RIVER SPEY
The following information provided on this tree is true and accurate to the best of my understanding, It is subject to change if new data becomes available.
The family name "Davidson" has its roots in the early 1300's. Donald Dubh of Inverhaven, was the third son of Robert Comyn and the grandson of John Comyn, known as the "Red Comyn", who was killed by Robert the Bruce in the year 1306 in Dumfries. Donald Dubh married the daughter of Angus, the sixth chief of the MacKintoshes. The Davidson family name comes from their son, Dhai Dhu, or David Dubh of Invernahaven. By 1308, Robert the Bruce had completely destroyed the Comyn or "Cummings" and caused the name Comyn to be proscribed around 1320. Because of this, the descendants of Dhai Dhu changed their name and became known as Clan Dhai, or MacDhais or Davidson.
Although Davidson sounds like a English name, it is in fact derived from the Gaelic "MacDhaibhidh". The Clan Dhai was one of the earliest to become associated with the confederation of the Clan Chattan. This association with the Clan Chattan almost proved to be the end of the Davidsons.
990 - Marbhachir Chamius; died 1035 Scotland
1033 - Robert Chatti; Chief of the Chatti; died 1101
1057 - Warin de Keith Progenitor; died 1140, Married Lady Moddan, b. 1055
1105 - Gilliechattan Mor (The Great) ; Chief of Clan Chattan; died 1155
c. 1150 - Diarmid McGillcattan Prior of Kingussie
c. 1180 - Gillicattan McGillcattan Prior of Kingussie; m. Lady McGillcattan c. 1185
1205 - Muirach McGillcattan Prior of Kingussie; m. Lady Calder
1247 - Donald (David) Dubh m. Mary Comyn
c. 1280 - Donald Dubh
1300. - David (Dubh) Davidson (Progenitor of Clan Davidson)
1325 - WILLIAM DAVIDSON
1350 - JOHN DAVIDSON
* The ancestry listed above is unverified and only speculative at best, it is based on other website sources.
The names listed below are the direct ancestors of my Grandmother, GENNIEVA EVA DAVIDSON.
1370 - WILLIELMUS DAVIDSON
Born: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Death unknown
- wife 1373
Children: John Davidson 1395
1386 Battle of Invernahavon Clan Chattan vs Clan Cameron.
Hours before the battle, the Macphersons withdrew from Clan Chattan, leaving the Mackintosh and the Davidson Clans, numerically inferior and were totally defeated by the Camerons. This overt traitorious act by the Macphersons, casts the Clan Chattan feud between the Macphersons, Davidsons and the Mackintoshes in much more bitter terms and makes the Clan Battle of 1396, on the North Inch of Perth more understandable. During the progress of the feud, the Davidsons, then a very powerful race, were almost exterminated, at Invernahavon, and ever since that period they have ceased to exist as a clan. The Davidsons (Clann‐'ic‐Dhaid). were routed with great slaughter. Chief MacDhaidh and seven of his sons were killed within two hundred yards of his own house.
1395 - JOHN DAVIDSON
Born: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Death: (Date unknown)
- wife Christian Ogilvie b. 1398
Children:
I. Sir. John Davidson Vicar of Soltar b.`1420
II Thomas Davidson b. 1422
III. William Davidson b. 1424
1396 Battle of North Inch (Battle of the Clans)
The Battle of the North Inch (also known as the Battle of the Clans) was a staged battle between the Clan Chattan and the their traditional enemies Clan Cameron, in September 1396. Thirty men were selected to represent each side in front of spectators in specially built grandstand, that held King Robert III of Scotland and his court, on land that is now the North Inch park in Perth, Scotland.
The Clan Chattan killed all but one of their opponents, at a cost of 19 deaths on their own side, and were awarded the victory.
1424 - WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Born: Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: (Date unknown) Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Married: Christina (Wallace)– daughter of Lt Gen. Sir John Wallace and Margaret Johnstone
Children: GEORGE DAVIDSON
The family name "Davidson" has its roots in the early 1300's. Donald Dubh of Inverhaven, was the third son of Robert Comyn and the grandson of John Comyn, known as the "Red Comyn", who was killed by Robert the Bruce in the year 1306 in Dumfries. Donald Dubh married the daughter of Angus, the sixth chief of the MacKintoshes. The Davidson family name comes from their son, Dhai Dhu, or David Dubh of Invernahaven. By 1308, Robert the Bruce had completely destroyed the Comyn or "Cummings" and caused the name Comyn to be proscribed around 1320. Because of this, the descendants of Dhai Dhu changed their name and became known as Clan Dhai, or MacDhais or Davidson.
Although Davidson sounds like a English name, it is in fact derived from the Gaelic "MacDhaibhidh". The Clan Dhai was one of the earliest to become associated with the confederation of the Clan Chattan. This association with the Clan Chattan almost proved to be the end of the Davidsons.
