Benjamin Davis (1710 - 1797)

Born 1 Sep 1710 in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died 1 Dec 1797 at age 87 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Davis 1 September 1710 – 1 December 1797 •

• When Benjamin Davis was born on 1 September 1710, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Davis, was 30 and his mother, Mary Robinson, was 26. He married Jerusha Butler on 9 January 1736, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died on 1 December 1797, in Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

actual birth text states: Davis, Benjamin son of Benjamin and Mary, born 3 Sep 1710

findagrave.com Memorial # 5866870 created by Tom Cummings buried at Falmout Old Burying Ground, Falmouth Old Burying Ground, Falmouth, Barnstable, MA. Headstone states: In Memory of Mr Benjamin Davis who died Dec 1, 1797 in his 88 year

Marriage: 09 January 1735/1736 Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Jerusha Butler

Sources

Benjamin Davis https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MYMM-SMJ

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-6NQT : 19 April 2021), Beniaman Davies and Jerusha Butler, 9 Jan 1736; citing Marriage, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009644.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ33-96P : 15 January 2020), Benjaman Daves, 1710.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Wiley Walters for creating WikiTree profile Davis-14967 through the import of Wiley Woodrow Walters Jr. (1).ged on Feb 5, 2013.