This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tunnelm1 Surnames: Davidson, Davison, Davisson, Oglesby, Thornhill, Hughes, McCauley, Neighbours Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.davidson/4809/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Per DNA testing, it is now known that the Josiah Davidson (born about 1802) who married Susannah "Suky" Hughes (born about 1804; she was out of Prince Edward Co., VA) was a member of "DNA Family 7" on the Davidson/Davison/Davisson DNA website at www.davidsongenes.org. In the early-1800s, there were two unrelated Davidson/Davison families in Buckingham Co., VA, and each of these two families have DNA donors in the testing project. One of these two unrelated families is represented by the above-referenced Family 7, and the other family is represented by Family 10 (my Davidson family). Family 7 has been traced back to PA in the mid-1700s, and quite a few members of that family were in the Bedford/Campbell Co., VA area by at least the 1770s. Some members of this family "found their way" to Buckingham Co., VA (at least one of them came to Buckingham after having been in GA in the late-1700s), and a Stephen Davison from this family married a Lucy Neighbours in Buckingham or Prince Edward Co., VA around 1808, as I recall. The 1820 Buckingham census showed this Stephen Davison (as well as an older Stephen Davidson who was a member of my Family 10), as well as what appears to have been a Henry Davidson and a Joseph Davidson who were apparently also part of Family 7. There had also been a John Davidson on the 1810 Buckingham census, and it now seems almost certain that he was also a member of Family 7 (he was a very close neighbor of Littleberry Hughes and John Hughes). He was PROBABLY the same John Davidson who obtained land in Buckingham in 1792, and I woul! d not be too surprised if he came to VA from GA. I believe that this John Davidson was the older of the two John Davidsons who appeared on the 1820 census in Wilson Co., TN (though there is no "hard proof" of that). Note: Per a Bible record, the father of the Josiah Davidson who married Suky Hughes was an older Josiah Davidson who married an Ann McCauley. The above DNA test results show that, unlike what some researchers have suspected in the past, the above Josiah Davidson was NOT out of the family of John Davison (died about 1754) of Prince Edward Co., VA (PECo) and who was married to Ann Sons/Soanes. That Davison family in PECo also has several DNA donors in the DNA testing project, and they are represented by "DNA Family 5." In addition, a descendant and excellent researcher of Family 5 states that the George Davison in that family, who some have claimed was the father of the above Josiah Davidson who married Suky Hughes, definitely had no child named Josiah. There had been an Alexander Davidson on the 1764 Buckingham tithe list (along with several known members of "DNA Family 10"). It strongly appears that Alexander Davidson was NOT part of Family 5, Family 7 or Family 10, so there were probably at least four unrelated Davidson/Davison families in the Buckingham/Prince Edward Co., VA area in the 1700s. Note: The Reverend Samuel Davidson of Campbell Co., VA and then Appomattox Co., VA (the Reverend died about 1861 and was married to Frances Oglesby), and who was the pastor of Red Oak Baptist Church for 40 years, was also a member of Family 7. Another Samuel Davidson out of Campbell Co., VA, who married Elizabeth Thornhill and who died in Appomattox Co., VA in 1848, however, was a son of the above Alexander Davidson. We really need a DNA donor who "traces back" to that Alexander Davidson (who died in Campbell Co,, VA around 1800). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.