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Timothy Davison and Deborah Young

Timothy Davison, the son of John Davison and Elizabeth Babcock, was born on Thursday, 14 August 1740 o.s. in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut and was baptized on Sunday, 9 November 1740 o.s.. He died at the age of 85 on Friday, 14 April 1826 in Nova Scotia.

Timothy Davison (aged about 24) married Deborah Young (aged about 14) in 1765 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

Deborah Young was born on Sunday, 6 May 1750 o.s.. She died at the age of about 91 in 1842.

Their children were:

• Oliver Davison, born on Saturday, 27 March 1779 in Falmouth, Hants County, Nova Scotia, died on Tuesday, 3 February 1874 in Pereaux, Kings County, Nova Scotia. He married Barbara Martin on Sunday, 11 March 1804 in Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

• Olive Davison, born on about 27 September 1767, died in 1842. She married Patrick Shand.

• John Davison, born on Sunday, 9 September 1770, died in 1850.

• Bathsheba Davison, born on Sunday, 13 October 1771, died on Friday, 17 January 1868. She never married.

• Lucy Davison, born on Saturday, 7 August 1773, died on Saturday, 2 May 1801. She married Mr. Sharp.

• Timothy Davison, born on Friday, 24 February 1775, died on Saturday, 26 April 1851. He married Abigail Barnaby on Friday, 7 March 1806.

• Martha Davison, born on Monday, 2 June 1777, died on Friday, 5 September 1823. She married Mr. Martin.

• Asa Davison, born on Sunday, 7 January 1781, died on Tuesday, 7 June 1842. He married Rhoda Fox.

• George Davison, born on Saturday, 23 August 1783, died on Friday, 4 February 1820.

• Sarah Davison, born on Thursday, 2 June 1785, died in 1842. She married Mr. Hines.

• James Davison, born on Friday, 20 April 1787, died on Saturday, 4 July 1789. He never married.

• Rebecca Davison, born on Sunday, 25 January 1789, died on Wednesday, 30 November 1825. She married Josiah Fuller.

• Hannah Davison, born on Saturday, 5 March 1791, died on Friday, 20 December 1867. She married Loren Fox on Thursday, 18 November 1813.

• Joseph Davison, born on Thursday, 5 September 1793.

• Benjamin Davison, born on Thursday, 12 May 1796, died on Friday, 9 September 1870. He married Eliza Churchill on Thursday, 1 September 1825.

Timothy may have been born 11 Aug 1740. Timothy and Deborah m. 1765. Deborah
died in 1842.  Deborah could be the sister of Capt. Thomas Young, b. 1735
Salem, MA, who moved to NS with his widowed mother in the late 1700's and
settled at Newport, NS. His father was supposedly Scottish.  Olive died in
1842. John died in 1850. Sarah died 1842. 

[Check for Young of Salem, MA.]

From AHD--
Timothy b. 14 Aug 1740
Deborah Young may be from CT. (IGI lists Daborah b. 21 Dec. 1757, Stanford)
Olive b. 26 or 27 1767. Patrick Shand b. 1745, d. 1825.
John b. 9 Feb 1769 (Falmouth book lists "9 Sept. 1770, F.T.Bk.")
Hannah d. 1868, m. Oliver Fox (Falmouth lists Loren Fox)
Emma Beatrice Burton says Bathsheba "went wildly insane over the death of
her betrothed", others disagree.