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DAVISON Deidamia L.

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  1. 1.  DAVISON Deidamia L. was born in 1837 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY (daughter of DAVISON Rowland (Squire) and WEST Amanda Melvina).

    Deidamia married NYE Enoch R. in Aug 1855 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL. Enoch was born about 1834; died on 08 Aug 1907 in MT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. NYE Joel was born in 1857 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
    2. NYE Jennie was born in 1859.
    3. NYE Will was born in 1865.
    4. NYE James Milton was born in 1867.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  DAVISON Rowland (Squire) was born on 26 Oct 1813 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY (son of DAVISON Ezra and SMITH Diedamia); died on 08 Apr 1867 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.

    Notes:

    They moved to Illinois about 1838. Went all the way with a pair of horses and a wagon. Settled at Groveland, IL, where he took up land and made brick on his farm, and built a good brick house. He was a Brick Mason by trade. He also built several brick buildings in Pekin, IL. He with a partner, built the Court House, that is still in use. His land was what was then called, “the barrens”. Timber and undergrowth had to be cleared and grubbed before it could be farmed. For his orchards, seeds were brought from the OLD ORCHARD on the OLD HOMESTEAD, in Grafton, NY. I, (A. A. Davison) was quite a small boy, but well remember saving apple seeds for Uncle Rowland Davison to take to Illinois. When I came in 1851, it was quite an old orchard. Found only one tree with apples anything like any apples in the old orchard. He lived in Groveland, IL, until about the time Uncle John P. Davison (Davidson) came. He then took up several tracts of land eight miles west of Minonk, IL. A large farm for himself, and eighty acres for each of his nine children. He took great interest in Church and Sunday School, was a Deacon in the Baptist Church. I am not competent to write a brief sketch. He was a good man, and a true Christian. He was killed in an accident; was harrowing with a pair of young horses. They go frightened and ran. The harrow turned over and a tooth went through his neck, which caused his death. (A. A. Davison, 1905)

    Died:
    Interment: Apr 1867 Davison (Yankeetown) Cemetery, Clayton , Woodford Co., IL

    Rowland married WEST Amanda Melvina on 31 Aug 1831 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY. Amanda was born on 05 Feb 1815 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died on 22 May 1880 in Boulder Valley, MT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  WEST Amanda Melvina was born on 05 Feb 1815 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died on 22 May 1880 in Boulder Valley, MT.
    Children:
    1. DAVISON Ezra D. was born on 28 Jun 1834 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.
    2. DAVISON Lois L. was born in 1836; and died.
    3. 1. DAVISON Deidamia L. was born in 1837 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.
    4. DAVISON Emily J. was born in 1839 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; died in 1859 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.
    5. DAVISON Asa Lee was born in 1841 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; died in Weiser, Washington Co., ID.
    6. DAVISON Louisa was born on 22 Mar 1844 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; died in 1863 in Yankee Town, Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.
    7. DAVISON James Milton was born on 18 Apr 1846 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
    8. DAVISON Serephina (Sarah) Melvina was born on 06 Oct 1848 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 03 Nov 1924 in San Diego Co., CA.
    9. DAVISON Mary Abigale was born on 22 Apr 1850 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  DAVISON Ezra was born on 11 Aug 1765 in Nova Scotia Co., Canada (son of DAVISON Asa and PRIDE Sarah); died on 29 Apr 1834 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.

    Notes:

    Although family tradition holds that Ezra enlisted when he was but 16, the first record of his service is his enlistment in Capt. Benjamin Durkee’s company of Matrosses, at Port Trumbull, Connecticut, August 12, 1782, his 17th birthday.

    They took up land two miles northeast of Grafton Centre. the country was then a wilderness. They built a house, cleared the land of forest, planted on archard, and built stone walls, or fences. Panthers used to steal their sheep. Bears were in the woods. There were few settlers. No Church nor School House. The first school district was organized, Sept. 13, 1813, and they voted to build a school house on a man's land, whose name was Cobb. (It was always called the Cobb's school house.) It was sixteen feet square with an entry large enough to hold a load of wood. They levied a tax of $75.00, the rest was to be paid in work. Three or four generations of Davisons studied Webster's spelling book, Daboll’s arithmetic, and the English Reader, and perhaps got punished in the Cobb’s school house.

    The first trustees were Daniel Mills, Foster Reynolds, and Bradick Peekham, Jr., moderator, Elisha Wells, Clerk Daniel Mills. A great many prominent men were educated in the Cobb's school house. About 1842, Van Ransellaer, the Patron, offered a set of outline maps, to the best school in Grafton, to be examined by a committee at the Church in Grafton Centre. We carried home the maps and were justly proud of it. I visited the spot in 1889. Found nothing but the foundation stones and thickly grownup weeds and brush. (A. A. Davison)

    Ezra lived and raised his family on what we call the “Old Davison Homestead.”

