Hannah (Potter) Davis (1690 - 1782)

Born 20 Dec 1690 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Brown — married 22 Nov 1709 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Wife of Simon Davis III — married 1 Jun 1719 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1782 at age 91 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Hannah Potter, daughter of Judah Potter and Grace Brooks was born December 20, 1690 at Concord, Massachusetts. ^[1][2]

Hannah first married November 22, 1709, Thomas Brown, who born at Concord, Massachusetts on August 28, 1686, son of ThomasBrown and Ruth (Vinton) Jones Brown. Thomas died March 13, 1717/8 leaving Hannah a widow with four children. ^[3]

Their children were:

1. Ephraim Brown born on November 7, 1710; died at Concord October 9, 1788; married Abigail Wheeler on June 20, 1732. ^{[1] [3]}
2. Timothy Brown born at Concord August 17, 1712; married Rebecca Farrar on February 7, 1749. ^[1][3]
3. Luke Brown born November 3. 1714.^[1]
4. Hannah Brown born on December 6, 1716 ^{[1] [3]}; first married Elnathan Jones before May 14, 1735 ^[4] ; married Cord Cortis at Boston on October 2, 1740. ^[4]

Widow Hannah Brown was appointed adminstrator of her husband Thomas' estate on May 9, 1718. He died intestate and the estate inventory was assessed at L301: 17: 00. ^[4]

In May 1728, Ephraim Brown Jr in his 18th year, son of Thomas Brown deceased, chose his uncle Ephraim Brown to be his guardia. ^[5]

On January 11, 1730/1. Timothy Brown, minor aged 19 and Luke Brown, minor aged 17, sons of Thomas Brown, deceased both selected John Humt of Concord as their guardian. ^[6]

March 29, 1732: Hannah Brown, minor in her 16th year, daughter of Thomas Brown, deceased selected her brother Ephraim Brown to be her guardian. ^[7]

March 23, 1732/3: Ephraim Brown submitted an accounting to the court, including costs relating to letters of the guardianships Ephraim, Timothy and Luke and sister Hannah after their fathers' deceased. Signed by Hannah Davis. ^[4]

April, 1732: The court appointed a committee to assess and set off for division the real estate of Thomas Brown. ^[4]

May 2, 1732: The committees' submitted estate division was presented, then reviewed and acknowleged by Simon Davis, Hannah Davis, John Hunt - guardian to Luke and Timothy, Ephraim Brown - guardian to Hannah ^[4]

May 2, 1732: Son Ephraim was charged with paying several shares of the two thirds estate, as determined by a committee, to the other children - Luke, Timothy and Hannah, within 2 years, with interest. ^[4]

May 14, 1735: Elnathan Jones acknowledge L64: 14: 2 from Ephraim, to his sister Hannah Brown, now my wife ^[4]

April, 1734/5: Timothy Brown acknowledged receipt on L 3?: 1?: 2 with interest. ^[4]

March 9, 1736: Luke Brown acknowledged receipt of L49: 14: 2 from his brother Ephraim as his share of his father Thomas' estate. ^[4]

Grandfather, Thomas Brown Sr., in his will dated March 29, 1718, left a bequest of 15 acres of woodland, in addition to what was given to son Thomas, now deceased. ^[8]

Widow Hannah Brown, married second, Simon Davis on June 1, 1719 at Concord. He was born on September 7, 1692, son of Dr. Simon Davis andElizabeth Woodis of Concord. ^{[1] [9]}

Their children born at Concord were:

