Francis Doran Davison

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110215673
• FindAGrave ID: 110215673
• FamilySearch ID: LZKY-338
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZKY-338
• Elected: 1899-1900, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; Mayor
• Sells: 1903; E.D. Davidson & Son to The American Lumber Company (Pittsburgh, PA) headed by John Hatings and managed by Frank K. Brown

Notes:

"Frank" -
First Mayor of Bridgewater, NS

From the Halifax Herald, 11 Nov, 1913

A LUMBER KING OF NOVA SCOTIA - Death of Francis Davison Who Created a Lumber Industry That Became Greatest on South Shore. - 50 YEARS IN BRIDGEWATER  - A Public Spirited Citizen, Mr. Davison's Benefactions to Philanthropic and Educational Purposes Were Many.  BRIDGEWATER, November 10 - Francis Davison, the last of the old firm of E.D. Davison, lumbermen of this town, died this morning at five o'clock, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis which seized him on November 5th at six o'clock in the evening whilst writing in his office.  He had attended the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone of the high school building that afternoon and appeared in good health and spirits.  It was shortly afterward that he was stricken down.  He was removed to his house and Dr. Kelley summoned.  The next morning Dr. Fraser Harris of Dalhousie visited him in consultation with Dr. Kelley.  Since being stricken Mr. Davison had laid in a comatose condition.  On Sunday afternoon alarming symptoms set in and he past away aged about 65 years.

Mr. Davison was the third son of the late E.D. Davison, the founder of the firm and a pioneer in the lumber business.  The family moved to Bridgewater from Mill Village in the early sixties and engaged in lumber manufacturing, which business grew to large proportions and became the largest on the south shore.  After the death of the other members of the firm the business was sold to an American firm under the name of the Davison Lumber Company, limited, and since that time Mr. Davison, in partnership with his nephew, Archibald, carried on pulp manufacturing and shipping.  He was also interested in land in western Canada.

DEEPLY INTERESTED IN BRIDGEWATER'S WELL-BEING - Mr. Davison was a public spirited man and took a deep and active concern in everything affecting the welfare of Bridgewater.  He was the town's first mayor and has ever since been a member of the school board and it was thru (sic.) his efforts that the town secured one of the finest school sites in the province for its new building.  He was an estimable citizen, a man of generous and philanthropic actions, always ready to subscribe to worthy objects and always kind and helpful to the poor.  He will be greatly missed by the town and by the various associations with which he was connected.

A LIBERAL BENEFACTOR TO GOOD OBJECTS - Mr. Davison was a member of the Canadian conservation commission and his knowledge of forest and stream was of much importance to that body.

His benefactions were unostentatious but many.  Mount Allison university received a gift of $10,000 from him, and the Dalhousie fund was augmented by a thousand dollars from the same source.  The Methodist church loses a generous giver in Mr. Davison and his small hidden charities were many.  He was brusque in manner but generous-hearted and never appealed to in vain for any worthy object.  Mr. Davison was an uncompromising liberal in politics and refused a nomination to be a candidate to represent this county.

He was of a very domestic nature and found much pleasure in his family.  Of late years he and his family spent the winters in Toronto in a pretty residence on Spadina road, but he always manifested a deep love for Bridgewater and seemed always glad to get back to his pretty home.  Mr. Davison was wealthy and leaves a family of a widow, one son and two daughters.

The funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon at two o'clock."

