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An American Family History

Samuel 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.

Samuel Davis was born on August 16, 1694/95 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Samuel and Anna Davis.

Samuel married Sarah Boynton on February 27, 1727/28. The marriage record indicates that they were both from Turkey Hills (Lunenburg). Sarah was born on June 17, 1708. Her parents were Benoni Boynton and Ann Mighill.

Samuel and Sarah's children were born in Lunenburg: Samuel Davis (1735), Joseph Davis (1738), Submit Davis (1741), Amos Davis (1743) and Mighil Davis (1745). Sarah died in 1746.

Samuel died in 1775 in Lunenburg.
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
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    from The Essex Antiquarian by Sidney Perley

    Benoni [Joseph, John] Boynton, born in Rowley Feb. 25, 1681-2. He was a yeoman, and lived in Rowley until 1716, when he removed to Groton, where he was living in 1720. He afterward lived in Lunenburg. He married Ann Mighill of Rowley April 4, 1707, and she was his wife in 1720.

    Children, born in Rowley:
    114 i. Sarah, d. April 5, 1707.
    115 ii. Sarah, b. June 17, 1708; m. Samuel Davis Feb. 27, 1727.
    116 iii. Stephen, b. April 7, 1710; yeoman; lived in Lunenburg ; m., first, Sarah Johnson; she d. March 15, 1751-2; m., second, Elizabeth Lovejoy; m., third, Sarah Stiles; and d. in 1800.
    117 iv. Ann, b. Nov. 21,1713; d. in Rowley, of consumption and dropsy, July 4,1737
    118 v. Benoni; lived in Lunenburg and Winchendon.

    A yeoman was a man who owned and cultivated a small farm. He belonged to the class below the gentry or land owners. A husbandman was a free tenant farmer. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman.
         

     

         

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