Susannah (Chaffin) Davis (1757 - 1851)

Born 19 Feb 1757 in Acton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Ezekiel Davis — married 25 Feb 1779 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1851 at age 94 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Conflict [Note: Susannah Davis d. in Athol, age 94, living in the household of William and Susanna (age 69) Twitchell. Ezekiel Davis died in 1820. It was her daughter Susanna Davis that married William Twitchell in 1803, and not widow Susanna Chaffin Davis that married him, as stated in Robert Chaffin and his descendants. See 1850 Census; Massachusetts Marriages, Massachusetts Deaths, and probate record below. ]

Biography

Susanna Chaffin was born at Acton, Massachusetts on February 19, 1757, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Powers) Chaffin. ^{[1] [2]}

She married Ezekiel Davis at Acton on February 25, 1779. ^{[1] [2]} Ezekiel Davis was born there on June 8, 1753, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Gibson) Davis. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Ezekiel died about February 15, 1820. ^{[1] [3] [2]}

Susannah died on June 21, 1851, 94 years old, at her daughter Susannah Twichell's in Athol. ^{[2] [5]}

Widow Susanna wrote her will on July 27, 1846 ^[6] In it she names:

• to daughter Susannah, wife of William Twichell, all household furniture and clothing
• my daughter Nancy Hunting has already received her share
• my son Chauncey Davis of Fitzwilliam
• the children of my son Isaac Davis, deceased
• the children of my son Ezekiel Davis deceased
• executor, my friend Theodore Jones ^[6]

On July 16, 1851, Theodore Jones, executor, submitted Susannah's will to the court, and declined his duties, stating that the small estate of widow Susannah Davis has already been verbally distributed, mostly to her daughter with whom she lived. ^[6]

Children

1. Susannah born c 1781; married William Twichell in 1803. ^[7]; died at age 78 at Athol on May 3, 1859. ^[8]
2. Nancy born ___; married ___ Hunting. ^[6]
3. Chauncey born c 1796; lived in Fitzwilliam ^[6]; likely married 1st Eunice Knight on August 12, 1813 ^[9]; who died in Fitzwilliam in 1857: married second Tamar (Cheney) Thompson on October 13, 1859 ^[10]: died in New Hampshire in 1867/8.
4. Isaac born ___; died prior to 1846. ^[6]
5. Ezekiel born ___; died prior to 1846. ^[6]

Research notes

Acton Births

CHAFFIN, Susanna, d. Robert and Hannah, Feb. 19, 1757. (p. 25)

DAVIS, Ezekiel, s. Ezekiel and Mary, June 8, 1753. (p. 35)

Acton Marriages

DAVIS, Ezekeil [int. Ezekiel] and Susanna [int. Susana] Chaffin, Feb. 25, 1779. [Ezekiel and Susana Chaffin. CR1] (p. 154)

Acton Deaths

Davis, Ezekel, Feb. __ ,1820, a. 68, in A. [Ezekiel, lingering age, Mar. __, CR1. Ezekiel, Feb. 15, GR1] (p. 262) ^[1]

Royalston Marriages

Twichell, William and Susannah Davis of Winchester, int. July 25, 1803. (p. 150) ^[7]

Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915

Name: Susannah Davis

Death: 21 Jun 1851 Athol, Mass.

Female Age: 94 Widowed

Birth (Est): 1757 Hopkinton, Mass. ^[5]

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910

Name: William Twichell

Spouse: Susanna Davis

Marriage : 25 Jul 1803 ^[11]

United States Census, 1850 Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts

William Twichell M 69 Massachusetts

Susannah Twichell F 69 Massachusetts

Susannah Davis F 93 Massachusetts

Nancy Twichell F 32 Massachusetts

Lydia Twichell F 36 Massachusetts

William Twichell M 29 Massachusetts ^[12]

New Hampshire Marriage Records

Chauncey Davis Residence: Fitzwilliam, NH

White Mechanic 2nd Marriage

Age 63 Birth (Est) 1796 Birthplace Royalston, MA

Father Ezekiel Davis Mother Susannah Chapin

Marriage 13 Oct 1859 Troy, , New Hampshire

Spouse Tamar Thompson Residence: Fitzwilliam, NH

White Age 54 Birth (Est) 1805 Birthplace Holden, MA 2nd Marriage

Father Josephus Cheney Mother Mary Hayden ^[10]

United States Census, 1850 Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire

Chauncey Davis M 54 Massachusetts

Eunice Davis F 53 Massachusetts

Stephen Davis M 19 New Hampshire

Lyman Davis M 16 New Hampshire

Mary Franklin F 11 Canada ^[13]

Note: unconfirmed lineage

Templeton Marriages

Davis, Nancy of Phillipston and Seth Hunting, int. Oct. 10, 1814. (p. 102)

Davis, Isaac of Phillipston and Rebecca Brooks. (p. 102) ^[14]

Phillipston - Marriages

Davis {Davice in int.] Chauncey and Eunice Knight, Aug. 26, 1813. (p. 62)

Davis, Isaac and Rebecca W. Brooks of Templeton, int. Sept. 14, 1822. (p. 62)

Davis, Nancy and Seth Hunting of Templeton, Oct. 19, 1814. (p. 62) ^[9]

Note: Seth and Nancy Hunting resided in Ascot, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Vital Records of Acton Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1923
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Chaffin, William F. History of Robert Chaffin and his descendants, and of the other Chaffins in America, Publ. By Frederick Hitchcock, New York p. 7
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Wilson, Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen. John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: And His Descendants, 1634-1899, Volume 1, McGill & Wallace, 1900 p. 38
4. ↑ Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 1, Lewis Publ. Co., 1907 p. 136
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7VL-VZ9 ) Susannah Davis, 21 Jun 1851; citing Athol, Mass., v 59 p 97, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959814.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Case 16222: p. 1=6: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Royalston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1906
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7J3-48S : 10 December 2014), Susannah Twichell, 03 May 1859; citing Athol, Massachusetts, v 131 p 94, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,175.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1906
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLF9-MN6 : 12 December 2014), Chauncey Davis and Tamar Thompson and X, 13 Oct 1859; citing Troy, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,985.
11. ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHSZ-L4F), William Twichell and Susanna Davis, 25 Jul 1803; citing reference p 19; FHL microfilm 759551.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD9W-TD2), Susannah Davis in household of William Twichell, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 28, NARA microfilm publication M432.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZ8-1M4 : 12 April 2016), Chauncey Davis, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing family 445, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
14. ↑ Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1907