"[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported.
We have a right to it, derived from our Maker.
But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us,
at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."
-- John Adams, 1765
TheAmerican Revolutionary War(1775–1783) was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 colonies which became the newly formed United States.
He married Lucy Hastings about 1778. Lucy was born on April 19, 1758 in Littleton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Josiah Hastings and Mary Hartwell. She was born on April 19, 1758. Josiah and Andrew Hastings signed the Association Test in Chesterfield.
Jacob and Lucy's children included:
Eli Davis (1779) and
Abigail Davis (1780).
Lucy died before April 25, 1781. Jacob died in 1781. They were 21 and 23 years old.
The Association Test was a loyalty oath that men were required to sign to declare their support for the Patriot cause. It was often administered by local Committees of Safety, and refusing to sign could result in social ostracism.
"We, the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our powers, at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies."
Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts was incorporated in 1749 and dissolved in 1938. It was renamed from Quabbin in 1754 .
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
Josiah Hastings, ...settled in Chesterfield as early as 1770, and lived near the river in the southwest quarter of the town, on what has long been known as the Hastings farm. He was a soldier of the revolution and was in service in 1775 and 1777. He died December 14, 1810. His wife was Mary Hartwell.
