Nicholas DAVIS b. Abt 1595 , , , England d. Abt Mar 1670 York, York, Maine,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1595 - Abt 1670 (~ 75 years)

Name	Nicholas DAVIS [1]
Birth	Abt 1595	, , , England [1, 2]
Gender	Male
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Religion	From 1620 to 1635	Stepney, , Middlesex, England [1]
Member of St Dunstan Church.
Origin	1635	Stepney, , Middlesex, England [1]
Immigration	1635	Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, [1, 2]
He was on the ship Planter (age 40) accompanied by wife Sarah, 40, son Joseph, 13, nephew William Locke, 6, and servants.
Will	27 Apr 1667	York, York, Maine, [3]
(proved 12 Mar 1669/70)
Court Records, B, 96 I Nicholas Daviss of Yorke In the Province of Mayn, being of Prefect Memory & vnderstanding, though not unsencible of the vncertenty of my life, vpon w^ch consideration being the more willing to settle thinges vidz^toutward my estate in due order, do hereby make & declare this signification of my mind. In these Presents Included, to bee my last Will and testament as followeth/ I giue vnto my Cosson Mathew Barnard of Boston the wife of Mathew Barnard the some of fiue pounds/ I giue vnto my Cosson William Locke of Owborne two silver spoones & fiue shillings In silver/ I giue vnto my daughter Astine & her two children Mary & Sarah Austine Three pounds/ I give vnto Mary Dod Elizabeth Dod & Mehitabell Dod 20^s a peece/ I doe likewise giue vnto the aforesd Marry, Elizabeth & Mehitabell Dod my house housing & Lands, with all priuiledges & appurtenances belonging there vnto, after y^e decease of my wife Elizabeth Dauis/ These Legacys being payd as abouesd I doe giue vnto my beloued wife Elizabeth Davis, the soole vse of all my houses & Lands soe ... g as her naturall life Contineweth, & do grant & giue vnto her the sool vseing & disposeing of all the rest of my goods Chattles Cattle Househould stuffe, debts or w^tsoever else appertaynes to mee, for her own proper vse & behoofe as shee shall see meete, to dispose y^rof to her selfe & others/ And for the better Prformance of this my last will, I do desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Cap^t John Davess & Mr Peter Weare to bee y^e overseers thereof, vnto whom I do giue fiue shillings a peece/ In witness w^rof I haue sett two my hand & seale/ Dated this 27 : day of April 1667 : In y^e 19^th yeare of o^rSoueraign Ld y^e King Charles the secund/ Signed & Deliverd Nicholas Davis (his seale) In y^e Prsence of, Edw : Rishworth/ Susanna Rishworth/ Probated: — recorded 17 August 1670. Inventory returned at £102; 10: 6. by Edw: Rishworth, John Davess.and Mathew Austine, 12 March 1669 or 70. Debts due to his estate from the Town of Yorke, Job Allcocke, Will: more, Thomas Bragdon, the County Treas'urer, Phillip Cooper, Phillip Hatch, amounting together to £4: 11: 6.
Death	Abt Mar 1670	York, York, Maine, [1]
Person ID	I3187	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	31 Jul 2023

Family 1 Sarah, b. 1586, , , , England d. 24 May 1643, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, (Age 57 years)

Marriage Bef 1620 , , , England [1]

Children

+	1. George DAVIS, b. Abt 1617, , , , England d. 1667, , , Massachusetts, (Age ~ 50 years)
	2. Nicholas DAVIS, b. 24 Aug 1620, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Joseph DAVIS, b. 12 Nov 1621, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Alice DAVIS, b. 19 Sep 1623, , , , England bur. 24 Mar 1623/24, Stepney, , Middlesex, England (Age ~ 0 years)
+	5. Mary DAVIS, b. Abt 1626, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F482 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Jul 2023

Family 2	Elizabeth, b. Abt 1623 d. Aft 5 Jul 1670 (Age ~ 47 years)
Marriage	12 Jul 1643	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, [1, 4]
Family ID	F961	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Jul 2023

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Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1595 - , , , England
	Marriage - Bef 1620 - , , , England
	Religion - From 1620 to 1635 - Stepney, , Middlesex, England
	Origin - 1635 - Stepney, , Middlesex, England
	Immigration - 1635 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Marriage - 12 Jul 1643 - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
	Will - (proved 12 Mar 1669/70) - 27 Apr 1667 - York, York, Maine,
	Death - Abt Mar 1670 - York, York, Maine,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3187&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Nicholas DAVIS."

Sources

[S1040] "Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F.," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2008)), accessed 8 Jun 2021), Nicholas Davis sketch; citing Robert Charles Anderson et al., The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, 7 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), 2: 304-309.
[S697] Noyes, Sybil and Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. 5 Vols. , (Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-39. Digital images. FamilySearch : https://www.familysearch.org: 2021), 2: 187. accessed 8 Oct 2011.
[S700] William M. Sargent, editor, Maine Wills, 1640-1760. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Portland, Me.: Brown Thurston & Co., 1887), (https://archive.org: 21 Nov 2009), 5-6. accessed 29 Mar 2021.
[S1015] "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2008)), accessed 10 Sep 2021), DAVIS, Nicholas (1595-1670) & 2/wf Elizabeth (____) ISAAC/ ISAACS; citing New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 Vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015) 1: 427.