Francis married Ella Margaret Fraser on 22 Oct 1879. Ella (daughter of Peter Grant Fraser and Azuba McGray Smith) was born on 3 Sep 1852 in Lunenburg County, NS; died on 14 Apr 1915 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Davison was born on 19 Jul 1880 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 8 Sep 1882 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. Louise Sutcliffe Davison, "Lou" was born on 21 Sep 1881 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 9 May 1961; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. Alma Minora Davison, "Allie" was born on 11 Aug 1884 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 14 May 1957 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. Aubrey Davison was born on 17 May 1887 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 3 Jul 1887 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
5. Reginald Francis Davison, "Rex" was born on 28 Feb 1891 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 25 Jul 1960 in Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Inherited: A farming, lumbering and fishing operation from his mother
• Lived in: Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; Corner of Elm Street and Aberdeen Rd.
• Military Service: Captain, 5th company, 2nd battalion, Queen's county militia
• Moved: 1860's, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105485954
• FindAGrave ID: 105485954
• FamilySearch ID: LVW3-836
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVW3-836
• Occupation: 1831; Inherits farming, fishing & lumber operation from his mother.
• Occupation: 1837; Controls over 500 acres
• Occupation: 1845; Builds first steam powered mill in Nova Scotia
• Elected: 1854-1858; Liberal Representative of Queens Co in the Provincial Legislature
• Established: 1865; E.D. Davison & Sons - 1st Industry in the County
• Occupation: 1865; Holdings on the Medway River were 10,000 acres
• Moved: 1869, Bridgewater, New Dublin Twp., Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
• Census: 1881, Summerside, Lunenburg, NS; 61 Years old, Merchant, C. Methodist

Notes:

Below from 'Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'

"In 1891 Davison, looking back on this enterprise, was able to note in his diary, "In my family I were blessed from beginning till now, never wishing for better days than I did enjoy. . . . And now at 72 I enjoy my time at my first love which is lumbering in all its branches from Stump to foreign Markets with other engagements thrown in for the fun of the thing." After his death in 1894, others in the community praised his many charitable acts.

Below from 'Famous Nova Scotians p. 64-65:

"One of Nova Scotia's most famous businessmen of the nineteenth century.  By the 1880's E.D. Davidson & Sons had become the largest lumber business in Nova Scotia with property totaling 200,000 acres.  He owned five mills and employed 350 men.  These mills combined produced 12 million board feet per year which sold for about $120,000. "

"Davidson inherited 580 acres of farm and forest land, fishing rights, and a saw mill from his mother's side of the family.  As both of his parents were dead when he was 12 years of age, his aunt acted as his regent until he was 18.  By this age he had developed a great love for the woods and the whole lumbering operation."

"He ordered a steam engine from Michael Mcdonnell and James Neilson from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and had it in operation in 1845 at a location in Mill Village, Queens County.  It was the fist steam engine used to operate a sawmill in Nova Scotia.  In order to run the steam engine he had to have coal delivered from Cape Breton.  The Mill was nicknamed "Old Kettle" because of the clouds of steam that eminated from the mill.  Old Kettle Road and the name Mill Village, are references to the first steam mill operated in Nova Scotia."

"Davison had another steam engine built for a shingle mill in 1864 by the Chebucto Foundry in Halifax.  It is interesting to note that the engine was purchased for $20 in and that he sold it in 1886, twenty-two years later for $30 making a profit of $10 after two decades of use -- a testimonial to Davison's frugality and mechanical ability."

"After a stint in politics from 1855 to 1859 as MLA for Queens County, Davison increased his holdings on the Medway River and by 1865 he held 10,000 acres.  He also expanded his operations by opening a successful mill on the La Have River."

"In the next 20 years Davison expanded his lumbering acreage dramatically until he became the largest lumber producer in Nova Scotia, owning 200,000 acres.  He had 350 men on his payroll and needed 50 teams of oxen to supply timber for 5 mills.  In one year he produced 122 million board feet.  His export markets included the United States, West Indies, and many countries in Europe." 

"He certainly should be considered the Founding Father of Bridgewater because his lumbering operations put Bridgewater on the map."

Below from the "History of the County of Lunenburg" p.219:

Edward Doran Davison died at his residence, East Bridge- water, February 21st, 1894. The following is a condensed statement from accounts published in local papers: " He was born at Mill Village, in Queen's county, in the month of June, 1819. There he became the head of a flourishing lumbering, farming and fishing industry, and prosecuted his affairs with untiring zeal until about 1865, when, owing to destructive forest fires, he removed to Bridgewater. Here he founded the well-known firm of E. D. Davison & Sons.

