Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Joseph DAVISSON

Joseph DAVISSON

Male 1754 - Bef 1815  (60 years)

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  • Name Joseph DAVISSON 
    Born 9 Jul 1754  Millstone River, Princeton, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef Apr 1815  [1
    Notes 
    • Served in Revolutionary War, spending the winter of 1777-78 with Washington's troops at Valley Forge. Resided on Simpson's Creek at the present site of Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV. His seven children were Margaret (ca 1778-1857), John (ca 1778), Oscar, Joseph (1783), Amaziah, Nancy (1792-1867), and Benjamin C. (ca 1797 - ca 1855). ["The Davissons," pp. 116-117]
    Person ID I6605  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jul 1993 

    Father Andrew DAVISSON,   b. CA 1722, Wading River, Long Island, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. BTWN 1802-1811, Mason Co (now Greenup Co), KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth ___ 
    Family ID F2335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary BURNS 
    Married Middlesex Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • probably
    Children 
    +1. Benjamin C. DAVISSON,   b. CA 1797, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. CA 1855  (Age ~ 58 years)
    Family ID F2330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 116.