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             Husband: John Riggs DAVIS (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)
                Born: 20 DEC 1814 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (11 12 13 14 15)
             Married: 07 NOV 1838 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (50 51)
                Died: 17 OCT 1872 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (16 17)
              Buried: in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (18 19)
              Father: John DAVIS
              Mother: Laura RIGGS
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Sarah Jennette WHEELER (20 21 22 23 24 25 26)
                Born: 29 OCT 1819 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (27 28 29)
                Died: 09 JUL 1880 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (30 31 32)
              Buried: in St. Peters Episcopal Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven, CT (33 34)
              Father: Lyman WHEELER
              Mother: Sarah LOUNSBURY
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Laura DAVIS (35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45)
                Born: 13 SEP 1840 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (46 47 48)
                Died: 22 JAN 1928 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (49)
             Spouses: John HAWLEY

Footnotes

  1. Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 65.
    [1843 - St. Peter's Church
    http://www.our-oxford.info/Churches/history-of_saint_peters_church/sp_065.html.]
  2. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976), #134.
    [Chestnut Tree Hill Road
    http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  3. 1840 Oxford Census.
  4. 1850 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  5. 1860 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  6. 1870 Oxford Census.
    Farmer.
  7. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 40, 82.
  8. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 1.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/davis-01.html.]
  9. Ibid., Chapter 1.
    John R. Davis, lived at home until he married Jenette Wheeler, daughter of Liman Wheeler, of Rimmon Hill, then bought a farm at the upper part of Chestnut Tree Hill.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/davis-01.html.]
  10. Ibid., Chapter 7.
    Just a short distance north on the left we come to the John R. Davis place, situated on the highest elevation on Chestnut Tree Hill road. From here one can see the Long Island Sound on the south and the Catskill Mountains on the west, the east being hidden by Toby's Rocks. this house, of colonial design, was built early in the 18th century, and is in a good state of preservation. John R. Davis was the son of John Davis, Jr, and grandson of Col. John Davis. he was born in 1814, in the last house going south on the Chestnut Tree Hill road. He married Janette Wheeler, daughter of Leman Wheeler of Rimmon and moved to this house where he spent all his long and useful life. He was a practical farmer and in connection with the farm work he raised many sheep and cattle, also was interested to quite an extent in fruit culture. He was very prominent in church and town affairs and filled many minor offices in the town. It will be remembered that on the 17th of October 1872, while picking apples, he fell from a ladder and sustained injuries that caused his death.
    Janette, his wife, died July 9th, 1880, aged 61 years. They had one daughter, Laura Davis, who married John Hawley, son of David Hawley, of Oxford, who took charge of the farm after the death of Mr. Davis, and continued in that capacity until his Dec. 19th, 1891.
    One daughter was born to them, Sarah Hawley, who married Clayton Sears, who resides on the Oxford road, near Seymour. The Davis farm, which consists of 75 acres of mostly meadow land, was later sold to Stephen Gazey, who still resides there.
    (NOTE: The John R. Davis Place is house #134 in the EARLY HOUSES OF OXFORD, CONNECTICUT book, published 1976, Historic House Committee of Oxford's Bicentennial Commission).
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-07.html.]
  11. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 112.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/112.html.]
  12. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  13. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 53.
  14. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 432.
  15. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 40.
  16. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  17. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 433.
  18. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  19. St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cem6594.html.]
  20. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 53.
  21. 1850 Oxford Census.
  22. 1860 Oxford Census.
  23. 1870 Oxford Census.
  24. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 432.
  25. Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000), 40, 82.
  26. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 7.
