Priscilla Hamlin

Brief Life History of Priscilla

When Priscilla Hamlin was born on 13 July 1709, in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Hamlin, was 38 and her mother, Esther Hamblin, was 32. She married Capt Simon Davis on 5 June 1740, in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 24 April 1751, in her hometown, at the age of 41, and was buried in Centerville Ancient Cemetery, Centerville, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Capt Simon Davis
1683–1755
Priscilla Hamlin
1709–1751
Marriage: 5 June 1740
Mary Davis
1742–
Content Davis
1743–1796
Priscilla Davis
1745–1856
Joseph Davis
1748–

Sources (17)

  • IMAGE 277 OB 663 TAGGED IN MEMORIES (BIRTH); Priscilla Hamlin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Priscilla Hamlin, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Priscilla Davis, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

English and Irish: of Norman origin, from the Norman French and Middle English personal name Hamelin, a double diminutive of Hamo (see Hammond ).

French: variant of Hamelin and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

Americanized form of Finnish Hämäläinen (see Hamalainen ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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