Bridget (Kingman) Davis (abt. 1630)

Born about 1630 in England

Wife of Tobias Davis — married 13 Dec 1649 in Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Bridget (Kingman) Davis immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

This profile is part of the Kingman Name Study.

Joanna Kingman was born in England in about in about 1623.^[1] She was the daughter of Henry Kingman and his wife, Joanna.^[1] She, apparently,^[2] and certainly her parents and siblings, sailed from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, in Reverend Joseph Hull's Company, 20 Mar 1635, arriving in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 7 Jun 1635.^[3]

Bridget Kingman was the child of Henry Kingman and Joanna. Henry Kingman and his family were members of Reverend Hull's Company, arriving in Dorchester, MA on 7 June, 1635. Bridget is not named on the passenger list as accompanying the rest of her family. The Kingman family lived in Weymouth. ^{[4] [5]}

Bridgit married Tobias Davis of Roxbury 13 Dec 1649.^{[4][6] [7]}

In "The Great Migration Begins" by Robert Charles Andersen, Vol 4 p182, Andersen argues that, given the marriage to Tobias Davis in 1649, Bridget is likely to be born in England before they departed for America.^[7]

His argument is that she was missed from the list of passengers by clerical oversight, or that she came on board another ship entirely.

Given the two actual facts, the date of the marriage and her not being on the passenger list of 1633/4, a reasonable argument is that she was either born on route or shortly after arrival and was therefor aged about 15 when she was married. Unusual, but not impossible.

She was a beneficiary in the will of her father Henry in 1667:

to my daughter Davis ten pounds

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sources (some citations may appear elsewhere in this profile): (1) 1923 Weymouth History: "Joane, b. [in England] near 1622," daughter of "Henry Kingman" and "Joane." Chamberlain, George Walter. 1923. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Boston: Weymouth Historical Society. Vol. 3. “Genealogy of Weymouth Families.” Pages 354-355. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust here. (2) ______________.
2. ↑ See Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "Henry Kingman," Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. NEHGS (suggesting that daughter, Bridget, likely does not appear in the passenger list because of a clerical error).
3. ↑ Sources (some citations may appear elsewhere in this profile): (1) 1923 Weymouth History: Given his age (40) at the time he sailed for the New World (20 Mar 1635), it's estimated that "Henry Kingman was born in England near 1593 or 1594." Chamberlain, George Walter. 1923. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Boston: Weymouth Historical Society. Vol. 3. “Genealogy of Weymouth Families.” Pages 354-355. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust here. (2) 1923 Weymouth History: "Henry Kingman, aged 40, Joane, his wife, aged 39, Edward Kingman, his son, aged 16, Joane, his daughter, aged 11, Anne, his daughter, aged 9, Thomas, his son, aged 7, John, his son, aged 2 years, and John Ford, his servant aged 30 years, sailed from Weymouth in Dorsetshire on or near 20 Mar. 1634–35 in Rev. Joseph Hull's Company, and arrived at Dorchester, 7 June, 1635. (Register, 25: 14.)" Chamberlain, George Walter. 1923. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Boston: Weymouth Historical Society. Vol. 3. “Genealogy of Weymouth Families.” Pages 354-355. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust here.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} History of Weymouth Massachusetts, Vol III page 355.
5. ↑ Sources (some citations may appear elsewhere in this profile): (1) 1923 Weymouth History. (2) Anderson, Robert Charles. 1995. Henry Kingman, Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. NEHGS. http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-iv-i-l/image/?pageName=178 AmericanAncestors.org. accessed 12 September 2016] (Volume IV, I-L, Pages 178-82).
6. ↑ Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 19251926. p. 237
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. [1]

See also:

• Kingman ONS website page for Bridget Kingman