That this is grave of Rev. Epes Davis at Mount Adnah Cemetery in Annisquam? Rev. Davis was a Free-Will Baptist who held services at his house until 1830 when he built a meeting-house, now known as the Annisquam Village Hall and still regularly used for community events and functions.
In addition to being a Baptist minister, Davis was also a shipbuilder in Annisquam, probably most known for building the original schooner Fame. When the War of 1812 appeared imminent, privateers out of Salem purchased the fast little pinky schooner that had recently been built by Epes Davis in Annisquam. Fame could carry two small cannon and a crew of up to 30. Fame had originally been designed for fishing, so her new owners brought her to Salem and fitted her out to carry the armament and larger crew of a privateer.
The replica of Fame, which was built by Harold Burnham at Burnham Boat Yard in Essex and launched in 2003, first sailed to Gloucester, where her fitting-out continued, and then made her return to Salem on July 12th. On July 25, 2003, she carried passengers from Pickering Wharf for the first time.
Two legacies of the Rev. Epes Davis.
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 
Very interesting piece of history and aren’t those cemeteries terrific for wandering around and learning cool stuff? So glad you do the “Did You Knows”! Keep on wandering and finding, in between painting!
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Great info, I have many images of the “Fame”
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