Priscilla (Wood) Davis (1718 - abt. 1802)

Born 1718 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Phineas Davis — married after 7 Jul 1735 in Upton, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about Dec 1802 at about age 84 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Biography

The marriage intentions of Priscilla Wood to Phineas Davis were published at Upton, Massachusetts on July 7, 1735. ^[1][2]

Her husband Phineas died by February 18, 1762/3, when widow Priscilla posted bond to administer the estate of her husband Phineas Davis, deceased, blacksmith of Mendon, Massachusetts. ^[3]

On February 18, 1762/3, widow Priscilla Davis, Samuel Wood and Phineas Davis posted bond in the amount of L50, for administration of her husband Phineas Davis', blacksmith, late of Mendon, estate, which was granted. ^[3]

On February 22, 1762/3, the court appointed a committee to appraise the estate of Phineas Davis, blacksmith of Mendon, deceased. On March 1, 1762/3, his widow Priscilla Davis appeared in court and confirmed the estate inventory was accurate to her knowledge. The estate was valued at L14 13s 3d. ^[3]

On November 10, 1762, John Abbe provided a receipt, acknowledging payment of L1 13s 11d from Samuel Wood, for the funeral expenses of the husband of Mrs. Priscilla Davis. ^[3]

On May 9, 1763, the judge ordered that after funeral expenses were paid, any estate balance should go to the widow for her housekeeping. ^[3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1718

Place: prob Mendon, MA<^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: DEC 1802

Place: prob Mendon, MA^[4]

Research notes

• Possible husband: Phineas Davis
• Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.). Case 16119: Administration Bond (Husband Phinehas Davis of Mendon, died 1762).
• Deed from Samuel Wood to Phineas & Priscilla Davis: Worcester County Deeds

Upton Marriages

Davis, Phineous and Prosilah Wood, int. July 7, 1735. (p. 90)

Upton Births

Davis, Prissila, d. Phinehas and Prisela, Sept. 25, 1736. (p. 20)

Davis, Dinah, d. Phinehas and Prisla, Sept. 12, 1738. (p. 20)

Davis, Phinehas, s. Phinehas and Pressilah, March 13, 1740. (p. 20)

Davis, Rachel, d. Phinehas and Prissilah, Dec. 29, 1741. (p. 20)

Davis, Hannah, d. Phinehas and Prisselah, May 3, 1744. (p. 20) ^[1]

Mendon Births

Davis, Aaron, s. Phinehas and Priscilla, Jan. 7, 1756. (p. 68)

Davis, Jesse, s. Phnehas and Priscilla, Nov. 7, 1758. (p. 69)

Davis, Paul, s. Phinehas and Priscilla, Nov. 10, 1760. (p. 69) ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Upton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1904
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH91-XMF : 5 November 2017), Phimehas Davis and Priscilla Wood, 07 Jul 1735; citing Marriage Notice, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 758,483.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Case 16119: p. 1-15: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Notices of the Descendants of Secretary Rawson" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 3, (1849), p 313, View in GoogleBooks.
5. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. VItal Records of Mendon, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1920

• Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925. The Rawson Family: A Revised Memoir Or Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, From 1650-1686; With Genealogical Notices of His Descendants, Including Nine Generations. Worcester [Mass.]: Pub. by the family, 1875. Page 19.

Acknowledgments

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