Elias Davidson and Agnes McDowell

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Husband Elias Davidson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1736 2 3
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           Died: 15 Apr 1806 2 3
         Buried:  - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Davidson (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 9 Mar 1771 3

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Wife Agnes McDowell ^{2 3}

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           Born: 9 Sep 1740 2 3
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           Died: 9 Jun 1790 2 3
         Buried:  - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA

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         Father: Maj. John McDowell (Abt 1715-1794/1794) 4
         Mother: Agnes Craig (1717-1766) 4 5

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Children

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1 M Patrick Davidson ³

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2 M Elias Davidson ^{3 6 7}

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           Born:  - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 3
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           Died: Sep 1828 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Allison (1780-1818) 3 6 7

         Spouse: Rebecca Allison (1789-1824) 3
           Marr: Aft 1818

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3 M John McDowell Davidson ^{2 8}

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           Born: 4 Jan 1772 - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA 2 8
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           Died: 5 Jan 1811 8 9
         Buried:  - Antrim Twp, Franklin Co, PA

         Spouse: Rachel Maxwell (1772-1806) 8
           Marr: 16 Apr 1793 8

         Spouse: Mary McLaughlin (1774-1851) 2 8
           Marr: 7 Apr 1809 8

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4 M William Davidson ³

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5 F Nancy Davidson ³

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         Spouse: Lazarus Brown (      -1842) 3

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6 F Elizabeth Davidson ^{4 10}

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           Born: May 1780 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Aug 1851 11
         Buried:  - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA

         Spouse: Patrick McDowell (1769/1770-1846) 4 11
           Marr: 22 Nov 1803 11

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7 F Mary Craig Davidson ¹¹

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            AKA: Mollie Davidson 4
           Born: 1784 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1854 11
         Buried:  - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA

         Spouse: Thomas McDowell (1772-1851) 4

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8 F Mary Davidson ^{1 12 13}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1785 13
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           Died: 14 Mar 1845 13
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         Spouse: Rev. Robert Kennedy (1778-1843) 12 13 14
           Marr: 5 Jun 1806 1 13

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General Notes: Husband - Elias Davidson

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The founder of the family in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, was Elias Davidson, who located in the southeastern part of Antrim Township about 1760, where he took up a large tract of land, on which he lived, and where he was engaged in farming the balance of his life. He was of the Presbyterian faith, and served as one of the first elders of that church in the township. He was an honored and prominent man among the early settlers of his vicinity, and served in several offices of public trust.

He came to the Conococheague valley, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, as a young man, and was a captain in the "Flying Camp" in 1776, and of Col. Abraham Smith's battalion, Cumberland County Associators, 1777-79. After the Revolution he became an extensive land owner, and owned a large number of slaves. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church at Greencastle.

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Notes: Marriage

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They were married March 19, 1771. [HFC 1887, 705]

1 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 171.

2 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 705.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 86.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 370.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 81.

6 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 437.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 12.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 95.

9 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 706.

10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 86, 89.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 89.

12 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1054.

13 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 42.

14 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 167.