Henry Davis [Davy] 

Henry Davis (Davy) (1700-1780) became a deacon in the small Strict Baptist congregation at Northampton in 1743, an elder in 1744, and pastor in 1748, with John Gill giving the charge and John Brine the sermon. Davis was the father of the Independent minister at Wigston, Leicstershire. John Ryland, Jr., would later write, “Mr. Davis was a very worthy man, a plain, serious preacher; but the church gradually dwindled, till at last they broke up, and sold the place to the Wesleyan Methodists. After this, Mr. Davis preached for some time in his own house at Harlestone, four miles from Northampton, till he became quite infirm with age. He died in 1780, aged 80, and was buried in College-lane meeting yard.” See John Ryland, “History of the Baptist Churches at Northampton,” John Rippon, ed., Baptist Annual Register, vol. 4 (1801-02), 772.