Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Davis was born on 10 June 1749, in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Israel Davis I, was 31 and her mother, Mary Hubbard, was 29. She married Daniel Black on 24 February 1780, in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1749. She died on 29 October 1829, in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80.
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Sources (4)
- Esther Davis, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Esther Davis, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Daniel Black Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 91294994
Spouse and Children
1750–1808 Male
1749–1829 Female
Children (2)
1778–1840 Male
–1820 Male
Parents and Siblings
1717–1791 Male
1719–1800 Female
Siblings (12)
1740–1799 Female
1742–1811 Male
1743–1828 Female
1745–1835 Male
1746– Male
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World Events (6)
1776
Age 27
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 27
1791
Age 42
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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