The Upper Davidge Family Tree

This directory is a consolidated list of what we believe we know about the ancestry of Kate Davidge, Roger's great-grandmother (his father's father's mother). Kate's father is at 1.1.1.1.4.2.7.7 below.

My father knew nothing of his paternal grandmother, Kate.

It took some sleuthing to establish who Kate was. I made some progress from 1990 to 2001, and by then had established far more than people in our line had ever known. After that, Anne's far superior family history research skills took over, and most of the details here come from her work. The voyage of discovery is described here.

The couple of uppermost layers of this family-tree are derived from the John Baker document on the Davidge family tree, provided to us by Sharon Williams of Mississauga Ontario in April 2009. This in turn appears to derive from Nancy Frey in Newcastle Ontario, and Marilyn Davidge, who are working on the Davidge line of Newfoundland - a line that may be from 1.1.1.1.4.2.2 Thomas Davidge (b. 1788)

Nancy thinks that the only extant Davidges are in the line of Martha (at 1.1.1.1.4).

The line of Kate's uncle 1.1.1.1.4.2.7.2 George Davidge (1831-1877) was expanded from the Davidge site run by Johanna (and Terry) Miller, in September 2010

Although there are many uncertainties, it's (to me anyway) extraordinary that a few people's hard work has unearthed a line of documentation for forebears of mine who were almost all peasants, sorry, simple country folk, until the early twentieth century. The earliest identified ancestor was born c.1570. The requirement that (Anglican) parish priests keep registers of births, deaths and marriages, including the surnames of the parents, was only enacted in 1538.

For details of Kate's life, see her own directory. For information about Kate's descendants, see the index-page for this directory.

