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An American Family History

Amos Davis

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was settled and incorporated in 1655. During King Philip's War, Indians burned all but four of Groton's garrisons. Survivors fled, but returned two years later to rebuild the town. Groton was again threated by Indians during Queen Anne's War.

Concord was named in 1635. It was settled early by the English as a frontier outpost of  the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Amos Davis was born on October 15, 1705 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Samuel and Anna Davis.

He married Elizabeth Chapman. Elizabeth was born in 1710 in Littleton.

Amos and Elizabeth's children were Edith Davis Cole (September 29, 1728), Phebe Davis (June 21, 1730), Amos Davis (September 2, 1732—August 1, 1794), Elizabeth Davis (November 14, 1735), Jonas Davis (April 9, 1737), Rachel Davis (October 7, 1739), Lois Davis (October 1, 1742), Samuel Davis (July 15, 1744), Reuben Davis, Esther Davis (August 21, 1749), and Ezra Davis (1752). 

They lived in Littleton, Uxbridge, again in Littleton, Petersham and Harvard, Massachusetts. Amos was one of the grantees of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and moved there soon after 1750. Amos and Elizabeth were among the founding members of the church in Westmoreland

Elizabeth died on September 6, 1764 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. She is buried in the cemetery on Canoe Meadow. Her tombstone is the oldest in the cemetery. Amos died about 1770.
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.
Children of Samuel
and Anna Davis
  • Samuel Davis
  • Anna Davis
  • Mary Davis Foster
  • Barnabas Davis
  • Simon Davis
  • Amos Davis
  • Experience Davis
  • Elizabeth Davis
  • Ebenezer Davis
  • Stephen Davis

    • Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first settled in 1686 by English settlers and was the the location of the Native American village called Nashoba Plantation
       
     

    Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909

    		  
     

    Amos [Davis], fourth son of Samuel (2) and Hannah Davis, was born October 15, 1705, in Groton, and was a small child when his parents removed to Chelmsford.

    He lived successively in Littleton, Uxbridge, again in Littleton, Petersham and Harvard, Massachusetts. He was one of the grantees of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and removed to that town, very soon after 1750. He and his wife were among the foundation members of the church there, where he died soon after 1770.

    No church record of his children is found, but the baptismal name of his wife was Elizabeth. Their children were:
    1. Edith, born September 30, 1728.
    2. Phebe, June 21, 1730.
    3. Amos, September 2, 1732, married Sarah Metcalf and lived in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.
    4. Elizabeth, November 14, 1735.
    5. Jones, April 9, 1737, lived in Chesterfield.
    6. Rachel, October 7, 1739.
    7. Samuel, October 15. 1744.
    8. Reuben, July 17, 1747.
    9. Esther, August 21, 1749.
    10. Ezra,

    		  

     

         

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