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(VI) Clahissa E. Davis, daughter of Capt.
Nathan and Clarissa (Bowen) Davis, was born
in Somerset, Mass., Dec. 18, 1845, and married
Feb. 4, 1867, James F. Gardner. They
have three sons: Ehner N., a salesman, who
married Emma Dora Addison; C. Abbott, a
real estate broker, who married Emma F. Goffi.;
and Roswell Frederick, electrical engineer, who
trade, and on one trip to Aspinwall. Capts.
Cornelius A. and Joseph F. Davis had built
at Bath, Maine, the schooner "William P.
Hood"; the schooner "William T. Hart," at
Alexandria, Va. ; the schooner "Benjamin F.
Poole," at Bath, Maine. The "Governor
Ames," the first five-masted, schooner ever built
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 899
and the largest wooden vessel of her time, they
had built at Waldoboro, Maine, in 1888. The
"Governor Ames" was built and commanded by
both Capts. Cornelius A. and Joseph F. Davis.
Capt. Cornelius A. Davis took her loaded with
coal from Baltimore around Cape Horn to San
Francisco, and used her in the coasting trade
from British Columbia to San Francisco. Following
this he made a voyage from Port Blakely.
Wash., to Port Pirie, Australia, with a
cargo of lumber, then loaded with coal at
Newcastle, Australia, for Honolulu, thence returned
to Puget Sound and loaded with lumber
for Liverpool, England, thence home, being
absent four years. Both brothers then gave
;ip going to sea, and put the "Governor Ames"
in the general coasting trade. In December,
jPO:), ilui was lost off Cape Hatteras, only one
member of the crew surviving to tell what became
of her. They built the "Hope Sherwood"
at Bath, Maine, the "Quinnebaug" at
Nov. 6, 1655-56, married May 27, 1680, Mercy,
daughter of Deacon William Ford. Their children
were: Bethiah, born Jan. 25, 1681; John,
born Nov. 8, 1683; Samuel, Dec. 7, 1685;
Nathan, Nov. 21, 1688; Joseph, in 1690; Gideon,
in 1692; and Josiah, in 1694.
(III) John Thomas, son of Samuel, born
Nov. 8, 1683, married in 1714 Lydia Waterman,
and died April 4, 1773. His wife died
Jan. 17, 1750. Their children were: Zenniah,
born in 1714, married James Bradford, and
removed to Plainfield, Conn. ; Ann, born in
1716, died Dec. 7, 1723; Anthony was born
Mystic, Conn., the "Charles E. Wilbur" at
Mystic, Conn., the "Clara Davis" at Mystic,
Conn., the "Fannie Prescott" at Stonington,
Conn., and the "Florence Howard" at Stoning;
ton. Conn. These they turned into the Atlantic
Shipping Company of Stonington, Conn.,
of which Capt. Cornelius A. Davis is treasurer
and general manager.
Capt. Cornelius A. Davis was married in
Somerset, Mass., to E. Fannie Boss, of Somerset,
daughter of Capt. Nicholas Boss. They
had si.x children: Mary Lawton, who died aged
six years; Josie, who died aged four years;
Francis, who died in infancy; Harold, wha
died young; Clara L., who married Fred H.
Dary, of Taunton, Mass. ; and Alma A., who
married Florence E. Whitmarsh.
(VI) Capt. Cornelius A. Davis, son of
Capt. Natlian and Clarissa (Bowen) Davis,
was bom in Somerset, Mass., Dec. 5, 1847, and
there received his early education. In boyhood
he began going to sea with his father in
the "Temperance." At the age of fifteen
years, during his father's absence, he took the
schooner to Providence and returned to Somerset
with a load of groceries for the Somerset
stores. He commanded the "Lady Adams,"
the "Miflin" and the "John Walker." In
company with his brother, Capt. Joseph F.
Davis, he had built by Joseph C. Teri7 the
schooner "Carrie S. Hart," and commanded
married William E. Small, of Boston, and has
had one child, Wilma. Captain Davis is a
member of Pioneer Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
THOMAS. Kingston, Mass., has been
through
her in the coastwise trade, the West India
several generations the home of the
Thomas family, whose various members havebeen
prominent in the professional and business
life of that part of the State. The family
has been located in Massachusetts for twa
hundred and sixty and more years.
(I) John Thomas came from London in the-
"Hopewell" in 1635, and in that year settled
in Marshfield. He married Dec. 21, 1648^
Sarah, daughter of James Pitney, who died in
1682. He died in 1676. Their children were:
John, born in 1649; Elizabeth, Sept. 12, 1652;
Samuel, Nov. 6, 1655; Daniel, Nov. 20. 1659;
Sarah, Sept. 20, 1661; James, Nov. 30, 1663;
Ephraim, in 1667-68 (removed to Little
Compton) ; and Israel, in 1670.
(II) Samuel Thomas, son of John, born
in 1719 ; John, bom in 1724, Is mentioned
below; Sarah, born in 1726, married Jeremiah
Kinsman, and removed to Connecticut ; Keziah,
born Nov. 7, 1730, died unmarried Dec.
11, 1751.
(IV) Maj. Gen. John Thomas, son of John,
born in 1724 in Marshfield, married Hannah,
daughter of Nathaniel Thomas, of Plymouth,
who died in 1849. Their children were: Hannah,
born Nov. 14, 1762 (married Zephaniah
Willis); John, Jan. 17, 1766: and Nathaniel,
June 23, 1769 (died Aug. 1, 1846). The wife
and mother died April 1, 1819 ; General