Judith Havens

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1780, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

He was a sailor with the ship ESSEX which was sunk by the British in the harbor at Valporiso, 1814. (DAR Paper #551935). Jesse m.c. 1775 CONTENT DAVIS, b. 27 Feb. 1758; d. 27 July 1840, #6 (d/o James). She m. 2nd c. 1785 JOSHUA DAVIS, #43. There were 2 daughters who migrated to western Virginia, probably 1789 with Joshua & Content. The Will of John Havens dated 1 July 1788, appoints son John as guardian of his grandson Jesse. He mentions gr-dau, Anna to have son Jesse's share if Jesse does not return to claim it in 4 years. [Davis--The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia; Susie Davis Nicholson]

GWCSG Sailors Memorialize 19th Century Shipmates

5/20/2008

By Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW/SCW) Dennis J. Herring, George Washington Carrier Strike Group Public Affairs





VALPARAISO, Chile (NNS) -- Sailors from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) held a memorial service and wreath-laying May 16 for shipmates who died and were laid to rest in Valaparaiso in the 1800s while in service of the U.S. Navy.

The ceremony, held at the Cementerio de Disidentes on Panteón Hill, honored 58 Sailors from USS Essex, two Sailors from USS Baltimore and one Sailor from USS Pensacola.

During the War of 1812, the British ships HMS Phoebe and Cherub defeated and captured the American frigate Essex just north of Valparaiso. Essex casualties included 58 dead and 31 missing (of a crew of 154).

In 1881, a memorial to remember these Sailors was placed in this Protestant cemetery by the Daughters of the War of 1812. The memorial was the result of a subscription campaign begun in 1876 by USS Richmond Assistant Surgeon Dr. Howard Aimes and continued by the Rev. David Trumbull, pastor of the Union Protestant Church in Valparaiso.

"In any navy, a shipmate is a shipmate for all time," said Rear Adm. Philip Hart Cullom, Commander, GWCSG, who spoke during the service. "Today, we lay these wreaths in remembrance of these Sailors who are our shipmates, now and forever.

"They share with us a special kinship created from the bond of sacrifice -- sacrifice of family separation, sacrifice of physical hardship of man versus sea, and sacrifice of serving a cause greater than ourselves."

About 50 Sailors attended the ceremony from USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Kauffman (FFG 59), both on a scheduled port visit.

"Today was a very special opportunity to pay tribute to the Sailors who came before us," said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SW) David Murray, a crew member from USS George Washington (GW). "To me, this was an honor because it's not every day we come to a foreign country and get a chance to honor fellow Sailors who have made the ultimate sacrifice. I wouldn't miss this for the world."

Before the ceremony, GWCSG Sailors found a way to memorialize their fallen shipmates. Those arriving early spent about an hour making charcoal rubbings of the names on the marker stones for entry into the official Navy Log, part of the U.S. Naval Institute's historical preservation efforts.

"We made charcoal rubbings of the names on the markers honoring the Sailors," Murray said. "This gave us a chance to give back to those Sailors and to give others the opportunity to see the names of these Sailors who gave the ultimate sacrifice."

Many Sailors said the opportunity brought many emotions, thinking about fallen shipmates and having a chance to remember them.

"I think this shows these Sailors that they have not been forgotten," said Air Traffic Controller 3rd Class Juan M. Rosario, also from GW. "There are people out there who do care and remember their sacrifice they have made for their country."

Rosario compared this opportunity to immortalize shipmates from long ago with another memorial of the recent past.

Rosario said his grandfather had a friend he served with in Vietnam whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. He was able to go to there and see the friend's name with him and make a charcoal rubbing.

"It brought back a lot of memories," he said. "That's why I wanted to do this. It reminded of seeing my grandfather's emotion when he was able to see his friend's name and was able to keep it. I am sure if some family member would see this, their emotions would be the same - somebody still remembers."

Capt. K. Brent Canady, commanding officer of the current USS Essex (LHD 2) also contributed to the ceremony with a letter when he learned of the ceremony for the men of the first USS Essex.

"I can think of no better way to honor and remember the fallen Essex Sailors than by the crew of USS George Washington, a ship named after our first President and the father of our great country," he wrote.

"The men buried in these two cemeteries did not want to die, but they did. It is now up to us to give meaning to their lives," Cullom said in closing. "We must guard their legacy of democracy with the same vigilance they did. And we must be willing to give nothing less than they did, if necessary. The eternal flame of freedom must burn brightly within all of us, never to be extinguished, as long as we have breath to take. That is the legacy we owe these shipmates."

For more news from USS George Washington, visit www.navy.mil/local/cvn73/.


Died:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Essex_(1799)

Jesse married Content Davis in 1777. Content (daughter of James Davis and Judith Maxson) was born on 27 Feb 1758 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Jun 1840 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1745, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 21 Jan 1745, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1781, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1786, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 25 Jul 1788, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

John married Anna Davis on 21 Jan 1745 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Anna was born on 23 Jan 1728 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA; died on 10 May 1786 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: James Davis , Sr.
Sex: M
Birth: 1720 in Chester Co., PA
Death: 26 JUN 1778 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
Occupation: Ship's Carpenter
Event: Killed 26 JUN 1778 By stray bullet during battle of Monmouth, NJ
Event: Owned Shipyard at mouth of Manasquan River
Event: Political Whig

Father: WILLIAM DAVIS , Reverend, Immigrant b: 1663 in Llanstephen, Radnor Co., South Wales c: 14 JUN 1663
Mother: Elizabeth Pavior b: ABT 1680 in Of Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ

Marriage 1 Judith Maxson b: 17 SEP 1720 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI
Married: 1 JAN 1740 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI

Children
Joseph Davis , Elder b: ABT 1739 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI
James Davis , Jr. b: 1742
Jacob Davis , Rev.(Chaplain) Sr. b: 1748 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
William "Bottom Billy" Davis b: 11 MAR 1754 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ
Content Havens Davis b: 27 FEB 1758 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ
Hannah Davis b: ABT 1760
Thomas Davis b: ABT 1762 in Monmouth Co., NJ


Died:
James Davis, had owned a shipyard at the beginning of the Revolutionary War and sided with the British. Son William guided the British fleet through Hell Gate Channel into New York City at the time of its capture. However, after his shipyard was burned, James became a loyal supporter of the Colonists until he was killed by a "stray British bullet as he rode out to watch the Battle of Monmouth" (NJ), near Shrewsbury. According to tradition his horse carried him back to his home.

