Davis Samuel 1760-1819 East India Company man

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Davis Samuel 1760-1819 East India Company man

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Samuel Davis was born in the West Indies where his father was Commissary General. After his father died he returned to England with his mother and siblings. He became an East India cadet in 1778, and sailed for India aboard the Earl of Oxford, arrivingread more