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Jeremiah Davis

Male Bef 1733 - 1787  (54 years)

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  • Name Jeremiah Davis
    Birth Bef 1733  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death Jul 1787  Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I18628  Bisbee
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

    Father Robert Davis,   b. Abt 1690, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1744 (Age 55 years)
    Mother Mary Hopkins   d. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 8 Mar 1715/16  Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorcas,   b. Abt 1737   d. Aft 4 Apr 1792 (Age 55 years)
    Children 
    +1. Levi Davis,   b. Abt 1766, Scituate/Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1821 (Age 55 years)
    +2. Robert Davis,   b. 4 Aug 1752, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1830, Taylor, Cortland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Benjamin Davis,   b. Abt 1760   d. Aft 1760, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. John Davis   d. 7 Apr 1793, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Azubah Davis   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Joel Davis,   b. Bef 1759, Scituate/Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1777, Scituate/Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F7302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Jul 1787 - Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • (Research):Jeremiah participated in the Revolutionary War. From "Smith's Civil and Military List of R.I." and "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" Archives:
      1. Vol.1 page 306 - Scituate, August 1774 - 4th Co. Ensign Jeremiah Davis. - Smith
      2. Vol.1 page 321 - Scituate, June 1775 - 4th Co. Capt. Jeremiah Davis. - Smith
      3. Vol.7 page 350 - Jeremiah Davis (Scituate) Captain, militia Scituate company June 1775 (Colony Records)
      4. Vol.7 page 517 - Jeremiah Davis Captain 4th Co., militia Scituate May 1776 (Colony Records). Same Offices - same page 1775.
      5. Scituate census 1777 p. 186 between the ages of 16-50 and able to serve (Colony Records)
      6. Capt. Jeremiah Davis, Pension roster Nathan Bennet, Capt. of Company, militia, 1777 from Scituate (Colony Records)
      7. Capt. Jeremiah Davis - Capt. co. militia (Pension roster) (Colony Records)

      Per Philip Davis:
      Will written 29 June 1787, probated 21 July 1787 - Foster, RI Probate Records. Will lists wife Dorcas; children: Robert, Benjamin, John, Azubah and Levi. Served in the Rhode Island militia as a captain during the Revolutionary War.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1515] Philip Davis , Davis Family Online, (Ancestry World Tree (Online: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005), accessed 18 Sep 2004).