Amasa Davis (1744 - 1825)

Born 17 Apr 1744 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whitney) Davis — married 13 Nov 1764 in Brookline, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1825 at age 80 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Birth

Amasa Davis, son of Joshua and Hannah Davis, born 17 April 1744 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut. ^[1]

Marriage

Amasa Davis married Mrs. Sarah Whitney in Brookline, Massachusetts, on 13 November 1764. "Both of Brookline" as sourced in the NEHGS. ^[2]

Military

Amasa Davis, born 17 August 1744 in Weston, Massachusetts, died 30 January 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts, and his wife Sarah Whitney, born 1746 in Weston, Massachusetts, are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for service: Patriotic Service and quartermaster. ^[3]Although there is no proof, he allededly participated in the Boston Tea Party and his brother Major Robert Davis did as well.^[4]

[5]

Capt. Amasa Davis was Quartermaster General of Massachusetts from 9 Jan 1787, for 35 years.

Death

Amasa Davis, died January 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[6]He was buried in Tomb 120 at the Central Burying Ground. His will was probated in Boston on February 7, 1825. He had been a very successful Bostonian businessman and landholder. The inventory indicates his land holdings alone were valued at $45,000 in 1825.^[4]

Children of Amasa and Sarah:^[4]

1. Anna Davis bp. Shirley, Middlesex Co., MA on 3 Feb 1765; d. Shirley 2 Apr 1765.
2. Sarah Davis b. 9 Sep 1767 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; bp. 13 Sep 1767 at Boston; d. 29 June 1792 at Cambridge; m. William Bordman/Boardman 20 May 1791 at Boston.
3. Lucinda Davis bp 2 Apr 1769 at Boston; d. 18 Jan 1843; m. William Dorr 16 Nov 1790 at Boston.
4. Zabiah Davis bp 9 June 1771 Boston, d. 2 June 1845 Boston; m. Daniel Cowden 8 Oct 1793 at Boston.
5. Amasa Davis bp 4 Oct 1772 at Boston; d. April 1804 Boston; m. Sarah Moore 27 June 1799 at Boston.
6. William Davis bp. 4 Sep 1774 at Boston; d. likely young. Not mentioned in father's will.
7. Nathaniel Davis bp. 5 Nov 1775 at Weston, Middlesex, MA; likely died young. Not mentioned in father's will.
8. Charles Davis b. abt. 1777; d 27 Nov 1821 at Boston; m. Eliza (Betsey) Bussey 22 Nov. 180 at Boston.
9. Catherine Goldthwait Davis bp. 1 March 1778 at Boston; d 11 Sep 1856 at Boston; m. James Hall 1 Jan 1797 at Boston.
10. Richard Montgomery Davis bp. 7 Nov 1779; likely died young. Not mentioned in father's will.
11. Mary Ann Davis bp 11 March 1787 at Boston; d. 27 Sept. 1867 at Boston; m. Samuel Lorenzo Knapp 18 July 1814 at Boston.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Woodstock, Connecticut, 1686-1854. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: Vital records of Woodstock, 1686-1854. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB364/rd/7180/85/234872793
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7671/103/142761100
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed September 3, 2019), "Record of Amasa Davis", Ancestor # A030165.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2023.subscribers
5. ↑ From the Free Internet Repository: Wikimedia Commons, "File: Boston 1775.jpg," Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons (Here;) Accessed December 16 2022.
6. ↑ Boston, MA: Dexter's Memoranda of the Town of Boston, 1711-1875. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: John Haven Dexter's Memoranda of the Town of Boston in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Boston: New England Historic Genealogial Society, 1997. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB75/rd/5254370

• https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/participants-in-the-boston-tea-party

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 November 2018), memorial page for Amasa Davis (17 Aug 1744–31 Jan 1825), Find A Grave: Memorial #77705134, citing Central Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by ASPagel (contributor 48090197) .

• Fernald, Natalie R., The Genealogical Exchange (Buffalo, New York, 1906) Vol. 3, Page 5.