1. Elizabeth born on March 8, 1719/20 ^[1]; died at Acton on September 9, 1818, aged 98 ^[10]: married first, Elisha Brown of Cambridge, May 17, 1744; married second, David Brooks ^[11] as his second wife.
2. Simon born on April 21, 1722 ^[1]; married Catharine Hays, intention published at Acton on May 28, 1748. ^[10]
3. Hannah born on June 9, 1724 ; married Samuel Brook (?of Worcester on March 14, 1755). ^[1]
4. Lucy born on June 26, 1726 ^[1]; married Oliver Farrer. ^[11]
5. Nehemiah born on April 23, 1728^[1]; married Dorothy Heald, intentions published at Acton on April 28, 1753. ^[10]
6. Mary born on December 9, 1730 ^[1]; unmarried in 1777. ^[11]
7. Elenor born on November 25, 1733 ^[1]; not mentioned in her father's 1777 estate settlement. ^[11]
8. Moses born on November 3, 1736; died on November 8, 1736.. ^[1]

In her father Judah Potter's will, written on March 25, 1728 and proved on July 12, 1731, he names daughter Hannah Davis among his heirs. ^[12]

Simon Davis died between February 27, 1777 when his will was dated and April 2, 1777 when it was lodged with the court. Here left beqests to: ^[11]

• wife Hannah, executrix (declined in favor of son Nehemiah)
• son Nehemiah, executor with Hannah
• son Simon
• daughter Elizabeth Brooks
• daughter Lucy Farrer (wife of Oliver Farrer)
• daughter Mary Davis
• daughter Hannah Brook (wife of Samuel Brook) ^[11]

On September 9, 1777, John Winthrop, sq., Judge of probate, did disaprvoe and disallow the above will citing as insufficient by having two witnesses rather than the required three by state law to disperse real estate. ^[11]

October 4, 1777: Simon Davis and Katharine Davis of Acton submitted a letter to the court indicating their acceptance of their late father's will and asked that set up by the court. ^[11]

October 4, 1777: Elizabeth Brooks of Acton wrote a similar request to the court regarding her late father's will and estate. ^[11]

On the same date, Mary Davis, spinster of Concord also wrote to the court, accepting her father's will as written. ^[11]

Judge Winthrop ascertained from the witnesses that they were present at the writing of the will and testified to Simon Davis' soundness. In light of the above letters, and noting that the remaining heirs had quitclaimed their rights, the judge then revoked his previous ruling, and allowed the will on October 7, 1777. ^[11]

On June 7, 1782, the selectman of Concord determined that Hannah Davis, widow of Simon Davis was 'non compos' due to her advanced age and unable to take care of herself or her property. They appointed Captain David Brown as her guardian. ^[13]

On June 12, 1782, the court appointed a committee and ordered that Hannah's estate be inventoried. Her personal estate was assessed at L 48:11:6 and lands at L347: 1: 6 which included her one third dower from Thomas Brown as well as lands left to her in Simon davis' will. ^[13]

Mrs. Hannah Davis died December 1, 1782. ^{[1] [14]}

On March 17, 1783, the court appointed a committee to reappraise the real estate of Thomas Brown, deceased, granted to his widow Hannah as her one third dower to be reverted, as she is now also deceased. The committee determined the the real estate could not be divided fairly, without prejudice and recommended that the whole be settled on eldest son Ephraim Brown. ^[4]

After the payment of settlement costs and debts, son Ephraim was ordered to pay his siblings or their heirs as follows:

• the heirs of Timothy Brown, deceased -L23: 17: 7 1/2
• to the heirs of Luke Brown, deceased, - L23: 17: 7 1/2
• the heirs of Hannah Cordis, deceased - L23: 17: 7 1/2 ^[4]

Research notes

Concord Births

DAVIS, Simon, s. Simon and Elizebeth, Sept. 7, 1692. (p. 36)

POTTER, Hanah, d. Judah and Grace, Dec. 20, 1690. (p. 34)

BROWN, Thomas, s. Thomas and Ruth, Aug. 28, 1686. (p. 35)

Brown, Timothy, s. Thomas and Hanah, Aug. 17, 1712. (p. 80)

Brown, Luke, d. Thomas and Hanah, Nov. 3, 1714. (p. 85)

