John Davis (1755 - 1848)

Born 28 Sep 1755 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Thomas) Davis — married 10 Apr 1782 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1848 at age 93 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Colonel John DAVIS ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]} was born ^[16] 28 Sep 1755 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut and was christened 28 Sep 1755 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He died ^[17][18] 27 Nov 1848 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was buried ^{[19][20][21][22]} 28 Nov 1848 in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. John married ^{[23][24][25][26][27]} Mahitable THOMAS on 10 Apr 1782 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.

John DAVIS was born 2 Feb 1748 in Oxford, New Haven, CT and was christened 22 May 1749 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT.

alt. birth: 2 Feb 1748

Sources

1. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 175. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... Colonel, commanding the 2d Regiment Connecticut militia." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/175.html.
2. ↑ Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford, Available at (http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm) (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #139. Chestnut Tree Hill Road, Oxford, CT Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.
3. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 97. 1792 - Tax List - Oxford http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/097.html.
4. ↑ Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), p. 12. . " ... Chestnut Tree Hill Road ... captured by British.." http://www.oxfordpast.com/p12.htm.
5. ↑ Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 127 - 129, 130. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/127.html.
6. ↑ Litchfield & Hoyt, History of the Town of Oxford, p. 304. "Oxford Tax List, 1792." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/304.html.
7. ↑ 1790 Derby Census.
8. ↑ 1800 Oxford Census.
9. ↑ 1810 Oxford Census.
10. ↑ 1820 Oxford Census.
11. ↑ 1840 Oxford Census.
12. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, 39, 40, 73.
13. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, p. 40. "John, Capt. of 1st Co., in Oxford."
14. ↑ B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 3. . " A short distance north of the College Farm is located the old Davis homestead. This place is situated on the corner of the road leading to Pinesbridge. The old original house was built about the year 1708 by Joseph Davis, one of the early pioneers of Oxford, then a part of the town of Derby. He was the father of Col. John Davis, the subject of our sketch. The house was of antique design, with a long sloping roof, the rear forming a veranda about eight feet wide and twelve feet long. Col. John Davis was born in this house Sept. 28th, 1755. On April 19th, 1782, he married Mehitable Thomas, a daughter of Capt. Reuben Thomas of New Haven. They had 14 children:
    1. Sarah, born March 31, 1783
    2. Anson, born Sept. 5, 1785
    3. Truman, born March 13, 1787
    4. John, born Sept. 8, 1788
    5. Lucretia, born Sept. 22, 1790,
    6. Mary, born March 28, 1792
    7. Charity, born Feb. 8, 1794
    8. Twins, Nabby and Nancy, born Dec. 21, 1795
    9. Joseph, born Aug. 13, 1798
    10. Sheldon, born Sept. 3, 1800
    11. Lewis, born Jan. 26, 1803
    12. Burrett, Born July 12, 1806
    13. Julia, born July 4, 1810
    On the evening of Nov. 12, 1848, the old house was burned. There was quite a body of snow on the ground at the time and old Mr. Davis, unmindful of results and so eager was he to quench the fire that he went out in the cold barefooted and thinly clad, and threw snow on the burning building. Just previous to this he was injured while engaged in breaking a colt. He contracted a severe cold which resulted in his death Nov. 27, 1848, in his 94th year. Mehitable his wife died Dec. 27, 1852, in her 89th year." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-03.html.
15. ↑ B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford, Chapter 9. " We next cross the bridge over Towantic Brook, well known to fishermen as one of the best trout streams in the Naugatuck Valley. Above this bridge about a mile are the ruins of an old sawmill which was built by the father of Col. John Davis about the middle of the 17th century, and was used for nearly a century, to convert the logs of the virgin forest into lumber for building purposes. It has long since fallen to decay. ... The ruins of an old saw mill are seen opposite the last mentioned place. This saw mill was built in the early part of the last century, by a stock company of which Col. John Davis was at the head, and many of the old residents had a share in the building, which enabled them to get their sawing done at little expense. About the year 1840 Burrett Davis and George Perry bought the mill from the stockholders and for many years after it was known as the Davis and Perry Sawmill. Many cold days the writer has worked in that old mill and many pleasant memories cluster around its associations, the old stone fire place where I was wont to bake potatoes and warm the dried beef of which I always had an adequate supply furnished by the liberal hand of my good mother. The old mill has long since fallen to decay and is numbered with the things that were." http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-09.html.
16. ↑ George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 227.
17. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 227.
18. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 16. "Davis, Julia E., daughter of Burritt, & Electa, died Nov. 21, 1849, age 2 yrs. Davis, John Hiram, son of Burritt & Electa, died Nov. 6, 1835, age 1 yr. Davis, David, Col. John, died Nov. 27, 1848, age 93 yrs. Davis, Sheldon, son of Col. John & Mrs. Mehitable, died May 30, 1813, age 13 yrs. Davis, Mrs. Sarah, daughter of Col. John & Mrs. Mehitable, died Dec. 6, 1808, age 26 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan16.html.
19. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 118. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/118.html.
20. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 16. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan16.html.
21. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 227.
22. ↑ St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem3395.html.
23. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 73. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/073.html.
24. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 227.
25. ↑ Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 216.
26. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, 40, 73.
27. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 7, p 1742.

• George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 14. "died young."
• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 216.
• Orcutt, Samuel. The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (Springfield Printing Co., Springfield, Mass. 1880) Page 716