Entered for marriage on Sept. 5, 1778 - it lists Joseph as 'Joseph Davis 3d' and Mercy Cobb both of Barnstable, MA. Joseph was conscripted at sea by a British war ship in 1803 and never seen again.
Mercy is possibly the daughter of Joseph and Desire Cobb. Barnstable, MA birth register lists her name as Remember Mercy Cobb born Jan. 13, 1760.
Entered for marriage on Sept. 5, 1778 - it lists Joseph as 'Joseph Davis 3d' and Mercy Cobb both of Barnstable, MA. Joseph was conscripted at sea by a British war ship in 1803 and never seen again.
Mercy is possibly the daughter of Joseph and Desire Cobb. Barnstable, MA birth register lists her name as Remember Mercy Cobb born Jan. 13, 1760.
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In Memory of Mrs.
Marcy wife of Mr.
Joseph Davis Jur. died
Decm ye 12th
1796 in
her 36th year.
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