"At the time of his death he had fairly earned the proud distinction of having the largest lumber business in the Province, and one of the largest in the Dominion.

"In 1854, he was elected to the Provincial Parliament, as member for Queen's county, and sat in the House during the palmy days of Johnston, Howe, and Young.

"Socially, Mr. Davison was an exceedingly interesting person to meet. He always had a fund of anecdotes concerning old times, and the men who helped to build up Nova Scotia. He was a veritable encyclopaedia of reminiscences, and seemed a link between the old and the new. No one in need ever went away from him empty-handed, and the monuments of his benefactions are numerous."

Mr. Davison was a fine-looking man, and even in his later years there seemed to be no lessening of his abundant energy. " He was fond of out-door life, and always superintended the management of his mills, having a thorough knowledge of, and great liking for, machinery. He has in the past twenty- five years given more than any other twenty men in the county towards the erection of churches. We have learned from outside sources of his charitable excursions, spending two or three days at a time, visiting needy families of former friends, employees and old family retainers, cheering them with his hearty laugh, and hope-inspiring presence, and leaving with them such substantial assistance as would fully meet their necessities."

The writer can warmly unite in the praise of which the deceased has, by others, been deemed worthy.

Instances of Mr. Davison's generous dealings have been told to him, but in accordance with what would have been the wish of the giver, they are not here specially named. They stamped him, however, as a noble-hearted man. He was very fond of reading and hearing about the discoveries from time to time of pre-historic relics, and he was also a great lover of scientific study, and followed with the greatest, interest the marvellous improvements of the nineteenth century.

About a month before his death he referred, in conversation, to the great loss the community had sustained in the decease of Robert Dawson, Esq., little thinking that his own departure was so near at hand. " He was twice married. His first wife, to whom he was united at the early age of twenty, was Desiah Mack, daughter of Elisha Mack. She died some years ago. By her he had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living. His second wife, who survives him, was Martha, daughter of the late Hon. John Campbell, of Liverpool, N.S."

Below from the "Bridgewater Bulletin", 10 Feb 1999

"Edward Doran Davison, founder of the Davison lumber business, was born was born in Mill Village, Queens County, on this day. Mr. Davison was elected by the Liberals to the Provincial Parliament as a member for Queens County in 1854. During the last pre-Confederation decade, he was present in the house during the prominent days of Johnstone, Howe and Young. Though he was defeated for reelection by Sir Charles Tupper, Mr. Davison did not relinquish his involvement in politics. He continued, until his death, to be a strong supporter and influential Liberal in both Lunenburg and Queens counties. In 1865, Mr. Davison moved to Bridgewater in Lunenburg County, after destructive forest fires ravaged most of Queens County. He first bought out the Glenwood mill property, then principally owned by Captain Whyman. This became the beginning of an empire known as E. D. Davison and Sons. In 1868, Mr. Davison built his second mill, located on the LaHave River about one quarter mile below his first mill. After his second mill he continued to purchase property and old mill sites. Over the years he acquired, the Sumerside (Dayspring) property, the mills at Alpena, Cook's mills and Silver's Falls, widening his business into Mill Village and Port Medway. At the time of his death Mr. Davison had earned the proud distinction of having the largest lumber business in the province and one of the largest in Canada."

From The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self made men:

"Edward D. Davison, Bridgewater, N.S.

Edward Doran Davison, the leading lumber manufacturer in the Province of Nova Scotia, is a great grandson of one of the original grantees of the township of Horton, county of King's (1762), and was born at Mill Village, Queens County, Nova Scotia, on the 10th of June, 1819, his father being Samuel Davison, a farmer, who was born in Horton, and died on the old Doran estate, at Mill Village, in 1825; his mother was Eleanor Doran, daughter of Patrick Doran, who was an Irishman of Saxon stock, and who came to Nova Scotia from Newfoundland, and was a man of much note, being a magistrate for many years, and captain of militia under Colonel Perkins, holding his commission (dated 1793), from Lieutenant-Govenor Sir John Wentworth, that commission being in the hands of our subject; his mother died in 1829, when he was placed in the care of an aunt, Catherine Doran, until he was old enough to take care of the property which was left him by his maternal grandfather.  He received an ordinary English education, and at seventeen years of age took charge of that property which he still owns.