Brown, Hannah, d. Thomas and Hanah, Dec. 6, 1716. (p. 88)

Davis, Elenor, d. Simon and Hannah, Nov. 25, 1733. (p. 135)

Davis, Elisabeth, d. Simon and Hannah, Mar. 8, 1719-20. (p. 107)

Dsvis, Hannah, d. Simon and Hannah, June 9, 1724. (p. 117)

Davis, Lucy, d. Simon and Hannah, June 26, 1726. (p. 117)

Davis, Mary, d. Simon and Hannah, Dec. 9, 1730. (p. 125)

Davis, Moses, s. Simon and Hannah, Nov. 3, 1736. (p. 146)

Davis, Nehemiah, s. Simon and Hannah, Apr. 23, 1728. (p. 120)

Davis, Simon, s. Simon and Hannah, Apr. 21, 1722. (p. 107)

Concord Marriages

Simon Davis and Hannah Brown, Both of Concord, were married by Justice Minott June the 1 day 1719. (p. 97)

Potter Hannah and Thomas Brown Nov. 22, 1709. (p.74)

Brown, Ephraim, and Abigail Wheeler, June 20, 1732. (p. 130)

Brown, Timothy, and Rebekah Farrar, Feb. 7, 1749. (p. 184)

Davis, Elisabeth, and Elisha Brown, of Cambridge, May 17, 1744. (p. 161)

Brooks, Samuel, of Worcester, and ?Hannah Brown, of Carlisle, Mar. 14, 1755. (p. 191)

Concord Deaths

Davis, Hannah, Mrs., Dec. 1, 1782, a. 92 y. CH (p. 417)

Brown, Thomas h. Hannah', died Mar. 13, 1717. a. 32 y (p.94)

Brown, Ephraim, Dea., h. Abigail, Oct. 8, 1788 [a. 78 y. GS] (p. 322)

Davis, Moses, s. Simon and Hannah, Nov. 8, 1736. (p. 146) ^[1]

Acton Mrriages

Davis, Nehemiah of Concord and Dorathy Heald, int. Apr. 28, 1753. (p. 155)

Davis, Simon and Catharine Hays, int. May 28, 1748. (p. 155)

Acton Deaths

Brooks, Elizabeth, wid., Sept. 9, 1818, a. 98 y. 5 m.. [Elisabeth, a. 98 y. 6 m. CR1 Elizabeth, w. David, Sept. 8, a. 98 y. 5 m. GR1] ( p. 254) ^[10]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Dec 27, 2011

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15} Tolman, George compiler. Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850, Printed by the Town, T. Todd Printer, Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891
2. ↑ Bond, Henry & Horatio Gates Jones, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860, p. 720
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 2, Lewis Publihing So.,, 1907, p. 151
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Case 3215: p. 1-24: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14460/3215-co3/38192567
5. ↑ Case 3216: p. 1-3 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14460/3216-co1/38192589
6. ↑ Case 3218: p. 1-5: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14460/3218-co1/263794852
7. ↑ Case 3217: p. 1-4: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14460/3217-co2/38192593
8. ↑ Case 3214: p. 5: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14460/3214-co5/38192563
9. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3, p. 410
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1923
11. ↑ ^{11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10} Case 6088: p. 1-30 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14471/6088-co1/38226228
12. ↑ Case 17811: p.1-6: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Case 6010: p.1-7: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14471/6010-co1/263828379
14. ↑ Potter, Charles Edward, Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Massachusetts and Their Descendants, in Part to the Present Generation, Volume 1, Heritage Books, Mar 1, 1995, p. 13: 70

See also:

• Sketches of Colorado: being an analytical summary and biographical history of the State of Colorado as portrayed in the lives of the pioneers, the founders, the builders, the statesmen, and the prominent and progressive citizens who helped in the development and history making of Colorado, Volume 1, by William Columbus Ferril, Western Press Bureau Company 1911

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Potter-926 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Buck and others.