Major John Jamison Davidson

1709 - 1778  (69 years)

• Name	John Jamison Davidson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Major
  Birth	1709	Armagh County, Northern Ireland   [1, 2, 5]
  	(County Armagh, Ireland)
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1729	Jamaica   [2]
  Immigration	1740	Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Death	3 Apr 1778	Iredell County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 4, 5]
  Burial	Coddle Creek ARP Church Cemetery, Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I22346	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Davidson,   b. Abt 1670, Armagh County, Northern Ireland d. 30 Aug 1723 (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Deweese,   b. 1684, Dublin, Ireland d. 1723, Armagh County, Northern Ireland (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F13782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Jane 'Martha' Morrison,   b. Abt 1711, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1755, North Carolina, USA (Age 44 years)
  Children	1. Rachel Davidson,   b. Abt 1730, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1796 (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Major William Davidson,   b. 10 Oct 1736, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 May 1814, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1709 - Armagh County, Northern Ireland Immigration - 1740 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 3 Apr 1778 - Iredell County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-DAVIDSON Davidson Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Jamaica; Year: 1729; Page Number: 401. [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1740; Page Number: 121. [S342] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;). [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970