James married Judith Maxson on 10 Jan 1740 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. Judith (daughter of Joseph Maxson, jr and Bethiah Maxson) was born on 17 Sep 1720 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA; died on 14 May 1773 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Info and Will

Daniel Havens, son of John, married Christian __________. He died in 1740. Will of Daniel Havens, January 21, 1739 In the Name of God, Amen, the twenteth first day of January, One thousand seven hundred and thirty nine I Daniel Havince of Shrewsbury in the County of Monmouth and Province of New Jersey Yeoman being sick and week of Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore—calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors nothing Douting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God and as touching such Earthly Estate whearewith it has plesed God to bless me with in this life I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form Imprimis I give and bequeth to Christian my dearly beloved Wife all my moveable Estate after my lafull Depts and funerall charges are paid and also all my Lands and Tenements so long as she lives my Widow but if she ceseth to live my Widow either by Marage or Death then I give and Bequeth all my Lands and Tennements to my son George to him his Heirs or assigns for ever but if it shall plese God that my Son George dye before he poseseth my Lands and Tennements or not having lawfull Issue then my will and intent is that my Lands and Tennements Shall be Sold and the money to be equally Divided amongst all the rest of my Children eaquelly alike Item I give to my Daughter Anna five Shillings Item I give to my Son Daneel five shillings Item I give to my son John five shillings Item I give to my Daughter Mary five shillings Item I give to my Daughter Margrett five shillings Item I give to my Daughter Christian five shillings Item I give to my Daughter Ann five shillings all which Legecies so bequethed to be made out of my moveable Estate. My Desire is that my Daughter Ann may live with her mother or Brother George tell She is of Age I likewise Constitute make and Ordain my only and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testement and singular my Lands Measuages and Tennements my well beloved Wife and my Dutiful Son George retifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testement in Witness Whereof I have hearunto Set my Hand and Seal the day and year above written Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declared by the said Daniel Havince as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers Jo ” Herring Pr. Traverrie William Matters Wm. Cosgrave his Daniel D Havince mark Be it Remembered etc., etc., (oaths of two witnessed, William Matters and Wm. Cosgrave) Lewis Morris Be it also Remembered etc., etc., (oaths of executrix and executor) Lewis Morris Lewis Morris, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over his Majesty’s Province of New Jersey and the Territories thereon depending in America and Vice Admiral in the same To All to whom these Presents etc., etc., (Record of Proving of Will, March 25, 1740) Thomas Bartow, Reg’r

Daniel married Christian Fleming in 1700 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Christian was born in 1684 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died in 1740 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John accompanied his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island about the year 1710, where he was admitted to membership in the Westerly Seventh Day Baptist Church June 22,1713. The Westerly Church called John Davis to ordanination as a gospel minister Nov.9,1743, a request which he declined. Soon after he moved his family to Shrewbury,New Jersey where he joined his father and other relatives in organizing the Shrewsbury Church. After the death of his father, the Shrewsbury Church called him to ordination June 19,1746. He sailed to Westerly for the ceremony where he was ordained by Rev. Joseph Maxson, assisted by Rev. John Maxson and Deacon Clarke. John Davis had been a deacon of the Westerly Church for thirty years previous. The first record book of the Shrewsbury church was purchsed by Rev. John Davis and presented to the church Dec.26,1752, for which he was paid from the church funds. This was the same book which the migran group carried to Virginia with them in 1789. These wer the people who were th costituent members of the Shrewsbury Seventh Day Baptist Church: William Davis,Minister and wife Elisabeth John Maxson &wife Bethia John Davis and his wife Elisabeth Thomas Babcock and his wife Ruth Thomas Davis and his wife Bethia William Brand,Jr. and his wife Elisabeth Joseph Davis Elisabeth Mary Stillman Elisabeth Davis,Jr.(alias) Maxson Judith Davis wife of James Davis
from "Davis" The Settler of Salem, West Virginia

John married Elizabeth Maxson on 25 Aug 1715. Elizabeth (daughter of John Maxson and Judith Clarke) was born on 7 Nov 1695 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA; died in Apr 1751 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1684, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1711, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

It is thought that he is one of four brothers who were members of the aristocratic Panfay Church, a branch of the Baptist church of Swansea. In his will, David Davis of this group included a sermon that was in keeping with the preaching of our Rev. William Davis, but no children are named in the will. Perhaps William was a son not named because he had gone to America. According to tradition and to the work of some Seventh Day Baptist writers, while at Oxford University, Willisam Davis espoused the Quaker religion and at age 21, in the year of 1684 with other followers o f William Penn, sailed for Philadelphia. In 1691 he and 47 other persons, separated from William Penn and became a follower of George Keith. Some five years later, Willaim Davis was Baptized by Rev.Thomas Killingworth and joined the Pennypek Baptist Church near Philadelphia, of which he was made pastor . He was bannished from that church 17 February 1698 for his unorthodox views and subsequently joined Abel Noble and became a Seventh Day Baptist. In vindication of the doctrine for which he was expelled from Peenypek, he published a book entitled, "Jesus the Crucified Man, the Eternal Son of God" William Davis returned to Pennypek late in the year 1699 and organized a Seventh Day Baptist Church as a brranch of the Providence Church. In 1706 he applied for membership to the New Port ,Rhode Island Seventh Day Baptist Church. On Oct.12,1710 William Davis and his wife Elizabeth applied to Westerly,R.I. for membership in that church. They wererecievedinto that church July 14,1711 and he was invited to preach there in 1713. William Davis recieved word of his fathers death and planned to claim his share in the estate. On March 1,1714 he requested a letter to a church in England. He was asked by his friends to remain in America and at the last minute he consented to do so. Soon after May 16,1717 he left Westerly and settled in Pennsylvania, where in 1724 , he suffered severe loss by fire. From his home in Stonington,Connecticut, October 21,1734, William agian requested membership in the Westerly Church, which was granted December 16,1734. so aftera1740 a settlement of Seveth Day Baptists was formed in Monmouth Co., New Jersey near the Manasquan River. Joseph Maxson and his family of Stonington, Ct. had sailed for the mouth of the Manasquan River in the fall of 1742, but due to storms and ice they did not reach their destination until the spring of 1743, having spent the winter on Long Island. The Seventh Day Baptist Church at Shrewsbury, New Jersey was formally organized in 1745 with William Davis as minister. William died late in the same year, 1745.

