Lorna's family forest

male Davidson?¹

(say 1790 - before 1900)

Relationship

3rd great-grandfather of Lorna Henderson

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     Male Davidson? was born say 1790 ?Chirnside, BEW, SCT.¹
     Male Davidson? and Ann Collan were assumed not be be married as no father's name was shown on son John's dth cert, and no marriage is noted in the OPR index, neither fact being conclusive however - any marriage would likely be cir. 1817 ?Chirnside, BEW.¹
     Male Davidson? died bef. 1900.¹

Whoever this chap is, a direct male line descendant belongs to haplogroup I-M253 (old I1), with no close Y-DNA matches obvious as yet, so still no clues as to son John's ancestry.

At least two trees on MyHeritage show this chap as an Alexander DAVIDSON, one providing him with 4 additional children with Ann: Janet, Jean, William and Sarah, all born 1820-1831 Midlothian.
Unfortunately, that Ann is a SMITH, not a COLLINS, and they are a mining family from Newbattle, Midlothian, which doesn't seem altogether likely.

There are one or two wisps of hints that the a couple of Davidson families from Roxburgh, Roxburghshire may hold clues
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Henderson-2297_Brickwall_John_Davidson
refers.^2,3

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Male Davidson? belongs to a DNA tested line. There may be more information available on DNASurnames under the DNA project for his/her surname/line.

Family

Ann Collan (Jan 1793 - Nov 1863)

Child

John Davidson+ (cir. 1817 - Nov 1900)

Charts

My pedigree chart
Paternal ancestors of Lorna
COLVIN

Adam DAVIDSON's ancestors

Last Edited

17 Nov 2022

Citations

John DAVIDSON, DC DAVIDSON, John, 1900 Chirnside, certified p/copy held, dated/rcvd 29 Aug 1995 (no father's name given).
MyHeritage Family Trees online at http://www.myheritage.com/, Family of Alexander and Ann DAVIDSON, http://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-77327751/, sighted Jun 2013.
Ancestry.com - Family Trees online at http://search.ancestry.com, Family of Alexander DAVIDSON & Ann SMITH, Newbattle, MLN, from gresham campbell family tree of Diana CAMPBELL, online at http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/23262577/person/…, extracted Jun 2013.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct-11.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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