Noah Davis

Male1804–1 September 1877

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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Family Time Line

Noah Davis
1804–1877
Emmeline Eliza Robinson
1805–1881
Marriage: 25 November 1833
William Robinson Davis
1834–1863
Mary Elizabeth Davis
1837–1916

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

  • Marriage
    25 November 1833Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1804

    Age 0

    Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

    1804 · The Twelfth Amendment

    Age 0

    With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 21

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    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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