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Geena Davis

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Asahel Davis

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Geena Davis — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 64 
  • Father:
  • Eleazer Davis 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Ward   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Mar 1748/1749 
  • Birth Location:
  • Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Mar 1816 
  • Death Location:
  • Sharon, Windsor, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Broad Brook Cemetery, Sharon, Windsor, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Nichols
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Oct 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Asahel Davis

  Eliphalet Davis

  Joel Davis (Ahnentafel No:32 )

  Samuel Davis

  Joshua Davis

  Nabby Davis

  • Notes: 

  • Asahel Davis's given name is also seen as Asael.

    Asahel's birth is also recorded in the vital records of Rutland, Massachusetts.

• Sources for Asahel Davis

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A030263.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/30/2022).
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth record for children of Asael and Abigal Davis.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Princeton, Vol. 1, p. 90, Marriage record for Asahel Davis and Abigail Nichols.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Holden, Vol. 1, p. 30, Birth record for son Asahel Davis.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Holden, Vol. 1, p. 30, Birth record for Asahel Davis.
  • ⁷ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Rutland, Vol. 1, p. 30, Birth record for Asahel Davis.
  • ⁸ Crane, Ellery Bicknell, ed., Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1907), 319.

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