Mr. Davison has been in the lumber business since his early manhood.  In 1869, he removed to Bridgewater, county of Lunenburg, directly on the La Have, down which river his lumber is floated.

His three sons, Charles Henry, Edward D. and Francis, are in the company with him, and they cut usually from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 feet per anum, and in 1880, cut 13,000,000 believed to be the largest amount cut by any one firm in the province.

Mr. Davison and his sons own something like 100,000 acres of timber land in King's, Annapolis and Lunenburg counties, and our subject has also thousands of acres in Queen's county, devoted partially to agricultural purposes, 600 of it being homestead.

Mr. Davison has always had a careful oversight of his business, and has rarely accepted office: Once (1855), he was beguiled with contesting Queen's county for the Legislative Assembly, and was successful, being in parliament for four years, and having among his associates, Adams G. Archibald, Joseph Howe, Charles Tupper, William A. Henry, William Young and others who have since risen to distinction in the province or the Dominion.

In his younger years, Mr. Davison was connected with the militia, and rose to the rank of captain, 5th company, 2nd battalion, Queen's county militia.

In 1839 he married Desiah Mack, daughter of Elisha Mack, of Mill Village, whose grand-father, Samuel Mack came to Nova Scotia from Connecticut about 1764, and was a prominent man in his day.  Mrs. Davison is the mother of ten children, all living but two.  William grew up; became a seaman; was sick in England, and returned home and died.  Annie died while attending school at Sackville academy.  Besides the three sons already mentioned, are five daughters; Catherine, the widow of John Struthers, M.D. late of King's county, and son of Rev. George Struthers, formally a Presbyterian Minster at Cornwallis; Eleanor married to Bernard E. Rogers, of Yarmouth; Mary D. to Rev. Caleb Parker, a Methodist minister; Elizabeth De Wolf, who is in the State of New York, and Amelia Freeman, who is pursuing her studies at home.

The eldest son, C. H. Davison, was elected to the local parliament in 1876, and served two sessions, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. M.B. DesBrisay, on his elevation to the bench.  All the sons are smart enterprising men.

Our subject, it should be added is a natural and ingenious mechanic, making all his mills, and never allowing a slip-shod piece of work ot pass out of his hands; his lumber commands the top figures in the European market, and no better deals than his, it is safe to say, cross the Atlantic."

Below from the Bridgewater Bulletin, "In a Reminiscent Mood". by F. T. Freeman, March 18. 1964:

"Edward Doran Davison was born in 1819 and established mills on the Medway River. In 1865 he took his sons into partnership and started lumbering on the LaHave  River in Lunenburg County.  He came into posession of the water rights and most of the timber lands on the upper reaches of the LaHave.  At one time the Davisons owned 200,000 acres of timber land and many mills."

"The LaHave River sometimes looked like a forest of masts of ships loading and waiting to be loaded with their timber under the direction of Philip Rafuse, Sr., while year in and year out steady streams of teams plodded through King Street hauling lumber from mills to the wharf, most prominent among them being Daniel Sarty with his oxen as shown on a popular post card."

"Edward Doran Davison died February 21, 1894 and at the time of his death he was said to have the largest lumber business in Nova Scotia and one of the largest in the Dominion."

"Some of the men closely connected with the Davison firm in office, store, and mill work in Bridgewater were Mr. McDougald, father of our Town Clerk C.B. McDougald; R.M. McDormand, his successor as accountant; Charles M. Brent, Aubrey Phinney, Charles McDormand, Robert Reeves, Sr., Philip Rafuse Sr., Daniel Sarty, the Rameys, Manthornes, Pennys, Hubleys and Foleys."