Born in Glamorganshire, Wales in the year 1663. It is probable that his father was one of four brothers, all of whom were members of the aristocratic Penyfay Church in the county of Glamorgan, a branch of the Baptist church of Swansea. One of these brothers was high sheriff; another, deputy sheriff; a third, recorder of the county of Glamorgan: and the fourth brother, chaplain to the judge in the county town of Cardiff. William Davis was educated at Oxford University, his parents intending that he should become a clergyman. While at Oxford, he became interested in the doctrines of George Fox, the Quaker, and joined that church. He now left the university, and became a public speaker among the Quakers. He soon afterward sailed for America, with a company of Quakers, to join William Penn's Pennsylvania colony. He arrived in America in 1684, and seven years afterward, in 1691, he was one of forty-eight persons who separated from William Penn and became followers of George Keith, who was what may be termed a Baptist-Quaker. Some five years later, he again changed his views, and was baptized by Rev. Thomas Killingworth, the pastor of the Baptist Church in Cohansey (now Roadstown), New Jersey, and soon afterward joined the Pennepek Baptist Church, near Philadelphia, of which he was made pastor.

February 17, 1698, he was banished from the Pennepek Church, on account of his unorthodox views concerning the person of Christ. William Davis maintained that Christ was neither human nor divine, but of a blended nature, like "wine and water in a glass." He at once went to Upper Providence near Philadelphia upon the invitation of Abel Noble, and learned from him the doctrine of the supremacy of the moral law and the binding force in perpetuity of all its precepts, and the consequent inevitable conclusion that the Seventh Day of the week, the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, was the Sabbath enjoined upon all Christians. He now joined the Seventh Day Baptist organisation in Pennsylvania. The following year he published a book, entitled "Jesus the Crucified Man, the Eternal Son of God," etc., in vindication of the doctrine for which he was expelled from Pennepek.2 This provoked a spirited reply from Rev. John Watts, pastor of the Pennepek Church in a book entitled "Davis Disabled."" In the latter part of 1699, William Davis returned to Pennepek and there organised a Seventh Day Baptist church from among former Keithians and others in the vicinity, as the first branch of the Providence (Pennsylvania) Church. Thomas Graves gave the church a lot of ground on which they erected a log meeting house. In the year 1700, William Davis baptized six persons in the Pennepek.

In 1702, George Keith, who had returned to England some time before, again came back to Philadelphia as a fullfledged priest of the Church of England, whose "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," but lately organised in London, had sent him as a missionary to the New World. His return was the signal for a fierce struggle between Keith and Evan Evans on the one hand: and on the other, Thomas Killingworth, who besides being the ablest Baptist clergyman in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, was also judge of the court at Salem, New Jersey; and William Davis, the pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Pennepek, who strangely enough now united in common defence. William Davis published another edition of his book, with a supplement entitled "George Keith Disabled." Keith was now challenged by Killingworth to a joint debate in public, which resulted in a drawn battle. Evan Evans, who was a former enemy of William Davis, made war upon him with such success that Thomas Graves again joined the Episcopalian Church, and deeded to that church the lot on which stood the meeting house of the Seventh Day Baptists, who had never had a deed for the lot. Deprived of their house of worship the church continued to hold meetings in the houses of the members, but they were badly demoralised and disheartened by their reverses, and little progress was made. In 1706, William Davis applied for membership in the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Newport, Rhode Island, but complaint from his Pennsylvania brethren preceded him, and his request was denied. The cause of his difference with his fellow church members was due to his eccentric ecclesiastical views, similar in a measure to his views already cited touching the person of Christ, and which, however real and fundamental they appeared to him, were in their last analysis, nothing more than mere differences in the definitions of terms. On October 12, 1710, William Davis and Elisabeth Brisley, his wife, applied for membership in the Westerly, afterward the First Hopkinton (Rhode Island) Church, which had been organised some two years previously. His wife was immediately received into membership, but the church deferred final action upon his application. At a church meeting held June 22, 17n, the Westerly Church decided that William Davis had complied with "the rule of Christ," and was therefore eligible to membership in that church. In order, however, to satisfy a group of doubting members, the church presented the case to the Yearly Meeting, at Westerly, July 14, 17n. The Yearly Meeting approved the action of the church, and William Davis became a member of the Westerly Church, in full and regular standing. This action, however, involved the Westerly Church in an embroilment with Rev. William Gibson, of the Newport Church, together with Jonathan Davis and the brethren in Pennsylvania, which was prolonged until as late as the latter part of the year 1713.
William Davis was invited by the Westerly Church to preach, and in the first part of the year 1713 was authorised by the church to administer the ordinance of baptism. On March 1, 1714, William Davis requested a letter of recommendation from the church, in order that he might join one of the Seventh Day Baptist churches in England, whither he expected to remove. The church granted his request. His friends, however, were anxious to prevent his going, and circulated a subscription to raise money to compensate him for whatever financial loss he might sustain in abandoning his contemplated removal to England, the object of which was to claim his share in a large estate left him by the death of his father, in Wales. He persisted, however, to the point of going to Newport, ready to embark upon his voyage. At the last moment, he consented to remain; whereupon numberless troubles ensued, some of which found their way into the courts. These difficulties grew, almost if not quite wholly, out of the subscriptions made to induce William Davis to remain in America. The troubles resulted in correspondence on the part of the Westerly Church, with the churches in Newport (Rhode Island), and in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and London.

