Hello! Do any of you Davidsons have a Richard married into the Applegate family? I know the Applegates were in KY before moving into IN. Thought I would ck. Thanks. FKR On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 18:56:38 -0500 "Amy Windsor" <awindsor@getus.com> writes: > Laroice - I hope you can remember where that church information came > from. William > was not the brother of Jacob as William was born in 1801; however, I > believe that he > may have been a nephew. This is the William that on his marriage > bond was listed as > William Davidson (alias Clark). I have two ideas on that. Lydia > Davidson, daughter > of James and Hannah Davidson, married a _____ Clark about 1798/99 > (forgot the exact > date). I'm thinking that William could have been her son, maybe > something happened > to her and her husband and William was raised by the Davidson's and > took his mother's > name. Another theory is that he was the son of one of the other > Davidson boys and > was sent to live with the Clark family as a teen. I was told by > someone in Jefferson > Co, TN that boys were frequently known by the farm that they lived > and worked on. > Perhaps if I could get the settlement of James Davidson/Davison's > will, then maybe it > would give some help. If I could locate some descendents of Jacob > Davidson and Sarah > Selvage, I thought that maybe they would know something. I have > been unable to find > a marriage record for Lydia Davidson and ? Clark. It might help if > I knew his name > or where they married. > > Jacob's wife, Sarah, and William's wife, Eleanor Selvage, were > sisters. We now know > that for sure as we just found the will and settlement of Jeremiah > Selvage in Roane > Co, TN which refers to them as his daughters, Eleanor Davidson and > Sarah Davidson. I > am excited about this new information and hope that it will bring me > closer to the > truth about the parents of Jacob and William. Jacob may well be the > son of James and > Hannah - per his birth date and the census records - they put him > very close to the > right age. He was about 13 years older than William. I am more > hopeful that we > might be closer to an answer to this riddle about William Davidson > (alias Clark). - > Amy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laroice Davidson [mailto:davidsonl001@hawaii.rr.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:15 PM > To: DAVIDSON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON-L] Jacob Davidson and Sarah Selvidge/Selvage > > Hi, I have often wondered if this Jacob was the brother of William > Davidson > . If he is then it would be almost enough evidence to make me > believe that > William & Jacob were the children of James & Hannah Davidson from > Jefferson > County, Tn. > They had a son William born 1783 and a Jacob born 26 March 1790. > I saw a church record somewhere I believe Wayne County Tn where > William & > Jacob and their wives joined a church in 1830. (No names for > wives). > > What do you think? > > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amy Windsor <awindsor@getus.com> > To: <DAVIDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 4:22 PM > Subject: [DAVIDSON-L] Jacob Davidson and Sarah Selvidge/Selvage > > > > Am looking for descendents of Jacob and Sarah Selvage Davidson who > married > in > > Grainger Co, TN, January 30, 1814. Is believed to be the Jacob > Davidson > in the 1830, > > 1840, and 1850 Hardin CO, TN censuses. Believe that Sarah > (Sallie) died > before 1850. > > Would like to hear from anyone who knows anything about this > family. - Amy > L. Windsor > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > ==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== > DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html > >