Lewis Davidson

1749 - 1814  (64 years)

• Name	Lewis Davidson
  Born	20 Nov 1749	Sussex County, Delaware
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jun 1814	Allegany County, Maryland
  Buried	Davidson Family Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Person ID	I20327	Rossville
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Lewis Davidson,   b. 1712, Somerset County, Maryland ,   d. 16 Nov 1793, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Comfort Warrington Davidson,   b. 1716,   d. 1749, Sussex County, Delaware  (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F5743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Todd Davidson,   b. England
  Married	1769
  Children	+ 1. Comfort Ann Davidson Phillips,   b. 18 Mar 1774, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland ,   d. Oct 1835  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2017 08:51:09
  Family ID	F5742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Davidson, Lewis d.1814 Lewis Davidson, 2nd son of Lewis Davidson and 1st wife Comfort Warrington, born about 1749, Sussex County, Del., where he lived until coming to Ft. Cumberland, Md., at which location he purchased land and spent the remainder of his life. Several years before his death he lost his sight. In 1814 he, three daughters and two grandsons had typhoid fever, all six passed away within days of one another. They were buried in the family graveyard on his farm. No inscriptions on the markers remain. Lewis Davidson, married about 1769, Nancy Todd, an orphan, born in England, reared and educated by a wealthy English lady, who brought her to the New World.(As claimed by family tradition.) Lewis and Nancy had 14 children. . CHILDREN: William b c 1770 Samuel b 1771 m Mary Drake Elizabeth b c 1773 d young Comfort Ann b Mar 18, 1774 m Richard Phillips Margaret b 1776 m Thomas Conwell Mary b Sept 25, 1778 m Lewis Davidson (cousin) Hannah b c 1781 m Jonathan Longshore Rosanna b 1783 m Robert Twigg Nancy b 1785 NFR Rebecca b c 1786 m John Twigg Sarah m Daniel Johnston Lewis m Mary Davis, Ann Davis John m Sarah Ann Jacobs Thomas b Aug 23, 1795 m Lydia Armstrong The above information was taken from the Davidson Genealogy by Elizabeth Davidson Harbaugh