Some time during the year 1716, after an ineffectual attempt at reconciliation, the church withdrew its communion from William Davis, with but four dissenting votes. He now decided to leave Westerly, and under date of May 16, 1717, he received a letter signed by twenty-three of his neighbours, testifying to his Christian character, and exonerating him from blame in his litigation and church troubles. This letter became the subject of some spirited correspondence after William Davis had removed to Pennsylvania. After his removal from Westerly back to Pennsylvania, he suffered a severe loss from fire about the year 1724. This loss, Governor Keith, of the colony of Pennsylvania, ordered made good; but through the secret interference of some enemies of William Davis at Westerly, the order was not carried out. The whole matter was now dropped, apparently, for a period of twelve years, when we find William Davis again making his home within the bounds of the Westerly Church, in Rhode Island. Under date of October 21, 1734, from his home in Stonington, Connecticut, he wrote a letter of confession to the church, praying for a reconciliation. To this letter, the church replied, under date of November 19, 1734, desiring explanation upon several points named in the letter written by the church to William Davis. Under date of December 16, 1734, he replied to the communication from the church, whereupon he was requested to attend the next church meeting. There is no record of his restoration to membership in the Westerly Church, further than that his name appears as that of a regular attendant at church. Nevertheless, the reconciliation was undoubtedly effected, greatly to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, and to none, doubtless, more than to William Davis himself.

William Davis was married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth Brisley. By her he had four children; viz., Martha, William, John, and Mary. His second wife was Elisabeth Pavior. By her he had seven children; viz., Thomas, Joseph, Lydia, Edward, James, Elisabeth, and William,—the William by his first wife having died. Soon after the year 1740, a settlement of Seventh Day Baptists was formed in Monmouth County, New Jersey, near the Manasquan River. Perhaps one of the first of this group of settlers was Joseph Maxson, from Stonington, Connecticut. He sailed from Stonington for the mouth of the Manasquan River, in the fall of 1742. His vessel was caught in the ice in Long Island Sound, and he did not reach his destination until the following spring. In the fall of 1744, a party of German Sabbath-keepers, consisting of Israel Eckerling, Samuel Eckerling, Alexander Mack, and Rev. Peter Miller, from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, visited their English-speaking, Sabbath-keeping brethren in Monmouth County, New Jersey. They reported that they found there several Sabbath-keepers, who had come to that place a few years before, from Stonington, Connecticut, and from Westerly, Rhode Island. There were also several members of William Davis's family from Pennsylvania. They found fifteen adults in this group of settlers. Whether William Davis himself had come to Monmouth County, New Jersey, at the time of the visit of this delegation from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, or not, we have no conclusive evidence. At all events, he had come when the group organised itself into a church, at a date not later than 1745. William Davis, however, had come to his new home in New Jersey, but to die among his children, a large number, if not nearly all, of whom had settled here. His death occurred before the close of the year 1745, when he was eighty-two years of age. His life was a tempestuous one. Its close was peaceful and uneventful, however. But his works ceased not with his death. He may fairly be termed the father of the Shrewsbury Church; whence his followers and descendants scattered to the Piscataway and Shiloh churches in New Jersey, and crowded into the wilderness of Western Virginia, and into Ohio, and afterwards still further westward across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Slope. Seventh Day Baptist descendants of William Davis may be found to-day in the states of Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, California, and in all probability, in other states as well.1 The churches of the South-Eastern Association, with the exception of the Salemville Church, at Salemville, Pennsylvania, are composed very largely of the descendants of William Davis; and upon the roll of his posterity are to be found the names of upwards of twenty-five Seventh Day Baptist clergymen.

THE SHREWSBURY CHURCH Just what attracted these Seventh Day Baptists who settled in Mon 3 x vll mouth County to New Jersey is uncertain Some of their number were shipbuilders and found occupation in that business Tradition has it that there was a Seventh Day Baptist shipbuilders yard on the banks of the Manasquan River owned by the Maxsons Others appear to have engaged in the manufacture of salt a business which thrived at the mouth of the Manasquan and up the coast as far as the mouth of the Shark River Still others engaged in farming and possibly some were sailors owning their own boats and carrying salt garden vegetables and farm products to New York City The first settlements were at the mouths of the Manasquan and Shark rivers respectively Gradually they extended inward from the shore until they reached as far as Squan kum and Lower Squankum south of the Manasquan River From there they extended northward as far as Deal which was situated between the present seaside resorts of Long Branch and Elberon At a somewhat later date there was a settlement at Clay Pit Creek an arm of the Navesink or North Shrewsbury River near the present village of Navesink Clay Pit Creek then as now was in the town of Middletown The other Seventh Day Baptist settlements were all at that time in the town of Shrewsbury That part of Monmouth County is now embraced in the towns of Wall Howell Neptune tune and Ocean besides the lower part of the present town of Shrewsbury It may be observed in passing that at the time of which we write Monmouth County embraced the whole of the present counties of Ocean and Monmouth and that then the entire county was divided into the two towns of Shrewsbury and Middletown The present county of Monmouth contains sixteen towns and Ocean County eleven A little less than four miles from the ocean on the banks of a little brook which in dry weather contains no running water a group of these people built a little village which for the lack of a better name we shall call Squan 1 In fact there is some evidence that Squan was the name by which the village was actually known although it was full two and a half miles from the Squan River contracted from Manasquan to Squan in much the same way that the cacophonous contraction phone is obtained from telephone 2 The little brook on which was situated the village of Squan was known as the South Branch of Little Brushy Neck now Cranberry Bog which in turn forms what was known then as now as the Great Branch The Great Branch in its turn empties into what is now called Wreck Pond which opens into the sea through Sea Girt inlet a little more than half way from the mouth of the Shark River to the mouth of the Manasquan River Great Branch is very similar to a number of other branches along the coast near by among which are Long Branch and Branchport Creek Some six or eight miles north of the mouth of Great Branch are the well known seaside summer resorts of Asbury Park and Ocean Grove.These first members came from Stonington in New England This is a list of their names that came and settled as a church W1ll1am Davis an aged minister of the gospel and formerly an elder of a church of Christ in Pennsylvania but sometime from Stonington aforesaid Joseph Maxson a ministering brother in the church aforesaid John Davis a ministering brother in said church Thomas Babcock a member Thomas Davis a member William Brand Junr a member and Joseph Davis a member These are the brethren there and the sisters were El1sabeth Davis wife of William Davis the Elder Beth1ah Maxson Joseph Maxson's wife El1sabeth Davis John Davis's wife Ruth Babcock Thomas Babcock's wife Beth1ah Davis Thomas Davis's wife El1sabeth Brand Mary Stillman Judith Davis wife of James Davis Elisabeth Dav1s Junr alias Maxson These are the sisters These persons with others have from their first settling in place endeavoured to uphold the public worship of God at places on the Sabbath Day with the help of the ministering amongst them by joining in prayer reading the Scriptures and expounding the Word of God one to another The persons above named being in the above noted circumstances there had been discourse at some times of the need of choosing appointing persons to the work of the public ministry amongst them that they might be capable of administering the holy amongst themselves and to such as may be found willing to join themselves to the Lord considering it to be their duty so to do In October the eighth sic month 1745 Elisabeth Davis widow went to sojourn with her son Joseph in Pennsylvania and Davis and his family went thither also in March following in 1746 It will be observed from the foregoing that the exact of the organisation of the Shrewsbury Church is unknown Certain it is however that it was organised long before end of the year 1745 for we find William Davis whom in preceding chapter we have styled the father of the church and who was one of its constituent members had died the close of that year 1745 is generally accepted however the year of the organisation of the church.