    Just a short distance north on the left we come to the John R. Davis place, situated on the highest elevation on Chestnut Tree Hill road. From here one can see the Long Island Sound on the south and the Catskill Mountains on the west, the east being hidden by Toby's Rocks. this house, of colonial design, was built early in the 18th century, and is in a good state of preservation. John R. Davis was the son of John Davis, Jr, and grandson of Col. John Davis. he was born in 1814, in the last house going south on the Chestnut Tree Hill road. He married Janette Wheeler, daughter of Leman Wheeler of Rimmon and moved to this house where he spent all his long and useful life. He was a practical farmer and in connection with the farm work he raised many sheep and cattle, also was interested to quite an extent in fruit culture. He was very prominent in church and town affairs and filled many minor offices in the town. It will be remembered that on the 17th of October 1872, while picking apples, he fell from a ladder and sustained injuries that caused his death.
    Janette, his wife, died July 9th, 1880, aged 61 years. They had one daughter, Laura Davis, who married John Hawley, son of David Hawley, of Oxford, who took charge of the farm after the death of Mr. Davis, and continued in that capacity until his Dec. 19th, 1891.
    One daughter was born to them, Sarah Hawley, who married Clayton Sears, who resides on the Oxford road, near Seymour. The Davis farm, which consists of 75 acres of mostly meadow land, was later sold to Stephen Gazey, who still resides there.
    (NOTE: The John R. Davis Place is house #134 in the EARLY HOUSES OF OXFORD, CONNECTICUT book, published 1976, Historic House Committee of Oxford's Bicentennial Commission).
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-07.html.]
  27. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 112.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/112.html.]
  28. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  29. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 433.
  30. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 124.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/124.html.]
  31. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    Hawley, John, born Oct. 14, 1833, died Dec. 19, 1894
    Hawley, Laura Davis, wife of John, born Sept. 13, 1840, died Jan. 22, 1928
    Davis, John R., born Dec. 20, 1814, died Oct. 17, 1872
    Davis, Sarah J. Wheeler, wife of John R., born Oct. 29, 1819, died July 9, 1880
    Davis, John Jr., died Aug. 8, 1844, age 56 yrs.
    Davis, Laura Riggs, wife of John R., died Nov. 13, 1854, age 59 yrs. 6 mos.
    Davis, Otis, son of John Jr. & Laura, died Apr. 12, 1842, age 18 yrs.
    Davis, Lewis, died Feb. 11, 1871, age 68 yrs.
    Davis, Lucinda, wife of Lewis, died July 18, 1882, age 75 yrs.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  32. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 433.
  33. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 12.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan12.html.]
  34. St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/cem6595.html.]
  35. 1850 Oxford Census.
  36. 1860 Oxford Census.
  37. 1870 Oxford Census.
  38. 1880 Oxford Census.
  39. 1900 Oxford Census.
  40. 1910 Oxford Census.
  41. 1920 Oxford Census.
    [It seems that Laura spent her entire life on Chestnut Tree Hill Road.]
  42. The Diaries of Laura Davis 1856-1857.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/diaries/Laura_Davis-1856-1857/Laura_Davie-1856-57.html.]
  43. Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 433.
  44. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976).
    #134 .. Chestnut Tree Hill Road ... was the residence of Laura Hawley Davis ...
    [ A map, photo and more information about the house on Chestnut Tree Hill Road, can be found in this book.
    http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  45. B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 7.
    They had one daughter, Laura Davis, who married John Hawley, son of David Hawley, of Oxford, who took charge of the farm after the death of Mr. Davis, and continued in that capacity until his Dec. 19th, 1891.
    One daughter was born to them, Sarah Hawley, who married Clayton Sears, who resides on the Oxford road, near Seymour. The Davis farm, which consists of 75 acres of mostly meadow land, was later sold to Stephen Gazey, who still resides there.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-07.html.]
  46. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 112.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/112.html.]
  47. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 11.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan11.html.]
  48. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 53.
  49. Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 11.
    Hawley, John, born Oct. 14, 1833, died Dec. 19, 1894
    Hawley, Laura Davis, wife of John, born Sept. 13, 1840, died Jan. 22, 1928
    Davis, John R., born Dec. 20, 1814, died Oct. 17, 1872
    Davis, Sarah J. Wheeler, wife of John R., born Oct. 29, 1819, died July 9, 1880
    Davis, John Jr., died Aug. 8, 1844, age 56 yrs.
    Davis, Laura Riggs, wife of John R., died Nov. 13, 1854, age 59 yrs. 6 mos.
    Davis, Otis, son of John Jr. & Laura, died Apr. 12, 1842, age 18 yrs.
    Davis, Lewis, died Feb. 11, 1871, age 68 yrs.
    Davis, Lucinda, wife of Lewis, died July 18, 1882, age 75 yrs.
    [http://www.oxfordpast.net/epcemscan11.html.]
  50. George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 53.
  51. Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 40, 82.
    ... by Rev. John D. Smith, of Humphreyville, at the house of Lyman Wheeler.

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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