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Stephen DAVIS

SAR Patriot #: P-337775

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Sergeant

Birth: 06 Jul 1746 Barnstable / Banstable / MA
Death: 18 Dec 1777 Barnstable / Banstable / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Sergeant in Capt Micah Hamilton's/Hamblin's militia company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 under the command of Colonel Joseph Otis to Marshfield, with service of 2 days
Private in Capt James Davis's Seacoast company, enlisted July 1, 1775, with service to Nov. 1, 1775

Additional References:

MA Soldiers and Sailors in the Rev War, Volume 4, pg 543
MA Rev War Muster/Pay Rolls, 1775-1783, Volume 12, pg 117 (image 188)
also Volume 35, pg 272 (image 619)

Spouse: Sarah Farris
Children: Anna; Sarah;

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Burial:

Centerville Ancient Cemetery_(C-0075258)

Location:

Centerville / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2130820

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.654795 / -70.343207

Find A Grave Memorial #:

44592774

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

The gravestone of Stephen Davis, Jr. is made of slate, and is 18" wide, 19 1/2" tall and 1 1/4" thick
The gravestone is in good condition but has lichen present
Photo displayed courtesy of David C. Schafer, MA SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Cemetery Coordinates: 41.65470, -70.34290
The Ancient Cemetery of Centerville is located on Phinney's Lane one-fifth of a mile south of Route 28. It is a relatively small cemetery consisting of .73 acres of sloping ground. It has about 180 gravestones with the earliest being for Jonathan Hamblen, dated June 22, 1743. It has an average elevation of 44 feet above sea level and has a split rail fence on the street side with no other fencing. It is owned and managed by the Town of Barnstable and is an inactive cemetery

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Crandall Schafer

Stephen Davis, Jr. was the son of Stephen Davis (1690-1757) and his wife Desire Lewis (1707-1784) who had married in March 1729. He was born on July 6, 1746 in Barnstable and had three siblings – Martha and Mary (twins), born in 1731 and one brother Jonathan, born 1740.

Stephen’s sister Mary married Benjamin Lumbard, Jr. in May 1751. His father died in December 1757 leaving his wife Desire to raise Stephen Jr. and his sister Martha. At the age of twenty-two Stephen married Sarah Farris of Yarmouth on February 4, 1769, and together they had two daughters Anna, baptized December 1771, and Sarah baptized February 1774.

Stephen was a sergeant in Captain Micah Hamilton’s (Hamblin’s) company of 65 men from Barnstable, under the command of Col. Joseph Otis when they marched on the alarm at Marshfield 19 Apr 1775 and giving service of 2 days. In July 1775 Stephen enlisted, along with seven of the men who served with Capt. Hamblin’s company including his nephews Joseph and Benjamin Lumbard, into Captain James Davis’ (Seacoast) company of 50 Barnstable men as a private and serving until November 1, 1775.

On June 26, 1777 Stephen, being “sick and weak in body but of sound mind and memory” declared his last will and testament, leaving his wife Sarah one half of his real estate, one bed and bedding for her own, and the use of one cow “during her continuing (to be) my widow, and in case she marry again I give her the sum of thirteen pounds, six shillings, and eight pence and all my pewter, she quitting all further demand of my estate.” To his mother Desire Davis, he left the use and improvement of all the remainder of his estate during her natural life; distributing the remainder of his possessions and property to his sister Martha Lewis, Benjamin Lumbard, Jr., Davis Lumbard, his apprentice Ichabod Bellington, and his nephew Joseph Lumbard, Jr., naming him also executor of his will.

Stephen Davis, Jr. died at the age of 32 years on December 18, 1777 and is buried in the Centerville Ancient Cemetery to the right of his father.

Steven’s wife Sarah re-married on January 21, 1779 to Jonathan Hamblin (Hamblen) III (1749-1828), and their family relocated to the neighboring town of Sandwich by 1790. It is interesting to discover Jonathan’s Hamblin III’s grandfather Jonathan Hamblen, Sr. (1670-1743) is buried in the Centerville Ancient cemetery just to the right of Stephen Davis, Jr.

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