Jesse Davis

Brief Life History of Jesse

Jesse Davis was born on 19 February 1796, in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States as the son of Jesse Davis and Lois Worthen. He married Eliza Stevens on 28 May 1823. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 13 March 1880, in West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Davis
1796–1880
Eliza Stevens
1802–1869
Marriage: 28 May 1823
Helen Mar Davis
1824–1853
Oscar Davis
1832–
Paul Stevens Davis
1826–1879
Betsey Harriman Davis
1828–1869
Eliza Frances Davis
1829–1863
Mary Stevens Davis
1835–1917
Josephine Davis
1846–1933

Sources (19)

  • Jesse Davis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Jesse Davis, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Jesse Davis, "New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920"

World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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