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m. Abt 1761
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[edit] Baptism at Tinkling SpringElizabeth Davidson is listed in the Tinkling Spring List of Baptisms in Augusta County, Virginia on 19 April 1741.
[edit] Noteshttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/davidson.html 19. Elizabeth3 Davidson (John (Old John) Davidson2 Davison, William1 ) was born 1741 in Orange Co., VA, and died 1820. She married Ephraim McLean Abt. 1760 in Iredell Co., NC, son of John McLean and Margaret Moore. He was born 1730 in Mull, Argyll, Scotland, and died 1823 in Harrodsburg, Greenville, KY. Notes for Ephraim McLean: In 1750, Ephraim McLean, Sr. emigrated to America with brother Charles McLean. He was a member of the Committee of Safety of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1775, and also served as a soldier, participating in the battle of King's Mountain. He may have been married in Rockbridge Co., VA, though much of the family had already moved to NC by 1760. http://www.tennkin.com/bios/johnandeph_bio.htm includes a lot of this family's story. On June 18, 1977, the Ephraim McLean Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze memorial marker outside of the Caney Station Cemetery, where Ephraim and Elizabeth are buried, in honor of Ephraim's service during the Revolution. Children of Elizabeth Davidson and Ephraim McLean are:
http://www.tennkin.com/bios/johnandeph_bio.htm In 1760, Ephraim married Elizabeth Davidson in Rowan County, North Carolina. Other sources say the marriage was in 1761. The marriage bond was taken out from Virginia. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Davidson (Sr.) and her mother’s name was Jane. John and Jane Davidson had to come to America with five children from Ulster, Ireland. The main reason for so many Irishmen coming to Philadelphia was so they could settle in a non-Catholic environment, in the present area of Chester and Lancaster counties of Pennsylvania. William Penn had sent agents all over Ulster and surrounding areas to promote the settlement in America. This growing family of Davidson’s settled first in or around Chestnut Level in Chester County. The migration from Ireland had grown so much that Penn’s agents were forced to close the doors of the land office. Most of these people actually were considered “squatters.” References
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