Richard Davison (bef. 1800 - 1847)

Born before 1 Jan 1800 in Chatham, Medway Towns, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Enfield) Davison — married 31 Oct 1824 in Gillingham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1847 after age 47 in Rotherhithe, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Richard Davidson (sic) was baptised on 1 Jan 1800 at St Mary the Virgin, Chatham, Kent. He was the son of John Davison and his wife Mary,^[1] and their third child of that name.

Occupation

In 1814, when he was said to be "aged 16 years or thereabouts", Richard was bound for seven years to Samuel Nicholson, shipwright, as his apprentice "in the art of shipwright and caulker".^[2] He was the first of three family members to be apprenticed to Nicholson, the others being his younger brother Joseph and their eldest nephew Alfred.

Samuel Nicholson's shipyard was close to the boundary between Chatham and Rochester, and can be seen towards the top left of this plan, where the word slip marks the slipway. This map shows the wider area, with the shipyard close to the bottom of the U of the Medway.

Once he had completed his apprenticeship, since Samuel Nicholson was a Freeman of the City of Rochester, Richard was also entitled to apply to become a Freeman. He was admitted on 21 March 1823 by Edward Boys, then Mayor of Rochester.^[3]

Marriage

On 31 Oct 1824, Richard Davison married Caroline Enfield at St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham, Kent. Both were said to be single, and living in the parish, and both signed their names. Their witnesses were Sarah Davison, who is thought to have been Richard's aunt and did not sign, and John Davison, probably his father, who did.^[4][5]

Richard and Caroline Davison had a total of eleven children together, of whom six survived to adulthood:

• Joseph Henry 1826 (Chatham) DIED 1827
• Lucy Ann 1827 (Chatham)
• Joseph Richard 1829 (Rochester)
• Samuel John 1831 (Tunbridge)
• Jemima Garn 1833 (Tunbridge)
• William 1835 (Tunbridge) DIED 1835
• Caroline Mary 1836 (Tunbridge) DIED 1843
• James Lewis 1837 (Tunbridge)
• Selina Isabella 1839 (Northfleet) DIED 1843
• George William 1841 (Deptford) DIED 1843
• Caroline Susan 1843 (Rotherhithe)

Death

Richard Davison, shipwright, died on 27 Feb 1847 at Dodds Place, Rotherhithe. His death was registered the same day by his eldest daughter Lucy Ann Davison, and the cause was given as "chronic bronchitis; enlarged heart, many years".^[6][7] He was buried on 7 March 1847 at St Mary Rotherhithe, with the parish register describing him as a barge builder, of Dodd's Place.^[8]

Census

Census

Date: 1841

Place: , ,

Household

name: Richd Davison

event:Census

event date: 1841

gender: Male

age: 40

birthplace: Kent

name: Lucy Davison

event: Census

event date: 1841

gender: Female

age: 12

birthplace: Kent

record type: Household

registration district: Greenwich

sub-district: St Paul Deptford

civil parish: St Paul Deptford

county:Kent

Source: 1841 Census for England, Scotland & Wales

Sources

• Information researched by Jeremy Corney
• 1841 Census for England, Scotland & Wales

1. ↑ Baptism: Kent : Chatham : St Mary the Virgin : Archdeacon's Transcripts : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58184572e93790ec8b0c0a38 : viewed 4 Aug 2022) baptism Richard Davidson 01 Jan 1800 (born 1799)
2. ↑ Apprenticeship: Original Indenture of Apprenticeship, dated 7th Oct 1814, signed by Richard Davison, his father John Davison, shipwright of Chatham and Samuel Nicholson, shipwright of that part of the parish of Chatham which lies within the City of Rochester; Inrolled 5th April 1815 before Peter King, Mayor of Rochester. In the possession of a family member; transcribed 7/5/2002 by the late Mike Parr.
3. ↑ Freeman of Rochester: Original Oath of Every Freeman of the City of Rochester, dated 31st March 1823, signed by Richard Davison, shipwright and caulker, and Edward Boys, Mayor of Rochester. In the possession of a family member; transcribed 7/5/2002 by the late Mike Parr.
4. ↑ Marriage (transcription): Kent : Gillingham : St Mary Magdalene : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817eb79e93790eb7fd22c0e : viewed 28 Sep 2022) marriage Richard Davison to Caroline Enfield 31 Oct 1824
5. ↑ Marriage (image of register): Image of register viewed 28/12/2022 at Medway Archives website pdf page 61/77 (Note: signature of John Davison seems a better match for an older, arthritic version of father's signature than for that of Richard's brother of the same name, but it isn't completely clear)
6. ↑ Death: Original death certificate in the possession of a family member.
7. ↑ Death registration: England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 29/11/2022), database entry for Davison, Richard. (Age at death: 47) GRO Reference: 1847 M Quarter in ROTHERHITHE Volume 04 Page 362
8. ↑ Burial: "England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRH-HM49 : 14 September 2019), Richard Davison, 7 Mar 1847; citing Burial, Rotherhithe, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, London Metropolitan Archives, England; FHL microfilm .

Acknowledgements

Davison-1698 was created by Jeremy Corney through the import of Bridges Gedfile 20150107.ged on Jan 7, 2015, using information researched by Jeremy Corney.