"In 1903 business assets of this family were sold to an American company incorporated under the name "The Davison Lumber Company". This company operated for many years in the manufacturing of products of the forest. Their ups and downs, their railroad, mills, etc, would make a larger story."

Note added to above by unknown: "In the old mills, the name up and down saw refered to those with one saw; mills such as the Davison Lumber Company mill with many carriages and many saws to each carriage were called Gang Mills."

Below from the Halifax Herald, 23 Feb, 1894

"AN IRREPARABLE LOSS - Sustained by the Counties of Lunenburg and Queens in the Death of E. D. Davison (Special Despatch to the Halifax Herald) - Bridgewater, February 22. -- the death of the late E.D. Davison, who was known as the lumber king of Nova Scotia, which occurred on Wednesday evening, has cast a deep gloom over the town and county.  He contracted a severe cold which resulted in pneumonia and after a short illness died suddenly.  As he has always enjoyed exceptionally robust health which gave promise of a ripe old age, his sudden death at the age of 75, his illness not being known beyond his family and his friends, was a great shock to the county.  He was without doubt one of the most prominent figures in Nova Scotia.  He represented the county of Queens in the provincial parliament from 1854 to 1858.  He offered for re election from the same constituency in 1863, but was defeated.  From youth he carried on an extensive Lunenburg business at Mill Village until 1865, when he removed his operations to Bridgewater, and there founded the great Lunenburg firm of E. D. Davison & Sons, the most extensive in the province.  Mr. Davison was most liberal and open handed, giving far and wide to every body and every object that was deserving, and hundreds of the needy will miss his generosity.  He leaves three sons, four daughters and a widow, his second wife, to mourn his loss.  The counties of Lunenburg and Queens have met with an irreparable loss."

J. Howell notes:  One of the most unusual gravestones I have seen.  In the shape of a sturdy tree trunk - how perfectly fitting. Photo on file.  His wife, Desiah Mack, is also his half first cousin, 1 time removed.  Their common ancestor is Desiah Cohoon.

(Research):Desire Cahoon is EDD's Grandmother
Desire Cahoon is Desiah Macks Great Gm.

Desire Cahoon m. Samuel Mack 1766
William Mack
Elisha Mack
Desiah Mack

Desire Cahoon m. Patrick Doran 1785
Eleanor Doran m. Samuel John Davsion 1818
Ed. Davison Sr.

1/2 cousins once removed.


From Place Names of Nova Scotia p. 94 -

"Mill Villiage - At one time called Mills Village.  It received its name owing to the first settlers Smith and Mosley, having erected a grist mill there.  The place was surveyed and granted about 1760."

Contact: John S. Howell, Jr. 723 Willowwood Lane,
Naples, FL jhowell@jhowell.com
http://www.jhowell.com/

Jan 2005- The information from each of
the three Davison trees I have seen
is shown together below by generation
in order to more easily see the differnces
and similarities.

Shown is an extract of each tree
focusing on the direct ancestors of E.D. Davison
of Bridgewater, NS


BPW = Betty Parker Wolfe's tree p2 - I photocopied
from the Debrisay Museum files in Bridgewater, NS
during a visit in July 2003.

DMT = Debrisay Museum Tree - I photocopied from the
Debrisay Museum files on E.D. Davison during
a visit in July 2003.

ART = Art Davison Tree - is posted on the Internet here:
http://www.islandregister.com/davison2.html.
Art wrote me the following about his sources:

"The first is a book I inherited from my father -
'The Genealogical Record of the Davison, Davidson,
Davisson Family of New England' compiled by
H.R.Remsen Coles of New York in 1899. It's a lovely,
limited edition, (300 copies printed) hard-covered book
which I recently had rebound.  It's a wonderful
record to have, even though it contains many errors
and lacks a lot of information (Obviously, it doesn't
have anything on people born after 1900)"

"The second,and more important work, is a photocopied
volume entitled "A Planter Davison Fivesome"
by James Doyle Davison of Wolfville, N.S., published
in 1997.  James was my 3rd cousin, and I got my copy
of his book from him in 2002, when we were
in the Maritimes."


