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Francis Davis IV (1723 - 1784)

Capt. Francis Davis IV
Born in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 3 Sep 1745 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 61 in Warner, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Biography

Francis was born 26 Oct 1723[1] at Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts the son of Francis Davis and Johanna Ordway.

He married Elizabeth Farren in 1745 in Amesbury MA.[2]

He passed away in 1784.[3]

Excerpt from Genealogy of the Ancestry and Descendants of Captain Francis Davis:
PART I., CHAPTER III.
94 FRANCIS4 a son of Francis3 and Joanna (Ordway) Davis, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 26, 1723; drowned in Beaver Creek, at Derry, N. H., Nov. 26, 1784; buried at Davisville, N. H. He married in Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 3, 1745, Elizabeth, the third daughter and fourth child of Jonathan and Sarah (Wells) Ferrin (who had a family of eight sons and five daughters). She was b. in Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 20, 1724; d. in Davisville, N. H., Dec. 20, 1793. Occupation, farming and milling. They had eleven children b. in Amesbury.
146 i. Gartrett5 b. Dec. 22, 1746; d. Dec. 17, 1831, in Henniker, N. H.
147 ii Zebulon5 13. June 2, 1748; d. July 17, 1795, in Davisville, N. H.
148 iii. Sarah,5 b. March 20,1750; d. Aug. 12, 1838, in Contoocook, N. H.
149 iv. Joanna,5 b. Oct 22, 1761; d. June 6, 1839, in Canterbury, N. H. +
150 v. Wells, 5 b. March 29, 1753; d. Dec. 14, 1841, in Warner, N. H.
151 vi. Ichabod, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1755; d. July 20, 1764, In Amesbury, Mast
152 vii. Francis, 5 b. May 27, 1757; d. Oct. 30, 1840, in Barre, Vt
153 viii. Elizabeth, 5 b. Feb. 1, 1769; d. July 10, 1764, in Amesbury, Mast
154 ix. Aquila, 5 b. June 27, 1760; d. Feb. 27, 1835, in Cumberland, Me.
155 x. Paine, 5 b. March 28, 1762; d. Oct. 31, 1784, in Hopkinton, N. H.
156 xi. Nathan,5 b. Nov. 9, 1765; d. July 14, 1843, In Boone County, Ky. ±

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-QHK3 : 22 October 2020), Francis Davis, 1723.
  2. "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNH-94Q : 22 October 2020), Francis Davis, 1745.
  3. "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSKY-9Y5 : 23 February 2021), Francis Davis, 26 Nov 1784; citing Warner, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,073.




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