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Thomas Davis (1754 - 1840)

Thomas Davis
Born in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 18 Jul 1782 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Died at age 86 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Baymap
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Private Thomas Davis served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
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Thomas Davis is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 145026
Rank: Private

Thomas Davis was born on January 07, 1754 in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Nathan Davis and Ellen Hubbard. [1] [2]

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, having served in the Holden Minute Men company of Capt. James Davis, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt., and in Capt. John Jones's company, same regt. various other companies through 1779. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

He married Lettice Rice on July 18, 1782. [9]

Together they had these children, born in Holden:[9]

  1. John, b. 1782.
  2. Polly, b. 1785.
  3. Rufus, b. 1787.
  4. Auston, b. 1789.
  5. William, b. 1791, d. 1799.[9]
  6. Joseph, b. 1794.
  7. Thomas Davis, b. 1796.
  8. Ebenezer, b. 1799,d. 1800.[9]
  9. Sukuy, b. 1802.
  10. Warren, b. 1804.
  11. William, b. 1807.

He died on May 14, 1840 in Holden. [9]


Sources

  1. ↑ Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
  3. ↑ DAR
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  5. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
  6. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  7. ↑ The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894
  8. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-27), "Record of Thomas Davis", Ancestor # A030679.
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TW8D : 10 November 2020), Thomas Davis, 7 Jan 1754; citing Birth, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934224.
  • "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2RF1 : accessed 28 September 2021), Thomas Davis, 04 Mar 1835; citing Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 5; FHL microfilm 1,319,385.
    • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-5J44 : accessed 28 September 2021), Thomas in entry for Lettice Davis, 04 Mar 1836; citing Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 17; FHL microfilm 1,319,397.
  • "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-YSRX : 28 September 2021), Thomas Davis, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Holden, San Joaquin, California, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711083.
  • Mayflower Families Vol. 13 p. 114
  • Family history




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Davis-72844 and Davis-43076 appear to represent the same person because: Davis-72844 has more accurate and certain dates
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Rejected matches › Thomas Davis (abt.1805-) › Thomas Taylor Davis (abt.1790-) › Thomas Avis (abt.1774-1817)

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