It appears we have a few family's mixed up in this chart, be careful in using any of it without documentation. Bob Robert Winslow Davidson VaGreen100@aol.com wrote: > I'll be interested in seeing John Lisle's comments on this. It doesn't > agree with anything else I've seen. Virginia > New web page featuring the descendants of John Davidson and Elizabeth > Morrison. > >From Our Scotch Kith & Kin and the help of Linda Hayes. > John was the son of William Davison, Coronet in British Army and Sarah > Armstrong; the Grandson of William Davison and Joan Pennyman; Great Grandson > of William Davison, Captain and Timothea Belayse; Great Great Grandson of > William Davison and Janet Scobie; Great Great Great Grandson of William > Davison and Katherine Spelman; Great Great Great Great Grandson of Richard > Davison; Great Great Great Great Great Grandson of Francis Davison. > > ==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== > DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html

Robert Winslow & VaGreen100@aol.com... You are saying that "Our Scotch Kith and Kin" is in error.... Can you help us straighten this line? Thanks, Mary B. At 07:08 AM 4/2/01 -0600, you wrote: >It appears we have a few family's mixed up in this chart, be careful in using >any of it without documentation. >Bob >Robert Winslow Davidson > >VaGreen100@aol.com wrote: > >> I'll be interested in seeing John Lisle's comments on this. It doesn't >> agree with anything else I've seen. Virginia >> New web page featuring the descendants of John Davidson and Elizabeth >> Morrison. >> >From Our Scotch Kith & Kin and the help of Linda Hayes. >> John was the son of William Davison, Coronet in British Army and Sarah >> Armstrong; the Grandson of William Davison and Joan Pennyman; Great Grandson >> of William Davison, Captain and Timothea Belayse; Great Great Grandson of >> William Davison and Janet Scobie; Great Great Great Grandson of William >> Davison and Katherine Spelman; Great Great Great Great Grandson of Richard >> Davison; Great Great Great Great Great Grandson of Francis Davison. >> >> ==== 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 > > >

This is my direct line so I will try and sort this out, William Davison from County Armagh Ireland, (father of John Davison/Davidson) wifes name was Elizabeth as stated in William's Davison will, John Davidson was married to Jane last name Unknow she married William Morrison after John Davidson died about 1749. but was always refered to as Mrs. Morrison William davison appears to have been a black smith. I will enclose William's will at the bottom of this and you can see he refers to his smithy shop in his will. John Davidson's son Maj. William Davidson was married to Margaret McConnell. You will also note there is no mention of a Samuel as being a son of William. Even tho John Davidson's went into court and made oath that he imported himself, Jane, George, Thomas, William. and Samuel Davison chart at that web site state that John Davidson was Appendix A - Notes 1. John DAVIDSON "Our Scotch Kith and Kin" p.38 John Davidson, elder brother of Samuel and George Davidson, born about 1720, removed to Virginia and then to Iredell, Rowan County, North Carolina. He was prominent and active in the Revolutionary War, being an officer in the military organization of North Carolina and a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence of Rowan County, North Carolina. This is not John Davidson from County Armagh Ireland. This is John Davidson son of Robert Davidson. I know that in the book Davidson/Davidson of Duck River printed in 1907 states that this is true, also that John Davidson was a singer of the Mecklenburg. Wrong John Davidson from Iredell County was the singer of The Mecklenburg I have the book Duck River Davison/Davidson that was printed in 1907 on the computer and if anybody would like a copy let me know and i will e-mail it to you Bob Robert Winslow Davidson WILL of WILLIAM DAVISON, COUNTY ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND (13 & 14 Geo.5.,ch20,sec (2) ) CERTIFIED COPY OF: A Record in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland entitled---T 748, pg. 90, Will Of William Davison, Legacorry, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh. (with official seal and 55p stamps, certified by P. Bottomley 23\4\75) Dromore Will:-- WILLIAM DAVISON of Legacorry, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh, smith. My oldest son GEORGE DAVISON to pay the debts I owe to my brother JOHN DAVISON out of the legacy I hereby bequeath to my said son. My son JOHN DAVISON to pay 20pd. which I borrowed from Rev. Dr. PENNEY for him my said son JOHN. My son GEORGE DAVISON to pay half the debt I owe ROBERT NEWELL and my beloved wife to pay the other half thereof. My wife to have the rents due out of my lands hereafter bequeathed to them, except for 1pd.-10 pence , which my son JOHN is to allow to his mother and my son JOHN to have the sorrel mare to make up for the 1pd.