Davidson, Benjamin, -1871
Variant namesWilliam A. Richardson (1795-1856), an English sea captain, was given a Mexican grant for lands in Mendocino County along the California coast in the 1830s, partly in exchange for marrying Maria Antonio Martinez, the daughter of the Mexican Commandant of Yerba Buena (San Francisco). The land included modern day Albion, California.
From the description of Indenture between Robert Walkinshaw, Benjamin Davidson, and William Hood and Samuel R. Throckmorton regarding land in Mendocino County, California, 1858, April 23. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 635577692
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| creatorOf | Davidson, Benjamin. Indenture between Robert Walkinshaw, Benjamin Davidson, and William Hood and Samuel R. Throckmorton regarding land in Mendocino County, California, 1858, April 23. | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens |
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| associatedWith | Forbes, Alexander. | person |
| associatedWith | Hood, William. | person |
| associatedWith | May, Julius. | person |
| associatedWith | Richardson, William A., 1795-1856. | person |
| associatedWith | Throckmorton, Samuel R. | person |
| associatedWith | Walkinshaw, Robert. | person |
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| Albion (Calif.) | |||
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| Mendocino County (Calif.) |
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