UNKNOWN DAVIS

Parents:

Children of Unknown Davis:

1. Thomas Davis died on 27 Jul 1683. [Ref] He married Christian Bellsire. [Ref] She died on 7 Apr 1688. [Ref] Thomas moved to Haverhill in 1642. [Ref]
2. James Davis died on 29 Jan 1678/9 in Haverhill. He married Cicely Thayer.

Generation 1

JAMES DAVIS (d. 1679) of Haverhill and Newbury

Parents: Unknown Davis

James Davis died on 29 Jan 1678/9 in Haverhill. [Ref] He married Cicely Thayer on 11 Jul 1618. [Ref]

James moved from Newbury to Haverhill in 1646. [Ref]

Children of James Davis and Cicely Thayer:

1. James Davis died on 18 Jul 1694 in Haverhill. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Eaton on 1 Dec 1648. [Ref] She died on 1 Jan 1682/3 in Haverhill. [Ref]
   James moved to Haverhill as early as 1650. [Ref]
2. John Davis died on 25 May 1686 in Oyster River. He married Jane Peaseley.
3. Sarah Davis [Ref]
4. Ephraim Davis died on 28 Sep 1679 in Haverhill. [Ref] He married Mary Johnson on 31 Dec 1659. [Ref]
5. Judith Davis died in May 1667 in Haverhill. [Ref] She married Samuel Guile on 1 Sep 1647 in Haverhill. [Ref] He died on 21 Feb 1682/3 in Haverhill. [Ref]
6. Samuel Davis was born about 1636 in Newbury. [Ref] He died on 10 Sep 1696 in Haverhill. [Ref] He married Deborah Barnes on 17 Dec 1663. [Ref] Deborah was born on 1 Apr 1645. [Ref] She died on 14 Jan 1718/9 in Haverhill. [Ref]
7. Sarah Davis was born about 1642 in Haverhill. [Ref] She married John Page on 18 Jun 1663. [Ref] John died on 27 Jun 1714 in Haverhill. [Ref]

Generation 2

JOHN DAVIS (1623 - 1685/6) of Haverhill and Oyster River

Parents: James Davis and Cicely Thayer

John Davis was born in 1623. [Ref] He died on 25 May 1686 in Oyster River. [Ref] He married Jane Peaseley on 10 Dec 1646. [Ref][Ref]

John moved to Haverhill in 1646. [Ref]

He was admitted freeman on 22 May 1666 in Dover. [Ref]

In 1656 he was granted land near Lamprey River. [Ref]

His will was dated 1 Apr 1685; it was proved on 25 May 1686 [!]. [Ref] He left property to his children John, Joseph, Moses, James, Mary (Heath), Sarah (Smith), Hannah (Kezan), Jane, Jemima, Judith and his grandchilde John Heath, whom he had kept 'from two years'. [Ref]

Children of John Davis and Jane Peasely.

1. Mary Davis married Josiah Heath.
2. Sarah Davis was born on 7 Mar 1648/9 in Haverhill. [Ref] She died on 18 Jul 1694 in Oyster River. [Ref] She married James Smith. [Ref provides only his last name] James died on 6 Jul 1690 in Oyster River. [Ref]
   some descendants of Sarah Davis
   
3. John Davis was born on 22 Aug 1651 in Haverhill. [Ref][Ref says 1655, no month or day]
4. Hannah Davis was born on 24 Dec 1653 in Oyster River. [Ref gives only the year] She married John Keyser on 28 Sep 1677. [Ref] He died on 15 Mar 1696/7 in Haverhill. [Ref]
5. Jane Davis was born on 29 Dec 1655 in Oyster River. [Ref] She died on 23 Sep 1656 in Oyster River. [Ref]
6. Moses Davis was born on 30 Dec 1657 in Oyster River. [Ref][Ref gives only the date] He and his son Moses were killed on 10 Jun 1724 in Oyster River. [Ref gives only the place and date][Ref does not give the place] He married Ruhamah Dow on 24 Jan 1663/4 in Haverhill. [Ref]
7. Joseph Davis was born on 26 Jan 1659/60 in Oyster River. [Ref][Ref does not give the location] He married Mary Stevens. [Ref]
8. Col. James Davis was born on 23 May 1662 in Oyster River. [Ref][Ref does not give the location] He died on 8 Sep 1749 in Oyster River. [Ref][Ref gives only the year] He married Mary Stevens. [Ref] He was a lieutenant in 1691 and afterwards a colonel. [Ref] He had five sons and four daughters. [Ref]
9. Jane Davis was born on 15 May 1664 in Oyster River. [Ref]
10. Jemima Davis was born about 1666 in Oyster River. [Ref]
11. Judith Davis was born about 1668 in Oyster River. [Ref] She married Samuel Emerson on 2 Feb 1662/3 in Haverhill. [Ref]

Generation 3

MARY DAVIS (b. 1647)

Parents: John Davis and Jane Peaseley

Mary Davis was born on 6 Nov 1647. [Ref] She married Josiah Heath on 19 Jul 1671. [Ref]

A John Davis is on a 19 Dec 1648 list of residents of Ipswich who paid a tax to pay Maj. Daniel Denison (brother of Capt. George Denison) to be their leader. [Ref]

References:

Editors, "Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 205-208, 243-254, 339-346; 7, 1853, 83 - , 357 -; 7, 1853, p. 357 - 360; 8, 1854, p. 49 - 54.

Quint, Alonzo, "Genealogical Items Relating to the Early Settlers of Dover, NH," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 152, p. 35 - 39; 8, 1584, p. 129 - .