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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

OF

ISAAC P. DAVIS.

BY GEORGE T. DAVIS.

MR.. DAVIS was born in Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 7, 1771. His father, Thomas Davis, born in Albany, N.Y., in 1722, passed a portion of his earlier life in North Carolina, came to Plymouth as early as 1742, and died in 1785, leaving a competent estate gained in navigation and in mercantile pursuits. The father of Thomas Davis is believed to have been born in England. The mother was a Miss Wendell, of Albany. Thomas Davis, in 1753, married Mercy Hedge of Plymouth, whose ancestry is traced to Elder Brewster, Governor Bradford, and others of the earliest Pilgrims. The issue of this marriage was as follows:

Of these brothers, a writer who knew them well has said,

"There were six brothers in the family, all of whom held offices of public trust under the State and United-States Governments, with the