The Press., 1915-03-24
WELLINGTON.
The grange will meet as usual on Friday evening.

l WELLINGTON.
 The grange will meet as usual or
 Friday evening.
 James Henry Wilbur of Abingdon
 drove over Saturday to call on his
 aunt, Mrs. J. B. Carpenter. The Ladies' Aid society held very
 pleasant meeting at Miss Palmer $
 Friday afternoon and considerable
 sewing was accomplished.
 The attendance was good at the
 Thursday evening prayer meeting
 that was very interesting. The
 second chapter uf the Acts, the Penta.
 cost chapter will be considered. A debate between Wilmington Hill
 and Daleville teams will be held at
 the Center school house Monday even. | ing. Admission, 10 cents; school children, 5 cents. Pupils of the con
 testing schools admitted free. Miss Pauline Chalker of Springfield, Mass. a niece of Miss Rachel Fuller, teacher of the Center school, has taken the position of stenographer and secretary for Editor G. V. Smith, who is very busy man indeed. Mrs. Preston, assistant superinten- dent, has been given library of 75 volumes for the Sabbath school by the American Tract society. It is hoped that the books will be much enjoyed and that they will do great good.
 The sixth stereopticon lecture was given at the Wilmington Hill school Friday evening. Subject, ''Naples, Pompeii and other places of interest in Southern Italy" The outfit is furnished by the State Board of Education.
 Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Preston were very much gratified at the opportun- ity of listening to the excellent lecture by Rev. Welcome Bates of Mystic at the W. O. T. U. free-will offering meeting at Memorial church Friday evening. There is no question that in years past a great deal of good was accomplished by the temperance lec- ture, in convincing individuals and in awakening public sentiment.
 There were "A present at Bible school Sunday morning, several being detained by severe colds. Preparations for the Easter concert that promises to be of unusual interest are going forward, and several have asked if we are to have the usual memorial flowers that have so long been a feature of the Easter services at the church. Pastor Darrow's good ser mon carried the very spirit of the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount from which the text was taken. A res o1utinn making our representatives our delegates to the hearing regarding state-wise prohibition to come before the legislature Wednesday was unan- imously passed by the church and congregation.
 Moose Meadow.
 Julia Lachowicz was home over Sunday.
 Mary Yanek has gone to Springfield to work.
 Mrs Reig, who has been i'll for some time, is much better.
 MT. Hipsky lost one of his colts last week. While in the barn one of it's legs were broken.
 JOHN DAVIS OF WELLINGTON.
 John Davis, Jr son of John Davis of New London, was born in New London and married there, August 2s, 174s, Annis (strickland) Avery, widow of Ransford Avery, and daugh- ter of Samuel Strickland. R. Avery to whom she was married Dec. 22, 1742, did not live long after the and she had no son, at least, and perhaps no child by her first marriage. John Davis, Jr., and his wife Annis had 9 children, prob- ably all born in New London. About the beginning of the Revolutionary war, they moved to Stonington; but in the land records ''March 27, TIT, Sibley of Wilmington" deeds for e21S to John Davis of Stonington in South Colony 80 acres of land in Wilmington. This was a farm east of Elder David Lilli- pridge's. Here his wife died March 4, 17s6, and he married Aug. 27, 1786, Marah in later records Mary Fuller. His will names three sons, Avery, John and George, and gives the married names of his daughters, Eliza beth Frink, Esther Bonnet, Lucretia Olds, Lydia Hill, Sarah and Anna Hemsted, "my first wife's children '' This will was signed April 26, 1908, but he did not die till the beginning of summer, 1877. His real estate was given to his second wife, who survived him, but 31 acres had to be sold to pay debts; this land was bought by his Amasa Battey, for $117.90. Avery Davis settled on Stafford Street, after marrying Amy, second daughter of Elder David Lillibridge, May 26, l 1782. They had Susanna, who married Eben Hinckley, and Avery, who married Hannah Lyon. He lived at the upper end of Stafford Street, and is buried in the cemetery short distance west. His brother George married Deborah Hill; had Deborah | and Ephraim; his home was in Will lington. It would be interesting to know the history of the other mem- bers of the family, but a few casual town records seem to be all that is