♂ John Davis

1692 - 1757

John Davis
Parents
Spouse
Hannah Heath
Hannah Heath
1695 - 1756
Children
Josiah Davis
Josiah Davis
1722 - 1796

He was a weaver by trade.  He settled in Haverhill in 1717, and removed to Hampstead after 1740.

 

Timeline

1717


May 16
Age: 24y

residence


Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓
"Josiah Heath Junior of Haverhill for six pounds received of my Son in Law John Davis of the same place, sells him one and a half acres of land in Haverhill, bounded on Wm Whiticker, 16 May 1717; witnesses Hannah Heath, Benjamin Emerson"
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1717 Tatar invasions in Transylvania, with many towns devastated, including Cavnic, Sighet and Dej.

1756


Nov 15
Age: 64y

will


Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓
In his will, he mentions children John, Nathaniel, Abial, Samuel, Joseph, Sarah, Jane, Hannah Rowel, Obadiah, Josiah, and Ephraim. A Thomas Emery was a witness to his will, and his brother married a Lydia Emery. Potentially they are related in some way.
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1756 December 14 The play Douglas is performed for the first time in Edinburgh, with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the local church presbytery, who summoned Alexander Carlyle to answer for having attended its representation. However, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition.

1757


Feb 3
Age: 64y

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