New source:

The first pastor was Eld William Davis who had lately come from the church in western Rhode Island He lived only a few months after the organization of the church After the death of Eld Davis his son John Davis was chosen He had had thirty years experience in church work in Rhode Island having served as clerk and as stated above had been called to serve as elder but declined He was sent to Rhode Island and was ordained in the house where the Ministers Monument now stands July 23 1746 His service as pastor lasted until his death eight years later From the death of Eld John Davis for a period of twenty years the church had no pastor During this time the church was aided some by the ministration of Seventh day Baptist ministers in the colony In 1774 Jacob Davis the grandson of the first pastor was chosen pastor He served the church while it remained in New Jersey and moved with it to its new home.


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Taken from: A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: Including the ... By Corliss Fitz Randolph Second source: Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America, Volume 2 By Albert N. Rogers
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William married Elizabeth Pavior on 6 Jun 1700 in , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1680 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died in 1760 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Bethiah Maxson in 1715 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. Bethiah was born on 31 Jul 1693 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1747 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1669, , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 14 Mar 1686, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

John married Anna Stannard in 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Anna was born in 1640 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 14 Mar 1687 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1684, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1711, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

It is thought that he is one of four brothers who were members of the aristocratic Panfay Church, a branch of the Baptist church of Swansea. In his will, David Davis of this group included a sermon that was in keeping with the preaching of our Rev. William Davis, but no children are named in the will. Perhaps William was a son not named because he had gone to America. According to tradition and to the work of some Seventh Day Baptist writers, while at Oxford University, Willisam Davis espoused the Quaker religion and at age 21, in the year of 1684 with other followers o f William Penn, sailed for Philadelphia. In 1691 he and 47 other persons, separated from William Penn and became a follower of George Keith. Some five years later, Willaim Davis was Baptized by Rev.Thomas Killingworth and joined the Pennypek Baptist Church near Philadelphia, of which he was made pastor . He was bannished from that church 17 February 1698 for his unorthodox views and subsequently joined Abel Noble and became a Seventh Day Baptist. In vindication of the doctrine for which he was expelled from Peenypek, he published a book entitled, "Jesus the Crucified Man, the Eternal Son of God" William Davis returned to Pennypek late in the year 1699 and organized a Seventh Day Baptist Church as a brranch of the Providence Church. In 1706 he applied for membership to the New Port ,Rhode Island Seventh Day Baptist Church. On Oct.12,1710 William Davis and his wife Elizabeth applied to Westerly,R.I. for membership in that church. They wererecievedinto that church July 14,1711 and he was invited to preach there in 1713. William Davis recieved word of his fathers death and planned to claim his share in the estate. On March 1,1714 he requested a letter to a church in England. He was asked by his friends to remain in America and at the last minute he consented to do so. Soon after May 16,1717 he left Westerly and settled in Pennsylvania, where in 1724 , he suffered severe loss by fire. From his home in Stonington,Connecticut, October 21,1734, William agian requested membership in the Westerly Church, which was granted December 16,1734. so aftera1740 a settlement of Seveth Day Baptists was formed in Monmouth Co., New Jersey near the Manasquan River. Joseph Maxson and his family of Stonington, Ct. had sailed for the mouth of the Manasquan River in the fall of 1742, but due to storms and ice they did not reach their destination until the spring of 1743, having spent the winter on Long Island. The Seventh Day Baptist Church at Shrewsbury, New Jersey was formally organized in 1745 with William Davis as minister. William died late in the same year, 1745.

Born in Glamorganshire, Wales in the year 1663. It is probable that his father was one of four brothers, all of whom were members of the aristocratic Penyfay Church in the county of Glamorgan, a branch of the Baptist church of Swansea. One of these brothers was high sheriff; another, deputy sheriff; a third, recorder of the county of Glamorgan: and the fourth brother, chaplain to the judge in the county town of Cardiff. William Davis was educated at Oxford University, his parents intending that he should become a clergyman. While at Oxford, he became interested in the doctrines of George Fox, the Quaker, and joined that church. He now left the university, and became a public speaker among the Quakers. He soon afterward sailed for America, with a company of Quakers, to join William Penn's Pennsylvania colony. He arrived in America in 1684, and seven years afterward, in 1691, he was one of forty-eight persons who separated from William Penn and became followers of George Keith, who was what may be termed a Baptist-Quaker. Some five years later, he again changed his views, and was baptized by Rev. Thomas Killingworth, the pastor of the Baptist Church in Cohansey (now Roadstown), New Jersey, and soon afterward joined the Pennepek Baptist Church, near Philadelphia, of which he was made pastor.

February 17, 1698, he was banished from the Pennepek Church, on account of his unorthodox views concerning the person of Christ. William Davis maintained that Christ was neither human nor divine, but of a blended nature, like "wine and water in a glass." He at once went to Upper Providence near Philadelphia upon the invitation of Abel Noble, and learned from him the doctrine of the supremacy of the moral law and the binding force in perpetuity of all its precepts, and the consequent inevitable conclusion that the Seventh Day of the week, the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, was the Sabbath enjoined upon all Christians. He now joined the Seventh Day Baptist organisation in Pennsylvania. The following year he published a book, entitled "Jesus the Crucified Man, the Eternal Son of God," etc., in vindication of the doctrine for which he was expelled from Pennepek.2 This provoked a spirited reply from Rev. John Watts, pastor of the Pennepek Church in a book entitled "Davis Disabled."" In the latter part of 1699, William Davis returned to Pennepek and there organised a Seventh Day Baptist church from among former Keithians and others in the vicinity, as the first branch of the Providence (Pennsylvania) Church. Thomas Graves gave the church a lot of ground on which they erected a log meeting house. In the year 1700, William Davis baptized six persons in the Pennepek.

