1699Straitsmouth Island was granted to Capt. James Davis.Government and Public Service, City Government
The land was granted by the General Court because he had “been at much charge and expense in the late wars with the French and Indian enemy, and spent much time in said service.”
Babson, John James, and Samuel Chandler. History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, Including the Town of Rockport. Procter Brothers, 1860, http://archive.org/details/historytownglou00changoog