Saturday, July 13, 2013

Surname Saturday - DAVIS (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, I'm up to Ancestor #631, who is Sarah DAVIS (1676-1754) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three American generations of this DAVIS family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)


18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)


38.  Thomas J. Newton (ca 1800 - ????)
39.  Sophia Buck (1797-1882)

78.  Isaac Buck (1757-1847)
79.  Martha Phillips (1757-????)

156.  Isaac Buck (1732-????)
157.  Mary Richards (1733-????)


314:  Joseph Richards (1703-1748)
315.  Mary Bowden (1705-????)

630.  Michael Bowden, born 1673 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 12 October 1741 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1260. Michael Bowden and 1261. Sarah Nurse.  He married 20 November 1697 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
631.  Sarah Davis, born 01 February 1675/76 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 September 1754 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Michael Bowden and Sarah Davis are:
*  Susanna Bowden (1699-1709)
*  Francis Bowden (1701-1737), married 1735 Elizabeth Webster (1710-????)
*  Sarah Bowden (1702-????), married 1724 John Riddan (1695-1756)
*  Mary Bowden (1705-????), married 1726 John Richards (1703-1748)
*  Martha Bowden (1705-1719)
*  Hannah Bowden (1707-1753)
*  John Bowden (1709-????)
*  Lydia Bowden (1712-????), married 1731 Samuel Kelley (1706-????)
*  Michael Bowden (1714-1761), married 1735 Hannah Hendley (1712-????)
*  Ebenezer Bowden (1716-????)
*  Susanna Bowden (1717-1799), married 1740 Moses Newhall (1718-1774)
*  Benjamin Bowden (1721-1741).

1262.  John Davis, born about 1640 in England.  He married 05 October 1664 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1263.  Sarah Kirtland, born 27 September 1646 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2526. Phillip Kirtland and 2527. Alice.

Children of John Davis and Sarah Kirtland are:
*  Sarah Davis (1665-1665)
*  Sarah Davis (1667-1667)
*  Mary Davis (1668-????)
*  Joseph Davis (1672-1673)
*  John Davis (1674-1754), married 1700 Ann Lewis (1676-????)
*  Sarah Davis (1676-1754), married 1697 Michael Bowden (1673-1741)
*  Ebenezer Davis (1678-????)
*  Benjamin Davis (1681-????)
*  Joseph Davis (1686-????)

2524.  Jenkin Davis, born about 1614 in England; died 1661, probably in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.  He married before 1640 in England.
2525.  Sarah, born about 1616 in England.

Child of Jenkin Davis and Sarah is:

*  John Davis (1640-????), married 1664 Sarah Kirtland (1646-????).

The only information I have about the Jenkin Davis family is from:

Alonzo Lewis and James Robinson Newhall, The History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, Including the Town of Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscott & Nahant (Boston, Mass. : John L. Shorey, 1865).

The book  has a short sketch of Jenkin Davis on page 151, which is not very complimentary.  

Information about the family of John Davis was gleaned from the Lynn, Massachusetts Vital Records book, online at Archive.org and other websites.

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