis m. Enich Gove bef. Aug 1786
Hulda Davis m. Morris Dodge 19 Aug 1786
Charles Davis m. Betsey Brown 30 Sep 1786


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William married Rhoda Goodwin, daughter of Joseph Gordon Goodwin and Tabitha Tuexbury, on 27 Oct 1764 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. (Rhoda Goodwin was born on 10 Nov 1730 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, christened in Feb 1755 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States and died in 1793 in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States.)




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