1. John Davidge, b.c. 1570 (our G12F)
   m. ? (our G12M)
1. John Davidge bapt. 20 May 1600 Marnhull Dorset (our G11F)
   m. ? (our G11M)
   Marnhull is 6 miles NW of Iwerne Courtney, where Kate lived until she was c.16
1. John Davidg, b.c. 1635 (our G10F)
   m. Grace Sidling, b.c. 1640? of Marnhull (our G10M)
   m. 4 Aug 1660, St Thomas a Becket, Lydlinch Dorset
   Lydlinch is 6 miles SW of Marnhull
   Grace bur. 21 Dec 1696 Marnhull (aged in her 50s?)
   John bur. 26 Feb 1695 Marnhull (aged c. 60?)
1. William ?Davidge, c. 1690 (our G9F)
   m. Sarah ?, c. 1690 (our G9M)
   Joseph / Joshua Davidge/Davidge, bapt. 26 May 1677, St Gregory Marhhull Dorset (our G9F)
   (Given the age and marriage-date of his parents, it's unlikely he was the first child)
   m. Jane ?, b. c. 1670 (our G9M)
   Joshua Davidge of Gillingham Senr. bur. 24 Mar 1773, East Stower Dorset (aged 95?)
   Gillingham is 6 miles north of Marnhull
1. John Davidge b.c. 1702, Melbury Abbas (our G8F)
   bapt. 28 Oct 1702, Marnhull
   m1. Ann SMALL, 1 Oct 1726, Melbury Abbas (our G8M)
   Ann was b.c. 1708
   Melbury Abbas (3mi S of Shaftesbury, North Dorset)
   Children 1-5
   Ann d. 1742 (about the same time as their 5th child, Jane, who d. aged 3 years)
   m2. Ann Cookman, 29 Dec 1744
   children 6-8 [but see notes below that throw doubt on that idea]
   John bur. 7 Jun 1752
   1. Elizabeth Davidge, bapt. 29 Aug 1731, Melbury Abbas
      bur. 16 Mar 1815, Melbury Abbas
   2. William Davidge, bapt. 25 Oct 1733, Melbury Abbas
      bur. 28 Mar 1779, Melbury Abbas
   3. Sarah Davidge, bapt. 5 Nov 1734, Melbury Abbas
      d. ?
   4. Martha Davidge bapt. 17 Feb 1735, Melbury Abbas (our G7M)
      'm1'. Thomas Lush, b. c. 1725, Melbury Abbas (our G7F)
      children 1-5, all named Davidge (at ages 19, 27, 34, 40 and 44?!)
      m2. James Taylor 29 May 1779, Melbury Abbas
      [That is in close proximity to the birth of her 5th child to Thomas Lush, which is strange]
      James was b.c. 1740
      Martha bur. 31 Jan 1791, Melbury Abbas (aged 55)
      Thomas bur. 11 Feb 1792
      James d. 1804
      1. Mary Davidge b. 1754
      2. Thomas Lush Davidge bapt. 26 Jan 1762 (our G6F)
         m. Elizabeth MORGAN b. c. 1762 (our G6M)
         m. 10 Dec 1787, Child Okeford
         lived at Ashmore, 2mi SE of Melbury Abbas
         Thomas buried 20 Jan 1835, Ashmore
         Elizabeth buried 29 Jul 1845, Ashmore
         1. George Davidge 1787-1868
            [We originally thought 1797, but bapt. 19 Feb 1797, Ashmore]
            unmarried ag. labourer
            d. June 1868, Ashmore, aged 81
         2. Thomas Davidge bapt. 14 Dec 1788, Child Okeford, 6mi SW
            Nancy considers him a possible source of the Davidges in Newfoundland
         3. Mary Davidge bapt. 12 Oct 1790, Child Okeford (a twin)
            buried 17 Oct 1790
         4. Joseph Davidge bapt. 12 Oct 1790, Child Okeford (a twin)
            buried 17 Oct 1790
         5. John Davidge bapt. 11 Sep 1791
            m. Ann ? c. 1786??
         6. Joseph Davidge bapt. 9 Mar 1794, Ashmore
            d. <1861
         7. Morris Davidge bapt. 21 Apr 1799, Ashmore Dorset (our G5F)
            m. Jane RIDOUT (our G5M)
            Jane was bapt. 18 Mar 1810
            Jane's father was Joseph Ridout, and her mother Ann WAREHAM
            m. 27 Nov 1827, Ashmore, later to Compton Abbas, 3mi W
            Morris d. 2 Jun 1877, Ashmore Dorset, aged 78
            Jane d. 20 Jan 1892, aged 81
            1. James Davidge, bapt. 22 Nov 1828, Ashmore
               bur. 27 Mar 1853, Ashmore (24?)
            2. George Davidge bapt. 20 Mar 1831, Ashmore
               m1. Harriet Dimmer, Sep qtr 1848, Tisbury, Wilts
               Harriet was b. 1830, Berwick St John, Wilts
               8 or 9 children?
               Harriet bur. 18 Jun 1890, Ashmore, aged 60
               m2. Elizabeth Williams, Sep qtr 1891
               bur. 31 Aug 1892, Ashmore
               1. Charles Davidge, bapt. 21 Oct 1849, Ashmore
                  m. Maria Burt, Dec qtr 1866, Tisbury Wilts
                  1. Harry C. Davidge, b. 1866. Berwick St John, Wilts
               2. Ellen Louisa Davidge, b. 1851
                  m. George Hiscock (from Witchampton)
                  1. Ellen Lavinia Hiscock (1879-1962)
                     m. T John Miller
                     1. Percy Miller (1902-1966)
                        1. Anthony Miller (1927-1995)
                           1. Terry Miller (b. c. 1950)
                              m. Johanna (b. c. 1950)
               3. Sarah Blandford Davidge, b. Jun qtr 1854, Shaftesbury
