Captain
George
Davis
Born about in Wapping, Middlesex, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Clark) Rice
— married
about 1642 in Prob. Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Davis, Hannah Davis, Sarah (Davis) Cole, Elizabeth (Davis) Wiley, Mary (Davis) Damon, George Davis, John Davis and Susanna (Davis) Hay
Died
at about age 51
in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
George Davis was born abt. 1616. He was a sea captain and came to America in 1641, settled at Lynn, moved to Salem, and later to Reading, Mass. He died 14 July 1677 at sea off of Cape Fear. A close reading of the Will of George Davis "Being bound for Cape Feare" shows it was dated 7 Dec 1664."In case I die".. He did not die until 14 July 1667 at Reading, MA, where he was buried. Thus he returned safely from his 1664 voyage. The Will stated:. wife and son Benjamin, execs. to son Joseph what he has in the ship and the weaver's loom; 5 daus under age; bro Wm. Clark of Lynn, one of the overseers. [1]
Wife's name given as Sarah either Clark, Colt or Coult in U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Also that Sarah married 2nd to Nicholas Rest, Resse or Rice[2]
His will was proved September, 1667. Widow Sarah, married 2nd about 1671 a Nicholas Le Risse or Risse (later called Rist). [3]
Sources
- ↑ Reading Vital Record Transcripts https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/41254_265589-00508/81065933
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0222/46367
- ↑ Family copy of The Wells Family Genealogy and Families related, as handed down to Dani Desio.
- Eaton, Lilley. List of Early Settlers of Reading and South Reading, Mass., From 1640 to 1700, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 46.
- Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)
- Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
- Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 16, January 1862, New England Historic Genealogical Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, March 6, 2001
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Page 190 mentions George Davis as a son of Nicholas Davis who came from England in the Planter in 1635. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Richardson_Memorial/yK1OAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=nicholas%20george For your review and consideration of linking George Davis as a son of Nicholas Davis (Davis-7666). Thanks very much.