-10 pence. My beloved wife that part and proportion of my land from my dwelling house to the stony ditch with said dwelling house, excepting my smith's shop, and also to have a little pasture park joining the stony ditch for grazing JOHN McCULLUM's cow all to be held by my wife ELIZABETH DAVISON during widowhood, and I order she may bring up my four youngest daughters. I order that the lane from my dwelling house or from the highway shall be in common between my wife and my sons GEORGE and JOHN DAVISON. To my son GEORGE DAVISON my whole half of my land & tenements except as above stated to my wife, with the black filly & smith's tools and shop & WM. MARSHALL's house & garden. The low meadow to be equally divided between my sons GEORGE and JOHN. To my son JOHN DAVISON the other half, except as above to my wife, with THOMAS McGOWAN's house and garden. My sons to pay their respective portions of the landlord's rent & to pay the rent for their Mother's part as above, also the following legacies. The division between my two sons shall run: to my son GEORGE his part shall begin at the stony ditch to ALEX. TOUGH's march (marsh??), straight over the breadth of the land, and JOHN's part to be at the low end. To my eldest daughter ANNE DAVISON alias McCOLLUM wife of JOHN McCOLLUM 2/6. To my daughter ELIZABETH DAVISON 20pd. to be paid to her provided what money I was bound for with JOHN McCALL to the Rev. Dr. PENNEY is paid, then my said daughter to have 15pd. To my daughter HELEN DAVISON 20pd. on similar condition. To my daughter JUDITH 20pd. on similar condition when 21. Each of my wife, my two sons and four daughters to pay their share equally of my funeral expenses. (This clause interlined (underlined??), P. B. *1 To my daughter MARGARET DAVISON 20pd. on similar condition when she is 21. If any daughter marry against the will of my wife ELIZABETH or Mr. ROBERT WILSON of Buckcomary, whom I appt. trustee and overseer with my wife, such daughter only to get 5 pence. My wife to have all my moveable goods to help to school and maintain the children, that is only during her widowhood. If my exors are obliged to pay that money for which I am bound tor Mr. JOHN McCALL to Rev. Dr. PENNEY, my wife is to pay a proportional share with my two sons. Appoint my two sons exors. his In witness whereof, 15 January 1721 (-2) Signed WILL X DAVISON mark Witnesses: THOMAS BINKS Indorsed:The Will of WILLIAM DAVISON JOHN BINKS Exhibited 30th Aug 1723 THO. GILPIN * Author's note: these are the initials of the certifier of the will, P. M. BOTTOMLY. It was undoubtedly he who put the brackets around the "2" in the date of the will, indicating the "double dating" system which applied up until 26 March 1752, resulting from the change of the calendar from Julian to Gregorian, and undoubtely he who misspelled the name DaviDson in the "Indorsement"---Robert S. Hand This transcription of the will was made from the book, DAVISON\DAVIDSON FAMILY The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Davison of County Armagh, Ireland by Robert Stephens Hand 1990 Note: The above author, (RSH now deceased) stated that he had a photograhic copy of this will provided by Misses Louise and Caroline Connor. Earlier documention of this family fails to mention the facts presented in this will. It is likely that research did not discover it's existence until 1975 when the certified copy was made. posum@vzinet.com wrote: > Robert Winslow & VaGreen100@aol.com... You are saying that "Our Scotch Kith and Kin" is in > error.... Can you help us straighten this line? > > Thanks, Mary B. > > At 07:08 AM 4/2/01 -0600, you wrote: > >It appears we have a few family's mixed up in this chart, be careful in using > >any of it without documentation. > >Bob > >Robert Winslow Davidson > > > >VaGreen100@aol.com wrote: > > > >> I'll be interested in seeing John Lisle's comments on this. It doesn't > >> agree with anything else I've seen. Virginia > >> New web page featuring the descendants of John Davidson and Elizabeth > >> Morrison. > >> >From Our Scotch Kith & Kin and the help of Linda Hayes. > >> John was the son of William Davison, Coronet in British Army and Sarah > >> Armstrong; the Grandson of William Davison and Joan Pennyman; Great Grandson > >> of William Davison, Captain and Timothea Belayse; Great Great Grandson of > >> William Davison and Janet Scobie; Great Great Great Grandson of William > >> Davison and Katherine Spelman; Great Great Great Great Grandson of Richard > >> Davison; Great Great Great Great Great Grandson of Francis Davison. > >> > >> ==== 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

