When Elizabeth Davisson was born on 8 October 1769, in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Andrew Davison, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Smith, was 30. She married Watters Smith Sr in 1790, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 26 July 1839, in Harrison, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Lightburn, Lewis, West Virginia, United States.
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English (London): variant of Davison .
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