Samuel Davis, of Groton

From An American Family History - Samuel Davis, Sr and Mary Waters

Samuel Davis, Sr. was born in 1630 in England. He was the son of Barnabas Davis and Patience James.

See curator note at the top of the profile.

2. SAMUEL DAVIS (Barnabas1). Born bef 26 Jun 1629 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. At the age of <1, Samuel was baptized in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, on 26 Jun 1629. Samuel died in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, on 28 Dec 1699; he was 70.

Ca 1656 when Samuel was 26, he married Mary WATERS, daughter of Lawrence WATERS & Ann / Anna LINTON, in Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA. Born on 27 Jan 1637/1638 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary died in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, aft May 1713; she was 76. Buried on 13 Oct 1713 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA.

They had the following children:

• i. Mary (Died Young). Born on 26 Nov 1657 in Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA.
• ii. Elizabeth. Born on 11 Nov 1658 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA. Elizabeth married ? CHURCH.
• iii. Mary. Born on 31 Jan 1662/1663 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA. On 25 Mar 1680/1681 when Mary was 18, she first married Isaac LEWIS, in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA. Mary second married Thomas PRATT.
• iv. John (1664-1704)
• v. SARAH (1667-) married Nathaniel Cady.
• vi. Samuel (1669-)
• vii. Barnabas. Born on 17 Apr 1672 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA. Barnabas died on 12 Aug 1690; he was 18.
• viii. Patience. Born on 10 Apr 1674 in Groton, Middlesex Co., MA. In 1691/1692 when Patience was 16, she married John GREEN, in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA.
• ix. Nathaniel (ca1676-)

Children of Samuel Davis Sr. and Mary Waters

• Mary Davis
• Elizabeth Davis Church
• Mary Davis Lewis Pratt
• John Davis
• Sarah Davis Cady
• Samuel Davis
• Barnabas Davis
• Steven Davis
• Patience Davis Green
• Nathaniel Davis

notes

From An American Family History - Samuel Davis, Sr and Mary Waters

Samuel Davis, Sr. was born in 1630 in England. He was the son of Barnabas Davis and Patience James.

The first child named, Mary Davis, was born on January 26 1656/57 in Lancaster. Elizabeth Davis Church was born on November 11, 1658 in Charlestown.

About 1660 Samuel became one of the original proprietors of Groton. He was granted 20 acres of land. The family lived in the part of the town that later was known as the “Community." His house was on the north side of the community road, then a part of the Lancaster Highway,  a few rods east of the corner where the road turns . . .

Mary Davis Lewis Pratt was born on January 31, 1661/62. John Davis was born on March 10, 1663/1664. Sarah Davis Cady was born on August 12, 1667. Samuel Davis, Jr. was born on January 8, 1669/1670. Barnabas Davis was born on April 17, 1672. A daughter was born on February 10, 1673/74.

During King Philip's War, Mary and the children relocated to Charlestown where Patience Davis Green was born on April 10, 1674 and  Nathaniel Daviswas born about 1675. In 1675/76, Samuel's wife, Mary and their five children lived with his aunt and uncle, Patience and William Ridland’s in Charlestown.

On March 2, 1676, Groton was attacked and burned. Only four of the protected homes survived. The remaining residents abandoned the town and fled to safer areas. Samuel Davis’s name appeared on a list of  residents who wished to leave Groton:

"According to your Excellency's commands, we have sent an account of those, that are either actually removed, or are meditating of it. Our people are reduced to that degree that they find themselves unable to subsist any longer - would pray your Excellency either to grant liberty for their remove, or that they may be reduced here entirely to garrison of the town militia for the preserving the frontiers."

The residents of Groton, including the Samuel Davis family, returned in 1678 to rebuild the town.

Samuel Sr. died in 1699, John was shot by Indians in 1704, and Mary died in 1713. Their son, Barnabas, died on August 12, 1690 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mary Pratt moved to Chelsey, Elizabeth Church moved to Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut, Sarah Cady moved to Killingly, and Samuel, Jr. stayed in Groton.

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• Find A Grave Memorial# 79995788,, Register Report - DAVIS by Sam Behling

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