Samuel Davis

"SAMUEL DAVIS, brother of Hon. John Davis, was born in Plymouth, March 5, 1765. He devoted most of his life to antiquarian studies, and probably possessed more abundant and accurate knowledge of New England history than any man of his time. The collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society owe many of their pages to his diligent researches, and the student and writer of history always found him unerring authority. He died in Plymouth, July 10, 1829. ...This member, also, of the Davis family in Plymouth, contributed a Pilgrim Ode, which was sung at the celebration in 1800."

--Alfred P. Putnam, Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1875), p. 7. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/103020200