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Some of us have missed the useful website created a few years ago by Thomas Eugene (Gene) Graham of California. Jason Long has informed me that Gene's website has been archived at the following address: http://web.archive.org/web/20011006050529/http://members.home.net/gene-alogy/Davenport/davportn.htm Gene provided the sources for his information in the "Endnotes" and "Bibliography" sections. Work is underway on an updated version, but until that is completed, Gene's site at this new address is still one of the best available for this particular branch of the numerous Pamunkey Davenport clan: descendants of William Davenport (1796-1877) of James Jr of James Sr of Martin Sr of Davis. (Some of the links do not seem to work properly, apparently having become outdated, or due to its "archived" status.)

I am searching for any information that might be had about Benjamin Davenport (1789-1860/70). He moved to North Bend/Kewaskum, Washington, WI in 1849 with his wife, Mariah, and youngest son, William. I believe I am descended from Benjamin Davenport through an older son Benjamin Daveport. I am very interested in who Benjamin Davenport's parents are or even just where he was born, etc. Thank you. Sarah "Truth is not determined by a majority vote" Pope Benedict XVI

Re: Subject: Revisionist Family History in the Making in re the Jouett Connection Hello All Having lived in Charlottesville for ten years before moving to Miami, I can tell you that the Jouetts did get some pretty good PR back in the 1920s and 30s! But it is nice to see someone taking a good look at the court records and figuring out what was real and what was just "feel good" DAR/Revolutionary War misty eyed PR. I know from experience that the records of Albemarle are pretty much complete, very few gaps, and it is nice to see people taking advantage of them. John > >FOR THOSE PAMUNKEYS WITH JOUETT ANCESTRY: > > Consider this a heads up on new light being shined on the relationship >of the Jouett family to the family of James Davenport, Sr., wife Frances >Jouett, particularly as to the Davenports and Jouetts in Albemarle County, >Virginia, after the Revolution. > > ********************************************** Searching the following families: Catlett, Irons, Fetters, Christensen, Metcalf, LaRue, Eck & Davenport. John C. E. Christensen mailto:paws22@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~paws22/

FOR TIDEWATER DAVENPORTS AND THOSE WHO MAY BE: DNA Bill advises that two Davenports with Pitt County, North Carolina, roots have matched with a descendant of William Davenport, Lancaster County, Virginia, 1708-1771, meaning that they had common ancestry. Given that Lancaster County was within TIDEWATER DAVENPORT bounds, some background on the family has been requested. TIDEWATER DAVENPORTS, in our typology, include those Davenports who first appeared in the Lower Northern Neck of Colonial Virginia. The Northern Neck is that part of Virginia given to Lord Fairfax by Charles II and included all that vacant land between the headwaters of the Rappahannock, the headwaters of the Potomac, and Chesapeake Bay. The lower (southeast) end of the Northern Neck, ultimately the counties of Northumberland, Westmoreland, Lancaster, and Richmond, all having at least one side bounded by tidal waters, was settled c1660 by John Davenport, who was a man of substance, for he transported himself to Virginia, bought land already patented and improved, and was quickly involved in public affairs. He was an uncommon Davenport as a Virginia settler. His descendants, quality people by Colonial Virginia standards, prospered there, but did not procreate in numbers as did the Pamunkeys. While Tidewaters were not Great Planters, they were aristocrats and had roles in public affairs both in their home counties and at Jamestown and Williamsburg. Steadfast members of the Established Church, their births and deaths appear in parish records. A Tidewater Davenport settling in Pitt County, North Carolina, has a logical, historically valid rationale, for these Virginians were water travel dependent, i.e., they were forced to use water transportation. Look at a map and you'll see that the Lower Northern Neck was virtually isolated from the rest of Virginia as to land travel which had to be initially to the northwest, which was savage Indian country into the early 1700s, and when the Indians were gone, there remained a long, long way around by land to get anywhere else in Virginia--when a ship or boat could quickly traverse the Potomac or Rappahannock, then Chesapeake Bay to Yorktown, thence a few miles to Jamestown or Williamsburg. A trip from the Northern Neck to Pitt County, North Carolina, was shorter and easier by water than by land--a