Dolor Davis (Classic Reprint): A Sketch of His Life With a Record of His Earlier Descendants: A Sketch of His Life with a Record of His Earlier Descendants (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Davis, Horace Rufus

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ISBN 10: 1332121667 ISBN 13: 9781332121663

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Dolor Davis: A Sketch of His Life With a Record of His Earlier Descendants

He was not a person of distinction, but an humble house carpenter or builder, who divided his time be tween his trade and the more common business of farming; and to the demands of his trade we may probably attribute, in part at least, his frequent change of residence, as the new settlements offered greater opportunities of employment than the older towns.

The first record I have of Dolor Davis is from the town records of Cambridge, Mass, of August 4, 1684, Where, among other grantees of land on the west side of the river, we find granted Dollard Davis, there 25 acres. A meagre outline of his previous life can, however, be made out with tolerable certainty from the facts in our possession. He was born not far from 1600, perhaps a little earlier, and was, I think, a native of Kent, England. This is probable because, first, his wife was from Kent; second, his associations in New England were mainly with Kent ish men; and third, the name of Davis is very com mon in Kent, especially in that district called the Weald.

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I Have taken great pleasure in collecting the scanty and scattered fragments of the history of Dolor Davis, because I owe to him my life and my name. While his career presents no heroic features, his sturdy energy and patient industry amidst the hardships of subduing a wilderness are a type of those enduring qualities which have distinguished his descendants to this day. In pursuing my object I have carefully examined all the avenues of information within my reach, and append a list of those which proved of service to me. In doing this I wish to express my especial indebtedness to the "Willard Memoir" by Joseph Willard, and the sketch of the life and family of Dolor Davis published in the "Barnstable Patriot" May 26th and June 2d and 9th, 1863, by Amos Otis, an antiquarian who had the true love for his work. My thanks are due to the many gentlemen who have kindly aided me in my search. The results, indeed, are meagre, but I hope they may stimulate the zeal of other grateful descendants of this worthy man, and that their labors may bring to light new materials and help to clothe this skeleton of dates with flesh and blood, and give us the lineaments of the living man.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332121667
• ISBN 13: 9781332121663
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 50