♂ 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

1715


Jun 29
Age: 23y
1715 • The ancient right to evaluate royal decrees publicly before they are given the force of law by the high court of Paris (the Parlement) is restored.

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 • François-Marie Arouet is sentenced to imprisonment in the Bastille for eleven months because of a satirical verse against the Régent of France and his infamous daughter Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans who at the time was hiding an illegitimate pregnancy and soon to give birth;Jean-Michel Raynaud, Voltaire soi-disant, Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1983, vol.1, p.289 Arouet will emerge with the pseudonym Voltaire and the completed text of his first play, Œdipe.

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 Seven Years' War: The French invade Minorca, at this time under British control.

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