                  bapt. 14 Apr 1854, Ashmore
                  d. Jun qtr 1854, Shaftesbury
                  bur. 21 Apr 1854, Ashmore
               4. Unknown
               5. Henry James Davidge, bapt. 4 Dec 1859, Ashmore
               6. Maria Jane Davidge, bapt. 21 AUg 1863, Ashmore
                  m. ? RIDEOUT
                  1. Harriet Eliza Rideout, c. 1884
                  2. Tom Charles Rideout, c. 1892
               7. George Davidge, b. 10 Oct 1866
                  bapt. 16 Dec 1866, Ashmore
                  m1. Rose Maidment, Sep qtr 1883, Woolwich, Kent
                  child 1
                  m2. Fanny Barrett, 1894, St Edmunds, Salisbury, Wilts
                  children 2 and 3
                  1. Florence Ada Davidge, b. 1890
                  2. George Davidge, b. 1896
                  3. William Davidge, b. 1901
               8. Unknown
               9. John Dimmer Davidge, b. 24 Feb 1870, Shaftesbury
                  bapt. 17 Apr 1870, Ashmore
                  m. Charity Annie Gibson, Sep qtr 1890, Shaftesbury
                  1. Charles George Davidge, b. 1891
                  2. Ernest Davidge, b. 1898
            3. Harriet Davidge bapt. 26 May 1833, Ashmore
               bur. 18 Jan 1835, Ashmore
            4. Thomas Davidge bapt. 18 Oct 1835, Ashmore
               m., 6 children, including the TUFFIN Line
               d. 1911
            5. Joseph Davidge bapt. 3 May 1838, Ashmore
               m. Eliza Mary PARHAM, m. Dec 1861, Blandford 5a 537
               Eliza was a sister to 7. Henry's wife, Ellen (who was our G4M)
               They appear to have moved 20 miles north to Tisbury area, c. 1864
               6 children
               d. 1906
               1. Emma Jane Davidge, b. Mar qtr 1863, Blandford 5a 284
               2. Mary Elizabeth Davidge, b. Dec qtr 1864, Tisbury 5a 193
               3. Edmund Davidge, b. Jun qtr 1866, Tisbury 5a 217
               4. Ellen Louisa Davidge, b. Mar qtr 1869, Tisbury 5a 226/li>
               5. William Joseph Davidge, b. Jun qtr 1872, Tisbury 5a 223
               6. Anna Eliza Davidge, b. Jun qtr 1872, a twin, Tisbury 5a 223
                  d. Sep qtr 1872, Tisbury 5a 125
            6. John Davidge bapt. 18 Oct 1840, Ashmore
               m1. Elizabeth Hanham
               child 1?
               m2. Emma Elizabeth Brimble
               children 2-5?
               m3. ?
               In 1891 a carrier (aged 50)
               d. 1925
               1. David Davidge, bapt. 26 Aug 1854, Ashmore
                  [what, when his father John was 13-14??]
            7. Henry Davidge bapt. 7 Jan 1843, Ashmore (our G4F)
               m. Ellen PARHAM b. 1839 (our G4M)
               See the Davidge lower family tree
            8. Ann ('Annie') Ridout Davidge, Ashmore Dorest
               [bapt. 24 Jun 1845? or 1854??, or b. Dec qtr 1845?]
               m. Henry TAYLOR c. 1840
               1. Harry Taylor, b.1866 m. Jun qtr 1892, Louisa Prince, Blandford 5a 513
               2. Elizabeth A. Taylor, b. 1868
                  m. Charles GRAY Dec qtr 1885, Shaftesbury 5a 480
                  Charles d. Mar qtr 1918, aged 54, Shaftesbury 5a 301
                  Elzabeth d. Mar qtr 1963, aged 95, Sturminster 7C 1169
            9. William Davidge bapt. 18 Jun 1848, Ashmore
               m.
               3 children
               d. 1935
            10. Ellen Davidge b. 1850/51
                m. George Frederick LANGLEY (1840-1878)
                in the District of Shaftesbury
                6 children 1867-1878
         8. Harriet Davidge bapt. 10 Apr 1803, Ashmore
            m. 29 May 1823, Ashmore to James Deakon Wright 1803-1881
            d. 1868, Shaftesbury, aged 65
      3. John Davidge 1769-1848
      4. Jeremiah Davidge b. 1775
      5. William Davidge 1779-1779
   5. Jane Davidge bapt. 29 Apr 1739, Melbury Abbas
      bur. 4 Aug 1742
   6. John Davidge bapt. 26 Dec 1745
      m. Ann Miles, 23 Nov 1764, Melton Abbas
   7. Mary Ann Davidge b. 1746?
      [We'd previously thought b. 1729?]
      [And mid-Dec 1745 to mid-Jan 1747 is only 13 mths - too short for 3 births!!]
      bur. 26 Jan 1826, Melbury Abbas
   8. Joseph Davidge bapt. 29 Jan 1747, Melbury Abbas
      bur. 31 Jan 1747, Melbury Abbas

We're missing a lot of information; and we'd love to know more!

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Contact: Roger Clarke and/or Anne Kratzmann

Created: July 2001; Last Amended: 23 Sep 2010, 28 Jan 2012 and 6-13 Feb 2016 (sister Eliza's details, later census data, and Anne's trawling of BDM registry data)