James Davis

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• Freeman: 1634/35, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: Abt 1640, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; James and Cicely moved from Newbury, Massachusetts.They were one of the first settlers of Haverhill.
• Offices Held: 1646, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; 1646 - Selectman
• Legal: 14 Apr 1663; He deposed 14 (2) 1663 giving his age as about 60 years.
• Will: 17 Mar 1675/76, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; James Davis wrote a codicil to his will on 22 Jan 1678/79 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
• Probate/Proved: 1680

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Family/Spouse: Cicely Thayer. Cicely was christened on 1 May 1600 in Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 May 1673 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 19 Dec 1663, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; Deborah Barnes, the daughter of William and Rachel (Lord) Barnes. She was born on 1 April 1646 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. She died 14 January 1718/19 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Davis (1667-____) 2. Deborah Davis (____-1669) 3. Rachel Davis (1670-____) 4. Joseph Davis (1673-____) 5. William Davis (1675-____) 6. Rebecca Davis (1678-____) 7. Ephraim Davis (1679-____) 8. Sarah Davis (1679-____) 9. Amos Davis (1683-1686) 10. Mary Davis (1685-____)
• Oath: Dec 1677, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity.
• Will: 7 Sep 1696, Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Marriage: Their marriage date was recorded as 19 (10) 1663.

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• Married: 18 Jun 1663, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; John Page, the son of John and Mary (Marsh) Page. He was christened on 11 July 1641 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He became a freeman in 1669 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. John took the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance in 1677 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was licensed to keep and "ordinary" in 1683 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was fined for selling liquor to Indians in 1684 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was elected in 1685 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, as a sergeant in the militia. He served in 1685 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He served in 1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, as the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court for Haverhill. He left a will on 11 May 1714 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In his will, John, freed a male slave upon the death of his wife. He died 7 June 1714 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. John's will was proved on 12 July 1714. Issue: 1. Sarah Page (1680-____)

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• Married: 31 Dec 1659, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mary Johnson. After Ephraim's death, on 1 November 1682 Mary, married (2) Edward Clark. She died after 1691. Issue: 1. Ephraim Davis (____-1662) 2. Stephen Davis (1663-1719) 3. Ephraim Davis (1665-____) 4. Mary Davis (1667-____) 5. Thomas Davis (1669-____) 6. Jonathan Davis (1671-1690) 7. Joanna Davis (1673-1673) 8. Susanna Davis (1674-____) 9. Hannah Davis (1676-____)
• Oath: 1677; He took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity.

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Marriage: Boltwood (1849) gives their marriage date as 29 December 1660 and the place as Andover, Massachusetts.

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Judith married Samuel Guile on 1 Sep 1647 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of unknown husband Guile and unknown wife) died on 21 Feb 1683 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 1 Dec 1648, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; (1) Elizabeth Eaton, the daughter of John and Ann Eaton. She was christened on 31 January 1629/30 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England. She died 21 January 1683 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Davis (1650-1650) 2. Esther Davis (1651-____) 3. Elizabeth Davis (1654-____) 4. Ann Davis (1655-____) 5. Sarah Davis (1658-____) 6. James Davis (1660-____) 7. John Davis (1664-____) 8. Daniel Davis (1666-____) 9. Elisha Davis (1670-____) 10. Constance Davis (1674-____)
• Freeman: 1666
• Oath: 1677; He took the oath of Allegiance and Fidelity.
• Will: 18 Jul 1694; It mentions his wife, Mary, who had brought property into the marriage. He wrote it on the day he died.
• Probate/Proved: 2 Aug 1694

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• Married: 10 Dec 1646, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; (1) Jane Peasley, the daughter of Joseph Preasley. She was born before 1630 in England. She died after 1660 in Dover, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Mary Davis (1647-____) 2. Sarah Davis (1649-____) 3. John Davis (1651-____) 4. Hannah Davis (1653-____) 5. Jane Davis (1655-1656) 6. Moses Davis (1657-1724) 7. Joseph Davis (1660-____) 8. James Davis (1662-1749) 9. Jane Davis (1664-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1652, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; It was then called Oyster River.
• Offices Held: 1663, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire; 1663-1664 - Selectman. Again in 1671 and 1677
• Freeman: 22 May 1666, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire
• Will: 1 Apr 1685, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire
• Probate/Proved: 25 May 1686, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire

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• Legal: say 1675; According to the Record of the Court of Assistants, Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1673 to 1692, "Samuel Guile of Hauerill being Committed to Prison in order to his tryall for Committing a Rape was presented & Indicted by the Grand Jury was brought from the prison to the barr where holding vp his hand was Indicted by the name of Samuel Guile for not having the fear of God before his eyes & being Instigated by the divill did on or about the 25th day of December last in the woods violently & forcibly seize on & Comitt a rape on the body of Mary Ash the wife of John Ash of Amesbury Contrary to the peace of our Soueraigne Lord the King his Croune & dignity of the lawes of God & of this jurisdiction = to which he pleaded not Guilty and put himself on God & the Country = After the indictment & euidences were Read Comitted to the jury & are on file with the Reccords of this Court the Jury brought in yir verdict they found the prisone at the barr Guilty & he accordingly had a sentenc pronounct ag him yow Sam Guile are to Goe from hence to y place from whence yo came & thence to y place of execution & there be hang till yow be dead wch was accordingly donn 16 October 1675. = Six pounds eighteen shillings allowed for y Tresurer to pay newberry men as witnesses out of the state of sajd Guile in his power as also out of the estate to pay unto Mary Ash fiue pounds"

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He was hanged.

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• Last Full Review: 14 Jul 2020

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Died:
She died after childbirth.

Judith married Joseph Page on 21 Jun 1671 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of John Page and Mary Marsh) was christened on 5 Mar 1647/48 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Feb 1684 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Oath: 1678, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He took the oath of Allegiance.
• Moved To: 1700, Preston, New London County, Connecticut
• Moved To: say 1710, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Family/Spouse: Ruth Parker. Ruth (daughter of Joseph Parker and Mary) was born on 2 Jun 1661 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Nathaniel Johnson before 1715 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Joseph Johnson and Hannah Tenney) was born on 15 Aug 1683 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]