Hannah Davis

Female2 June 1672–

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Davis was born on 2 June 1672, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Joseph Davis Sr, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Richardson, was 25.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Davis Sr
1643–1676
Hannah Richardson
1648–1679
Joseph Davis Jr
1669–1747
Benjamen Davis
1670–1676
Hannah Davis
1672–
Caleb Davis
1673–1676
Joshua Davis
1673–1740
Thomas Davis
1675–1739

Sources (8)

  • Hannah Davis, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Hannah Davis, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Hannah Davis, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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World Events (3)

1776

Age 104

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

Age 104

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1781 · The First Constitution

Age 109

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.

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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