    Ezra married SMITH Diedamia on 24 May 1790 in Argyle, Penobscot Co., ME. Diedamia was born in 1774; died in 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  SMITH Diedamia was born in 1774; died in 1853.
    Children:
    1. DAVISON Asa Lee was born on 03 Dec 1792 in Preston, New London Co., CT; died on 02 Mar 1853 in Canton, Fulton Co., IL.
    2. DAVISON Lois was born about 1795 in Westerly, Washington Co., RI; died on 04 Nov 1834 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.
    3. DAVISON Sarah was born on 01 Jun 1796; died in Ashford, Cattaraugus Co., NY.
    4. DAVISON Reuben S. was born on 10 Feb 1802 in Alfred, Allegany Co., NY; died in Jul 1921 in Alfred, Allegany Co., NY.
    5. DAVISON Daniel P.M. was born on 25 May 1804 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died on 08 Jan 1844 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.
    6. DAVISON Paul K. was born on 01 Jan 1807 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died in 1884 in Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY.
    7. DAVISON John Milton was born on 14 Sep 1811 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died on 19 Mar 1895 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.
    8. 2. DAVISON Rowland (Squire) was born on 26 Oct 1813 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died on 08 Apr 1867 in Minonk, Woodford Co., IL.
    9. Sr. Norman Lewis Davison was born on 26 Jul 1817 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY; died on 24 Apr 1902 in Denton, Lancaster Co., NE.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  DAVISON Asa was born on 01 Sep 1736 in Preston, New London Co., CT (son of Davison, II Thomas and HERRICK Lydia); died on 29 Jan 1831 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.

    Notes:

    Record and Pension Office, War Department.
    Respectfully returned to Almond A. Davison, Manito, Illinois.
    Washington, D.C., March 28, 1896.

    The records of this office show that Asa Davison, served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Webb's Company, 4th Battalion, Connecticut Forces, commanded by Col John Durkee, Revolutionary War. He enlisted, March 1, 1778, to serve 5 months, was discharged, January 1, 1779.

    The records also show that Asa Davison, served as a private in the 1st Company, Fifth Connecticut Regiment, Commanded by Lieut. Col. Sherman, Revolutionary War. His name first appears on the roll for March 1782, and he was discharged, June 22, 1782.

    The records further show that Asa Davison, served as a private in Capt. Nehemiah Rise's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment, Revolutionary War. He enlisted Aug. 16, 1779 to serve six months, and was discharged, Jan. 15, 1780.

    The records also show that Ezra Davison, served as a private in Capt. Benjamin Durkee's Company of Matrosses, at Port Trumbull, Connecticut. He enlisted, Aug. 12, 1782, (That day he was 17 years old.), to serve 12 months, and was discharged, Aug. 12, 1783. By authority of the Secretary of War. Signed by Col. U.S. Army Chief in Office.

    Note that they were enlisted for short campaigns of a few months to a year, following which they would return home to take care of farm and family, then enlist again. (GEW)

    In other accounts, Asa Davison appears at “The Battle of Lexington”, and “The Battle of Monmouth”. He was also with Gen. Benedict Arnold, on his famous campaign to Canada.

    Asa served with the English Army during the French and Indian War, at the siege of Louisburg, Nova Scotia. After the war, the family settled there for a time, where his son, Ezra was born in 1765. At some point, he moved the family back south, as we find him in Ashford, Massachusetts at the start of the Revolutionary War.

    At some point after the war, the family migrated on down to Grafton, New York, where Asa died in 1824. He was buried in the Brock burying ground in the northeast part of Grafton.

    Died:
    Interment: 1831 Brock Cemetery, near Grafton , Rensselaer Co., NY

    Asa married PRIDE Sarah. Sarah was born on 24 Aug 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  PRIDE Sarah was born on 24 Aug 1743.
    Children:
    1. DAVISON Abigail
    2. DAVISON Olive
    3. DAVISON Lydia
    4. DAVISON Louisa
    5. DAVISON Jane
    6. DAVISON Charles
    7. DAVISON Anna
    8. DAVISON Paul died on 19 Feb 1805.
    9. 4. DAVISON Ezra was born on 11 Aug 1765 in Nova Scotia Co., Canada; died on 29 Apr 1834 in Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY.
    10. DAVISON Lavina was born about 1775 in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., NY; died in 1850 in Homer, Cortland Co., NY.
    11. DAVISON Rufus was born on 20 May 1775 in Ashford, MA.
    12. DAVISON Nathan was born on 01 Jun 1781 in Ashford, MA.
    13. DAVISON John P. was born about 1793 in NY; died in 1872.