matter of sailing the Chesapeake to the Atlantic Ocean, then south to one of the inlets in the Outer Bank into Pamlico Sound, then to and up Pamlico River to Tar River, and you were in Pitt County. There is much data in surviving Colonial Virginia records relative to these Davenports, but it has never been pulled together. In our Pamunkey files, we have copies of all Davenport mentions in all articles included in Swem's Index, a monumental work by the late librarian at William & Mary, who did an every name indexing of all historical and genealogical publications concerning Colonial Virginia up to the mid-1960s, if my memory serves. At least half of those items concern Tidewater Davenports (less than ten percent concern Pamunkeys) and would make a logical, substantial starting place for creating a Tidewater Davenport Family History. Such a history is bound to be prestigious, for these Davenports arrived in Virginia as Gentlemen and thrived as such until the Revolution, when at least one of them was a gunsmith of note. The Captain William Davenport killed by the Indians as an emissary of the State of Georgia seeking a peace treaty appears to have been a Tidewater, but he was not the Captain William Davenport of the Light Horse who spent the Revolutionary War extracting food, forage, and other supplies from the citizens of the York River Basin, which included a sizable number of Pamunkeys. Light Horse Captain William was a Tidewater. If the Tidewaters get organized and want to mount an effort to develop a family history, the Pamunkeys will be glad to share their Swem's Index research done by Billy Bob at the Library of Virginia four years ago. No need to repeat the Davenport sweep. We can work out a way to make our files available. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

FOR THOSE PAMUNKEYS WITH JOUETT ANCESTRY: Consider this a heads up on new light being shined on the relationship of the Jouett family to the family of James Davenport, Sr., wife Frances Jouett, particularly as to the Davenports and Jouetts in Albemarle County, Virginia, after the Revolution. Court records portray relationships between the Jouetts and Davenports diametrically opposed to what has been become legend among the Davenports. John Jouett, after the Revolution, was not in Charlottesville what he has been portrayed to have been. He appears consistently on the Albemarle County Levy as a supplier of candles. Both he and Henry Gambill had ordinary licenses in Charlottesville in the latter years of the Revolution, but had no such licenses by the 1790s. Nor did William Davenport, son of James, Sr., who was of much higher profile in Charlottesville than he has heretofore been credited. True, to a lesser extent, as to William's brother Jesse, also a Charlottesville resident, seemingly independent of his brother. William did not work for the Jouetts. Nor did Jesse. Perhaps William got a leg up from his Jouett cousins in getting established after the Revolution, but William was not in the Tavern business. He was a millwright, a carpenter, and/or a building contractor. By the mid-1790s, Robert Jouett, (best known as the Lieutenant in Captain Matthew Jouett's Company, 7th Virginia, Continental Line, who was wounded at the Battle of Germantown, as was James Davenport, Jr., and their Captain, Robert's brother killed, and who made deposition to the Governor of Virginia in 1787 to obtain a disability pension for James, Jr.) was appointed a Militia Colonel in 1795 and promptly died, owed major debts to both William and Jesse Davenport. Both Davenports took Jouett's estate to Court, being the first of many to do so, and won. Jouetts did not cosign for Davenports. Davenports did not cosign for Jouetts. William Davenport cosigned for Jesse and Joseph Kennedy (we'll get into the Kennedy presence in Albemarle later) as well as for a number of others. William had clout. The Jouett Court trend was consistently downhill in the 1790s, while the Davenport trend was consistently uphill. There remains seven years for William and two decades for Jesse to search in Albemarle Court records. So the trends may be reversed. But through the 1790s we have not found the Davenports playing second fiddle to the Jouetts in Albemarle as we long have been told existed back then. The Davenports and Jouetts most certainly were not one big happy family, if Court records have any validity. The Jouetts went to Kentucky. The Davenports of James, Sr., went to Georgia. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