* = Direct ancestor of E.D.Davison of Bridgewater



------------4x Great Grandparents of E.D. Davison ----------

*ART1. - Daniel Davison b 1630 Scotland m M. Lowe
ART2. i.  Thomas Davison m. Hannah Tracey

*DMTa1. - Nicholas Davison b.1611 m ?
DMTa2. i.  Daniel Davison of Ipswich
*DMTa3. ii. Thomas Davison m. Hannah Tracey

------------3x Great Grandparents of E.D. Davison ----------

*ART2.  - Thomas Davison m. Hannah Tracey
ART3.  i.   Johathan Davison b. 1697
*ART4.  ii.  Thomas Davison b. 1701/2 m. Lydia Herrick
ART5.  iii. John Davison b. 1707


*DMTa3. - Thomas Davison m. Hannah Tracey
i.
ii.
*DMTa4. iv. Thomas Davison m. Lydia Herrick
v.
vi.
vii.


------------2x Great Grandparents of E.D. Davison ----------

*ART4.  -  Thomas Davison m. Lydia Herrick
*ART9.  i.  Andrew Davison b.1727 m. Eunice Kimball

*DMTa4. -  Thomas Davison m. Lydia Herrick
*DMT1.  i. Andrew Davison m Eunice Kimball



------------Great Grandparents of E.D. Davison ----------

*ART9.  -  Andrew Davison m Eunice Kimball
ART21. i.   Thomas Davison b 1753 CT
ii.  Anna (Sarah) Davison b. 1754 CT
iii. Andrew Davison b 1755 CT m. Rachel Dennison
*ART22. iv.  Asa Davison b 1756
v.   Eunice Davison
vi.  John Davison
vii. Sabra Davison m. Elihu Woodworth
viii.Mercy Anne Davison b 1762
ix.  Nathan Davison b 1768
x.   Daniel Davison b. 1774

*BPW1.  -  Andrew Davison b. abt. 1712 came from Preston, CT m Dennison from neighborhood of New London CT
*BPW2. i. David Davison

*DMT1. - Andrew Davison m Eunice Kimball
DMT2. i.   m dau of Col Dennison
DMT3  ii.  m dau of Col Dennison
DMT4. iii. m Elihu Woodworth, lived in Evangeline Beach
*DMT5. iv.  ASA
DMT6. - DMT9.

------------Grandparents of E.D. Davison ----------

*ART22.- Asa Davison b. 1756 m. Prudence Denison
i.   Joshua Davison b 1783
ii.  Rachel Davison b 1784 m. John Angus m2. Asa Chesley
ART49 iii. David Davison b 1786
*ART50 iv.  Samuel Davison b 1788 d 1825
v.   Eunice Davison b 1790 m. Enoch Condon
ART51 vi.  Asa Davison b. 1800

*BPW2. - David Davison m. ?
*BPW3. i.   Samuel Davison m Eleanor Doran
BPW4. ii.  ASA Davison m lived in Kingston NB
PPW5. iii. David Davison m?
BPW6. iv.  Pamela Davison m Condon

*DMT5. - ASA m?
DMT10. i.
DMT11. ii.
DMT12. iii.
*DMT13  iv. Samuel b. 1791 m. Eleanor Doran


------------Parents of E.D. Davison ----------

*ART50. - Samuel Davison m. Eleanor Doran
i.   Edward Doran Davison b 1819
ii.  David Davison b. 1821 d. 1828
iii. Henry Davison b. 1823 d. 1834


*BPW3.  - Samuel Davison m Eleanor Doran
BPW4.  - ASA Davison m lived in Kingston NB
BPW5.  - David Davison m?
BPW7.  i.   Eliza Davison m. Struthers
BPW8.  ii.  William Davison (father of August O'Connor)
BPW9.  iii. David Davison
BPW10. iv.  John Davison
BPW11. v.   George Davison
BPW12. vi.  Prudence Davison m. Webster
BPW13. vii. Matilda Davison
BPW6.  - Pamela Davison m Condon


*MT13  - Samuel Davison b. 1791 m. Eleanor Doran
DMT14.  i.   died young
DMT15.  ii.  died young
DMT16.  iii. Edward Davison m Desiah Mack m2 Martha Campbell

Listed as age 61 in 1881 Canadian Census.
Religion: C. Methodist.


