WIFE

1st Margery Willard

2. Joanna Hull

CHILDREN with Margery Willard

1. John Davis
    b.4 Jun 1626  Battle, Sussex, England
    m. 15 Mar 1648 Hannah Linnel
    d. Bef. 9 Apr 1703

2. Mary Davis
    b. 9 May 1631 Catsfield, Sussex, England

3. Mary Davis
    b. 2 Feb 1633/4 Catsfield, Sussex, England
    m. 15 Jun 1653 Thomas Lewis
    d. 18 Nov 1687

4. Simon Davis
    b. Abt. 1637
    m. 12 Dec 1660 Mary Blood
    d. 14 Jun 1713

5. Samuel Davis
    b. Abt. 1639/40
    m. Mary Meadows
    m. 18 Oct 1711 Ruth Taylor

6. Ruth Davis
    b. 24 Mar 1644 Barnstable
    m. 3 Dec 1663 Stephen Hall
    d. 6 Jun 1715

Dolar Davis
by Susan Brooke
Apr 2023

Dolar Davis was probably born about 1593.  He married Margaret Willard on 29 Mar 1624 in Kent, England. (1)  His children, John and Mary, were born in Sussex, England and he came to the Colonies about 1634.  His wife died about 1658 and he remarried to Joanna Hull about 1671. 
Dolar Davis wrote his will on 13 Sep 1672 and died on 2 Jul 1673.  In his will he named his wife Joanna, his oldest son John Davis, sons Symon and Samuel Davis, son-in-law Lewis and his wife Mary, and daughter Ruth Hall. (2).

Sources

 (1) Dolar Davis and Richard Everett by Mrs. William Sumner Crosby, 1911

"By trade he was a house-builder, added to which was farming. Dolar Davis was twice married, first to 'Margerye Wilerd' on March 29, 1624. She was the daughter of Richard Willard. He died 1617, leaving a large estate, mostly in lands, part of which came to his daughter Margery Willard and another part to the son, Simon Willard, who was later the founder of Concord, in New England.
The first record we have of Dolor Davis, in New England, is on the Proprietor's Records in Cambridge of a grant of twenty-five acres on Aug. 4, 1634; also a house-lot, June 4, 1635. The wife Margery is supposed to be the 'Margerett Davies, age 32, who with three children, John Davies (9 years old), Marie Davies (4), Elizabeth Davies (1), sailed on the Elizabeth, from the port of London, April 17, 1635, Wm. Stagg, master.'
He sold the above-named house-lot in August, 1635. In 1638 he was in Duxbury. In 1640 he took part in founding Barnstable. On Aug. 20, 1655, 'he bought of Roger Draper his house and farm in Concord.' In the conveyance he is called 'Husbandman.' Meanwhile he sold his property in Barnstable for 'corn and cattle,' the documents recording the various payments and the transfer itself being in the Plymouth Records. In them he is styled 'house-carpenter.' Margery Davis joined in the acknowledgment, which is the last record we have of her. She probably died in Concord before 1666, in which year Davis left Concord.
Of the three children brought over from England, John and Mary were married and settled on the Cape, Elizabeth probably died young. Three more children were born in America, and they, too, were married and settled, but in or near Concord.
In 1666 Davis left Concord and returned to Barnstable, and was again admitted as an inhabitant, where his name appears on various documents. He married, after his return to Barnstable, Mrs. Joanna Bursley, born in England, 1620, daughter of Rev. Joseph Hull and widow of Capt. John Bursley. She was living in 1683. Dolar Davis accumulated a large property for those times, which he distributed mostly among his children during his lifetime. On the 13th of September, 1672, he made his will, which has his autograph signature, showing that he had some education. He always wrote his Christian name Dolar. The will was proved July 2, 1673.
The will recites that he has already provided for his sons Simon and Samuel; and then he bequeaths his house and land in Concord to his son John, adding, 'I also bequeath to him my carpenters tools and serge suit and cloke.' The inventory of estate in Concord was 125 pounds, 5 shillings 7 pence."

 From "Thomas Hatch of Barnstable" pg 223  "He came to New England in 1634 with his brother-in-law, Maj. Simon Willard

(2) Will of Dolar Davis
will written 2 Jul 1673
Dolar Davis: a sketch of his life with a record of his earlier descendants by Horace Davis, 1881
names his wife Joanna, oldest son John Davis, sons Symon and Samuel Davis, son-in-law Lewis and his wife Mary, and daughter Ruth Hall

Also Family Search film # 567794  image 342
Plymouth Will BL 3 page 76

In his September, 1672 will, Dolar Davis left bequests to his son-in-law Lewis, husband of daughter Mary. ^[2] [4]