Family of Nicholas + DAVIS and Sarah + LOCKE
Husband: Nicholas + DAVIS
Name: |
Nicholas + DAVIS |
Sex: |
Male |
Father: |
- |
Mother: |
- |
Birth |
1595 |
Wapping Wall, London, England |
Immigration |
1635 (age 39-40) |
to Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, US from Wrapping Hall, London, England |
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The vessel: The Planter |
Residence |
1654 (age 58-59) |
York County, ME, US1 |
Occupation |
|
tailor |
Death |
27 Apr 1667 (age 71-72) |
Woburn, Middlesex, MA, US |
Wife: Sarah + LOCKE
Name: |
Sarah + LOCKE |
Sex: |
Female |
Father: |
Richard Christopher + LOCKE (1571- ) |
Mother: |
Elizabeth + (1562- ) |
Birth |
1587 |
|
Immigration |
22 Mar 1634 (age 46-47) |
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On the vessel "Planter". They were accompanied by a child, William Locke, for whom Davies was a guardian.; William Locke's parents were William and Margaret Locke of Stepney |
Death |
24 Mar 1643 (age 55-56) |
Woburn, Middlesex, MA, US |
Name: |
George + DAVIS2 |
Sex: |
Male |
Spouse: |
Sarah + CLARK (1620-1698) |
Birth |
1616 |
England |
Immigration |
1645 (age 28-29) |
to Boston, Middlesex, MA, US |
Will |
7 Dec 1664 (age 47-48) |
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Occupation |
|
Sea Freight Captain |
Death |
14 Jul 1667 (age 50-51) |
at sea3,4 |
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Died at sea while on a voyage to Cape Fear, NC. Burial at sea. |
Probate |
30 Sep 16675 |
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About to sail for Cape Fear (where he d.). wife and son Benjamin, execs. to son Joseph what he has in the ship and the weaver's loom; 5 daus under age; bro Wm. Clark of Lynn, one of the overseers. |
Name: |
Joseph DAVIS |
Sex: |
Male |
Birth |
1622 (est) |
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Note on Husband: Nicholas + DAVIS
Nicholas Davies, Mr., tailor, of Wapping Hall, London, came in the -Planter- 1635, ag. 40, with wife Sarah Locke Davies, 40, son Joseph 13, nephew Wm. Locke 6, and servants. From Charlestown he removed and was an original settler of Woburn, where his wife, Sarah, died 24 May 1643 and he married 12 July 1643 Elizabeth, widow of Joseph Isaacs. At York by 1650 (jury). In 1652 the warrant from the Massachusetts Comrs. was directed to him and John(18) Davis, and their court was held at his tavern. Grand Jury 1656. 1659, 1660. Selectman 1653, 1656, 1658-59, 1662. Will 27 Apr 1667– proved 12 Mar. 1669-70, names his or wife's cousins besides his daughter and her children and cousin Wm. Locke of Woburn. Child: Joseph, bp. 18 Nov. 1621, called #15 in passenger list, soon died. Mary, m. George Dodd. Matthew Austin, William Wright.6
Sources
1 | "ME Early Census Index". |
2 | "The American Genealogist, Vol 39" (page 106). |
3 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |
5 | Charles Henry Pope, "Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650" (Genealogical Publishing Co, 1998). |
6 | Libby Davis Noyes, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and NH". |