Daniel Davisson I (1630-1693) was transported from Scotland to Essex, Massachusetts as "... one of the victims of the Cromwellian victories over the Scotch Covenanters in 1650-51." He married Margaret Low in 1657, and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and elsewhere.

The surname Davidson or Davison is said to have originated from the Gaelic, MacDaibhidh. The name literally means the son of David or Davy. Two of the earliest Davisons in America were Nicholas Davison (1611-1664) and Daniel Davison (1630-1693) who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Davisons also settled in Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey at a very early date. Descendants live throughout the United States.

Nathaniel Davison was born at Clarksburt, Harrison County, West Virginia in 1777. He married Nancy McIlhaney in 1799 and died at Stony Point, West Virginia.

James Gatch Davisson was born, to Isaac Davisson, Jr. and Sarah Curl, 23 January 1829 South Charleston, Madison Township, Clark, Ohio. He died 11 July 1927 in Atlanta, Macon, Missouri. He married Susan Sarah Wingate 7 September 1853. Sarah, daughter of Peter Wingate and Elizabeth Ward, was born 14 December 1833 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware. She died 22 September 1894 in Atlanta, Macon, Missouri. They had eleven children.

Nicholas Davison (1611-1664) emigrated about 1630 from England to Charlestown, Massachusetts, as the agent for Governor Craddock. He married Joan Hodges, and their first child was born in 1639. Lorenzo Benjamin Davison (1838-1918), a direct descendant in the eighth generation, moved from New York to Ford Madison, Iowa, and married Esther Jane Annabel in 1860. He served in the Civil War, then farmed near Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, and moved to San...

Daniel Davison (ca. 1630-1693) immigrated from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts during or before 1657 and married Margaret Low in 1657. Descendants lived in New England, the midwest and elsewhere.

Chiefly a record of some of the ancestors and descendants of Mary Elizabeth Loop. She was born 26 Oct 1913 in Logansport, Indiana, to Clarence Vinton Loop and Elizabeth Pearl Couk. She married Jack Leslie (Tracy) Duffy 15 May 1935 in Los Angeles, California. He was born 16 Feb 1909 in Langham, Saskatchewan, to Ray Arthur Tracy and Nellie Florence Atkins. He died 28 Mar 1908 in Westlake Village, California. They are the parents of two children....

Benjamin Copeland was born in Virginia in 1752. He changed the spelling of his name to Coplin and married Deborah Shinn. After her death he married Josina Mount. He had 24 children between his two wives. He was interested in education. Information on many of his descendants is included in this material. Descendants live in Ohio, Kansas, California, and elsewhere in the United States. Includes Coplin, Copland, Shinn, Mount, Davisson, Davis, Hunt,...

Joseph Bailey, parents not listed, was born 28 Jan 1761 in Maryland. He married Elinor Frum, parents not listed, on 5 Mar 1783 possibly in Frederick County, Virginia. They had 10 children. Elinor died in 1832. Joseph married Letitia Price, parents not listed, on 8 Nov 1832 in Harrison County, Virginia. Joseph died on 21 June 1850 in Taylor County, Virginia. His descendants have lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, and other...

Daniel Davison was born in 1630 in Scotland, and probably served in the Scot army in 1649/50. He was made a prisoner of the British, and shipped to Ipwich, Massachusetts. He moved to Newbury, and died in 1693.