Dr. Isaac Davis

1716 - 1777  (61 years)

• Name	Isaac Davis
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	13 Jun 1716	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Nov 1777	Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut
  Person ID	I17805	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family	Rachel Sheldon,   b. 1719, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 28 Oct 1807, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut  (Age 88 years)
  Married	16 May 1745	Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Children	1. Martha "Molly" Davis,   b. 28 Mar 1755, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut ,   d. 31 Jan 1821, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F7036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 13 Jun 1716 - Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Married - 16 May 1745 - Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Died - 14 Nov 1777 - Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Dr. Davis was early connected with the Ellington parish and moved from there late in life to Somers.  He practiced medicine in Somers, but is best known for his religious views, having been the founder of a sect known as "The Davisonians."  This group was referred to by Rev. Samuel Peters in his History of Connecticut as a sect who "teach universal salvation and deny the existence of a hell or devils."  The Rev. Thomas Whittemore (Oxford, CT) wrote: "The attention of certain individuals in this town was first drawn to the subject of Universalism by the conversation of one Dr. Isaac Davis, who visited this place from Somers, CT." Supposedly, Dr. Isaac wrote on a book describing his views.  The sect apparently vanished after Isaac's death in 1777.