Mary Davis (1736)

Born 13 Jun 1736 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Godfrey — married 18 Mar 1755 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Biography

Mary Davis was born on 13 June 1736 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Rogers) Davis.^[1]

She was descended from Mayflower Passenger Thomas Rogers through her mother (Mary Rogers⁵, James⁴, James³, Joseph², Thomas¹)^[2]

On March 18, 1755, she married Nathaniel Godfrey, the son of Thomas Godfrey and Bethia Eldredge of Chatham, Mass^{[3] [4] [5]}, and their children included:

1. Isaac, born circa 1756, named for his uncle Isaac Davis^{[4] [5]}
2. Molly, born circa 1758^{[4] [5]}
3. Jacob, born circa 1760, named for his grandfather Jacob Davis ^{[4] [5]}

Nathaniel Godfrey served in the Ticonderoga Expedition of 1758 and lived in Nova Scotia^[4]. In 1762, he was noted among the founders of Liverpool Township^{[5] [6]}. Nathaniel is noted in Simeon Perkins Diary, but there is no mention of his family^[7].

Nathaniel predeceased his father, who noted all the heirs of my son Nathan Godfrey: Isaac, Molly and jacob^{[4] [5]}. He was deceased by the time his father wrote his will, which was proved April 1, 1778, however he was noted in the will, as were his children^[8], but no mention is made of their mother.

Its not clear from these sources if Mary remained in Chatham, or lived in Nova Scotia.

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Sources

1. ↑ Louise H. Kelley & Dorothy Straw, Vital Records Town of Harwich, Massachusetts 1694-1850 (Harwich, MA: Harwich Historical Society, Inc., 1982), p. 55.

   mary Davis Daughter to Jacob davis and mary Davis his seccond wife was born in June the 13 day 1736

2. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Thomas Rogers Vol. 19:239-40. (Link by $ubscription)
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Harwich, Volume 1, page 142 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), also found in (Volume 34, page 27 of the Mayflower Descendant), which states Mach 18th 1755 Then Nathll Godfrey of Chatham & Mary Davis of Harwich ware Marred Pr Revd Mr Dunster
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} The Godfreys of Chatham, Mass (cont'd) by Elizabeth Pearson White, published in Volume 127 (1973) of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.). See page 45 for Thomas Godfrey's marriages and children
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982
6. ↑ The history of Queens County, N.S. by More, James F. (James Fullerton), 1802-1878; Published in Halifax in 1873; Digitizing sponsor University of Alberta Libraries, see pages 11 and 12 for the list of proprietors.
7. ↑ The Diaries of Simeon Perkins The Publications of the Champlain Society, Volume 29; Author: Simeon Perkins; Editor: Harold A. Innis; Published: 2013.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records 1635-1991 published online at Ancestry.com, also available on microfilm at FamilySearch Barnstable, Volume 20:6