In 1702, George Keith, who had returned to England some time before, again came back to Philadelphia as a fullfledged priest of the Church of England, whose "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," but lately organised in London, had sent him as a missionary to the New World. His return was the signal for a fierce struggle between Keith and Evan Evans on the one hand: and on the other, Thomas Killingworth, who besides being the ablest Baptist clergyman in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, was also judge of the court at Salem, New Jersey; and William Davis, the pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Pennepek, who strangely enough now united in common defence. William Davis published another edition of his book, with a supplement entitled "George Keith Disabled." Keith was now challenged by Killingworth to a joint debate in public, which resulted in a drawn battle. Evan Evans, who was a former enemy of William Davis, made war upon him with such success that Thomas Graves again joined the Episcopalian Church, and deeded to that church the lot on which stood the meeting house of the Seventh Day Baptists, who had never had a deed for the lot. Deprived of their house of worship the church continued to hold meetings in the houses of the members, but they were badly demoralised and disheartened by their reverses, and little progress was made. In 1706, William Davis applied for membership in the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Newport, Rhode Island, but complaint from his Pennsylvania brethren preceded him, and his request was denied. The cause of his difference with his fellow church members was due to his eccentric ecclesiastical views, similar in a measure to his views already cited touching the person of Christ, and which, however real and fundamental they appeared to him, were in their last analysis, nothing more than mere differences in the definitions of terms. On October 12, 1710, William Davis and Elisabeth Brisley, his wife, applied for membership in the Westerly, afterward the First Hopkinton (Rhode Island) Church, which had been organised some two years previously. His wife was immediately received into membership, but the church deferred final action upon his application. At a church meeting held June 22, 17n, the Westerly Church decided that William Davis had complied with "the rule of Christ," and was therefore eligible to membership in that church. In order, however, to satisfy a group of doubting members, the church presented the case to the Yearly Meeting, at Westerly, July 14, 17n. The Yearly Meeting approved the action of the church, and William Davis became a member of the Westerly Church, in full and regular standing. This action, however, involved the Westerly Church in an embroilment with Rev. William Gibson, of the Newport Church, together with Jonathan Davis and the brethren in Pennsylvania, which was prolonged until as late as the latter part of the year 1713.
William Davis was invited by the Westerly Church to preach, and in the first part of the year 1713 was authorised by the church to administer the ordinance of baptism. On March 1, 1714, William Davis requested a letter of recommendation from the church, in order that he might join one of the Seventh Day Baptist churches in England, whither he expected to remove. The church granted his request. His friends, however, were anxious to prevent his going, and circulated a subscription to raise money to compensate him for whatever financial loss he might sustain in abandoning his contemplated removal to England, the object of which was to claim his share in a large estate left him by the death of his father, in Wales. He persisted, however, to the point of going to Newport, ready to embark upon his voyage. At the last moment, he consented to remain; whereupon numberless troubles ensued, some of which found their way into the courts. These difficulties grew, almost if not quite wholly, out of the subscriptions made to induce William Davis to remain in America. The troubles resulted in correspondence on the part of the Westerly Church, with the churches in Newport (Rhode Island), and in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and London.

Some time during the year 1716, after an ineffectual attempt at reconciliation, the church withdrew its communion from William Davis, with but four dissenting votes. He now decided to leave Westerly, and under date of May 16, 1717, he received a letter signed by twenty-three of his neighbours, testifying to his Christian character, and exonerating him from blame in his litigation and church troubles. This letter became the subject of some spirited correspondence after William Davis had removed to Pennsylvania. After his removal from Westerly back to Pennsylvania, he suffered a severe loss from fire about the year 1724. This loss, Governor Keith, of the colony of Pennsylvania, ordered made good; but through the secret interference of some enemies of William Davis at Westerly, the order was not carried out. The whole matter was now dropped, apparently, for a period of twelve years, when we find William Davis again making his home within the bounds of the Westerly Church, in Rhode Island. Under date of October 21, 1734, from his home in Stonington, Connecticut, he wrote a letter of confession to the church, praying for a reconciliation. To this letter, the church replied, under date of November 19, 1734, desiring explanation upon several points named in the letter written by the church to William Davis. Under date of December 16, 1734, he replied to the communication from the church, whereupon he was requested to attend the next church meeting. There is no record of his restoration to membership in the Westerly Church, further than that his name appears as that of a regular attendant at church. Nevertheless, the reconciliation was undoubtedly effected, greatly to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, and to none, doubtless, more than to William Davis himself.

William Davis was married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth Brisley. By her he had four children; viz., Martha, William, John, and Mary. His second wife was Elisabeth Pavior. By her he had seven children; viz., Thomas, Joseph, Lydia, Edward, James, Elisabeth, and William,—the William by his first wife having died. Soon after the year 1740, a settlement of Seventh Day Baptists was formed in Monmouth County, New Jersey, near the Manasquan River. Perhaps one of the first of this group of settlers was Joseph Maxson, from Stonington, Connecticut. He sailed from Stonington for the mouth of the Manasquan River, in the fall of 1742. His vessel was caught in the ice in Long Island Sound, and he did not reach his destination until the following spring. In the fall of 1744, a party of German Sabbath-keepers, consisting of Israel Eckerling, Samuel Eckerling, Alexander Mack, and Rev. Peter Miller, from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, visited their English-speaking, Sabbath-keeping brethren in Monmouth County, New Jersey. They reported that they found there several Sabbath-keepers, who had come to that place a few years before, from Stonington, Connecticut, and from Westerly, Rhode Island. There were also several members of William Davis's family from Pennsylvania. They found fifteen adults in this group of settlers. Whether William Davis himself had come to Monmouth County, New Jersey, at the time of the visit of this delegation from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, or not, we have no conclusive evidence. At all events, he had come when the group organised itself into a church, at a date not later than 1745. William Davis, however, had come to his new home in New Jersey, but to die among his children, a large number, if not nearly all, of whom had settled here. His death occurred before the close of the year 1745, when he was eighty-two years of age. His life was a tempestuous one. Its close was peaceful and uneventful, however. But his works ceased not with his death. He may fairly be termed the father of the Shrewsbury Church; whence his followers and descendants scattered to the Piscataway and Shiloh churches in New Jersey, and crowded into the wilderness of Western Virginia, and into Ohio, and afterwards still further westward across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Slope. Seventh Day Baptist descendants of William Davis may be found to-day in the states of Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, California, and in all probability, in other states as well.1 The churches of the South-Eastern Association, with the exception of the Salemville Church, at Salemville, Pennsylvania, are composed very largely of the descendants of William Davis; and upon the roll of his posterity are to be found the names of upwards of twenty-five Seventh Day Baptist clergymen.