990 - Marbhachir Chamius; died 1035 Scotland
1033 - Robert Chatti; Chief of the Chatti; died 1101
1057 - Warin de Keith Progenitor; died 1140, Married Lady Moddan, b. 1055
1105 - Gilliechattan Mor (The Great) ; Chief of Clan Chattan; died 1155
c. 1150 - Diarmid McGillcattan Prior of Kingussie
c. 1180 - Gillicattan McGillcattan Prior of Kingussie; m. Lady McGillcattan c. 1185
1205 - Muirach McGillcattan Prior of Kingussie; m. Lady Calder
1247 - Donald (David) Dubh m. Mary Comyn
c. 1280 - Donald Dubh
1300. - David (Dubh) Davidson (Progenitor of Clan Davidson)
1325 - WILLIAM DAVIDSON
1350 - JOHN DAVIDSON
* The ancestry listed above is unverified and only speculative at best, it is based on other website sources.
The names listed below are the direct ancestors of my Grandmother, GENNIEVA EVA DAVIDSON.
1370 - WILLIELMUS DAVIDSON
Born: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Death unknown
- wife 1373
Children: John Davidson 1395
1386 Battle of Invernahavon Clan Chattan vs Clan Cameron.
Hours before the battle, the Macphersons withdrew from Clan Chattan, leaving the Mackintosh and the Davidson Clans, numerically inferior and were totally defeated by the Camerons. This overt traitorious act by the Macphersons, casts the Clan Chattan feud between the Macphersons, Davidsons and the Mackintoshes in much more bitter terms and makes the Clan Battle of 1396, on the North Inch of Perth more understandable. During the progress of the feud, the Davidsons, then a very powerful race, were almost exterminated, at Invernahavon, and ever since that period they have ceased to exist as a clan. The Davidsons (Clann‐'ic‐Dhaid). were routed with great slaughter. Chief MacDhaidh and seven of his sons were killed within two hundred yards of his own house.
1395 - JOHN DAVIDSON
Born: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Death: (Date unknown)
- wife Christian Ogilvie b. 1398
Children:
I. Sir. John Davidson Vicar of Soltar b.`1420
II Thomas Davidson b. 1422
III. William Davidson b. 1424
1396 Battle of North Inch (Battle of the Clans)
The Battle of the North Inch (also known as the Battle of the Clans) was a staged battle between the Clan Chattan and the their traditional enemies Clan Cameron, in September 1396. Thirty men were selected to represent each side in front of spectators in specially built grandstand, that held King Robert III of Scotland and his court, on land that is now the North Inch park in Perth, Scotland.
The Clan Chattan killed all but one of their opponents, at a cost of 19 deaths on their own side, and were awarded the victory.
1424 - WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Born: Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death: (Date unknown) Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Married: Christina (Wallace)– daughter of Lt Gen. Sir John Wallace and Margaret Johnstone
Children: GEORGE DAVIDSON
1440 - GEORGE DAVIDSON
Born in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,
Died 1470
Married in 1460 to Lady Marion Caverhill (b: 1434) in Crailing, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children:
I. Doreen 1459,
II. William 1475,
III. Nicholas 1469,
IV. David 1471
V. JOHN DAVIDSON BORN; 1470
1470 - SIR JOHNE DAVIDSONE (Burgess of Quenisferi (Queensferry) - Midlothian Scotland
Born 1470, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died c. 1520
Married: Marion Litill, born 1475, in Midlothia County, Scotland.
Children:
I. JOHN DAVIDSONE II
1501 - SIR JOHN FERGUS DAVIDSONE II
Born: Dunfermline, Fife Scotland d. 1556?
Married: Katherine "Kate" Kirstell Laurence (born 1503) in 1524 in Jedburgh Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children:
I. John Davidsone III born 1520
II. James Davidson 1520
III. Thomas Davidson 1525. - Father of Johne Davidson – the Reformer b. 1549 d. 1603
IV. Richard Davidson 1527
V. Alexander Davidson 1528
VI. Janet Davidson 1532
VII. Jonat Davidson 1533
VIII. William Davidson 1538
1520 - JOHN DAVIDSONE
born in Dunfermline, Fiffe Scotland d. 1590
Known Children:
I. HENDRIE (HENRY) DAVIDSONE b.1542
II. Alexander Davidson b.1544
- Cousins to Johne Davidson (the Reformer) b.1549
1542 - HENDRIE DAVIDSONE
Born: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married Kaete MUTRAY (b.1546), FEB 1567 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Children:
I. Androw Davidsone
II. PATRIK DAVIDSONE
1571 - PATRIK DAVIDSONE
Christening: 14 JAN 1571 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married Jonet TOMSONE b. 9/2/1590, 28 MAY 1611 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
\Children:
I. JOHNE DAVIDSONE
II. Effie Davidsone
III. Christane Davidsone,
IV. William Davidsone
1614 - JOHNE DAVIDSONE
Christening: 18 SEP 1614 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married: Katherine KIRK b. 12/6/1620, 6 DEC 1640 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Children:
I. George Davidson
II. Christiane Davidsone
III. JOHNE DAVIDSON
1646 - JOHNE DAVIDSON,
Christening: 27 NOV 1646 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married Grissell CRAFOORD, 15 APR 1679 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Children:
I. John Davidson
II. Margaret Davidson
III. ALEXANDER DAVIDSON I, born 8 AUG., 1685 - killed in the first Jacobite uprising at the Battle of Preston in 1715
IV. William Davidson, Captured at the Battle of Preston, sent to America on the Jacobite prisoner ship Friendship of Belfast in 1717 - purchased as indentured servant by Mordecai Moore
V. Andrew Davidson, Captured at the Battle of Preston, sent to America on the Jacobite prisoner ship Friendship 1717 - purchased as indentured servant by Francis Bullock
VI Jean Davidson
VII Charles Davidson
1685 - ALEXANDER DAVIDSON I
Born: 8 AUG 1685 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,
Died: At the battle of Preston in 1715.