He had 3 sons according to IMG_0025.jpg - this reconciles with other data.  Except that there is a picture of an A.F. Davison included in the E.D. Davison description on p. 56 of "One Hundred Years" - no idea who this is.

Edward married Desiah Mack on 18 Sep 1839 in Mill Village, Queens Co., NS. Desiah (daughter of Elisha Mack and Eliza Freeman) was born on 11 Nov 1821; died on 8 Apr 1886; was buried in Mill Village Community Cemetery, Mill Village, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived in: Mill Village, Queens Co., NS
• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105485574
• FindAGrave ID: 105485574
• FamilySearch ID: MNWC-36Z
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MNWC-36Z
• Alt. Birth: 11 Nov 1821, Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia
• Alt. Death: 8 Apr 1886, Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Notes:

(Research):There seem to be an abundance of Mack's in the Mill Villiage cemetery.

There is a conflict over who her father was - according to Bob Heglich who quotes "History of the Descendants of John Whitman..." Elisha was her first husband, and children were from her second husband Edward Mack b. 3 Feb 1805

Notes:

Married:
JSHJr notes: E. D. Davison and Desiah Mack are also 1/2 first cousins once removed.  Their common ancesotr is Desire Cahoon.  Desire Cahoon (m1. Samuel Mack in 1766)  is Desiah Mack's Great Grandmother.  Desire Cahoon is also E.D. Davison's Grandmother (m2. Patrick Doran in 1785).  So that means that ED and his wife had about 1/32 of their genes in common - the equivalent of a marriage between second cousins. (The medical risk to offspring of second cousins is not increased vs the general population)

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105488896
• FindAGrave ID: 105488896
• FamilySearch ID: LZKY-3HQ
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZKY-3HQ
• Alt. Birth: 10 Apr 1788

Notes:

4th in birth order according to DesBrisay tree

(Research):Hal Lathrop told me has the only photo of him - conv. 2 Nov 2005

Samuel married Eleanor Doran after 27 Jun 1818. Eleanor (daughter of Patrick Doran and Desire Cahoon) was born on 26 Jan 1791 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada; died in Jan 1831 in Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Mill Village Community Cemetery, Mill Village, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105489071
• FindAGrave ID: 105489071
• FamilySearch ID: LCDW-R64
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCDW-R64
• Alt. Death: 1829

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L7XK-PJ3
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7XK-PJ3
• Alt. Death: 6 Aug 1837, Mill Village, Queens, Nova Scotia

Notes:

(Research):Charles Donald Davison's chart shows Elisha Mack m1 Eliza Freeman m2. Edward Mack. (Seems like an error - male m. male. He shows no children with Eliza Freeman.  He shows children with Edward Mack are: Desiah, Benjamin Perkins, Eliza, William, Lydia, Mary Eliza, and Ascenath.

Elisha married Eliza Freeman in 1818 in Queens Co., NS. Eliza (daughter of Nelson Freeman and Mary Whitman) was born on 27 Nov 1796 in Liverpool, Queens, NS, Canada; died on 25 Mar 1855 in Mill Village, Queens Co., NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K8W8-LY3
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8W8-LY3

Notes:

(Research):Conflict - Bob Hegerich says 'History of the Descendants of John Whitman' says her children were with second husband Edward Mack

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LWM9-Q67
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWM9-Q67

Notes:

(Research):Betty Parker Wolf shows David, but most others disagree.

