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     Sarah was born at Paris Twp., Edgar Co., IL, on 12 July 1848. She was named for her aunt..¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Davison and Harriet Matilda Lyon. She married Charles L. Lyon on 6 February 1872.² Sarah died on 28 December 1936 Her obituary has her middle name as Rosa. Three of her seven children were alive..¹
     As of 6 February 1872,her married name was Lyon. She and her husband were at the funeral of her mother at Mrs. Bonner's home at Mahlon Clear Creek Precinct. She was mentioned in the obituary as Mrs. Chas. Lyon.³ In 1900 she joined the Congregational Church in Germantown now Garland, Nebraska.

     He married Sarah Rowena (Rosa) Davison on 6 February 1872.¹
     He homesteaded a farm in 1867 in Seward County. near Leahy after his discharge from the war.

     Harriet was born. She was the daughter of Daniel Davison and Harriet Matilda Lyon.

     Alice was born. She was the daughter of Daniel Davison and Harriet Matilda Lyon.

     John was born on 22 April 1772. John was born on 21 April 1772. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. He married Elizabeth Williams on 12 March 1796. John died on 28 December 1858 at Peru, VT. John died in December 1857.
     Deacon John Davison was also known as John Davison. He resided at Peru, VT, in 1800. John was a farmer, Deacon in the Congregational Church. It was reported that one of his mottos was not to say anything about a person unless it could be something good.

     Elizabeth was born on 2 February 1781. She married Deacon John Davison on 12 March 1796. Elizabeth died on 31 March 1828.
     As of 12 March 1796,her married name was Davison.

     Joseph was born at Pomfret, Windham, CT, on 26 December 1730. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. He married Lydia Goodell at Pomfret, Windham, CT, on 5 January 1757. Joseph died on 31 August 1808.
     He was a Deacon in the Congregational Church and a carpenter.

     Lydia was born at Pomfret, Windham, CT, on 7 April 1736. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Goodell and Lydia Whipple. She married Deacon Joseph Davison at Pomfret, Windham, CT, on 5 January 1757. Lydia died on 5 March 1822.
     As of 5 January 1757,her married name was Davison. In 1896 her two daughters were in Oberlin College and a son married and in Chicago.

     John was born on 1 December 1798. He was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. John died on 24 February 1860.

     Elizabeth was born at Peru, VT, on 7 July 1800. She was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams.
     Her married name was Priest.

     Hiram was born on 29 May 1802. He was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. Hiram died on 23 February 1864 at Illinois.
     He resided at Illinois.

     Aaron was born on 24 February 1804. He was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. Aaron died on 16 October 1831.

     Joseph was born on 13 August 1805. He was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams.
     His granddaughter Grace C. Davison lived at 213 Elm Street, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He was injured in an auto accident in Milwaukee and subsequently died. At that time he was in a home for aged ministers.

     Serefta was born on 1 October 1807. She was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams.
     Unmarried.

     Lucy was born in November 1809. She was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. Lucy died in October 1838.

     Clarissa D. Davison was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. She married Harley Coolidge at Peru, VT. Clarissa died on 26 September 1875 at Peru, VT.
     Her married name was Coolidge.

     He married Clarissa D. Davison at Peru, VT.
     Of Plymouth, VT.

     Stephen was born on 16 March 1815. He was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. Stephen died on 17 April 1816.

     Lydia was born on 16 January 1818. She was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams.
     Her married name was Coolidge.

     Mary was born on 20 February 1820. She was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. Mary died in March 1856 Died from injuries from cross sheep. at Peru, VT.

     Sarah was born on 16 January 1823. She was the daughter of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams.
     Unmarried.

     Flavel was born on 30 March 1828. He was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. Flavel died in 1853.
     Unmarried.

     James Davison was the son of Deacon John Davison and Elizabeth Williams. James died in 1886.
     He resided at Geauga Co., OH. Unmarried.

     Joseph was born on 3 September 1757. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. Joseph died on 24 February 1841.

     Lydia was born on 16 July 1760. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. She married Daniel Clark on 30 January 1780. Lydia died on 27 September 1848.
     As of 30 January 1780,her married name was Clark. They had eight children.

     He married Lydia Davison on 30 January 1780.

     Aaron was born on 8 October 1764. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. Aaron died in January 1846.

     Lucy was born. She was baptized. Religion:. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. Lucy died on 25 October 1789.

     Mehitable was born. She was baptized on 2 May 1796. Religion:. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. Mehitable died in February 1842.

     Samuel was born on 27 July 1774. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Lydia Goodell. Samuel died on 13 October 1861.

     Joseph was born at Preston, New London, CT, on 20 January 1703. He was the son of Peter Davison and Anne Morgan. He married Mary Warren Warner on 21 February 1729. Joseph died on 21 July 1757.
     He was one of the organizers of the First Church of Brooklyn (then Mortlake) in 1734.

     Mary was born in 1709. She married Deacon Joseph Davison on 21 February 1729. Mary died on 17 April 1777.
     As of 21 February 1729,her married name was Davison.

     Peter was born in 1670. He was the son of Daniel Davison and Margaret Low. He married Anne Morgan on 6 January 1695. Peter died in 1724.
     Peter was a at Congregational Church member on 15 June 1713. He was a carpenter.

     Anne Morgan was the daughter of Joseph Morgan and Dorothy Parke. She married Peter Davison on 6 January 1695.
     As of 6 January 1695,her married name was Davison.

