Family: Elisha Davis / Grace Shaw (F8532)  [1

m. 19 Jun 1694


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  • Elisha DavisFather | Male
    Elisha Davis

    Born  30 Aug 1670  Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  18 Jan 1739  Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Married  19 Jun 1694  Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James Davis, (2) | F8533 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizbetth Eaton | F8533 Group Sheet 

    Grace ShawMother | Female
    Grace Shaw

    Born    Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Daniel Davis, (1)Child 1 | Male
    + Daniel Davis, (1)

    Born  2 Dec 1697  Haverhill, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Nov 1773  Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Spouse  Esther Barney | F8531 
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  • Sources 
    1. [S223] Rhode Island Reading Room, Various, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/article.
      (III) Elisha Davis, son of James (2) and Elizabeth (Eaton) Davis, was born in Haverhill, Mass., August 30, 1670, and died there January 18, 1739. He was honored among his townsmen for gallantry displayed n defense of Haverhill, and was mentioned in chronicles as the intrepid Davis. Numerous well authenticated anecdotes are told, and the local histories of Haverhill corroborate them, of his bravery in the border warfare with the French and Indians. Elisha Davis married, intentions published in Rehoboth, June 19, 1694, Grace Shaw, daughter of Thomas Shaw, of Rehoboth. Among their children was Daniel, mentioned below.