This message is primarily for my 4th cousin Joseph Robert (Joe Bob) Davenport of San Antonio, but may be of interest to other descendants of William Davenport (1796-1877) and Elizabeth Sydnor nee Andrew Davenport (1800-1888) of Palmetto (Campbell/Fulton County) GA. Some of us descendants are interested in having at least one other male patrilineal descendant of William Davenport of Campbell Co GA do a DNA test, and we are willing to pay for it. My DNA does not match that of other Pamunkeys, and having someone from another line of descent do the DNA test will help to establish in which generation the “paternity event” occurred. Any such male patrilineal descendant who is interested in doing the DNA test should contact me directly, either at billdavenport@hotmail.com or mfhwd@wiu.edu My phone is 309-836-6521. Descendants of William and Elizabeth will also be interested to know that work is underway to create a website with information about our branch of the Pamunkey Davenport family. This will supplement the excellent information provided by Dr. John Scott Davenport and his collaborators. Harbert William (Bill) Davenport

I thought the following posting on the HARRELSON list was very interesting. Is it possible that this is where the conflict of Dorothy Glover and Dorothy Harrelson who married a Davenport came into being ? Also when will the Cd be ready , is there a definite time period ? Thanks and Be Blessed, Lorene ----------Forwarded message ---------- X-Message: #1 Date: 4 Jul 2005 16:00:13 -0600 From: jd-glover@comcast.net To: HARRELSON-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <MB100E6faZWZaendgjv000069f5@MB10.myfamilysouth.com> Subject: Harrelson and Glover Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Glover, Harrelson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Shh.2ACIB/209 Message Board Post: I see this posting below with the DAR. Can any Harrelson connection help me with the Glover one? Where did they live? Thanks, Denis "2. John Glover (1778-1857) m. 1808 Fanny Taylor (1787-1865). "3. William Glover m. ? Harrelson. William Glover served as private in Capt. John Martin's company, Col. Benjamin Logan's regiment, Virginia militia. He lived in Virginia during the Revolution".

PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS & OTHERS INTERESTED: Our enumeration of Pamunkey participation in Revolutionary campaigns, battles and skirmishes earlier this Fourth of July looked only North and South. My error for not also looking West, for we had Pamunkey Davenport participation in the Cherokee Campaign in the Carolina backcountry, and in a Western Battalion of Clark's Illinois Regiment. William Davenport, orphaned son of Stephen, served an enlistment in the 7th Virginia Regiment of Foot, Continental Line, was at Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge. He completed his three-year enlistment, was honorably discharged, went back to Cumberland County, then reenlisted as a replacement for Clark's Illinois Regiment, headquartered at the Falls of the Ohio (now Louisville). Before William was marched to Ft. Wheeling for the boat trip down the Ohio, his Company was required to guard British prisoners at Charlottesville, then was rushed South for the Battle of Guilford Court House, whereafter the soldiers marched to Fort Wheeling, built the necessary boats or rafts, then floated down the Ohio to join Colonel George Rogers Clark. By the time the replacements arrived at the Illinois Regiment, the campaign on the Mississippi and Wabash was over. So technically William of Stephen served in the Northern Campaigns, the Southern Campaign, and the Western Campaign--was singular among the Pamunkeys in that regard. My apology, Billy Bob, for the oversight. Doc

PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS & OTHERS INTERESTED: In celebrating the Fourth of July today remember and revere with pride our Pamunkey Davenport ancestors and near kin who made this day possible by their military service and public contributions to the Revolution. Let us recall the updated statistics of Pamunkey Davenport participation in the Revolution: Enlisted men, Continental Army = 18 Officers, Same = 3 Enlisted men, Active Duty as Militia = 10 Officers, Same = 9 Killed, Mortally Wounded, Died of Disease, All Services = 11 Mortality Rate = 27.5% Wounded, Survived = 2 Total Casualty Rate = 32.5% Continental Line Casualty Rate = 61.9% Provisioners, Continental, State Troops, Militia = 16 Public Officials = 3 Nurses = 1 Total Males = 47 Total Females = 2 (including Ann Graves, daughter of Davis Davenport, a provisioner) Total Pamunkey Davenports in Revolution = 49 (Military, Provisioner, and Public Service total in excess of 49 because some men contributed provisions as well served in the military and/or held public office.) We note that there were Pamunkey Davenports who participated in Captain Patrick Henry's Gunpower Foray, the Expedition against Quebec, in Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, Heights of Brooklyn, Saratoga, Charleston, Buford's