     Daniel was born on 8 April 1639. The ancestry of Daniel is often incorrectly reported. He was not the son of Nicholas Davison and Joanna Hodges. A. H. Davison the early (1920) compiler of the Davison family initially repeated the Daniel-Nicholas connection but later revised his conclusion.

This is an excerpt from A. H. Davison's papers (supplied by Bill Collins): "Daniel Davison, the emigrant ancestor of the most numerous family of Davisons of America (and possibly of the world), of his period, has failed to leave of record a single word as to his ancestry. We are compelled to rely on circumstantial evidence in some instances. The early historians of the Massachusetts Bay Colonies, all seem to have accepted a mistake made by Farmer in his "First Settlers of Massachusetts" (p. 80, 1829 ed.) '"Daniel Davison, Ipswich, 1665 removed from Newbury, and was a man of note there, a major of the Essex regiment: member of the Artillery Co., 1672: He had a number of children." Felt accepted and repeated the substance of the statement: Savage in his Genealogical dictionary, "thought probable," as did every early historian who had occasion to mention Daniel Davison of Newbury (b. 1651), son of Nicholas Davison of Charlestown. Prior to the publication of the Cole's Davison genealogy, 1899, the compiler of this genealogy had traced to the third generation the descendants of Daniel Davison of Newbury, fully establishing the fact that Daniel of Ipswich was not a descendant of Nicholas Davison (1611)." Mr. Cole was advised of the facts, but chose to do what might greatly embarrass those who in personal sketches of their ancestry have copied this misleading work.

In 1666, Ipswich, Mass., prepared an address or petition expressive of the loyal disposition of the Ipswich Settlement to the British Crown, urging the Genral Court that "seasonable application bee made to his Majtie by meet persons, chosen & Sent for that end to clearer orselves and or actings from any such construction &c." This petition was signed by seventy-three persons of Ipswich, among whom were Danl Davison, Thomas Low and their neighbors. (Waters' Hist of Ipswich, vol. 1, p. 139; also Mass. Hist Coll. 2d series, vol. VIII, p. 107).

It is conceived that this act of joining in this petition by Daniel Davison of Ipswich attracted the attention of John Farmer and caused him in his "Register of First Settlers" to locate Daniel Davison, later of Newbury, first at Ipswich. From this error has followed the publishing as descendants of the Newbury Daniel, the numerous descendants of Daniel Davison of Ipswich: Daniel Davison, then of Charlestown, and later of Newbury, was at the date of the signing this historic paper, a youth of the age of fourteen years. There is no suggestion, other than that both lines used the name "Daniel" of near relationship. The methods of the two men, in the affairs of life were vey dissimilar.

Daniel Davison was an industrious husbandman, beginning evidently, without capital, as is disclosed in 1661, in the probate of the will of Daniel Ringe, as "in possession of a farm" of one hundred ten acreas. He was not a freeman, or commoner. Prior to 1662, freemen required to be members of a Protestant church, and strictly speaking was one who had never belonged to another, and by the vicissitudes of war, he had for a short period been the owned servant of another, by the ordinance of Cromwell's Parliament, to the extent of the repayment of the cost of his exile to Massachusetts Bay Colony.

A. H. Davison, in a letter to Ida Mae (Davison) Bonner in 1923 wrote that Daniel's birthdate was 1630. He did not cite his source..^1,2 He married Margaret Low at Ipswich (Hamilton), Massachusetts, on 13 April 1657.^1,2,3 His body was interred at Congregational Cemetery.
     Daniel was a member at Wenham, MA, on 5 January 1674 of the Wenham Meeting House.. He left a will on 5 December 1693. He was born 1630 in Scotland and was exiled to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a prisoner of war having been a soldier in the Covenanter Army of Scotland. He landed in Ipswich in 1651.

On 13 Sep 1666 he signed a loyalist petition. He served as a Major of the Essex Regiment and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. in 1672.

     Margaret was born in 1634. She was the daughter of Thomas Low and (?) (?). She married Daniel Davison at Ipswich (Hamilton), Massachusetts, on 13 April 1657.^2,3,1
     As of 13 April 1657,her married name was Davison.

     
     Of Preston, Connecticut.

     Lois was born on 25 February 1732. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. She married Stephen Walker on 30 September 1762. Lois died on 29 December 1815.
     As of 30 September 1762,her married name was Walker. She was recived in the church 11 Sep. 1757.

     John was born on 1 November 1734. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. He married Mehitabel Sabin on 6 January 1757.

     Ebenezer was born. He was baptized on 29 April 1737. Religion:. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. He married (?) (?) on 12 November 1760. Ebenezer died on 12 November 1760.

     Peter was born. He was baptized. Religion:. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. He married Abigail Woodward on 28 April 1768.

     Mary was born. She was baptized. Religion:. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. She married Thomas Pellet on 6 October 1764.
     As of 6 October 1764,her married name was Pellet.

     Phineas was born. He was baptized on 27 February 1743. Religion:. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner.

     Elizabeth was born on 4 April 1746. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. She was baptized on 11 April 1746. Religion:.

     Daniel was born on 14 June 1748. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. He married Catherine Davies on 20 November 1777. Daniel died in January 1803.

     Dorothy was born on 13 October 1750. She was the daughter of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. She married Thomas Dike on 11 December 1770.
     As of 11 December 1770,her married name was Dike.

     Paul was born on 12 May 1752. He was the son of Deacon Joseph Davison and Mary Warren Warner. He married Sarah Hyde on 6 November 1775.

     She married Paul Davison on 6 November 1775.
     As of 6 November 1775,her married name was Davison.

     He married Dorothy Davison on 11 December 1770.