James S. Summerville, Jr. b. Abt 1715 Ireland d. Abt 1740: Davidson Genealogies

Abt 1715 - Abt 1740 (~ 25 years)

Name	James S. Summerville [1]
Suffix	Jr.
Born	Abt 1715	Ireland
Gender	Male
Group	Immigrant Ancestors
	Immigrant Ancestors
Died	Abt 1740
	He died at sea in the West Indies.
Person ID	I639	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
Last Modified	15 Apr 2021

Father	James Summerville, Sr., b. Abt 1690, d. Unknown
Mother	Jean Fleming, d. Unknown
Family ID	F399	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Margaret Ware, b. Between 1712 and 1718, Donegal, Ireland, UK , d. Aft 1765, Rowan County, North Carolina (Age ~ 54 years)

Married Abt 1730 Ireland

Children

	1. Rhoda Ervin Summerville, b. Mar 1733, Donegal, Ireland, UK , d. 12 Jan 1831, Bedford County, Tennessee (Age ~ 97 years)
	2. Twin Summerville, b. Mar 1733, Donegal, Ireland, UK , d. Unknown
	3. James Franklin Simeral, b. Abt 1734, Ireland , d. 1821, White County, Tennessee (Age ~ 87 years)

Last Modified 4 May 2006

Family ID F275 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

James and Margaret decided to immigrate to American in 1735. They left their daughter, Rhoda, in the care of her aunt who helped to raise her. James and Margaret boarded a 500 passenger ship. After traveling to an island in the West Indies, the captain of the ship put off the entire group and gave them a few days rations. He claimed he had to go off to a point, then he would return to the island, take them on board, and bring them to Boston. The ship sailed off with their goods and never returned. They ran out of provisions and 450 of them perished before they were found. Margaret was the only one to survive and she was pregnant with James's son. The survivors were brought to Boston. In the course of time, Margaret married a Mr. Davidson. To that union one son was born, William.

Sources
[S8] Davison/Davidson Family, Robert Stephens Hand, (2nd Ed., 1991), p. 9 (Reliability: 3).