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Ebenezer Davis (abt. 1729 - bef. 1794)

Ebenezer Davis
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died before before about age 65 in Westernport, Allegany County, Maryland, United Statesmap
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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Ebenezer was born about 1729. Ebenezer Davis passed away in 1793, Allegany Co., Maryland. His will shows that he also owned land in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

List of Children (preliminary)

Joseph Davis 1749–1824

Levi Davis 1751–1846

Rachel Davis 1755–

Stephen Davis 1758–

Tabitha Davis 1768–1794

Ebenezer Davis 1771–1850

Jenny Davis 1777–

Mary Davis 1780??–

Susanna Davis 1782-

Will Abstract

Davis, Ebenezer Will dated Nov. 18, 1793. Probated Jan. 13, 1794. Wife: Sarah Davis. Sons: Ebenezer Davis, Joseph Davis, Levi Davis, Stephen Davis. Daughters: Tabitha, Rachel, Mary, Susanna, Jenny. Executors: Wife Sarah Davis and son Ebenezer Davis. Witnesses: Patrick Murdock, Susanna Brain (Broin?).

Sources

  1. ↑ Davis-23611 was created by Steven Hall through the import of hall steve_2014-06-29.ged on Jun 29, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.




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Anonymous M
Davis-35450 and Davis-23611 appear to represent the same person because: This is a duplicate of the earlier Ebenezer Davis, whose birthdate, birthplace, and parents are still unknown. There is no documented connection to any of the dozens of Ebenezer Davises in New England, and it would be highly unlikely in any case.
posted by Anonymous M
Kenneth Kinman
Many online trees claim he was born in 1726, Hartford, Connecticut, son of Ebenezer G. Davis and Elizabeth Merrell. And that he was married in 1747 to Sarah Town in Sutton, Massachusetts. Example here: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/23102685/person/350089741929/facts

P.S. Elizabeth Merrell's wikitree profile is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Merrell-218

posted on Davis-35450 (merged) by Kenneth Kinman
edited by Kenneth Kinman
Anonymous M
Many online trees do claim those things, and they are all wrong. That was probably a mistake in some early-internet tree, and got copied promiscuously for years, without serious consideration by most, nor citing a single source. When I first started in genealogy, I copied those same claims. Now I have debunked those claims after several years of research, online and on the ground in Maryland and elsewhere. In fact, I have cataloged more than 80 Ebenezer Davises in 18th–19th century New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.

The Ebenezer Davis who married Sarah Town was born 4 Oct 1744 in Oxford, Massachusetts. He married Sarah 25 Apr 1777 in Oxford or Sutton, Massachusetts (it was recorded in both towns). Sarah most likely died before he remarried Mary Wakefield 10 Jan 1784 in Oxford, and she most likely died before he remarried Hannah Gary 20 Oct 1787 in Pomfret, Connecticut. His only recorded children were Jonas (1788–1866), Hannah (1791–1849), and Ebenezer (1794–1864), all with his third wife. He died 13 Jan 1794 in Oxford, before his son Ebenezer was even born. The similar death date to the Ebenezer Davis of Maryland is possibly why people have mixed the two up, but they were definitely different men.

This Ebenezer Davis was certainly born earlier, since he had children by the late 1740s. However, we still have no evidence giving his birthdate nor age at any point during his life.

posted by Anonymous M

Rejected matches › Ebenezer Davis (1727-1793)

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