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David Nevins
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Name David Nevins Birth 1714 Nova Scotia
Gender Male Immigrant 1734 Nova Scotia
Ship: unknown
Arrived: Abt 1734
Boston, MassachusettsMilitary Service 1776 Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire
American Revolution (US)
Capt. Everett's Company, Colonel Bedel's Regiment
Private, 21Mar1777 Capt Benjamin Stone's Co, Col. Alex Scammell's Regt. of the Continental Line. Said to have been taken prisoner and died Feb 1778.Death Feb 1778 Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Notes - DAVID NEVINS was from Bedford, Mass., and was in West Dunstable in 1738 and signed the first petition for the charter. He was parish collector in 1741. Removed from Hollis to Plymouth among the first settlers of Plymouth NH.
An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H., by Charles S. Spaulding, published in Nashua, N. H. : The Telegraph Press, 1915. p. 23
- David Nevins, son of Thomas and Margaret Nevins, was born in Nova Scotia in 1714. He went with his mother to Newton, Mass., and later came to West Dunstable with the other members of the family. He learned the carpenter's trade, and helped to build the two first meeting houses in West Dunstable. He married Lois Patch, daughter of Isaac Patch, of Groton, Mass., March 3, 1746, and settled in Hollis on the old path east of Long Pond, where he resided until 1764, when he removed to the west part of Plymouth, N. H. His children, as follows, were all born in Hollis: John, born October 12, 1748; died August 25, 1752. Lois, born October 20, 1749; died September 5, 1752. Margaret, born February 3, 1752; married Samuel Phelps, June 6, 1781; residence Hebron. Lois, born September 16, 1753; married Joseph Ryan, April 8, 1798; residence Hebron. John, born April 18, 1755; married Hepsibah Hobart, October 31, 1782; residence, Danville, Vt. David, born July 7, 1758; served in the Revolution; died unmarried in 1783.
Person ID I545 OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor Last Modified 21 Oct 2020
Father Thomas Nevins, b. Abt 1680, Northern Ireland
d. 1725, At Sea
(Age ~ 45 years) Mother Margaret Woolrich, b. Abt 1685, Northern Ireland
d. Abt 1743, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
(Age ~ 58 years) Marriage 21 Nov 1708 Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Family ID F2446 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lois Patch, b. 13 Aug 1721, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
d. 1782, Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire
(Age 60 years) Marriage 4 Mar 1746 Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Children 1. John Nevins, b. 12 Oct 1748, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
d. 25 Aug 1752, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
(Age 3 years)2. Lois Nevins, b. 20 Oct 1749, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
d. 5 Sep 1752, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
(Age 2 years)+ 3. Margaret Nevins, b. 3 Feb 1751/1752, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
d. 07 Jan 1839, Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire
(Age 86 years)> 4. Lois Nevins, b. 16 Sep 1753, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 
> 5. John Nevins, b. 18 Apr 1755, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 
6. David Nevins, Jr., b. 7 Jul 1758, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
d. 1783 (Age 24 years)Family ID F2445 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 May 2024
- DAVID NEVINS was from Bedford, Mass., and was in West Dunstable in 1738 and signed the first petition for the charter. He was parish collector in 1741. Removed from Hollis to Plymouth among the first settlers of Plymouth NH.
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