Married Sarah MCDAVID in 1706, Cupar Fife Scotland
Children: Sons immigrate to Gloucester County, VA as indentured servants
I, ALEXANDER DAVIDSON (II) Cupar, Fife, Scotland
II, Phillip Davidson b. 1709 In Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
III. Hezekiah Davidson b. 1710 In Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
IV. William Davidson b. 1712 In Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
Born in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,
Died 1470
Married in 1460 to Lady Marion Caverhill (b: 1434) in Crailing, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children:
I. Doreen 1459,
II. William 1475,
III. Nicholas 1469,
IV. David 1471
V. JOHN DAVIDSON BORN; 1470
1470 - SIR JOHNE DAVIDSONE (Burgess of Quenisferi (Queensferry) - Midlothian Scotland
Born 1470, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died c. 1520
Married: Marion Litill, born 1475, in Midlothia County, Scotland.
Children:
I. JOHN DAVIDSONE II
1501 - SIR JOHN FERGUS DAVIDSONE II
Born: Dunfermline, Fife Scotland d. 1556?
Married: Katherine "Kate" Kirstell Laurence (born 1503) in 1524 in Jedburgh Roxburghshire, Scotland
Children:
I. John Davidsone III born 1520
II. James Davidson 1520
III. Thomas Davidson 1525. - Father of Johne Davidson – the Reformer b. 1549 d. 1603
IV. Richard Davidson 1527
V. Alexander Davidson 1528
VI. Janet Davidson 1532
VII. Jonat Davidson 1533
VIII. William Davidson 1538
1520 - JOHN DAVIDSONE
born in Dunfermline, Fiffe Scotland d. 1590
Known Children:
I. HENDRIE (HENRY) DAVIDSONE b.1542
II. Alexander Davidson b.1544
- Cousins to Johne Davidson (the Reformer) b.1549
1542 - HENDRIE DAVIDSONE
Born: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married Kaete MUTRAY (b.1546), FEB 1567 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Children:
I. Androw Davidsone
II. PATRIK DAVIDSONE
1571 - PATRIK DAVIDSONE
Christening: 14 JAN 1571 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married Jonet TOMSONE b. 9/2/1590, 28 MAY 1611 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
\Children:
I. JOHNE DAVIDSONE
II. Effie Davidsone
III. Christane Davidsone,
IV. William Davidsone
1614 - JOHNE DAVIDSONE
Christening: 18 SEP 1614 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married: Katherine KIRK b. 12/6/1620, 6 DEC 1640 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Children:
I. George Davidson
II. Christiane Davidsone
III. JOHNE DAVIDSON
1646 - JOHNE DAVIDSON,
Christening: 27 NOV 1646 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Married Grissell CRAFOORD, 15 APR 1679 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Children:
I. John Davidson
II. Margaret Davidson
III. ALEXANDER DAVIDSON I, born 8 AUG., 1685 - killed in the first Jacobite uprising at the Battle of Preston in 1715
IV. William Davidson, Captured at the Battle of Preston, sent to America on the Jacobite prisoner ship Friendship of Belfast in 1717 - purchased as indentured servant by Mordecai Moore
V. Andrew Davidson, Captured at the Battle of Preston, sent to America on the Jacobite prisoner ship Friendship 1717 - purchased as indentured servant by Francis Bullock
VI Jean Davidson
VII Charles Davidson
1685 - ALEXANDER DAVIDSON I
Born: 8 AUG 1685 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,
Died: At the battle of Preston in 1715.
Married Sarah MCDAVID in 1706, Cupar Fife Scotland
Children: Sons immigrate to Gloucester County, VA as indentured servants
I, ALEXANDER DAVIDSON (II) Cupar, Fife, Scotland
II, Phillip Davidson b. 1709 In Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
III. Hezekiah Davidson b. 1710 In Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
IV. William Davidson b. 1712 In Cupar, Fife, Scotland.
