Caleb
Davis
Born in Woodstock, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Davis
and Sarah (Pierpont) Whitney
Husband of
Hannah Ruggles
— married
30 Sep 1760 [location unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor Cheever
— married
8 Sep 1787 in Boston, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Davis and Eliza Cheever Davis
Died
at age 58
in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2014
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Biography
Parents - Joshua Davis and Sarah Pierpont
Caleb was the first speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives under the Constitution, Oct 25 1780. He married 30 Sep 1760, (1)Hannah Ruggles, daughter of Samuel Ruggles.
Spouse2: Mary Ann Lewis Bant m. 1783 d. 1787
Spouse3: Eleanor Cheever. They had Dau: Eliza Cheever Davis
Caleb Davis held several positions of public trust, including state legislator, 1776–1788; Speaker of the Massachusetts General Court, 1780–1782; and Elector for Massachusetts' Suffolk County in the first U.S. presidential election in 1789. (His Honor Caleb Davis preferred to be called by his title of Deacon)
Sources
- Memoir of William Lawrence: Written for the American Journal of Education By Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caleb by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caleb:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caleb by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caleb:
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~0.78%
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