Massacre, Camden, Cowpens, King's Mountain, Guilford Court House, Defense of the James River Valley against Benedict Arnold (who commanded the British raiders), and Cornwallis' Surrender at Yorktown as well as fighting in sundry skirmishes in the Chesapeake Bay-Norfolk area, the Carolinas, and Georgia. Three of us were Sharpshooters in Dan Morgan's famous assault regiment--all died. We were in numbers at Valley Forge, and lost Moses Davenport, fife major, of the 14th Regiment of Virginia Foot, to pneumonia there. Sixteen-year-old Francis Davenport, drafted shortly after his eligibility birthday, was sabered down at Buford's Massacre. Young Glover Davenport, son of Matthew, died after Yorktown fighting the British in South Carolina where the War lasted almost a year months after Cornwallis had surrendered. The figures speak for themselves. Pamunkeys own a piece of these United States by the blood we shed and lives we lost in making the Fourth of July what it represents today. Happy Birthday! John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Seeking info on parents of David Davenport, b. 1800, who married Lykestry Scarbrough on 23 Dec 1824 in Jasper Co., Georgia. Listed in 1830 Henry Co., GA census; 1840, 1850, 1860 Troup Co., GA census; and 1880 Sumter Co., GA census. 1850 & 1860 census give birth place as Virginia. 1880 census gives birth place as Georgia. Known children are James M., Thomas H., Marcus D., Smith G., Sarah & Frances. Smith G. Davenport married on 23 Aug 1865 in Sumter Co., GA Hannah Bell Hollingsworth, daughter of Frances Davenport & Jacob Hollingsworth. Frances & Jacob married 2 Jan 1834 in Jasper Co., GA. Frances Davenport was the daughter of Smith Davenport [son of Bedford] & his wife Frances Benson Davenport [daughter of David] who married in 1807 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. Trying to find David's place in the Pamunkey family. Thanks for any help. Mary K.

FOR THOSE CONFUSED ABOUT ALBEMARLE: ALBEMARLE DAVENPORTS take their identification from Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, where Richard Davenport, wife Joanna, settled before 1680, first on the North side, now Perquimans County, then on the South side, now Washington and Tyrrel counties. Richard Davenport, Sr. (2), son of Richard Davenport, Sr.,(1), second son of Davis Davenport, patriarch of the PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS, likely was born in King William County, Virginia, c1714, in that part of King William cut off as part of Caroline County in 1728. Circumstantial evidence suggests that when his father married for a second time, in the mid-to-late 1730s, Richard (2) was settled on a tract of land, allegedly 150 acres but actually 128, that straddled the Hanover-Louisa line when Louisa was cut off from Hanover in 1742. In the early 1750s, retaining ownership of the Hanover-Louisa land, Richard (2) moved to newly erected (1744) Albemarle County, then located on the East side of the Blue Ridge and on both sides of the James River. (Subsequently, Buckingham and Amherst were carved out of Albemarle, and Amherst later was divided to create Nelson.) By the 1790s, Albemarle County, Virginia, was substantially what is today and had Charlottesville as its county seat. Richard Davenport, Sr., (2) was settled from his beginning in Albemarle on waters of Hardware River and remained in Albemarle throughout its shucking of Amherst and Buckingham. Albemarle's original county seat was South of James River near where Buckingham Court House is located today. Richard Davenports in Albemarle and Amherst need to be numbered, for there were eight of them in the records by the second decade of the Nineteenth Century, all being PAMUNKEYS. No ALBEMARLE DAVENPORT identification conflicted with a PAMUNKEY DAVENPORT identification for the first 150 years of their mutual presences in Virginia and the Carolinas. Thereafter, bonafides have to be established. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

So, I guess the short answer, is that there are two Albemarle Counties, and two Richard Davenports, and that the Richard Davenports of Albemarle NC are the Albemarle Davenports, and the Richard Davenports of Albemarle VA are the Pamunkey Davenports. Did I get that right? At 01:33 PM 6/27/2005, JSDDOC@aol.com wrote: >FOR THOSE CONFUSED ABOUT ALBEMARLE: > > ALBEMARLE DAVENPORTS take their identification from Albemarle Sound, >North Carolina, where Richard Davenport, wife Joanna, settled before >1680, first >on the North side, now Perquimans County, then on the South side, now >Washington and Tyrrel counties. > > Richard Davenport, Sr. (2), son of Richard Davenport, Sr.,(1), second >son of Davis Davenport, patriarch of the PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS, likely