Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

286 UENEALOGICAL KOTKS OF BAKNSTAB1,K FAMILIES.
At 23 she married, April 9, 1741, Dr. James Hersey, a native
of Hingham, a man of learning and skillful in his profession. By
him she had a son Ezekiel, born Jan. 14, 1741-2. He died July
22, 1741, aged 26. His first wife was.Lydia Gorham, whom he
married July 27, 1737. She had a son James, bom Nov. 9, 1738,
and she died Nov. 9, 1740. Dr. James Hersey owned that portion
of the Dimmoek farm on which the fortification house stood,
and whether he resided in that, or in a house that formerly stood
a little west of the present residence of Asa Young, Esq., 1 cannot
say. Dr. James was succeeded in his practice by his brother, Dr.
Abner Hersey, a curious compound of good sense and eccen-
tricity.
2d, at 26, she married, Oct. 21, 1744, John Russell, son of
Dr. John of Barnstable. By him she had one son John, whose
birth is not recorded. The father died Aug. 1, 1748, aged 24.
The son was baptized Sept. 4, 1748, on the day his widowed
mother was admitted to the East Church. He was captain of the
marines on board the ill fated private armed ship Gen. Arnold,
Capt. James Magee, lost in Plymouth Harbor Dec. 26, 1778, when
nearly all on board perished. Though a strong, robust man, he
was one of the first who perished. On his. monument in Plymouth
church vard it is stated that'he was then 31, if &o, he was born
in 1747.'
3d, at 37, on the 9th of May, 1754, she became the second
wife of John Sturgis, Esq., of Barnstable. By him she had Sarah,
whose birth is recorded with sufBcient particularity, namely : at
"3 1-2 o'clock A. M., Thursday, April 17, 1755, and baptized on
the Sunday following;" and John baptized March 19, 1758.
John Sturgis, Esq., died Aug. 10, 1759, aged 56.
4th, at 44, she married, July 7, 1761, her relative, Hon.
Daniel Davis, and again assumed her maiden name. By him she
had one son, Daniel, born May 8, 1762.
Her daughter Sarah married the late Mr. Isaiah Parker of
West Barnstable, had a family and lived to be aged. John was a
graduate of Harvard College, and died early. Her son Daniel
was Solieiter General, and a distinguished man. She survived all
her husbands, but at last "the woman died also," namely : on the
aged 87 years.
Her son, Hon. Daniel Davis, married-Lois Freeman, daughter
of Constant Freeman, and sister of the Rev. James Freeman of
the Stone Chapel, Boston, and had a large family. Louisa, the
eldest daughter, married William Minot, Esq., of Boston. Rear
Admiral Charles Henry Davis, of the U. S. Navy, is his youngest
son.
(35-7) Capt. William Davis owned the house and estate
which was his father's. He was a sea captain, and died in 1759,
aged forty years.