THE SHREWSBURY CHURCH Just what attracted these Seventh Day Baptists who settled in Mon 3 x vll mouth County to New Jersey is uncertain Some of their number were shipbuilders and found occupation in that business Tradition has it that there was a Seventh Day Baptist shipbuilders yard on the banks of the Manasquan River owned by the Maxsons Others appear to have engaged in the manufacture of salt a business which thrived at the mouth of the Manasquan and up the coast as far as the mouth of the Shark River Still others engaged in farming and possibly some were sailors owning their own boats and carrying salt garden vegetables and farm products to New York City The first settlements were at the mouths of the Manasquan and Shark rivers respectively Gradually they extended inward from the shore until they reached as far as Squan kum and Lower Squankum south of the Manasquan River From there they extended northward as far as Deal which was situated between the present seaside resorts of Long Branch and Elberon At a somewhat later date there was a settlement at Clay Pit Creek an arm of the Navesink or North Shrewsbury River near the present village of Navesink Clay Pit Creek then as now was in the town of Middletown The other Seventh Day Baptist settlements were all at that time in the town of Shrewsbury That part of Monmouth County is now embraced in the towns of Wall Howell Neptune tune and Ocean besides the lower part of the present town of Shrewsbury It may be observed in passing that at the time of which we write Monmouth County embraced the whole of the present counties of Ocean and Monmouth and that then the entire county was divided into the two towns of Shrewsbury and Middletown The present county of Monmouth contains sixteen towns and Ocean County eleven A little less than four miles from the ocean on the banks of a little brook which in dry weather contains no running water a group of these people built a little village which for the lack of a better name we shall call Squan 1 In fact there is some evidence that Squan was the name by which the village was actually known although it was full two and a half miles from the Squan River contracted from Manasquan to Squan in much the same way that the cacophonous contraction phone is obtained from telephone 2 The little brook on which was situated the village of Squan was known as the South Branch of Little Brushy Neck now Cranberry Bog which in turn forms what was known then as now as the Great Branch The Great Branch in its turn empties into what is now called Wreck Pond which opens into the sea through Sea Girt inlet a little more than half way from the mouth of the Shark River to the mouth of the Manasquan River Great Branch is very similar to a number of other branches along the coast near by among which are Long Branch and Branchport Creek Some six or eight miles north of the mouth of Great Branch are the well known seaside summer resorts of Asbury Park and Ocean Grove.These first members came from Stonington in New England This is a list of their names that came and settled as a church W1ll1am Davis an aged minister of the gospel and formerly an elder of a church of Christ in Pennsylvania but sometime from Stonington aforesaid Joseph Maxson a ministering brother in the church aforesaid John Davis a ministering brother in said church Thomas Babcock a member Thomas Davis a member William Brand Junr a member and Joseph Davis a member These are the brethren there and the sisters were El1sabeth Davis wife of William Davis the Elder Beth1ah Maxson Joseph Maxson's wife El1sabeth Davis John Davis's wife Ruth Babcock Thomas Babcock's wife Beth1ah Davis Thomas Davis's wife El1sabeth Brand Mary Stillman Judith Davis wife of James Davis Elisabeth Dav1s Junr alias Maxson These are the sisters These persons with others have from their first settling in place endeavoured to uphold the public worship of God at places on the Sabbath Day with the help of the ministering amongst them by joining in prayer reading the Scriptures and expounding the Word of God one to another The persons above named being in the above noted circumstances there had been discourse at some times of the need of choosing appointing persons to the work of the public ministry amongst them that they might be capable of administering the holy amongst themselves and to such as may be found willing to join themselves to the Lord considering it to be their duty so to do In October the eighth sic month 1745 Elisabeth Davis widow went to sojourn with her son Joseph in Pennsylvania and Davis and his family went thither also in March following in 1746 It will be observed from the foregoing that the exact of the organisation of the Shrewsbury Church is unknown Certain it is however that it was organised long before end of the year 1745 for we find William Davis whom in preceding chapter we have styled the father of the church and who was one of its constituent members had died the close of that year 1745 is generally accepted however the year of the organisation of the church.

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The first pastor was Eld William Davis who had lately come from the church in western Rhode Island He lived only a few months after the organization of the church After the death of Eld Davis his son John Davis was chosen He had had thirty years experience in church work in Rhode Island having served as clerk and as stated above had been called to serve as elder but declined He was sent to Rhode Island and was ordained in the house where the Ministers Monument now stands July 23 1746 His service as pastor lasted until his death eight years later From the death of Eld John Davis for a period of twenty years the church had no pastor During this time the church was aided some by the ministration of Seventh day Baptist ministers in the colony In 1774 Jacob Davis the grandson of the first pastor was chosen pastor He served the church while it remained in New Jersey and moved with it to its new home.


