If my info is correct, George, father of Wm., was one of the three brothers: John, George, and Robert, who came to the U.S. in the 1730s. They went to PA (John went on to NY and then to N.C.) and Robert stayed in Lancaster PA and George went South also. I am descended from John. I don't know any more about George, except that they all three came from Ulster and before that, Scotland.

Currently, there is little support for the theory that Robert was a third brother. This was a theory proposed a number of years ago, but, documentary and legendary evidence does not support it. For instance, legendary evidence is that Robert arrived direct from Scotland, while George and John came from Ireland. And may have been there for a generation of two. The thought that they might be brothers comes from the fact that Robert's family ended up in Charlotte, NC area and George and John in Iredell Co., NC and seem to have some common contacts. I am also descended from John and I have never seen anything to suggest that he lived in NY. Current understanding is that John arrived in Philadelphia in the late 1730s, after the birth of his twin sons in 1736, but before the birth of next child. They removed to Beverly Manor in Augusta/Rockbridge Co., VA, but which was then Orange county. There is an import certificate from 1740 that is believed to relate to this family that documents this. About 1748, John began a migration of his family to what is now Iredell Co., NC, but he died about 1749. George seems to have come over earlier and lived in Eastern, PA or Cecil Co., MD. Gen. William was born in 1746 in Chestnut Level, PA to what I believe what George's second wife. He and his family removed to NC about 1750. He died in 1760 and John's oldest son, Col. George Davidson, seems to have raised Gen. Wm. It is my theory, based in large part on Scottish naming conventions that the family followed in the following generation, that as both John and George's first (known) sons were named George, that their father must have been a George Davidson. I have found some suggestion that George was associated with the Sherrill family in PA. and that he was known there as Col. George Davidson. This seems to be the same Sherrill family that along with the John Davidson family were the original settlers in the Iredell area. john. At 11:30 PM 2001-08-04 -0400, JASaliby@aol.com wrote: >If my info is correct, George, father of Wm., was one of the three brothers: >John, George, and Robert, who came to the U.S. in the 1730s. They went to PA >(John went on to NY and then to N.C.) and Robert stayed in Lancaster PA and >George went South also. I am descended from John. I don't know any more >about George, except that they all three came from Ulster and before that, >Scotland. > > >==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== >DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html

Hello, Do you have any more information on that Brother, Robert Davidson that stayed in Lancaster Co, PA? I would be very interested to see what you have. Thanks much, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: <JASaliby@aol.com> To: <DAVIDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: [DAVIDSON-L] Gen. Wm. > If my info is correct, George, father of Wm., was one of the three brothers: > John, George, and Robert, who came to the U.S. in the 1730s. They went to PA > (John went on to NY and then to N.C.) and Robert stayed in Lancaster PA and > George went South also. I am descended from John. I don't know any more > about George, except that they all three came from Ulster and before that, > Scotland. > > > ==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== > DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html >

Chuck, Robert died in PA and his wife Isabella Ramsey remarried. Robert had two children - a daughter Mary and son John. both went with mother and step father to NC, probably in early 1750s, to Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. John apprenticed himself to Samuel Wilson in Mecklenburg county as a Blacksmith and ended up marrying one of Samuel's daughters. He became quite prosperous and respected and was one of the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in 1775. john. At 12:09 PM 2001-08-05 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, > >Do you have any more information on that Brother, Robert Davidson that >stayed in Lancaster Co, PA? I would be very interested to see what you have. > >Thanks much, >Chuck > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <JASaliby@aol.com> >To: <DAVIDSON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 10:30 PM >Subject: [DAVIDSON-L] Gen. Wm. > > > > If my info is correct, George, father of Wm., was one of the three >brothers: > > John, George, and Robert, who came to the U.S. in the 1730s. They went to >PA > > (John went on to NY and then to N.C.) and Robert stayed in Lancaster PA >and > > George went South also. I am descended from John. I don't know any more > > about George, except that they all three came from Ulster and before that, > > Scotland. > > > > > > ==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== > > DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html > > > > >==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== >DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html