Yes, the elder William Davidson, son of James and Hannah, married Hanna Oaks. Probably all of these Davidson's were connected. Just wish we knew how. - Amy -----Original Message----- From: davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:davidson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Davidson Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:15 PM To: davidson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] Davidson miscellaneous Amy and Laroice, I assume that the older of "your" two William Davidsons was the one who married Hanna Oaks on 16 Jan 1804 in Grainger Co., TN. It is interesting to note that your DNA "Family 4," as well as DNA "Family 7" and DNA "Family 10," all had members in Grainger around that time. Bill Davidson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DAVIDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Amy, DNA proves that these three families in Grainger Co., TN were not "Davidson/Davison blood relatives." The members of "Family 10" (my family) who were in Grainger had come from the Henry/Patrick Co., VA area, as well as just across the state line in the Stokes Co., NC area. Your William Davidson apparently had been in the Orange/Guilford Co., NC area earlier, and the "Family 7" folks had been in the Bedford/Campbell Co., VA area earlier (and they had come to VA from PA). I see no connection between any of these three Davidson/Davison families....except that all of them eventually had at least some members in Grainger Co., TN. There were at least five...and maybe six...unrelated Davidson/Davison/Davisson families in just the Augusta/Rockbridge/Botetourt Co., VA area alone in the 1700s. Also, there were about a DOZEN (or more!) unrelated Davidson/Davison/Davisson families in all of VA in the 1700s. So.....multiple "unconnected" families in the same place at the same time with the same general surname no longer surprises me at all. By the way, by 1780, a branch of my "Family 10" was also in the Orange/Guilford Co., NC area. That branch of my family was headed by a William and Elizabeth Davidson, whose sons included Josiah, William and David Davidson. It appears that this William Davidson had also lived in the Henry/Patrick Co., VA area before coming to Orange Co., NC. I have traced "Family 10" back to James City Co., VA by at least 1682. Bill