Background
He married Margery Willard daughter of Richard Willard of Horsemonden, yeomen in Parish church, East Farleigh, Kent, England March 29th, 1624.
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Dolor Davis
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Margery was baptized at Horsemonden, November 7th 1602 and died before 1667. Other than being a carpenter and Master Builder nothing is known of him until he sailed to America and landed in Boston in May 1634. He quickly bought 25 acres (10 ha) of land on the west side of the river in Cambridge, Massachusettson August 4,1635.
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.
Dolor Davis moved to, August 5, 1638-1639, was admitted freemen, and was granted land there in 1640. During the year of 1640, Davis was granted 50 acres (20 ha) and land for his cows to graze.
He only stayed here for 3 years before he moved to In 1643, Davis moved again, this time to He also tried to become a freeman, and a year later he became a freeman of In 1652, Dolor Davis was chosen as a surveyor of highways in In 1654, he was then chosen to become the constable of He continued to live in and practice his trade as a carpenter until he left for in 1655.
In 1666 Dollar returned to From and remained in till he died during June of 1673. Dolor"s will, dated September 13th 1672, was proved July 2, 1673. In 1656 Dolor left Plymouth Colony and returned to, Massachusetts, his home for the next 11 years.
He bought 150 acres (61 ha) of land, with a house in an assortment of different parcels, from Roger Draper of This property soon became Davis"s homestead in In 1659, he was recorded as one of the landowners in Alone, he left in 1666 back to Dolor Davis"s name is pronounced dollar.
Throughout his life, the variations of his name are spelt Dolor, Dolar, Dolard, Dolord, Dolore, Dollard, Dolerd, Dollerd, Dollar and Dollar.
Membership
Ame a member of the Church in 1640 as well. He became a member of the Church in 1640 as well. In June 1645, he was sworn in as a member of the Grand Inquest of Plymouth Colony.
