my adventure has taken me to so many different places to look at records. Apparently my family is all over NE Massachusetts and they frequently have births, marriage or deaths listed in more then one VR. It sure makes it easier to find information but makes it all the more unusual that I cannot find any information about the death of my 6th Great Grandfather - Captain Israel Davis. Not a thing online.
At this point I am looking for help, he supposedly died while conducting business in either Castine or Eastport. His family was most likely living in "Pownalborough" and the year was 1788....
Where would you look?
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thank you...need to find a ship name...if his name was attached to one. From what I am reading he might have just hired others to do this part of the work. I wonder what kinds of merchant he was? waiting for a book from the Boothbay historical Society that might shed some light... I have truly found nothing so far
Thanks for your input...keep it coming!
Here's the whole list of the info I found on the death of israel davis at familysearch.org
Name: | Davis |
Gender: | Unknown |
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Death Date: | 26 Dec 1788 |
Death Place: | American Mercury |
Age: | 60 |
Birth Date: | 1728 |
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: | B03294-4 |
System Origin: | Connecticut-EASy |
Source Film Number: | 3113 |
It might not be more than whats there if he died on a ship ie the american vessel mercury in port then the ships doc might not have recorded more than the basics such as is listed here
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