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Taken from: A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia: Including the ... By Corliss Fitz Randolph Second source: Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America, Volume 2 By Albert N. Rogers
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William married Elizabeth Brisley. Elizabeth was born in 1665 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA; died on 2 May 1706 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Judith Clarke on 19 Jan 1687 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. Judith was born on 12 Oct 1667 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 17 Jul 1747 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Alice Thorpe on 21 Oct 1658 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Alice was born in 1620 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Feb 1667 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Tacy Burdick in 1691 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. Tacy was born on 2 Dec 1667 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died in 1747 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1638, , , Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

WILL OF WILLIAM HAVENS The Last Will and Testament to William Havens Sen. now living in the Town of Portmouth on Road Island in the Colony of Road Island and Providence Plantations is as followeth. To all people whom these presents may concern. Know ye that I William Havens through the mercy of God, being perfect in mind and memory but not in body, for the preventing future trouble amongst my children make this my last Will and Testament as followeth: Imprimiss, I doe will and bequeath unto my Loving wife Dennis Havens my now dwelling house and landand fencing, orchard and outhouses with all appurtenancesand privileges thereunto belonging I also give to my wife all my movables within doors and without. My will is to give unto my son John Havens one shillings in silver, unto my son Robeert Havens one shilling in silver, unto my daughter Mary Cooke one shilling in silver, unto my daughter Ruth Carde one shilling in silver, and unto my daughter Dinah havens one shilling in silver and unto my son William Havens one shilling in silver and unto my daughter Rebecca Havens one shilling in silver and unto my daughter Margaret havens one shilling in silver, to be payed within twelve months after my decease if demanded by either of them and unto the younger when they come to full age according to law. Also my will is that my wife take care and see this my last Will and Testament preformed and she, I doe ordain, Cinstitute and make my whole and sole Executrix to see this my Last Will in all things preformed and fufilled according to the true intent and meaning of the same, In witness Whereof I have Set my Hand and Seal this Thirtieth day of the first month Called March in the year of our lord One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty. In prensence of William Burlington his mark William Havens Seal his mark John Anthony William Burlington and john Anthony witnesses Testifeth that they saw the said William Havens sign and seal the above written and heard him Declare it to be his Last Will and Testament and that then he was of a Disposing mind to the best of their understanding. Taken before us this 25th of Septenber 1683. John Albro Asst. George Lawton Asst. This above written is a true copy of the orginal Entered and Recorded the 31th of the 8th month 1683 John Anthony Towne Clerke

William married Dionise Allen on 24 Jan 1638 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Dionise was born on 23 Jun 1623 in Sheffield Parish, South Yorkshire, Wales; died after 1692 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Alice Thorpe on 21 Oct 1658 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. Alice was born in 1620 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Feb 1667 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: , , , USA

Notes:

Found in the Clarke Burial Grounds in Rhode Island
CLARKE GROUND (1): This ancient burial-ground is on the left bank of the Paweatuck, on its curve, above the "Meeting-house Bridge," and a few rods east of the "Pound Road," uninclosed, in the edge of a grove, and sadly overgrown with bushes.
Joseph CLARKE, Jun., died June 5, 1719, age 49 ys., 2 mo. Rev. Thomas CLARKE, died Nov. 26, 1767, in his 82d year. Joshua CLARKE, Jun., was drowned Oct 17, 1768, in his 28th year. Rev. Joshua CLARKE, died Mar. 8, 1793, in his 76th year. Hannah CLARKE (relict of Rev. Joshua CLARKE),, died Nov. 4, 1808, in her 90th year. Joseph CLARKE, Ewq., died May 6, 1795, age 66 ys., 7 mo. Capt. Paul CLARKE, died Aug 22, 1806, in his 55th year. Hannah CLARKE (relict of Paul CLARKE), died Nov 28, 1817, &c (letters covered by earth). Harriet CLARKE (dau. of Arnold CLARK), died Nov 3, 1809, age 25.
[Several graves have only rough stones without inscriptions. Here, too, lie the remains of Rev. John MAXSON, the first male child born on the Island of Rhode Island. He was born in the spring of 1638; was ordained pastor of the Sabbatarian Church in Westerly in 1708, and died Dec 17, 1720, in the 83d year of his age. Since Dr. John CLARKE, the first settler of Newport, and his brother, Carew CLARKE, both died childless, their brother, Joseph CLARKE, who lieds here, alone perpetuated the worth name. It is to be lamented that no inscribed tombstone guards his remains. From what I can gather, I am of the opinion that here also lies the dust of Tobias SAUNDERS, one of the first settlers and magistrates of the town. Among the last persons, perhaps the very last, here buried, was an honored schoolmaster of the former century, Mr. Thomas SLAUTERY. His death occurred early in the present century.]
CLARKE GROUND (2): Southeast from the Rhodes Ground, in the adjoining field, and about five rods west from Potter Hill road, uninclosed, and distinguished only by rubble-stones, are about twenty-five graves. We are told that here lie the remains of persons bearing the came of CLARKE. In a former generation this ground was much larger that at present; the plow has invaded the sacred bounds.
CLARKE GROUND (3): This lies in the eastern portion of the town, on the land of Mr. Arnold SAUNDERS, near half-way betweenthe residence of Mr. Saunders and the residence of Mr. Thier J. CRANDALL, in a meadow. It is uninclosed, and thickly overgrown by wild plum brush. The head-stones are unlettered. Her lie, says reprot, the remains of Ichabod CLARK, and the remains of his father; alsot the remains of his wife Polly CLARK; also the remains of his son, Ichabod CLARK, and his wife, Mary CLARK.
CLARK GROUND (4): This burying-place is situated in the northern portion of the town, on the estate of Weeden CLARK, Esq., about twenty rods northwest of Mr. C's residence, in a meadow, and is without inclusure. Here are numberous graves, only a part of which have inscribed stones.
William CLARK, died March 25, 1822, age 72. Eunice (wife of William CLARK), died March 16, 1823, age 75. Amelia (wife of Col. Weeden CLARK), died Dec 23, 1830, age 32. Hezekiah LANPHEAR, died May 31, 1855, age 73. Deborah (wife of Hezekiah LANPHEAR), died Oct 22, 1836, age 50. Barsheba (wife of Daniel BURDICK), died Feb. 14, 1819, in her 36th year. Hannah (daughter of Daniel & Barsheba BURDICK), died Jan. 19, 1843, in her 29th year. William Clark (son of Daniel & Barsheba BURDICK), died Dec. 4, 1840, in his 29th year. Caroline (wife of William I. CORY), died Jan 4, 1844, in her 30th year. Without inscribed stone: Dr. William Vincent, born March 31, 1729, died Jul 19, 1807.

Rev married Mary Mosher in 1665 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. Mary was born in 1641 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA; died on 2 Feb 1718 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ichabod married Suzanna Suzy Dolor Dollard in 1592 in Benefield, Northamptonshire, England. Suzanna was born in 1573 in , Northamptonshire, England; died on 2 Jun 1673 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]