Asa married Prudence Denison on 30 Apr 1782 in Kings Co., NS. Prudence (daughter of Col. David Sherman Denison and Sarah Fox) was born on 8 Jan 1757 in Montville, CT; died on 17 Jan 1821 in NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KGQL-8QR
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGQL-8QR

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• Immigrated: to Canada
• FamilySearch ID: L7J2-R47
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7J2-R47
• Granted: 22 Jul 1786, Mill Village, Queens Co., NS; 250 Acres

Notes:

From The Canadian Biographical Dictionary:

"Patrick Doran, who was an Irishman of Saxon stock, and who came to Nova Scotia from Newfoundlandand was a man of much note, being a magistrate for many years, and captain of militia under Colonel Perkins, holding his commission (dated 1793), from Lieutenant-Govenor Sir John Wentworth, that commission being in the hands of our subject" [Edward Doran Davison]

(Research):The Canadian Biographical Dictionary p. 537 has an un-related (so far) John Doran:

"John Doran, stipendiary magistrate, registrar and judge of the Division Court in the District of Nipissing, dates his birth at Perth, county of Lanark, Ont. January 10, 1826.  His parents were John Doran senior, who came from Wexford, Ireland, alone when quiet young and was a merchant at Perth; and Mary McGarry, who was from the county of West Meath, Ireland.  His father died at Perth in 1850; his mother is still living being in her 76th year....."

Patrick married Desire Cahoon on 19 Jan 1785 in Liverpool, NS. Desire (daughter of William Cahoon and Elizabeth Gallop) was born on 19 Apr 1747; died on 1 Sep 1809 in Liverpool, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived in: Port Medway, NB
• FamilySearch ID: L7JK-NYR
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7JK-NYR

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L41S-7RH
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L41S-7RH

Notes:

(Research):Albert Brownrigg chart notes:

"b. 1769, m. 1794, d. 1814" so death date conflicts with childrens' b. dates.

William married Mary Burbank on 22 Apr 1794 in Liverpool, NS. Mary (daughter of Timothy Burbank and Lydia Freeman) was born in 1764 in Liverpool, Queens, NS, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L41S-7JC
• FamilySearch URL: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L41S-7JC

Notes:

Married:
"By the Rev. John Payzant"

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• FindAGrave URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110886760
• FindAGrave ID: 110886760

Notes:

From the notes of Glen Bodie:

The tombstone says "Sacred to the memory of Nelson Freeman who departed this life on the XX1st day of March A.D. MDCCCXIX Aged LV years; For give blest shades the tributary tear, that mourns thy exit from a world like this, for give the wish that would have kept thee here, and stayed thy progress to the seats of Bliss"

(Research):Maybe check here: The Great Migration Begins, by Charles Robert Anderson, an ongoing research project under the auspices of the NEHGS, profile of immigrant Samuel Freeman; HQC [9-16]; FG [Part II: 350-354, 356, 359-360, 368-369, 382].
From http://www.geneajourney.com/ :
MILES, John, son of John Miles and Martha, emigrated from Norwich, Norfolk, England to "the Falls", now Milton, in Queens County, Nova Scotia, and was one of the first settlers of this region. There is no record of his arrival on any surviving ship manifest, but he first appears on record in June of 1786. He married into a branch of the Freeman family which had removed from Barnstable, Massachusetts to Nova Scotia in 1760/61. The next two generations married into the Crouse and Keddy families of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Many additional New England lines were introduced in the last-covered generation of this line, through Ida Tew SCOTT, many of whom were among the earliest settlers of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. These include Tew, Keith, Chapman, Franklin, Fobes, Lothrop, Prence, Brewster, Coggeshall, Throckmorton, Dodge, Cooke, Potter, Rathbone, Graves, Remington, and Allis.

Nelson married Mary Whitman on 27 Jun 1787 in Liverpool, Queens, NS, Canada. Mary (daughter of Deacon John Whitman and Mary Foster) was born on 26 Mar 1763 in Stowe, Middlesex, MA; died on 13 Feb 1828 in Milton, NS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Lived in: Milton, Queens Co., NS

Notes:

(Research):Alt. birth Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, NS