Bob, The William Davison will was also printed in the 1948 Harbaugh Genealogy of Davidson family, p. 434-435. One point that needs to be made, is that there is NO PROOF that this William Davison is the father of John and George Davison of Iredell County. Mr. Hand in his book acknowledges this fact. I do not believe it to be so, and this is based on an important cultural concept. The first born son is named after his father's father. The first known sons of both George and John Davison are named GEORGE. If you follow the succeeding generation of the family, you will see that this traditional naming convention is adhered to. Further, in January of 2000, I posted the following message that I found on GenForum. I have never been successful communicating with the author of this message: ______________________ Posted By: Heather Sherrill Davis (heather_s_davis@hotmail.com) Subject: Re: Katherine "Bonnie Kate" Sherrill Post Date: May 03, 1999 at 18:45:13 Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/sherrill/messages/324.html Forum: Sherrill Family Genealogy Forum Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/sherrill/ I am following up on some of my Mother's research so please correct me as I am only going by what I have on my family tree chart. I would LOVE to get the research that you have on Mary Preston. I am the gggGranddaughter of George Davidson Sherrill. I always thought George was named after Mary's father and grandfather. I always heard that Samual Sherrill b. 10/01/1725 d. 6/22/1800 was married to Mary Jones Davidson b. 1731? d. 11/29/1794 daughter of Colonel George F. Davidson Jr. b. 1711 and Rachel Jones Davidson, daughter of Henry Jones and Elizabeth Preston Jones. _____________________________ The first two major families settling the Iredell area were the Sherrills and the Davidsons. This Samuel Sherrill did settle in Iredell based on study of the Sherrill family. Given that George Davison's son was Gen William Lee Davidson, would it not stand to reason that his father was a military person also. My research indicates that Gen. Davidson's mother was not the first wife of George Davidson. This is based on the George Davison Will which notes children that seem to be older than the estimated date of the marriage of George and the widow Mrs. Margaret (Ware) Sommerville, the mother of the general. john. Please see below for more notes. At 09:56 AM 2001-04-05 -0600, you wrote: >This is my direct line so I will try and sort this out, William Davison >from County Armagh Ireland, (father of John Davison/Davidson) wifes name >was Elizabeth as stated in William's Davison will, John Davidson was >married to Jane last name Unknown she married William Morrison after John >Davidson died about 1749. but was always refered to as Mrs. Morrison >William davison appears to have been a black smith. I will enclose >William's will at the bottom of this and you can see he refers to his >smithy shop in his will. John Davidson's son Maj. William Davidson was >married to Margaret McConnell. You will also note there is no mention of a >Samuel as being a son of William. Even tho John Davidson's went into court and >made oath that he imported himself, Jane, George, Thomas, William. and >Samuel Davison > >chart at that web site state that John Davidson was >Appendix A - Notes > 1. John DAVIDSON > "Our Scotch Kith and Kin" > p.38 John Davidson, elder brother of Samuel and George Davidson, > born about 1720, > removed to Virginia and then to Iredell, Rowan County, North > Carolina. He was prominent and active in the Revolutionary War, being an > officer in the military organization of North Carolina and a member of > the Committee of Safety and Correspondence of Rowan County, North Carolina. > >This is not John Davidson from County Armagh Ireland. This is John >Davidson son of Robert Davidson. I know that in the book Davidson/Davidson >of Duck River printed in 1907 states that this is true, also that John >Davidson was a singer of the Mecklenburg. Wrong John Davidson from >Iredell County was the singer of The Mecklenburg I have the book Duck >River Davison/Davidson that was printed in 1907 on the computer and if >anybody would like a copy let me know and i will e-mail it to you Bob, I think you need to make one item very clear to everyone. The John Davidson who signed the Mecklenburg Declaration was a son of Robert. But he is also NOT the John Davidson referred to the book our Scotch Kith and Kin. I believe that census records even document the existence of at least one other John Davidson in immediate area. >Bob >Robert Winslow Davidson > > > WILL of WILLIAM DAVISON, COUNTY ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND > > PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND > (13 & 14 Geo.5.,ch20,sec (2) ) > > CERTIFIED COPY OF: > >A Record in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland entitled---T 748, >pg. 90, Will Of >William Davison, Legacorry, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh. > (with official seal and 55p stamps, certified by P. Bottomley 23\4\75) > > Dromore Will:-- >WILLIAM DAVISON of Legacorry, Parish of Shankill, County Armagh, smith. > My oldest son GEORGE DAVISON to pay the debts I owe to my brother JOHN >DAVISON out of the legacy I hereby bequeath to my said son. > My son JOHN DAVISON to pay 20pd. which I borrowed from Rev. Dr. >PENNEY for him my said son JOHN. > My son GEORGE DAVISON to pay half the debt I owe ROBERT NEWELL >and my beloved wife to pay the other half thereof. > My wife to have the rents due out of my lands hereafter bequeathed to them, >except for 1pd.