Samuel DAVIS & Thankful HARRIS

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Samuel DAVIS
Thankful HARRIS

Husband: Samuel DAVIES / DAVIS
Birth: 6 Jun 1750/1, Windham Co., CT
Death: 13 Jul 1792, Preston, New London Co., CT
Disposition: buried Neighborhood Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham Co., CT
Father: Samuel DAVIS
Mother: Hannah BACON

Marriage: 30 Dec 1773, Griswold/Preston, New London Co., CT

Wife: Thankful HARRIS
Birth: 25 Apr 1750, Preston, New London Co., CT
Death: 8 Sep 1822, Plainfield, Windham Co., CT
Disposition: buried Neighborhood Cemetery, Plainfield, Windham Co., CT
Father: Daniel HARRIS (1700-1792)
Mother: Lydia HILL (1713-1767)

Children — born in Preston, New London Co., CT:

1. Lydia DAVIS, b. 8 Nov 1774; d. 1873; m. 29 Jun 1793, Preston, Stephen GUILE
2. Samuel H. DAVIS, b. 27 Dec 1776; d. 27 May 1777, Preston
3. Silas DAVIS, b. 6 Sep 1778
4. Elias DAVIS, b. 24 Aug 1780
5. Penelope DAVIS, b. 21 Apr 1782; d. 8 May 1835, Indiana Co. PA; m. Elisha GEER
6. Stewart DAVIS, b. 15 Jun 1784
7. Thankful DAVIS, b. 4 Mar 1786; d. 1800, CT

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Sources:

1a. Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997 (online at familysearch.org):

Name Samuel Davies

Spouse's Name Thankful Harris

Event Date 30 Dec 1773

Event Place Griswold, New London, Connecticut

GS Film Number 4375

2a. Lorraine Cook White, ed. 1994-2002. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. 55 vols. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (online at Ancestry.com):

Preston Vital Records Vol Page

p. 75 Elias, s. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. Aug. 24, 1780 2 151

p. 76 Lydia, d. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. Nov. 8, 1774
Penellopee, d. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. Apr. 21, 1782 2
2 151
151

p. 77 Samuel, of Plainfield, m. Thankfull HARRIS, of Preston, Dec. 30, 1773
Samuel, s. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. Dec. 27, 1776; d. May 27, 1777
Samuel, d. July 13, 1792
Stewart, s. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. June 15, 1784
Sylus, s. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. Sept. 6, 1778
Thankfull, d. [Samuel & Thankfull], b. Mar. 4, 1786 2
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2b. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 (online at familysearch.org):

Name Samuel Davis Thankful Harriss

Birth Date 06 Jun 1750 25 Apr 1750

Birthplace Woodstock, Windham, CT Preston, New London, CT

Father's Name Samuel Davis Daniel Harriss

Mother's Name Hannah Lydia

2c. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 (online at familysearch.org):
All born in Preston, New London, CT; all with father, Samuel DAVIS, and mother, Thankful:

Name Birth Date Death Date

Lydia Davis 08 Nov 1774

Samuel Davis 27 Dec 1776 27 May 1777

Sylus Davis 06 Sep 1778

Elias Davis 24 Aug 1780

Penellopee Davis 21 Apr 1782

Stewart Davis 15 Jun 1784

Thankfull Davis 04 Mar 1786

. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 10; official enumeration date 4 Aug 1800; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800 CT New London Co. Preston Roll M32_3 p. 540/709 Ln. 28 Thankful Davis 00200-01001-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 16-25 1774-1784 = Stewart (b. 1784)
= Elias (b. 1780)

1 female 10-15 1784-1790 = Thankful (b. 1786)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Thankful (b. 1750)

Listed one line above daughter, Lydia GUILE, and eight lines below son, Silas DAVIS.

. Lorraine Cook White, ed. 1994-2002. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. 55 vols. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (online at Ancestry.com and americanancestors.org):

Preston Vol Page

p. 65 Preston: Davis, Samuel, d. July 13, 1792 2 151

. Anon. 1946. Connecticut Church Records: Griswold First Congregational (formerly North or Second Church in Preston), 1720-1887. Typescript, State Library Index, Connecticut State Library (online at Ancestry.com):

p. 73 DAVIS...
_____, wid., d. Sept. 8, 1822 Vol
2 Page
173

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. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Samuel Davis Thankful Davis

Birth unknown unknown

Death Jul, 1792 Sep., 1822

Note "Davis, Samuel, died July 1792, age 40 yrs, Revolutionary War, Lexington Alarm, Revolutionary War marker" "Davis, Thankful, died Sept. 1822, age 72 yrs"

Burial Neighborhood Cemetery
Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut

Memorial # 84252189 84252226

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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