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Bradley Family Tree - Dolor Davis, House Carpenter

Dolor Davis - House Carpenter
Family Connection - 8th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Bradley


Dolor Davis was born in East Farleigh, Kent, England, in about 1593. 

East Farleigh, Kent, today

He married Margery Willard on March 29, 1624 in Farleigh. They had six children:

            John            b. 1626        d. 1705
            Mary           b. 1631        d. 1687
            Elizabeth     b. 1634        d. 1702
            Simon          b. 1637        d. 1713
            Samuel        b. 1640        d. 1720
            Ruth            b. 1643        d. 1715

In 1634, Dolor migrated with his family to Massachusetts, settling in Cambridge. He was granted land in Cambridge - by the Cambridge Land Inventory of June 4, 1635, he had a house lot plus twenty-five acres on the west side of the Cambridge River. By 1639, he sold his holdings in Cambridge. 

His Freemanship status was unusual. He was in the Duxbury section of the 1639 list of those in Plymouth County who had taken the Oath of Fidelity, but his name was erased. He was proposed for Freemanship in 1639, and again in 1645. He was granted Freemanship on June 2, 1646. 

On April 6, 1640, Dolor and seven other men were granted fifty acres in Duxborrow, known today as Duxbury. 

By 1643, Dolor Davis and his family were living in Barnstable. He was listed in the Barnstable section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms. He also served as Constable in Barnstable in 1654. 

In August 1655, Dolor purchased all of the holdings of Roger Draper in Concord, including a house and house lot plus over fifty three acres of farmland and meadow. 

By 1666, Dolor Davis returned to live in Barnstable after his wife Marjory died in Concord. Dolor married Joanna Hull, widow Bursley, but the date of their union is unknown. Dolor died sometime between the date of his will, September 13, 1672, and the date of inventory, June 19, 1673. 

In his will, he left cash to his wife, his Concord properties to his son John, and his carpenter tools to John's son Joseph, who apparently helped Dolor as he aged. He made other small bequests to family members, including 10 shillings to the poor. His estate totaled £119, including £113 of real estate. His wife Joanna died in 1683. The burial locations of Dolor, Margery, and Joanna are unknown. 

Dolor Davis > Simon Davis > Hannah Davis > Sarah Blood  > Noah Wheeler > Noah Wheeler > John A. Wheeler > Nellie Francis Wheeler > Annie Almira Hayward > Bessie Lakin Fogg > Ruth Ann Bradley      Charts B-U and B-Main




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