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Subject: Re: [DAVIDSON-L] MCCONNELL & DAVIDSON of NC & TN
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 16:15:44 -0500
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Hi
You have three Davidson families mixed up
John Davidson, father of William Davidson died about 1749 and his wife Jane
married a William Morrison.
According to William Davidson's will in Ireland He named his son's in the will
as John and George Davidson. No mention of a Robert Davidson.
The John Davidson who was with Washington was the son of Robert Davidson.

This John is refereed to as John Davidson from Mecklenburge..


Also John Davidson from county Armagh Ireland did not have son's named
James are Benjamin, They were the sons of Samuel Davidson.
James did have a brother named William, but he is Col. William Davidson.
NOT Maj. William Davidson, who married Margaret McConnell.

The James Davidson who married Mary McConnell was the son of Samuel Davidson.
This Samuel's children were baptized in Tinkling Spring Va.

Robert Winslow Davidson

Bonita Voigt wrote: If you are referring to MARGARET and MARY that was listed in
my posting,

> they were not born DAVIDSONs. They were the daugs. of JOHN
> MCCONNELL & MARY WINSLOW (WINSLEY) of IREDELL COUNTY, NC. They married
> into the DAVIDSON family. In fact, they married brothers. I can tho,
> provide you with data on the siblings and parents of WILLIAM and JAMES
> DAVIDSON.
>
> JOHN DAVIDSON (b. 1709 Northern Ireland), emigrated to America in the early
> 18th century with his two brothers, GEORGE and ROBERT. On the long voyage
> over the ocean, he met a young widow named MARY MORRISON whose beauty and
> charm had attracted him. She was born in Ireland of wealthy parents, but
> had eloped with a devout young Protestant who succumbed to disease aboard
> the ship. One MORRISON son was born of this union who was raised by the
> DAVIDSON family. During the Revolution, that young man remained a Tory and
> family ties were strained. JOHN and MARY landed at Philadelphia and lived
> in southern PA and northern Maryland until abt. 1740 when they moved to
> Rowan County, NC to a place near Centre Presby. Church.
>
> JOHN saw action during the French and Indian War in association with
> Washington. When General John Rutherford came through western NC on a
> punitive expedition against the Cherokee in 1775, GENERAL JOHN DAVIDSON was
> in command of the supply train.
>
> The DAVIDSONs lived on the land that later became the site of Davidson
> College, which was named for JOHN's nephew GENERAL WILLIAM LEE DAVIDSON many
> years later.
>
> The children of JOHN and MARY DAVIDSON were:
> 1. WILLIAM md. MARGARET MCCONNELL. (They lived in Buncombe County, NC.)
> 2. SAMUEL. (Twin to William and first settler west of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
> Killed by the Cherokees.)
> 3. THOMAS. (He settled in SC.)
> 4. JAMES md. MARY MCCONNELL. (They settled in Transylvania County, NC)
> 5. BENJAMIN. (He settled in Transylvania County, NC)
> 6. JOHN ("One-Eyed") md. MARY BREVARD. (They lived at Old Fort, NC)
> 7. RACHEL md. JOHN ALEXANDER
> 8. MARGARET ("Peggy") md. JAMES SMITH
> 9. ELIZABETH md. EPHRAIM MCLEAN
> 10.REBECCA md. WILLIAM YOUNG
>
> I hope this can be of some help to you. If you would like additional
> information on any of these DAVIDSON children, I'll see what I can dig up.
> Look forward to hearing from you again.
>
> Take care,
> Bonita Voigt
>
>
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