Parley Davis (1766 - 1848)

Born 31 Mar 1766 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (West) Davis — married 26 Mar 1791 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1848 at age 82 in Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Gen. Parley Davis served for Vermont in the War of 1812
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Parley Davis is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 144891
Rank: General

Parley Davis was a Vermonter.

Parley was born in 1766. He passed away in 1848.

Davis arrived in Montpelier in 1787 to help start the first settlement there. He was living in a small log cabin in 1794 when he married Rebecca Peabody, a healer who had come to Montpelier to minister to a sick man. Davis subsequently constructed a frame cabin in 1795, which he expanded in 1799, into a more substantial Cape-type house. Parley Davis was one of the first permanent white settlers of Montpelier. Initially he helped survey the town, built a sawmill, and was elected constable and tax collector in 1791 at the first town meeting. After this meeting, all others were held at Davis's home until 1828. Throughout his lifetime Davis contributed to the town in a variety of ways; he established the first library in his house, participated actively in the local militia and War of 1812, held seats in the Vermont legislature, and was chairman of the Vermont Railroad Association 18 years before Vermont's first railroad was built.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96062692

• Death Record of Parley Gen. Davis