Per some posts on the Internet (and per some info from two living male Davidson DNA donors from this family), a John Davidson from NC (maybe Guilford or Bertie....or maybe both) had sons named Abraham, Joseph and John Davidson. The older John (the father) MAY have been married to Hannah Hughson, and this older John Davidson APPEARS to have been the son of yet an even earlier John Davidson. It seems that two of the three sons mentioned above married Shelton/Chilton women, daughters of Mark Shelton/Chilton of Pittsylvania Co., VA (per Mark's will). It is KNOWN from marriage records that John Davidson married Rachel Chilton in Pittsylvania Co., VA on 17 Oct 1786, and it is KNOWN that a second daughter of Mark Shelton/Chilton's named Nancy married another Davidson man (per Mark Shelton/Chilton's will, where he referred to his daughter Nancy as Nancy Davidson). There are currently two male DNA donors in the testing project who are known to be from the above Davidson family (both men are out of the above Abraham Davidson via his son named Samuel Harris Davidson). Per a "descendant line" provided by one of those two DNA donors, Abraham Davidson was married to a Sarah Ellis (not verified by me, and the other DNA donor is apparently not sure who Abraham's wife was). If the above should be correct, however, that would probably mean that Nancy Shelton/Chilton was married to Joseph Davidson (since we know that Rachel Shelton/Chilton was married to John Davidson). If the above should be incorrect, however, then maybe Abraham was married to Nancy Shelton/Chilton and maybe Joseph was married to a women from a different family. Note: There was also a Mary Davidson who married a Joel Shelton/Chilton, but I am not sure whose daughter Mary Davidson was, and I am not sure how/if Joel was related to Mark Shelton/Chilton. The above Joseph Davidson is shown on some posts on the Internet to have had Abraham Davidson II, and Abraham "II" was the one who married Keziah/Kisiah Tidwell. See, for example: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/surnames.davidson/925.1.1.1.1.1 You can see the DNA results, plus some other information provided by the two DNA donors, at the Davidson/Davison/Davisson DNA website "results screen" at: http://www.tqsi.com/davidsongenes/results.php See "Family 4" and look at member/donors 54640 and 36704. If you "click" on the member/donor five digit number, you will be taken to another screen where more info on that member's line will be shown. You will note that there are also some OTHER members/donors shown within "Family 4" that match or nearly match these two men. The last that I heard, however, the "connection" between any of these other men and the above John Davidson family from NC/VA has not yet been determined (so if any of YOU see a "connection," please let me know.....Thanks)! Bill Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Davison" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] John Travis Davidson and Belinda Bullock >I have a Travis Monroe Davidson, son of Abraham Davidson II and Kesiah > Tidwell with the same DOB, died in Benton Co., TN. He's from my line. > David

John Davidson and his sons mentioned in his will - Joseph, Abraham and John - is the family I am researching. I believe that the Nancy Chilton, daughter of Mark Chilton, was married to Abraham Davidson. Jooh left Potters Plantation and 200 acreswith it to be sold. To Joseph, he left 100 acres adjoining Potters; to Abraham 100 acres joining Joseph's line below it; to John 100 acres joining Samuel Harris line. To wife Hannah, he left 126 acres of land.... John's wife, Hannah, evidently remarried to a William Walter/Waters and in 1778 while living in Fincastle Co., KY, they sold to Abraham Davidson of Pittsylvania, 123 acres in Halifax. This appears to be the land he left her. John's land was on Jeremy's/Jeremiah/s fork of Birches Creek. According to the Virginia Genealogist, Vo.. 28, No. 3, July-Sept., 1984, Abraham Davidson and his wife Nancy, of Pittsylvania County, sold 100 acres in Halifax County for L1000 to an Abraham Cheatam. This land was on the south side of Burches Creek and was bounded by Shelton, John Davison and Evin. This Abraham appears to be the same Abraham later found in Humphreys Co., TN. I have found no further mention of Nancy other than that above. Ruth Bill Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: Per some posts on the Internet (and per some info from two living male Davidson DNA donors from this family), a John Davidson from NC (maybe Guilford or Bertie....or maybe both) had sons named Abraham, Joseph and John Davidson. The older John (the father) MAY have been married to Hannah Hughson, and this older John Davidson APPEARS to have been the son of yet an even earlier John Davidson. It seems that two of the three sons mentioned above married Shelton/Chilton women, daughters of Mark Shelton/Chilton of Pittsylvania Co., VA (per Mark's will). It is KNOWN from marriage records that John Davidson married Rachel Chilton in Pittsylvania Co., VA on 17 Oct 1786, and it is KNOWN that a second daughter of Mark Shelton/Chilton's named Nancy married another Davidson man (per Mark Shelton/Chilton's will, where he referred to his daughter Nancy as Nancy Davidson). There are currently two male DNA donors in the testing project who are known to be from the above Davidson family (both men are out of the above Abraham Davidson via his son named Samuel Harris Davidson). Per a "descendant line" provided by one of those two DNA donors, Abraham Davidson was married to a Sarah Ellis (not verified by me, and the other DNA donor is apparently not sure who Abraham's wife was). If the above should be correct, however, that would probably mean that Nancy Shelton/Chilton was married to Joseph Davidson (since we know that Rachel Shelton/Chilton was married to John Davidson). If the above should be incorrect, however, then maybe Abraham was married to Nancy Shelton/Chilton and maybe Joseph was married to a women from a different family. Note: There was also a Mary Davidson who married a Joel Shelton/Chilton, but I am not sure whose daughter Mary Davidson was, and I am not sure how/if Joel was related to Mark Shelton/Chilton. The above Joseph Davidson is shown on some posts on the Internet to have had Abraham Davidson II, and Abraham "II" was the one who married Keziah/Kisiah Tidwell. See, for example: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/surnames.davidson/925.1.1.1.1.1 You can see the DNA results, plus some other information provided by the two DNA donors, at the Davidson/Davison/Davisson DNA website "results screen" at: http://www.tqsi.com/davidsongenes/results.php See "Family 4" and look at member/donors 54640 and 36704. If you "click" on the member/donor five digit number, you will be taken to another screen where more info on that member's line will be shown. You will note that there are also some OTHER members/donors shown within "Family 4" that match or nearly match these two men. The last that I heard, however, the "connection" between any of these other men and the above John Davidson family from NC/VA has not yet been determined (so if any of YOU see a "connection," please let me know.....Thanks)! Bill Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Davison" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON] John Travis Davidson and Belinda Bullock >I have a Travis Monroe Davidson, son of Abraham Davidson II and Kesiah > Tidwell with the same DOB, died in Benton Co., TN. He's from my line. > David ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message