was >born >in King William County, Virginia, c1714, in that part of King William cut >off >as part of Caroline County in 1728. Circumstantial evidence suggests that >when his father married for a second time, in the mid-to-late >1730s, Richard >(2) was settled on a tract of land, allegedly 150 acres but actually 128, >that >straddled the Hanover-Louisa line when Louisa was cut off from Hanover in >1742. In the early 1750s, retaining ownership of the Hanover-Louisa land, >Richard (2) moved to newly erected (1744) Albemarle County, then located >on the >East side of the Blue Ridge and on both sides of the James River. >(Subsequently, Buckingham and Amherst were carved out of Albemarle, and >Amherst later >was divided to create Nelson.) >By the 1790s, Albemarle County, Virginia, was substantially what is today >and had Charlottesville as its county seat. Richard Davenport, Sr., (2) was >settled from his beginning in Albemarle on waters of Hardware River and >remained >in Albemarle throughout its shucking of Amherst and Buckingham. Albemarle's >original county seat was South of James River near where Buckingham Court >House is located today. > > Richard Davenports in Albemarle and Amherst need to be numbered, for >there were eight of them in the records by the second decade of the >Nineteenth >Century, all being PAMUNKEYS. > > No ALBEMARLE DAVENPORT identification conflicted with a PAMUNKEY >DAVENPORT identification for the first 150 years of their >mutual presences in >Virginia and the Carolinas. Thereafter, bonafides have to be established. > >John Scott Davenport >Holmdel, NJ > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

I'm a little muddled here. Did the Pamunkey Davenport's go to Albemarle? We know, from the DNA, the Pamunkey and Albemarle Davenport's are not related. At 07:01 AM 6/27/2005, JSDDOC@aol.com wrote: >FOR THOSE AWAITING PUBLICATION OF PART ONE, >FURTHER CHRONICLES OF THE PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS: > > We had planned to have Part One, Beginnings and North of the James >River, ready for release via Web Site by July 1, but that's not going to >happen. >We have encountered a Mother Lode of heretofore undiscovered Davenport data >in the Court records of Albemarle County after 1791, the depth of which we >have not yet plumbed, but surmise, considering the multiplicity of >Davenports, >Gambills, Kennedys, and others involved, that it will extend to the death of >Jesse Davenport, son of James, Sr., grandson of Martin, Sr., >great-grandson of >Davis, in the early 1820s. > > Squeaky wheels get the grease, and Line Only research of Pamunkey >Davenports heretofore has distorted the Family History mightily by >failing to put >family members into their true historical perspective. The story of James >Davenport, Sr., for example, heretofore has emphasized Ogelthorpe County, >Georgia, and developments from there, with a nod of recognition to Virginia >beginnings, particularly Hanover, Louisa, and Spotsylvania >counties. Because >William and Jesse Davenport, younger sons of James, Sr., did not go to >Georgia with >their father, their Virginia story was apparently unworthy of research, >beyond the fact that William died childless in 1802, and Jesse's family >moved to >Georgia after his death, given the incentive by James, Sr.'s widow, nee >France Jouett, of making Jesse her principal heir conditional on his >relocation >from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Ogelthorpe County, Georgia. We do not >claim >a precise knowledge of what occurred beyond the fact that the Jesse family, >he having died, relocated and claimed the legacy. Our limited knowledge is >that Jesse died in Virginia, but is buried in the family plot in Georgia. >Shared data relative to William and Jesse in Charlottesville, Virginia, >has been >cryptic. They were both in the tavern or inn business at the Albemarle >County seat, we have been told. > > Because we assumed that the Albemarle records had been searched, >considering the prominence that James, Sr., research has had in Pamunkey >Davenport >identification for at least seventy years prior to the beginning of the >current project, we left Albemarle records research until last, expecting >to have >only touching up to do. A tactical error in retrospect. > > Fact: Starting in 1791, the year before James Davenport, Sr., wife >Frances Jouett, son James, Jr., wife Dicey Kennedy, sold out in Hanover, and >relocated to join son John, who had gone to Georgia immediately following >Revolutionary War service in the Continental Line and had become a >Magistrate of >Ogelthorpe County, there began a Pamunkey Davenport presence in Albemarle >County >public affairs, wherein Thomas Jefferson lived and was of the highest >profile, that was the