On Aug. 24, 1800, Elizabeth married James Whipps in Mason Co.,KY.(1) She and James had daughters:
1. Edith Whipps, married George Wright in 1820, Pike Co.,Indiana
2. Eliza Whipps, married Abraham Nixon in 1827, Gibson Co.,Indiana
3. Ingiba Whipps, married Andrew Nixon in 1820, Gibson Co., Indiana
4. Amanda Whipps, married John Colvin, brother to Fielding Colvin; John's first wife was Susan Nixon.
James Whipps belonged to a large family that settled in Mason Co., Kentucky as far back as 1799. He is thought to be the son of John Whipps A Samuel Whips was listed in the Kentucky Volunteers of the War of 1812 along with a John Davison, John Colvin and John Hillman.
After James Whipps died, Elizabeth (Davison) Whipps married Fielding Colvin (Calvin), born 1792, on Feb. 10, 1813 in Mason Co.,Kentucky.(2) Fielding was about ten years younger than Elizabeth.
A Calvin family researcher says that Fielding Colvin was a son of William and Marah Colvin.(3) A William Colvin did sign the marriage bonds for James and Fielding Colvin on Feb. 10, 1813 in Mason Co., Kentucky. A William and Marah Colvin, in Mason Co., Kentucky signed a note of consent for their daughter, Margaret, to marry Thomas Stout in 1789. These Colvins are thought to have come from Virginia and settled in western Pennsylvania before coming to Mason Co., Kentucky. Another says Fielding and his brother, John, were sons of William and Anna (George) Colvin.
Fielding Colvin, age 26-45, and wife, age 26-45 (Elizabeth) with five daughters and one son were living in the White River Twp. of Gibson Co. in 1820. Elizabeth and Fielding's son was Anderson P. Colvin, born about 1829 in Indiana.
In the 1840 census of Gibson Co., Indiana, Fielding Colvin and Richard Colvin were neighbors of my Josiah Davisson. Fielding Colvin had a land patent, dated 1837, in Washington Township of Gibson Co., Indiana. It was located next to Dr. Joseph Davisson's land that he bought, with Elijah H. Davisson, in 1817.
Sources:
1. Davidson-Davison Family Resource; Marriage Records-Kentucky; found at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genea/Dkymgs.html
2. KYGenWeb, Mason Co.,KY; Marriage Abstract 2 1806-1817 Groom Index. This source uses the spelling "Calvin".
3. "The Calvin Families: Origin and History of the American Calvins, with a partial genealogy" by Claude Wesley Calvin