-10 pence , which my son JOHN is to allow to his mother >and my son >JOHN to have the sorrel mare to make up for the 1pd.-10 pence. > My beloved wife that part and proportion of my land from my dwelling > house to >the stony ditch with said dwelling house, excepting my smith's shop, and >also to have a >little pasture park joining the stony ditch for grazing JOHN McCULLUM's >cow all to be >held by my wife ELIZABETH DAVISON during widowhood, and I order she may bring >up my four youngest daughters. > I order that the lane from my dwelling house or from the highway shall be in >common between my wife and my sons GEORGE and JOHN DAVISON. > To my son GEORGE DAVISON my whole half of my land & tenements except >as above stated to my wife, with the black filly & smith's tools and shop >& WM. >MARSHALL's house & garden. > The low meadow to be equally divided between my sons GEORGE and JOHN. > To my son JOHN DAVISON the other half, except as above to my wife, with >THOMAS McGOWAN's house and garden. > My sons to pay their respective portions of the landlord's rent & to pay > the rent for >their Mother's part as above, also the following legacies. > The division between my two sons shall run: to my son GEORGE his part shall >begin at the stony ditch to ALEX. TOUGH's march (marsh??), straight over >the breadth of >the land, and JOHN's part to be at the low end. > To my eldest daughter ANNE DAVISON alias McCOLLUM wife of JOHN >McCOLLUM 2/6. > To my daughter ELIZABETH DAVISON 20pd. to be paid to her provided what >money I was bound for with JOHN McCALL to the Rev. Dr. PENNEY is paid, >then my >said daughter to have 15pd. > To my daughter HELEN DAVISON 20pd. on similar condition. > To my daughter JUDITH 20pd. on similar condition when 21. > Each of my wife, my two sons and four daughters to pay their share > equally of my >funeral expenses. (This clause interlined (underlined??), P. B. *1 > To my daughter MARGARET DAVISON 20pd. on similar condition when she is >21. > If any daughter marry against the will of my wife ELIZABETH or Mr. ROBERT >WILSON of Buckcomary, whom I appt. trustee and overseer with my wife, such >daughter >only to get 5 pence. > My wife to have all my moveable goods to help to school and maintain the >children, that is only during her widowhood. > If my exors are obliged to pay that money for which I am bound tor Mr. JOHN >McCALL to Rev. Dr. PENNEY, my wife is to pay a proportional share with my >two sons. > Appoint my two sons exors. > his > In witness whereof, 15 January 1721 (-2) Signed WILL X DAVISON > mark > >Witnesses: THOMAS BINKS Indorsed:The Will of WILLIAM DAVISON > JOHN BINKS Exhibited 30th Aug 1723 > THO. GILPIN > >* Author's note: these are the initials of the certifier of the will, P. >M. BOTTOMLY. It >was undoubtedly he who put the brackets around the "2" in the date of the >will, indicating >the "double dating" system which applied up until 26 March 1752, resulting >from the >change of the calendar from Julian to Gregorian, and undoubtely he who >misspelled the >name DaviDson in the "Indorsement"---Robert S. Hand > >This transcription of the will was made from the book, > DAVISON\DAVIDSON FAMILY > > The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Davison > of > County Armagh, Ireland > by > > Robert Stephens Hand > 1990 > >Note: The above author, (RSH now deceased) stated that he had a >photograhic copy of >this will provided by Misses Louise and Caroline Connor. > >Earlier documention of this family fails to mention the facts presented in >this will. It is >likely that research did not discover it's existence until 1975 when the >certified copy was >made. > > > > > > >posum@vzinet.com wrote: > > > Robert Winslow & VaGreen100@aol.com... You are saying that "Our Scotch > Kith and Kin" is in > > error.... Can you help us straighten this line? > > > > Thanks, Mary B. > > > > At 07:08 AM 4/2/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >It appears we have a few family's mixed up in this chart, be careful > in using > > >any of it without documentation. > > >Bob > > >Robert Winslow Davidson > > > > > >VaGreen100@aol.com wrote: > > > > > >> I'll be interested in seeing John Lisle's comments on this. It doesn't > > >> agree with anything else I've seen. Virginia > > >> New web page featuring the descendants of John Davidson and Elizabeth > > >> Morrison. > > >> >From Our Scotch Kith & Kin and the help of Linda Hayes. > > >> John was the son of William Davison, Coronet in British Army and Sarah > > >> Armstrong; the Grandson of William Davison and Joan Pennyman; Great > Grandson > > >> of William Davison, Captain and Timothea Belayse; Great Great > Grandson of > > >> William Davison and Janet Scobie; Great Great Great Grandson of William > > >> Davison and Katherine Spelman; Great Great Great Great Grandson of > Richard > > >> Davison; Great Great Great Great Great Grandson of Francis Davison. > > >> > > >> ==== 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 > > > > >==== DAVIDSON Mailing List ==== >DAVIDSON - DAVISON - DAVISSON Web Page >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/davidson.html