Samuel Davis III (1703 - 1771)

Born 8 Oct 1703 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Haynes) Davis — married 24 Dec 1723 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1771 at age 67 in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Samuel Davis III was born 3 October 1703. He was the son of Samuel Davis Jr. (1669-) and Abigail (Reade) Davis (1675-1709). ^{[1] [2]}

On 24 December 1723, Samuel married Deborah (Haynes) Davis (1703-1778) in Gloucester, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Their children:

1. Ebenezer, s. Samuel and Deborah [(Haynes). PR224], Nov. 18, 1725
2. Samuell, s. Samuell and Daborah [(Haynes). PR224], Mar. 12, 1728
3. Agnes, d. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), Oct. 15, 1730
4. Debroah, d. Samuell and Debroh [(Haynes). PR224], Sept. 23, 1730. [bp. Sept. 6 (died young)
5. Agnes, d. Samuel and Deborah, Oct. 15, 1733. [bp. Oct. 22, 1732. CR1]
6. William, s. Samuel and Deborah [(Haynes). PR224], Sept. 21, 1736.
7. William, s. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), Mar. 16, 1738.
8. Henry, s. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), July 17, 1742.
9. Deborah, d. Samuel and Deborah (Haynes), Oct. 29, 1744.
10. Sarah, d. Samuel and Deborah, Oct. 29, 1744

He passed away 25 August 1771 (death record says 1770), at age 67, in Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Davis, Samuel, Eld. [h. Deborah (Haynes). PR224, a. 67 y. PR964], Aug. 25, 1770.

He is buried in the Old First Parish Burying Ground in Rockport.^[5] His tombstone records his four sons lost at sea:

• Ebenezer — 1746 — Age 21
• Samuell — 1759 — Age 32
• William — 1759 — Age 21
• Henry — 1766 — Age 24

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1849, Concord, Vol. 1, Births, Page 59 https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_059.shtml
2. ↑ Dolor Davis: Davis, Horace Dolor Davis: A Sketch of His Life (The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass.,1881), Page 41. https://archive.org/details/dolordavissketch00davi/page/40/mode/2up
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9K7L : 18 February 2020), Samuel Davis and Deborah Hains, 24 Dec 1723; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011153.
4. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1Y-789 : 23 October 2020), Samuel Davis, 1770.
5. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 December 2020), memorial page for Samuel Davis (3 Oct 1703–25 Aug 1771), Find A Grave: Memorial #53797274, citing Old First Parish Burying Ground, Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570) .

• http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/VANORTHU/2007-02/1172256994
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DAVIS/1999-04/0923161447
• http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/KINZER/1998-11/0911961239
• http://tree.jimdavis.name/getperson.php?personID=I560&tree=tree1

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alexis Connolly for creating this profile through the import of Asa Osgood Pike_2011-07-29.ged on Jul 29, 2011 and to David Smith through the import of Smith Family Tree-2RGS_2013-04-28.ged on May 5, 2013.