Dolor Davis

Who is Dolor Davis?

Dolor Davis was born sometime before 1600, in Kent, England. He married Margery Willard daughter of Richard Willard of Horsemonden, yeomen in Kent county England March 29th, 1624. Margery was baptized at Horsemonden, November 7th 1602 and died before 1667. Margery's brother Simon would become a lifelong friend of Dolor Davis. Nothing is known of him until he sailed to America and landed in Boston in May 1634. He quickly bought 25 acres of land on the west side of the river in Cambridge, Massachusettson August 4,1635. [about where Harvard College is today] On April 17, 1628, his wife and three children embarked from London for New England, arrived on the Elizabeth, and they decided to live in Cambridge. On June 4, 1635, Davis bought a lot of half a rood for a home, which was located on what is now the corner of Winthrop and Dunster streets. However, Davis and his friend Willard decided not to stay in Cambridge, like many of the settlers during the years of 1635-1636. In August 1635, Davis and Willard sold their land in Cambridge to Richard Girling. ame a member of the Duxbury Church in 1640 as well.