Hannah (Winslow) Davis (1697 - 1775)

Born 8 Mar 1697 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of William Davis — married 26 Jan 1715 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 17 Apr 1775 at age 78 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Hannah Davis was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Edward Winslow Sr. and James Chilton.

Biography

Hannah Winslow was born on 08 March 1697 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Edward and Hannah (Moody) Winslow.^[1][2]

On 26 January 1715 at Boston, she married William Davis, Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton, Presbyterian minister, presiding.^[3] He was probably^[2] the William Davis born Boston on 22 January 1686, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Unknown) Davis.^[4] William died in Boston on 14 March 1745/6, aged about 58 years.^[5] Hannah Davis, widow of Boston, was appointed administratrix on the estate of her late husband on 28 March 1746. He was called "physitian."^[6] Hannah Davis died on 17 April 1775, age 79 years.^[7]

No further probate or land records have been found to connect their children.^[2]

The only known children of William and Hannah (Winslow) Davis were born in Boston:^[2]

1. Sarah Davis, b. 28 Feb 1719^[8]
2. Hannah Davis, b. 16 Feb 1722^[9]
3. William Davis, b. 17 March 1726.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners, A Report of the Record Commissioners Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (Boston, MA: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, 1883), p. 234. Archive.org
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Sherman, Robert Moody; Wakefield, Robert S.; Finlay, Lydia Dow. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. James Chilton, Richard More. Volume Fifteen. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997), pp. 41, 121. AmericanAncestors.org by $ubscription.
3. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners, A report of the Record Commissioners of the city of Boston : containing Boston marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Boston : Municipal Printing Office, 1898), p. 57. Archive.org.
4. ↑ Boston VRs 1630-1699, p. 168. Archiv.org
5. ↑ Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800 (Boston : G.K. Hall & Co., 1968) Vol. 1:87. FamilySearch.org link Page viewer #97. "Davis, William, Dr., surgeon, Mar. 14, 1745-6, a. abt. 58 y. Bost. News L."
6. ↑ Suffolk County, Mass., Probate Records, Vol. 38:477 (Admin.); 40:331 (Inventory), file #8459: William Davis.
7. ↑ "Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800," (Boston : G.K. Hall & Co., 1968) Vol. 2:288. FamilySearch.org link Page viewer #288. "Davis, Hannah, wid. Dr. William, Apr. 17, 1775, a. 79 y. News-Let."
8. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners, A report of the record commissioners of the city of Boston : containing Boston births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800 (Boston, Mass. : Rockwell & Churchill, 1894), p. 140. Archive.org.
9. ↑ Boston Births 1700-1800, p. 155. Archive.org.
10. ↑ Boston Births 1700-1800, p. 175. Archive.org.

See also:

• Collins, James Wade Ferris. "The Family and American Descendants of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, Medford, and Charlestown, Massachusetts," The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 174(2020):265 (Link by $ubscription).

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