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Lee Marvin

TV and Movie Actor

Francis Hathorn Davidge

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Lee Marvin — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • John Beale Davidge 
  • Mother:
  • ----- Stuart   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1796 
  • Birth Location:
  • Maryland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Sep 1861 
  • Death Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Maria Dorsey
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 May 1819 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Catonsville, Baltimore, Maryland 
  • Child:

  Walter Dorsey Davidge (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  • Notes: 

  • War of 1812 veteran

    Francis Davidge participated in the Battle of Bladensburg which is considered by some to be "the greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms." The American defeat led to the capture and burning of Washington, D.C.

    Francis Davidge's given name is also seen as Frank.

• Sources for Francis Hathorn Davidge

  • ¹ England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, 13 JUN 1882, Probate record for Francis Hathorn Davidge.
  • ² Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 22 MAR 1880, p. 2, Death notice for spouse Anna Maria Davidge.
  • ³ Federal Census, DC, Washington City, 1860, Washington Ward 4, p. 253, Image 368 of 567.
  • ⁴ Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850, Marriage record for Francis H Davidge and Anna Dorsey.
  • ⁵ Maryland, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911, Birth record for son Walter Dorsey Davidge.
  • ⁶ The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 21 SEP 1861, p. 2, Death notice for Francis H Davidge.
  • ⁷ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Columbian Centinel, 12 MAY 1819, Marriage of Francis H Davidge and Anna Maria Dorsey.
  • ⁸ War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815, Record for Francis H Davidge and widow Anna Maria Davidge.
  • ⁹ Warfield, Joshua Dorsey, The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Kohn and Pollock (1905), 395-396.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Battle of Bladensburg", (accessed 04/06/2020).