Capt. Elias Davis, Mary Pettingel - Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport Massachusetts

In Memory of
Capt. Elias Davis
who Departed this Life Sept^r
5, 1783, Aged 37 Years.
His memory is blest for he was a kind
Husband, a tender Parent, a faithful
Friend, and a lovely Christian.
Sleep lovely saint, and take thy reƒt;
Thy work is done, thy bed is Bleƒt;
For Christ will ??? this mortal clay,
And raise the saints to Endless Day.

In Memory of
Mrs. Mary Pettingel
Relict of
Mr. John Pettingel
who died
August 25, 1792
Æ 67

Cemetery: Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport Massachusetts

Davis, Elias, Newburyport. Captain, 7th co., Col. Jonathan Titcomb's (2d Essex Co.) regt.; list of officers dated Watertown, April 30, 1776; commissioned May 3, 1776; also, Captain of a company raised in Newburyport, Col. Timothy Pickering, Jr.'s regt.; list dated Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1776, of officers to serve in a regiment raised by Brig. Michael Farley from his brigade and ordered to march to Danbury, Conn., via Providence. 2

Elias Davis was also a Silversmith. A genealogy link for him.