Mehitable (Thomas) Davis (1764 - 1852)

Born 12 Apr 1764 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Davis — married 10 Apr 1782 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1852 at age 88 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Mahitable THOMAS ^[1][2][3][4] was born ^[5][6] 12 Apr 1764 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She died ^[7] 27 Dec 1852 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was buried ^[8][9][10] in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. Mahitable married ^{[11][12][13][14][15]} Colonel John DAVIS on 10 Apr 1782 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.

dau. of Reuben Thomas of New Haven.

Sources

1. ↑ Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), pp. 127 - 129. . http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/127.html.
2. ↑ 1850 Oxford Census. Living w/ son Burritt and family.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 227.
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 227.
8. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 118. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/118.html.
9. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 227.
10. ↑ St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem3396.html.
11. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 73. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/073.html.
12. ↑ George T. Davis, Descendants of Colonel John Davis, p. 227.
13. ↑ 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.
14. ↑ Compiled by Carole Magnuson, Barbour Collection - Oxford, 40, 73.
15. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 7, p 1742.

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