Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Davis was born on 10 August 1779, in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Capt. Simon Davis, was 32 and her mother, Zerviah Knight, was 36. She married Noah Green on 8 July 1804, in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 16 April 1815, in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sally Davis, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Sarah Sally Davis Green, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sally in entry for George Green, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’, equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd, the Welsh form of David . The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire, where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration, but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare Davies ). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt . Compare Davies .
History: John Davis or Davys (c. 1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage. — By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. — Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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