John Davis Jr (1788 - 1844)

Born 8 Sep 1788 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Laura (Riggs) Davis — married 16 Oct 1813 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1844 at age 55 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Biography

John DAVIS Jr. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} was born ^[10][11][12] 8 Sep 1788 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

He died ^{[13][14][15][16]} 8 Aug 1844 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States and was buried ^[17][18] in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

John married Laura RIGGS on 16 Oct 1813 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Children:

• John Riggs Davis (1814 - 1872)
• Isaac Beecher Davis (1817 - 1895)
• Otis Davis (1825 - 1842)
• William Hart Davis (1829 - 1903)

Sources

1. ↑ George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 255.
2. ↑ Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 128. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/128.html.
3. ↑ Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), p. 65. . 1843 - St. Peter's Church http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_065.html.
4. ↑ 1820 Oxford Census.
5. ↑ 1840 Oxford Census.
6. ↑ 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, p. 40.
7. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537.
8. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 431.
9. ↑ John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 33.
10. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 62. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/062.html.
11. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 18.
12. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, p. 40.
13. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 74. "Nathan, January 4, 1823, aged 69." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/074.html.
14. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), p. 12. "Hawley, John, born Oct. 14, 1833, died Dec. 19, 1894 Hawley, Laura Davis, wife of John, born Sept. 13, 1840, died Jan. 22, 1928 Davis, John R., born Dec. 20, 1814, died Oct. 17, 1872 Davis, Sarah J. Wheeler, wife of John R., born Oct. 29, 1819, died July 9, 1880 Davis, John Jr., died Aug. 8, 1844, age 56 yrs. Davis, Laura Riggs, wife of John R., died Nov. 13, 1854, age 59 yrs. 6 mos. Davis, Otis, son of John Jr. & Laura, died Apr. 12, 1842, age 18 yrs. Davis, Lewis, died Feb. 11, 1871, age 68 yrs. Davis, Lucinda, wife of Lewis, died July 18, 1882, age 75 yrs." http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan12.html.
15. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 432.
16. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, p. 40.
17. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery, p. 12. http://www.oxfordpast.com/epcemscan12.html.
18. ↑ St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://www.oxfordpast.com/cem112.html.

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