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Josiah DAVISON

Josiah DAVISON

Male 1692 - 1759  (67 years)


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  • Name Josiah DAVISON
    Birth 1692  Ipswich, Essex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Baptism 1 Apr 1694  Wenham Congregational Church, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation potter, carpenter, miller 
    Death 1759  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Location of death reported by Russell Lee Davisson as Millstone River, Princeton, NJ, while Jeff Whittaker reports death as occurring in Aqueduct Hills, Middlesex, NJ. Both sources give date of death as 1759.
    Notes 
    • In addition to the nine children of Josiah & Mary listed here as contained in the authoritative "The Davissons" by Russell Lee Davisson, Jeff Whittaker reports another son, William Davisson, born ca 1734. Josiah Davison of Princeton, NJ, grandson of Daniel, changed the spelling of the family name to Davisson. Six of his eight sons adopted the double-S spelling. His six sons and grandsons carried the name to West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and beyond. ["The Davissons," flyleaf]
    Person ID I6617  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2005

    Father Daniel DAVISON, Jr.,   b. CA 1662, Hamlet (now Hamilton), Ipswich, Essex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1703, North Stonington, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years)
    Mother Sarah DODGE,   b. 13 Jan 1667, Beverly, Essex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 4 Jul 1703, New London, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F2338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary SKELTON (OR WINTHROP),   b. CA 1694, Wenham, Essex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1759, Middlesex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    Marriage CA 1715  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Daniel DAVISON,   b. CA 1716, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1750, Augusta Co (now Rockingham Co), VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years)
    >2. John DAVISON,   b. CA 1718, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 10 Oct 1793, Hunterdon Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    +3. Obadiah DAVISSON,   b. CA 1720, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Jul 1806 (Age ~ 86 years)
    +4. Andrew DAVISSON,   b. CA 1722, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. BTWN 1802-1811, Mason Co (now Greenup Co), KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years)
    >5. James DAVISON,   b. CA 1724, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1775 (Age ~ 51 years)
    >6. Amaziah DAVISSON,   b. 19 Aug 1726, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1811, Haverhill, Scioto Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >7. Nathaniel DAVISON,   b. CA 1728, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1807, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    >8. Ananias DAVISON,   b. CA 1730, Millstone River, NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1794, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)
    >9. Mary DAVISON,   b. CA 1732
    Family ID F2337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S444] Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 64.

    2. [S237] G. J. Whittaker, a Gaston descendant and researcher.

    3. [S444] Russell Lee Davisson, The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 74.