Benjamin Lamb DAVIS
1791 - 1844 (52 years)
Person ID: I2510 Marsh/Holcomb Branch | Last Modified: 16 Apr 2024
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Name Benjamin Lamb DAVIS Birth 23 Dec 1791 Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Died 22 Dec 1844 Smithville, Chenango, New York, USA [2] Buried Smithville Flats Cemetery, Smithville Flats, Chenango, New York, USA [2] -
Parents
Father Lemuel DAVIS (ID:I2516), b. 14 Jul 1756, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Jan 1828, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years) Relationship Birth Mother Eunice SHERWIN (ID:I2517), b. 20 Jan 1766, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Nov 1818, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 52 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 28 May 1788 Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [6, 7, 8, 9] Marriages 
Massachusetts US Compiled Birth Marriage and Death Records 1700-1850 Holden Marriages Pg 121 
Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Pg 121 Children 1. 
Catharine DAVIS (ID:I539037555), b. 12 Jan 1789, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Aug 1851, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)2. Lemuel DAVIS, Jr. (ID:I539037557), b. 2 Jun 1790, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Mar 1791, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)+ 3. Benjamin Lamb DAVIS (ID:I2510)
(current person)
, b. 23 Dec 1791, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Dec 1844, Smithville, Chenango, New York, USA (Age 52 years)4. Eunice DAVIS (ID:I539037558), b. 8 Aug 1793, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown+ 5. Merrill DAVIS, Esquire (ID:I539037559), b. 2 Aug 1795, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Apr 1861, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA (Age 65 years)6. Elizabeth DAVIS (ID:I539037560), b. 21 Dec 1797, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Jul 1885, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 87 years)7. Abigail Perkins DAVIS (ID:I539037561), b. 16 Apr 1800, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Jul 1871, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 71 years)8. Alona DAVIS (ID:I539037562), b. 24 Jun 1801, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Mar 1829, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 27 years)9. Caroline DAVIS (ID:I539037563), b. 3 Jun 1808, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown -
Family
Wife Mary Polly PIERCE (ID:I2511), b. 11 Mar 1791, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Mar 1855, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)
Marriage 18 Jan 1816 Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] Children + 1. Jones Sherwin DAVIS (ID:I2512), b. 29 Oct 1817, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 Feb 1901, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Louisa C COUGHIN m. 29 Nov 1840+ 2. Caroline Alona DAVIS (ID:I2669), b. 8 Nov 1818, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Oct 1878, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ James Estabrook CHENEY m. 19 Jun 18443. Frederic Augustus DAVIS (ID:I539036448), b. 27 Jul 1821, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 May 1872, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 50 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Anna BRAGDON m. Yes, date unknow4. James S. DAVIS (ID:I2513), b. 1820, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]5. William G DAVIS (ID:I539036449), b. 13 Jan 1824 d. 17 Jul 1825 (Age 1 year) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 6. Adeline Hall DAVIS (ID:I2670), b. 10 Sep 1825, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ James CRANDELL m. Yes, date unknown; Andrew Jackson MARSH m. Yes, date unknow+ 7. Mehitabel Lamb DAVIS (ID:I2509), b. 1829, Montréal, Quebec, Canada d. 3 Jan 1863, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]▻ Andrew Jackson MARSH m. 15 Apr 1849Marriages 
Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Marriages Pg 119 
Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Vital Record Transcripts 
Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Births Marriages and Intentions Deaths 1791-1844 Vol. 2 Part 2 Pgs 184-185 
Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Copy of Records Proprietors of Pequoiag Vital Records and Town Meetings 1734-1863 Pgs 147-148 
Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Copy of Records Proprietors of Pequoiag Vital Records and Town Meetings 1734-1863 -
Other Personal Events
Wills17 Nov 1844 Chenango, New York, USA [4] Wills15 Apr 1845 Sherburne, Chenango, New York, USA [5] Patriarch & Matriarch 
Rev. Joseph DAVIS, b. 16 Jul 1720, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USAd. 4 Mar 1799, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years) (Grandfather) 
Eunice BROWNE, b. 18 Jul 1731, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USAd. 13 Sep 1784, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years) (Grandmother) -
Documents 
Vital records of Holden Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Pg 30 Headstones 
Benjamin Lamb Davis
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Event Map
Birth - 23 Dec 1791 - Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 
Marriage - 18 Jan 1816 - Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 
Wills - 17 Nov 1844 - Chenango, New York, USA 
Died - 22 Dec 1844 - Smithville, Chenango, New York, USA 
Buried - - Smithville Flats Cemetery, Smithville Flats, Chenango, New York, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Reference Mark and Amy Kosinski. "Benjamin Lamb DAVIS". Four Branches Genealogy. https://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2510&tree=mhkr (accessed May 12, 2024).
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Source Citations
- [S1698] New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Holden Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914, Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records, 1620-1850.
- [S1701] Carole Alden, Find a Grave Memorial 47854269, 47854269.
- [S3030] Franklin P. Rice, Vital records of Holden Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Pg 30, 30.
[S2759] New York County, District and Probate Courts, New York US Wills and Probate Records 1659-1999 Chenango Wills Vol E 1840-1848 Benjamin Lamb Davis, Vol E, Pgs 461-462.
[S3051] New York. Surrogate's Court , New York US Wills and Probate Records 1659-1999 Chenango Letters Testamentary Administration Vol C-E 1830-1858 , 338.- [S869] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Film # 0721196.
- [S1702] Franklin P. Rice; Worcester, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Massachusetts US Compiled Birth Marriage and Death Records 1700-1850 Holden Marriages Pg 121, 121.
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- [S1695] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Marriages Pg 119, 119.
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- [S2760] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Vital Record Transcripts for Benjamin Davis and Mary Pierce, 155.
- [S2812] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850, database on-line.
- [S2813] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Births Marriages and Intentions Deaths 1791-1844 Vol. 2 Part 2 Pgs 184-185, 184-185.
- [S2814] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Copy of Records Proprietors of Pequoiag Vital Records and Town Meetings 1734-1863 Pgs 147-148, 147-148.
- [S3026] Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Athol Copy of Records Proprietors of Pequoiag Vital Records and Town Meetings 1734-1863 for Benjamin Davis and Mary Pierce, Pages 183 184 185.