John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822 - 1907)

Born 29 Dec 1822 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1907 at age 84 in District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA

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Biography

John, known as Bancroft Davis, son of John Davis & Eliza, was born on 29 December 1822 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.^[1][2]

Timeline:^[3]

• 1822: Born in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1822; son of Governor John and Eliza (Bancroft) Davis. His mother, who was born Feb. 17, 1791, and died Jan. 24, 1872, was a daughter of the Rev. Aaron Bencroft of Worcester, Mass., and a direct descendant from Thomas Bancroft of Reading, Mass., the first immigrant.
• 1840: He was graduated from Harvard in 1840, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1844 and to the New York bar in 1853.
• 1849: He was secretary of legation, at London from August, 1849, to December, 1852, when he resigned.
• 1854: He served as American correspondent of the London Times, 1854-61.
• 1862: He gave up the practise of law in 1862, underwent a course of medical treatment and in 1863 settled on a farm in Orange county, N.Y.
• 1869: He was a member of the state assembly from Orange county in 1869.
• 1869: On the 25th of March of that year he was appointed by President Grant assistant secretary of state, and while holding that office served also in 1871 as American secretary to the joint high commission that made the treaty of Washington.
• 1871: He resigned in November, 1871, at the request of Secretary Fish, to accept the position of American agent before the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva. He prepared the case for the United States for submission to that tribunal.
• 1873: On Jan. 24, 1873, he was reappointed assistant secretary of state and was selected as arbitrator between Great Britain and Portugal for the settlement of a dispute.
• 1874: In July, 1874, President Grant appointed him U.S. minister to the German empire
• 1877: After his return at the close of Grant's administration he was made U.S. judge of the court of claims by President Hayes, serving from December, 1877, to December, 1881,
• 1881: President Arthur appointed him assistant secretary of state.
• 1882: Reappointed to the bench of the court of claims in December, 1882,
• 1883: On Nov. 5, 1883, he resigned to accept the position of Reporter of the decisions of the U.S. supreme court.
• 1887: He received from Columbia the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1887.

He is the author of: The Massachusetts Justice (1847); The Case of the United States Laid Before the Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva (1871); Treaties of the United States, with Notes (rev. ed., 1873); and vols. 108-170 of United States Reports; and of the additional notes in Mr. Justice Miller's Lectures on the Constitution. He classified and arranged neglected matter of historical interest in the clerk's office of the U.S. supreme court and in the Centennial Appendix in Vol. 131, and also historical data relating to the judicial functions of the government prior to the adoption of the Federal constitution.

John (age 34) married Fredrickia I. King (age 28y) on 19 November 1857 in New York County, New York, United States.^[4]

John died (age 85) on 27 December 1907 in District of Columbia, United States.^[5] Judge Bancroft Davis was mentioned on a memorial in Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States with a death date of 27 December 1907.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing FHL microfilm: 864093;
   FamilySearch Record: VQX2-V42 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   John Chandler Bancroft Davis born on 29 Dec 1822, son of John Davis & Eliza, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ 'The Chandler family. The descendants of William and Annis Chandler who settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637 by Chandler, George, 1806-1893', 1883, pp 470, archive.org (accessed 23 December 2022)
3. ↑ "American Biographical Library. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Ancestry Inc., 1996; Page: page 165
   Ancestry Record 2016 #549 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   
4. ↑ Marriage: "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
   citing FHL microfilm: 1671673; Record number: 816;
   FamilySearch Record: 248M-Q1L (accessed 23 December 2022)
   John C B Davis (34) marriage to Fredrickia I. King (28y) on 19 Nov 1857 in New York County, New York, United States.
5. ↑ Death: "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961"
   citing reference ID 177399, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,115,324.
   FamilySearch Record: F7RF-QBR (accessed 23 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99ZP-YWY9
   John Chandler Bancroft Davis death 27 Dec 1907 (age 85) in District of Columbia, United States.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #138971882 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   Memorial page for Judge John Chandler Bancroft Davis (29 Dec 1822-27 Dec 1907), citing Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA; Maintained by DMC (contributor 47184694).

• 'The Sacketts of America, their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907; by Weygant, Charles H., 1839-1909', 1907, Volume 2, pp 298, archive.org (accessed 23 December 2022)

• Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Davis-16474 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2RGS_2013-04-28.ged on May 5, 2013.