My Family Tree

Abigail Harger, John Davis Sr.’s third wife, introduced her new step-son, John Davis Jr., to her sixteen year old niece, Sarah CHATFIELD, daughter of Abigail’s older sister, Anna Chatfield and John Chatfield.

John Jr. and Sarah Chatfield probably lived north on Chestnut Tree Hill, in Oxford. In 1868 Four families with the last name of “Davis” lived on Chestnut Hill Road. Chestnut Hill Road is located in 1987 in the eastern part of Oxford township.

Sarah and her child both died on January 20, 1721. The children were young when their mother died: Joseph was 13, Dan 11, Mindwell 9, Abigail 8, Rachael 5, and Betty 2. John Jr. aged 46, must have had help looking after these children—possibly from his step-mother, his older sister, or an Indian servant. His step-mother and sister were busy raising his half siblings.