An American Family History

"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported.
We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.
But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us,
at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."

Lieutenant Ebenezer Davis was born in 1743 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Simon and Jane Davis.

He married Mrs. Maria (Mariah) Whitney on November 26, 1777.  Mariah was born in 1746.

He signed the Association Test in 1776 in Rindge, New Hampshire.

Their children were Simon Davis (1778), Ebenezer Davis (1780), Sarah Davis Bullcok (1781), Joseph Davis (1784), and Polly Davis (1790).

In 1796 when the Rindge Meeting house was built, Lieutenant Davis was one of the men delegated "to clear the ground of all idle spectators where they are in the way of the workmen."

Maria died on May 4, 1830. He died on December 10, 1831 in Rindge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Lieut. Ebenezer Davis, a son of Simon Davis, was from Littleton, Mass. Resided in Rindge a few years previous to his marriage; md. Nov. 26, 1777, Maria Whitney, of Littleton. His farm was east of and adjacent to the farm of Ebenezer Stratton, senior. He was styled Lieutenant from and after 1778, and was respected for his ability and integrity. He d. Dec. 10, 1831, aged 88; his wife d. May 4, 1830, aged 84.
i. Simon, b. Nov.12, 1778; d. unmd. July 1, 1841. He was a school-teacher of good repute.
ii. Ebenezer, b. May 10, 1780; d. Feb. 17, 1808.
iii. Sarah, b. Nov. 1, 1781; md. in Rindge, May 4, 1808, Rufus Bullock, Esq., of Royalston, Mass. Ex-Gov. A. H. Bullock, of Massachusetts, is a son of this marriage.
iv. Joseph, b. May 13, 1784; d. unmd. April 27, 1849.
v. Polly, b. July 14, 1790; d. unmd. Aug. 11, 1869.