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William Davis 1617 – 1683 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 April 1617

Birth Location: Caermarthen, South Wales, New York, USA

Death Date: 1683

Death Location: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Immigrant

Mother: Martha Wakeman

Spouse(s): Jane Adams

Children(s): Rev Davis, Ebenezer Davis

According to available records, William Davis was born in 1617 in Caermarthen, South Wales, New York, USA, the child of John William Davis Puritan Immigrant and Martha Wakeman. Following those early years, William Davis married Jane Adams, and their family grew to include Rev William Davis and Ebenezer Davis. In the later years of life, William Davis died in 1683 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

John Immigrant
1596 – 1659
Birth Location: Bewdley, Ribbesford, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
JI
Martha Wakeman
1596 – 1664
Birth Location: Bewdley, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England, United Kingdom
MW

Spouses(s)

Jane Adams
1620 – 1714
Birth Location: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
JA

Children(s)

Rev Davis
1664 – 1745
Birth Location: Radnor, Bianstephen, Wales, United Kingdom
RD
Ebenezer Davis
1678 – 1712
Birth Location: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1 April 1617
    Event Place: Caermarthen, South Wales, New York, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1683
    Event Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
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