dew-good with the emphasis on the first syllable. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] LYNCHBURG Burial Records | I'm not familiar with the surname Duiguid. How is it pronounced? Thanks Janice On May 27, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Bill Davidson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Diuguid family was "associated" with at least two different > Davidson families that were out of the Buckingham Co., VA area. A > George Alexander Diuguid married a Paulina A. Davidson on 28 Feb > 1844 in Campbell Co., VA, and Paulina was the daughter of Samuel > Davidson (died about 1848 in Appomattox Co., VA) and Elizabeth > Thornhill. That Samuel Davidson was a son of Alexander and > Elizabeth (Unknown...but maybe "Steele") Davidson, and Alexander > Davidson had moved from Buckingham Co., VA to Bedford Co., VA by the > 1770s (the part of Bedford that became Campbell Co., VA in 1782). > In addition, Judson Carey Davidson (born 2 Feb 1846; died 27 Apr > 1914), who was also a member of the Alexander Davidson family, > married an Elizabeth Diuguid in 1878. Judson Carey Davidson was a > son of Jesse Thornhill Davidson and Martha M. Osborne and a grandson > of the above Samuel Davidson and Elizabeth Thornhill. > > Note: The above Samuel Davidson (son of Alexander) who married > Elizabeth Thornhill, and who died in Appomattox Co., VA around 1848, > should not be confused with the Reverend Samuel Davidson/Davison > (pastor of Red Oak Baptist Church for many years) who married > Frances Oglesby and who died in Appomattox Co., VA around 1861. > Research shows that Reverend Samuel Davidson/Davison was almost > certainly not related to the family Alexander Davidson. > > Captain William Diuguid had a man named Giles Davidson in his > company who was stationed at the Albemarle Baracks. Giles Davidson > was a son of David and Mary (Giles) Davidson of Buckingham Co., VA, > and Giles Davidson was later present at the surrender of Cornwallis > in Yorktown, VA. After the war, Giles Davidson (married a Miss > Pendleton) moved to Amherst Co., VA, where he died in the 1840s. > DNA testing shows that the family of Giles Davidson was definitely > not related to the family of Reverend Samuel Davidson/Davison (and > we still need a male Davidson DNA donor who definitely "traces back" > to Alexander Davidson). > > The above were apparently three of the DOZEN or more UNRELATED > Davidson/Davison/Davisson families that were in Virginia in the > 1600s-1700s. DNA testing and "conventional research" continue to > support that there were many more unrelated families with this > surname in Virginia then I would have ever imagined ten years ago. > > Bill Davidson > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html