largest and most active Davenport presence in any >Virginia >county in the Nineteenth Century. > > Heretofore, the Georgia Davenports have honored the Jouett presence in >Charlotteville, proudly noting the John "Jack" Jouett had made the famous >ride, rivaling Paul Revere's, from Cuckoo Tavern in Louisa County to >Charlottesville in 1781 to warn the Virginia Assembly, then in refuge >from the British >Army's burning and pillaging in the James River Valley, that Tarlton's >Cavalry >had left the British Lines to make a sortie to Charlottesville to capture >the >patriot legislators. Jouett's warning enabled the Assembly to move to >Staunton in the Shenandoah Valley before Tarlton's cavalry arrived. > > Without going into extensive detail, as being done in the "Further >Chronicles," the Davenports own story in Albemarle has gone untold while >Davenports have been proudly extolling their >Jouett connection. According to Court >records, the Davenports were considerably more active in Charlottesville and >Albemarle Court affairs than were the Jouetts. There were not only more >Davenports and close kin involved, they were considerably more active, say a >20-t0-1 ratio conservatively. > > What we found compared to what we have been led to expect is so >radically different that we must spend the time necessary to cull the >records >completely. > > Not only were William and Jesse Davenport active in Court affairs, > their >first cousin Henry Gambill, Jr., who was also an uncle, being married to >Catherine Jouett, youngest sister of Frances, wife of James, Sr. (who was >the >youngest of the sons of Martin, Sr.), often appeared in Court service. Then >too, there were John Gambill and Richard Gambill, surely sons of Henry. >(Henry, a millwright and a tavernkeeper, was the son of Henry Gambill, >Sr., and >Mary Davenport, eldest daughter of Martin, Sr. Henry had taught Jouett >Davenport, eldest son of James, Sr., and Jack Smith Davenport, son of >John, Sr., the >millwright trade and built the post-Revolution Albemarle Court House and >Jail--disastrously, but that's another story.) > > A totally unexpected Albemarle Court presence was that of Joseph >Kennedy, eldest son of Davenport Kennedy, who exhibited a >whimpy. semi-failure >presence in Louisa records, where he owned land. In Albemarle, Joseph >had a Court >profile, not the slightest whimpy--exhibited a similar high profile to those >of William and Jesse Davenport and the Gambills, sued and was sued, but most >often served as a juror, frequently as Jury Foreman, reflecting a stature >totally different from that portrayed by Louisa Court records. Joseph was a >brother-in-law of William and Jesse Davenport, their brother James, Jr., >being >married to Dicey Kennedy, Joseph's eldest sister. The Kennedys were cousins >to both the Davenports and the Gambills in some regard, but their father's >parentage is yet enigmatic. Davenport Kennedy either had a Davenport father >and a Kennedy mother, or vice versa. He was not the son of Charles >Kennedy and >Crotia Davenport, daughter of Martin, Sr., as long accepted. > > Now, all of this Albemarle Davenport talk thus far has focused on >Martin, Sr.'s descendants. In Albemarle from the early 1750s forward was >Richard >Davenport, Sr.(2), formerly of Louisa, likely eldest son of Richard, Sr.(1), >of Caroline, a younger brother of Martin, Sr. Richard, Sr., of Albemarle, >died in 1792, but his widow Elizabeth lived until 1820, having a life >estate in >Richard's real and personal property. Davenports of Richard, Sr., in >Albemarle concurrent with Davenports of Martin, Sr., were Richard, Jr., >Martin, a >sister married to Thomas Jones, and another sister unmarried in >1792. Richard, > Jr., moved to Georgia shortly after the Revolution, but returned to >Albemarle after his father's death and remained there. Eldest son >Joseph Davenport >was in adjacent Amherst County. Son Charles Davenport, a man of stature, >and >son John, married to a granddaughter of Davis Davenport, were in Abbeville >District, South Carolina, and youngest son William Davenport was in Mercer >County, Kentucky. All of these, in one manner or another, because of that >lifetime hold that the Widow Elizabeth had on Richard, Sr.'s >estate, figured into >Albemarle affairs, until Elizabeth died c1820 (hard date to come). > > All of these Davenports were further connected in some regard, for >Davenport Kennedy occupied Richard, Sr. (2)'s land in Louisa County until >his >death in 1782. [One hypothesis of Davenport Kennedy's ancestry is that >he was >the son of Joseph Davenport, brother of Richard, Sr.(2), who died as a >British >soldier in the War of Jenkin's Ear.] The Louisa tract was sold after >Richard, >Sr.'s death to Tarlton B. Luck, who was married to Crotia Cassity Kennedy, >youngest daughter of Charles Kennedy and Crotia Davenport. (There are >wheels, >within wheels, within wheels, in sorting out the Pamunkey Davenports.) > > Back to the microfilm reader. > >John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ > > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

