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718 SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
(V) Nicholas Davis (2), son of Nicholas and
Euth, of Rochester, married 24;th of 13th
month, 1761, Sarah, daughter of Obadiah and
Catherine , Williams, the former then deceased,
the latter of Shrewsbuiy, wife of John Russell.
Children : Hunmhrey, John R., Obediah (who
married Ruth Slierman), Abraham (married
Abigail Sherman), Timothy (married Pauline
Stephens), Williams (married Elizabeth
Tripp), George, Salley (married a Gifiord),
Kate (married John Jenney) and Elizabeth
(married Joseph Tripp).
(VI) Humphrey Davis, son of Nicholas (8)
and SaraJi (Williams) Davis, married Eunice
Hathaway, and they had children as follows:
Lois died unmarried; Hannah married Prince
Sears; Humphrey, Jr., is mentioned below;
Nancy married Prince Sears (his second wife) ;
Rebecca married Ira Leband, a Baptist min-
ister; Sarah married Joseph Shockley; George
died uiimarried.
(VII) Humphrey Davis, Jr., born Feb. 20,
1798, at Long Plain, Mass., there made his
home and died March 2, 1863. His wife died
Dec. 2, 1886. On Dec. 20, 1820, he married
Nabby Spooner, who was born Oct. 30, 1802,
and they had a large family, born as follows:
Nancy Vincent, Oct. 8, 1821 (died Feb. 11,
1890); Elizabeth Rouncville, Sept. 3, 1823;
HannaJi Church, April 16, 1825; Walter
Spooner, March 16, 1827; Joshua Vincent,
June 2, 1829 (died Nov. 20, 1893) ; Eunice
Hathaway, March 30, 1831 ; Abbie Spooner,
Nov. 5, 1833 (died April 12, 1873) ; Isaac Vincent,
Nov. 15, 1835; Lois Akin, May 14, 1838
(married James Edwin Blake, of New Bedford,
and died May 25, 1906) ; Rebecca Leland, Jan.
7, 1841; Sarah Forest, April, 1843; George
Humphrey, Sept. 10, 1846 (died in 1893);
Harriet Angeline, April 17, 1848.
Pitts. The Pitts family, of which James
Edwin Blake is a descendant on his mother's
side, is an old and well-known one of Bristol
county. Peter Pitts, the founder of this branch,
settled in Taunton as early as 1643. He married
about 1654 Mary Andrews, daughter of
Henry Andrews and widow of William Hodges.
He died in 1692-93. Children : Samuel, Mary,
Sarah, Peter and Alice, and Ebenezer.
Ebenezer Pitts, born in 1670, died Feb. 28,
1735, in Dighton, Mass. He married Elizabeth
Hoskins, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Knapp) Hoskins, and they had children:
Elizabeth, born in 1700 (who married Joshua
Philips); Sarah M., 1703; Mary. 1705; Hannah,
1707; a daughter, July 3, 1709 (died in
infancy); Mary, Nov. 15, 1712; George, Sept.
15, 1715; Silence, March 14, 1718.
George Pitts, son of Ebenezer, born Sept.
15, 1715, married Elizabeth Brightman. Children:
Ebenezer, born June 10, 1749 (died Oct.
9, 1750); Elizabeth, Aug. 23, 1750; George,
Aug. 5, 1752; Mary, June 26, 1754; Susannah
and Silence, twins, June 15, 1756; Sarah, April
4, 1760.
Capt. George Pitts, son of George and Elizabeth
(Brightman) Pitts, was born Aug. 5,
1752, in Dighton, where he was a farmer and
land owner. He enlisted in the Revolutionary
war, his record being as follows : George Pitts,
Dighton, private, Capt. Peter Pitts' company.
Col. Timothy Walker's regiment, muster roll
dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775; service
three months, six days. Also, company
return dated Oct. 6, 1775. Also, order of
bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated
Roxbury, Nov. 5, 1775. Capt. George Pitts
married Lydia Stetson, of Scituate, Mass., banspublished
in Dighton June 3, 1780. She was
a daughter of Ebenezer Stetson, of Scituate.
Children: George, born Feb. 21, 1782; Lydia,
April 11, 1784; Thomas Stetson, AprU 5, 1786;
John, Aug. 28, 1788 (was drowned in the
James river, Virginia, July 23, 1816) ; Elizabeth,
Sept. 25, 1791; Joseph, July 14, 1794;
Sarah, Sept. 12, 1798; Hannah, Aug. 9, 1802
(died Aug. 30, 1808). The father of this fam-
ily died Aug. 31, 1838, in Dighton.
Sarah Pitts, daughter of Capt. George Pitts,,
born at Dighton, Mass., Sept. 12, 1798, married
(intentions published in Dighton, July 5, 1823)
James Hart Blake.
ALLEN PHELPS KEITH, superintendent
of the public schools of New Bedford, and well
known as an educator throughout this section
of Massachusetts, is a direct descendant of the
Rev. James Keith, a Scotchman, who was the
first minister of Bridgewater.
(I) Rev. James Keith was educated at Aberdeen,
Scotland, and came to America in 1662,
locating at West Bridgewater. He was then
eighteen years old. He was ordained in Feb-
ruary, 1664, and died July 23, 1719. He
married Susanna Edson, daughter of Samuel
Edson, and they had children as follows:
James, Joseph, Samuel, Timothy, John, Josiah,
Margaret, Mary and Susanna. The Rev.
Mr. Keith married (second) in 1707 Mary
Williams, widow of Thomas Williams, of
Taunton.
(II) John Keith, son of Rev. James, married
in 1711 Hannah Washburn, daughter of
Samuel Washburn, and they lived in Bridgewater.
He died there in 1761, and she in 1766.
Their children were: Joihn, bom in 1712;