Brief Life History of Noah
When Noah Davis was born in 1804, in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Moses Davis, was 37 and his mother, Abigail Sherborne, was 36. He married Emmeline Eliza Robinson on 25 November 1833, in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 1 September 1877, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Noah Davis in household of John H Collins, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Noah Davis, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Noah Davis, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
Spouse and Children
1804–1877 Male
1805–1881 Female
Children (2)
1834–1863 Male
1837–1916 Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1804
Age 0
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
Age 0
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 21
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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