FOR THOSE AWAITING PUBLICATION OF PART ONE, FURTHER CHRONICLES OF THE PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS: We had planned to have Part One, Beginnings and North of the James River, ready for release via Web Site by July 1, but that's not going to happen. We have encountered a Mother Lode of heretofore undiscovered Davenport data in the Court records of Albemarle County after 1791, the depth of which we have not yet plumbed, but surmise, considering the multiplicity of Davenports, Gambills, Kennedys, and others involved, that it will extend to the death of Jesse Davenport, son of James, Sr., grandson of Martin, Sr., great-grandson of Davis, in the early 1820s. Squeaky wheels get the grease, and Line Only research of Pamunkey Davenports heretofore has distorted the Family History mightily by failing to put family members into their true historical perspective. The story of James Davenport, Sr., for example, heretofore has emphasized Ogelthorpe County, Georgia, and developments from there, with a nod of recognition to Virginia beginnings, particularly Hanover, Louisa, and Spotsylvania counties. Because William and Jesse Davenport, younger sons of James, Sr., did not go to Georgia with their father, their Virginia story was apparently unworthy of research, beyond the fact that William died childless in 1802, and Jesse's family moved to Georgia after his death, given the incentive by James, Sr.'s widow, nee France Jouett, of making Jesse her principal heir conditional on his relocation from Charlottesville, Virginia, to Ogelthorpe County, Georgia. We do not claim a precise knowledge of what occurred beyond the fact that the Jesse family, he having died, relocated and claimed the legacy. Our limited knowledge is that Jesse died in Virginia, but is buried in the family plot in Georgia. Shared data relative to William and Jesse in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been cryptic. They were both in the tavern or inn business at the Albemarle County seat, we have been told. Because we assumed that the Albemarle records had been searched, considering the prominence that James, Sr., research has had in Pamunkey Davenport identification for at least seventy years prior to the beginning of the current project, we left Albemarle records research until last, expecting to have only touching up to do. A tactical error in retrospect. Fact: Starting in 1791, the year before James Davenport, Sr., wife Frances Jouett, son James, Jr., wife Dicey Kennedy, sold out in Hanover, and relocated to join son John, who had gone to Georgia immediately following Revolutionary War service in the Continental Line and had become a Magistrate of Ogelthorpe County, there began a Pamunkey Davenport presence in Albemarle County public affairs, wherein Thomas Jefferson lived and was of the highest profile, that was the largest and most active Davenport presence in any Virginia county in the Nineteenth Century. Heretofore, the Georgia Davenports have honored the Jouett presence in Charlotteville, proudly noting the John "Jack" Jouett had made the famous ride, rivaling Paul Revere's, from Cuckoo Tavern in Louisa County to Charlottesville in 1781 to warn the Virginia Assembly, then in refuge from the British Army's burning and pillaging in the James River Valley, that Tarlton's Cavalry had left the British Lines to make a sortie to Charlottesville to capture the patriot legislators. Jouett's warning enabled the Assembly to move to Staunton in the Shenandoah Valley before Tarlton's cavalry arrived. Without going into extensive detail, as being done in the "Further Chronicles," the Davenports own story in Albemarle has gone untold while Davenports have been proudly extolling their Jouett connection. According to Court records, the Davenports were considerably more active in Charlottesville and Albemarle Court affairs than were the Jouetts. There were not only more Davenports and close kin involved, they were considerably more active, say a 20-t0-1 ratio conservatively. What we found compared to what we have been led to expect is so radically different that we must spend the time necessary to cull the records completely. Not only were William and Jesse Davenport active in Court affairs, their first cousin Henry Gambill, Jr., who was also an uncle, being married to Catherine Jouett, youngest sister of Frances, wife of James, Sr. (who was the youngest of the sons of Martin, Sr.), often appeared in Court service. Then too, there were