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Bradley and Hazen Family Trees - Thomas Davis, Sawyer and Mason

Thomas Davis - Sawyer and Mason
Family Connections - 8th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Bradley, 8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen

Thomas Davis was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England in 1603. On November 14, 1622, he married Christian Bellsire. They had three children:
        
                    Joanna        b. 1625        d. 1688
                    Joseph        b. 1627        d. 1671
                    Mary          b. 1629        d. unknown

The Davis family sailed from Southampton to Massachusetts in 1635 on the ship James. They settled in Newbury. Thomas was a member of the Newbury church and was named Freeman on June 2, 1641. He was a sawyer and yeoman. 

Thomas and his brother John Davis were part of a group lead by Rev. John Ward to build a settlement along the Merrimack River. That settlement, named Haverhill, was established in 1640. John Davis was one of the original settlers. Thomas was a signer of the deed of acquisition from the Native Americans for the land, but did not move to Haverhill until later, sometime before 1646. 

Christian Bellsire Davis died in Haverhill on April 7, 1668. 

Thomas had his brother James were among the first five selectmen elected in 1646. Between 1650 and 1669 Thomas served on Petit Jury four times and Grand Jury four times. He was named Commissioner to end small causes twice, and was elected Constable in 1652. He was part owner of the local sawmill. 

In the late1650's, Thomas decided sawyering was becoming too physical, so he worked as a mason, constructing stone walls. On April 8, 1662, Thomas Davis was allowed to retire from the local train band (militia) providing he paid the train band 5 shillings per year. 

Thomas Davis died in Haverhill on July 27, 1683. His estate was valued at £215, including £189 of real estate. 

The burial locations for Thomas and Christian are not known. 


Modern rendering of the ship James coming into Boston Harbor in 1635

Thomas Davis > Joanna Davis > John Corliss > Jonathan Corliss > John Moore Corliss > Dorothy 
Corliss > Daniel Davis > Anna Davis > Jesse Louise Babcock > Charles Stuart Bradley > Ruth Ann Bradley   Charts B-F and B-Main

Thomas Davis > Joanna Davis > Sarah Corliss > Sarah Ayer > Thomas Grant Hazen > 
Solomon Hazen > Solomon Hazen > Norman Hazen > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen > 
Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.  Charts H-A and H-Main
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