Mary Davis - Second Wife of Samuel Warner (1668-1752) of Pomfret, CT - Which one?

 [DRAFT 6/20/2024]

This is complicated!  For context Pomfret, settled after 1705, was comprised of twelve+ families for a decade maintaining a close relationship to Woodstock.  Benjamin Sabin was probably the first and by family connections, marriages, etc., influenced many more to settle in Pomfret.

Samuel Warner's first wife Mehetabel (Sabin-627) Warner [Woodstock VR CT] died in 1707, probably in Pomfret (south of Woodstock) CT.  [Linzee p212 1913]Parker & Ruggles proposes Mary Davis marries Samuel Warner, 16 June 1708, in Roxbury, daughter of William and Jane (3rd wife) Davis of Roxbury.

Wikitree identifies the above Samuel Warner-6707 as husband of Mehetabel.  Mary Davis is omitted from his record, as well as their children.  Mehetabel was Benjamin Sabin's daughter.  

Another source, but indirectly from Wikitree, seems to require or offer alernative Mary Davises as Samuel Warner's second wife.  

• [1]Descendants of William Davis by: Janet Johnson Franke Mary Davis-4876
• [2]Descendants of William Davis, (1) Elisabeth, (2) Alice Thorpe, (3) Jane Adams Mary Davis-4876
• [-]William Davis-4883 Wikitree.com.

These first two sources are difficult to reconcile as there are multiple Mary Davis in different generations of age close enough with seemingly contradictory family trees.  It is not my primary purpose to determine which Mary Davis was the second wife of Samuel Warner-6707 but that she exists and helps explain another mystery?  Annotated images are included to clarify why there are questions.

John Warner-1897 and Mary Truesdell [Truesdell-336 and Truesdell-48] husband and wife have an interesting connection?  John Warner is probably the son of Samuel Warner-6707 and Mary Davis.  There are at least three candidate Mary Davises in the two www links as Samuel's spouse.  [Linzee Parker&Ruggles p277 1913] identify three children - Mary, John and Elizabeth] (see image below). 

Mary Truesdell's parents, Ebenezer and Rachel (Davis-42689) Truesdell were brother-in-law and sister-in-law to Mary (Richards) (Fairbanks) (Truesdell) Gates.  This strongly suggests that Ebenezer and his brother Richard were in the Woodstock/Pomfret area at the same time and that Ebenezer remained there as as did Mary (sister-in-law) although she married Samuel Gates. 

Davis-42689 (see Davis-75413 as well) asserts that Rachel had sisters, Abigail (Davis-32733) Sabin and Mary not recorded in Roxbury.  

Samuel Gates-170 and Joseph Davis-4878 were both of Brookline (Muddy River) near Boston.  Joseph Davis was Rachel's father (died Brookline) .  Ebenezer Truesdale-96 married Rachel Davis in Boston in 1710.  Does this connection offer an explanation of how Samuel Gates found himself in Woodstock/Pomfret sometime earlier? 

For the complete experience one should examine Benjamin Sabin-3, Mehitabel and Jerimiah Sabin-410 were his children by different mothers.

Mary Richards-2135 children are related among themselves forward to Fairbanks, Truesdell, Warner and Gates.

Personal Summary

I do not have access to primary sources that may provide definitive answers to points made herein.  One source that has been used for background is [Larned 1874] The History of Windham County, Connecticut.

Suffice it to say, since this is somewhat speculative, Mary Truesdell and John Warner were related to one another by their Davis ancestry?  I welcome close review!   Additionally, Samuel Warner (John's father) probably has another interesting connection to my Warner/Gates lineage.

[Linzee Parker & Ruggles 1913]

[1] Mary Davis-4876.  Presents Mary as daughter of William and Jane Davis (1st generation) with a husband George Bacon.

[2] Mary Davis-4876.  See 'Comments' Davis-48 of Gillby Weldon. Presents Mary (b. 1676) as daughter of John and Mary (Devotion) Davis (2nd Generation)