Dolor Davis (Classic Reprint): A Sketch of His Life With a Record of His Earlier Descendants - Couverture souple

Horace Davis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332121667 ISBN 13 : 9781332121663

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Follow a colonial family story across generations with Dolor Davis and his descendants A detailed, illustrated portrait of Dolor Davis and the early lineages he left behind. This nonfiction sketch blends biography with a meticulous record of his descendants, tracing roots through Concord, Bedford, Northborough, Rutland, Holden, and surrounding towns in colonial Massachusetts.

The book presents a grounded narrative built from wills, deeds, and town records, offering readers a window into life in 17th- and 18th-century New England. It weaves together personal milestones, land holdings, and family connections, showing how one early settler’s footprint spread across multiple communities and helped shape many New England lines.

What you’ll experience
- A careful, source‑based portrait of Dolor Davis and his immediate family, and the families that followed.
- A field‑tested record of descendants, with dates, places, and notable connections across generations.
- Context on land, inheritance, and local governance in several Massachusetts towns.
- A gateway resource for genealogists tracing the Davis lineage and related lines.

Ideal for readers who enjoy family history, local Massachusetts history, and genealogical research grounded in primary records.

• Carefully documented lineage from the primary figure to numerous descendants.


• Details drawn from wills, deeds, and Concord/Barnstable records.


• Branch histories covering towns like Bedford, Northborough, Holden, Rutland, and beyond.


• Contextual notes that illuminate colonial landholding and family networks.

Ideal for readers of family histories and local historians seeking a concrete, source‑driven look at early American lineages.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Dolor Davis: A Sketch of His Life With a Record of His Earlier Descendants

I Have taken great pleasure in collecting the scanty and scattered fragments of the history of Dolor Davis, because I owe to him my life and my name. While his career presents no heroic features, his sturdy energy and patient industry amidst the hardships of subduing a wilderness are a type of those enduring qualities which have distinguished his descendants to this day. In pursuing my object I have carefully examined all the avenues of information within my reach, and append a list of those which proved of service to me. In doing this I wish to express my especial indebtedness to the "Willard Memoir" by Joseph Willard, and the sketch of the life and family of Dolor Davis published in the "Barnstable Patriot" May 26th and June 2d and 9th, 1863, by Amos Otis, an antiquarian who had the true love for his work. My thanks are due to the many gentlemen who have kindly aided me in my search. The results, indeed, are meagre, but I hope they may stimulate the zeal of other grateful descendants of this worthy man, and that their labors may bring to light new materials and help to clothe this skeleton of dates with flesh and blood, and give us the lineaments of the living man.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332121667
• ISBN 13: 9781332121663
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 50
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