David Dovel, was the immigrant ancestor of the Dovel family of Virginia. According to a published family genealogy:
Convincing evidence establishes the fact that our Dovel ancestors were French Hug[u]enots, spelling their name "DEAUVILLE" or "DUVALL", who migrated to England and other countries following the revocation in 1685 by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes which had been issued in 1598 by Henry IV to provide freedom of religious worship for Protestants, ... and the repressive measures taken to prevent Protestants from leaving that country. Many of our ancestors succeeded in their migration.
Brothers DAVID and WILLIAM DOVELL migrated to this country from England circa 1745....Court records establish the fact that David settled near the village of Alma in Page County, Va., and adopted "DOVEL" as the spelling of his name.
[Source: George L. Dovel, THE DOVEL CLAN (privately printed, 1977), 3.]
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According to the above genealogy, David Dovel married about 1749 a woman named Barbara. Her family name has since been identified as Blosser (or Bolser.) The couple had eight children, all born on the Dovel family farm near Alma, Rockingham (later Page) Co., VA: Bolser (b. 1755), David (b. 1768), Daniel (b. 1773), John (b. 1776), Peter (b. 1777), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1780), George (b. 1786), and Barbara (b. 1792). David Dovel Sr. reportedly died around 1807 and was buried in the small graveyard on the family farm.
Convincing evidence establishes the fact that our Dovel ancestors were French Hug[u]enots, spelling their name "DEAUVILLE" or "DUVALL", who migrated to England and other countries following the revocation in 1685 by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes which had been issued in 1598 by Henry IV to provide freedom of religious worship for Protestants, ... and the repressive measures taken to prevent Protestants from leaving that country. Many of our ancestors succeeded in their migration.
Brothers DAVID and WILLIAM DOVELL migrated to this country from England circa 1745....Court records establish the fact that David settled near the village of Alma in Page County, Va., and adopted "DOVEL" as the spelling of his name.
[Source: George L. Dovel, THE DOVEL CLAN (privately printed, 1977), 3.]
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According to the above genealogy, David Dovel married about 1749 a woman named Barbara. Her family name has since been identified as Blosser (or Bolser.) The couple had eight children, all born on the Dovel family farm near Alma, Rockingham (later Page) Co., VA: Bolser (b. 1755), David (b. 1768), Daniel (b. 1773), John (b. 1776), Peter (b. 1777), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1780), George (b. 1786), and Barbara (b. 1792). David Dovel Sr. reportedly died around 1807 and was buried in the small graveyard on the family farm.
David Dovel, was the immigrant ancestor of the Dovel family of Virginia. According to a published family genealogy:
Convincing evidence establishes the fact that our Dovel ancestors were French Hug[u]enots, spelling their name "DEAUVILLE" or "DUVALL", who migrated to England and other countries following the revocation in 1685 by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes which had been issued in 1598 by Henry IV to provide freedom of religious worship for Protestants, ... and the repressive measures taken to prevent Protestants from leaving that country. Many of our ancestors succeeded in their migration.
Brothers DAVID and WILLIAM DOVELL migrated to this country from England circa 1745....Court records establish the fact that David settled near the village of Alma in Page County, Va., and adopted "DOVEL" as the spelling of his name.
[Source: George L. Dovel, THE DOVEL CLAN (privately printed, 1977), 3.]
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According to the above genealogy, David Dovel married about 1749 a woman named Barbara. Her family name has since been identified as Blosser (or Bolser.) The couple had eight children, all born on the Dovel family farm near Alma, Rockingham (later Page) Co., VA: Bolser (b. 1755), David (b. 1768), Daniel (b. 1773), John (b. 1776), Peter (b. 1777), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1780), George (b. 1786), and Barbara (b. 1792). David Dovel Sr. reportedly died around 1807 and was buried in the small graveyard on the family farm.
Convincing evidence establishes the fact that our Dovel ancestors were French Hug[u]enots, spelling their name "DEAUVILLE" or "DUVALL", who migrated to England and other countries following the revocation in 1685 by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes which had been issued in 1598 by Henry IV to provide freedom of religious worship for Protestants, ... and the repressive measures taken to prevent Protestants from leaving that country. Many of our ancestors succeeded in their migration.
Brothers DAVID and WILLIAM DOVELL migrated to this country from England circa 1745....Court records establish the fact that David settled near the village of Alma in Page County, Va., and adopted "DOVEL" as the spelling of his name.
[Source: George L. Dovel, THE DOVEL CLAN (privately printed, 1977), 3.]
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According to the above genealogy, David Dovel married about 1749 a woman named Barbara. Her family name has since been identified as Blosser (or Bolser.) The couple had eight children, all born on the Dovel family farm near Alma, Rockingham (later Page) Co., VA: Bolser (b. 1755), David (b. 1768), Daniel (b. 1773), John (b. 1776), Peter (b. 1777), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1780), George (b. 1786), and Barbara (b. 1792). David Dovel Sr. reportedly died around 1807 and was buried in the small graveyard on the family farm.
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