Davis, Robert (1790-1861)

Name:

Davis, Robert (1790-1861)

Title:

Member, Committee for Court House Construction, Concord, 1822
Selectman, Town of Concord, 1825-1837
Moderator, Town of Concord
Adjutant, 11th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, 1817
Quartermaster General, New Hampshire Militia, 1834
Member, Railroad Committee, Concord, 1839
Postmaster, Village of Concord, 1839-1845
Alderman, City of Concord, 1853
Director, New Hampshire Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Concord

Other Names:

General Robert Davis / "Tinker Bob Davis"

Born:

03/09/1790

Birthplace:

Concord, NH

Died:

03/19/1861

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Concord, NH
Boston, MA

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Watchmaker 1812-1832
Jeweler
Goldsmith
Silversmith

Father:

Davis, David (1761-1838)

Mother:

Cavis, Sarah (1765-1854)

Relations:

Partnership, Robert Davis & Company, Concord, 1826-1828
(Robert Davis and Seth Eastman)
Ivory Hall and Robert Davis were first cousins: Ivory Hall's mother, Deborah Davis (1757-1822), was a sister of Robert Davis's father, David Davis (1761-1838).
Grandparents: Sarah Walker (1737-1824 of Rumford, NH) and Robert Davis (1734-1823 of Haverhill, MA) of Concord, NH.
Great-grandparents: Sarah Breed (b. Woburn, MA) and Isaac Walker (1707-1781; b. Woburn, MA), of Concord, NH; Deborah Robinson and Robert Davis (1703-before 1755) of Haverhill or Methuen, MA.
Great-great-grandparents: Marjory Bruce (1684-) and Isaac Walker (1677-) of Woburn, MA; Katherine Hastings (1677-1734) and Samuel Davis (1666-1750) of Haverhill, MA.

Spouse:

1) Hall, Elizabeth Tapley, 1815
2) Badger, Rebecca Ann, 1846

Children:

Sarah Elizabeth, born 1819, Concord; died 1882; m. Franklin Evans 1846
Edward Hall, born 1821, Concord; died 1899; silversmith and jeweler; worked in Savannah, GA, c. 1839; m. Jane H. Cavender of NH; 10 children, all b. Illinois; res.,d. Illinois
Robert Lewis, born 1822
Henry Clay, born 1825; died 1925; m. Rebecca A. Whitney of Boston

Notes:

Nathaniel Bouton, The History of Concord, From Its First Grant in 1725 to the Organization of the City Government in 1853... (Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland & Jenks, 1856), 641.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1958), 198.

James O. Lyford, Editor. History of Concord, New Hampshire: From the Original Grant in Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-five to the Opening of the Twentieth Century. (Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1903), 48, 360, 362, 397, 437-39, 644,1057, 1099, 1102, 1105, 1340, 1358.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 93-94.

"Robert Davis, Watch-Maker and Jeweler" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot, Concord, NH, November 10, 1812, 3.

"Robert Davis & Co." Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, September 11, 1826, 4.

"Relinquished Stock and Shop" Notice, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, February 20, 1832, 3.

"Gen. Robert Davis" Obituary, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, March 20, 1861, 2.

Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH