Captain John Davidge

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John Davidge

Born 1728 [location unknown]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Honor (Howard) Davidge — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of John Beal Davidge

Died 1770 [location unknown]

Davidge-91 created 30 Dec 2017 | Last modified 13 Mar 2018

Biography

John was born in 1728. He passed away in 1770.

Sources

Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties - John Davidge, (See Notes)
FG memorial 65730622 of son, Dr. John Beale Davidge, mentions his parents

ex-captain in the British Army

   DAVIDGE, John, Anne Arundel Co. 4 Oct, 1770; 14 Nov, 1770

   To wife Honour.

   Children: Robert, Mary, Azel, Ezekiel, John Henry and an unborn child. The negroes and 2 white servants which belong to the estate of Reason Warfield to be at the disposal of my widow Honor.

   Mentions wife's 3 children which she had by Reson Warfield to have an equal share with my wife and my children.

   Tracts: "Warfield's Continuance," Porters Hills bought of Saml. Howard.

   Ex. wife and sons Azel and Robert.

   Wit: John Harriot, Robert Johnson, William Marriott. 38. 75)

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   (below is a stone placed in the cemetery with the following information - contributed by Gail Kettenbrink)

   Son of John and Honor W. Davidge

   Married Betsey Bell Mar. 15, 1804

   Married Martha Dallam May 21, 1829

   Ensign U. S. Navy 1794

   Capt. U. S. Army 1799

   first Christian Co., Ky. attorney 1803-1805

   Associate Justice, Kentucky Court of Appeals 1825

   Circuit Judge Hickman Co. , KY. 1830-1835

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   1850 - District 2, Caldwell, Kentucky

   Rezin Davidge - 75 - lawyer - $1000 - Maryland

   Martha C. " - 45 - Kentucky

   Henry " - 15 - printer "

   Emily " - 12

none of the above found on 1860 in Kentucky

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   (this is Mrs. Honor Wilkinson - Rezin Davidge's mother who remarried:

   12-1-1792 - Administrator for Mrs. Oner Wilkinson in Anne Arundel Gentry, V. 1, by Harry Wright Newman who died 1792.

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   (note: -below are conflicting birth/death dates)

   Judge Davidge was a native of Maryland, born in Baltimore County about the year 1770, and came to Kentucky soon after its admission into the Union as a State. He died in Hopkinsville, at ninety-seven years of age, and sleeps in the beautiful cemetery adjacent to the city. (USGENWEB)

Tombstone:

   Born Hagerstown, Md. died Hopkinsville, KY. Dec. 7, 1860 aged 94 years old.

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   Judge Davidge was twice married. His first wife was a daughter of William Bell, of Bell's Tavern, who bore him two sons- Rezin and James--and who died about 1824 or 1825. He next married, in 1830, Martha C. Dallam, who still survives him. The result of his second marriage was two sons, Robert A. and Henry, and three daughters, Mrs. Emma Brown, living in Hopkinsville; Mrs. Martha Patton, of Mississippi; and Mrs. Judge Campbell, of Paducah.

   Source: Counties Of Todd And Christian, Kentucky