This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVISON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/1436.1462.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your info and perhaps you can help me with judging this naming pattern theory...(name first son after father's father, second son after mother's father and then?) We've got Moses Davison b. 1804 in PA and that's it...I've been following every MOSES in PA census, Wills etc. and still not finding anything...I followed Moses' because cousins have spent years prior to me searching for a father named John (first born son)... So at what point do we throw caution to the wind and try the second son's name ...I personally have not reviewed ALL the John's so how strongly do you think I should stick to the eldest sons name...?? Considering the high number of "Johns" in PA I'm trying to make the best educated guess...could you help? Sandy