John Gambill and Richard Gambill, surely sons of Henry. (Henry, a millwright and a tavernkeeper, was the son of Henry Gambill, Sr., and Mary Davenport, eldest daughter of Martin, Sr. Henry had taught Jouett Davenport, eldest son of James, Sr., and Jack Smith Davenport, son of John, Sr., the millwright trade and built the post-Revolution Albemarle Court House and Jail--disastrously, but that's another story.) A totally unexpected Albemarle Court presence was that of Joseph Kennedy, eldest son of Davenport Kennedy, who exhibited a whimpy. semi-failure presence in Louisa records, where he owned land. In Albemarle, Joseph had a Court profile, not the slightest whimpy--exhibited a similar high profile to those of William and Jesse Davenport and the Gambills, sued and was sued, but most often served as a juror, frequently as Jury Foreman, reflecting a stature totally different from that portrayed by Louisa Court records. Joseph was a brother-in-law of William and Jesse Davenport, their brother James, Jr., being married to Dicey Kennedy, Joseph's eldest sister. The Kennedys were cousins to both the Davenports and the Gambills in some regard, but their father's parentage is yet enigmatic. Davenport Kennedy either had a Davenport father and a Kennedy mother, or vice versa. He was not the son of Charles Kennedy and Crotia Davenport, daughter of Martin, Sr., as long accepted. Now, all of this Albemarle Davenport talk thus far has focused on Martin, Sr.'s descendants. In Albemarle from the early 1750s forward was Richard Davenport, Sr.(2), formerly of Louisa, likely eldest son of Richard, Sr.(1), of Caroline, a younger brother of Martin, Sr. Richard, Sr., of Albemarle, died in 1792, but his widow Elizabeth lived until 1820, having a life estate in Richard's real and personal property. Davenports of Richard, Sr., in Albemarle concurrent with Davenports of Martin, Sr., were Richard, Jr., Martin, a sister married to Thomas Jones, and another sister unmarried in 1792. Richard, Jr., moved to Georgia shortly after the Revolution, but returned to Albemarle after his father's death and remained there. Eldest son Joseph Davenport was in adjacent Amherst County. Son Charles Davenport, a man of stature, and son John, married to a granddaughter of Davis Davenport, were in Abbeville District, South Carolina, and youngest son William Davenport was in Mercer County, Kentucky. All of these, in one manner or another, because of that lifetime hold that the Widow Elizabeth had on Richard, Sr.'s estate, figured into Albemarle affairs, until Elizabeth died c1820 (hard date to come). All of these Davenports were further connected in some regard, for Davenport Kennedy occupied Richard, Sr. (2)'s land in Louisa County until his death in 1782. [One hypothesis of Davenport Kennedy's ancestry is that he was the son of Joseph Davenport, brother of Richard, Sr.(2), who died as a British soldier in the War of Jenkin's Ear.] The Louisa tract was sold after Richard, Sr.'s death to Tarlton B. Luck, who was married to Crotia Cassity Kennedy, youngest daughter of Charles Kennedy and Crotia Davenport. (There are wheels, within wheels, within wheels, in sorting out the Pamunkey Davenports.) Back to the microfilm reader. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Hello, Yes, Deerfield is a great place to visit. My Deerfield line is actually on the other side of the family from my Davenport's, but if you do visit, anything related to the Stebbins, Hawkes, or Frary families is also related to me. Tell them that Missy in Tennessee says "HI". Actually, that's probably not a good idea, if someone saw you standing around talking to a building, they may call authorities!!! Do any of those surnames happen to connect to Davenport??? Thanks, Missy :) Melissa Foster-Rose www.angelfire.com/ky3/nuts A webpage with information on the following surnames: COWGER, HARVEY, LARIMER, DICKERSON, FOSTER, KELLY, WELLS, MELTON, STEBBINS, TRAVIS, DELOACH, CHAMPION, DAVENPORT, CANADA, THURMAN, RUCKER, MCMICAN, HOLLAND, AND MANY OTHERS!!

Hello Kay, The Davenport Directory still exists at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/others.htm Perhaps you came across an obsolete search engine result? Since I don’t have the answers you seek, I am forwarding your message to the DAVENPORT-L Mailing List on RootsWeb, which includes many knowledgeable Davenport researchers. If you are interested in joining this Mailing List [which is free], I suggest you visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm for instructions on how to subscribe. Hopefully, one of the members of this list will recognize the people you are researching and send you a public or private reply. Good luck and happy hunting, Nevada Jack   -----Original Message----- From: Kay Davenport [mailto:mkd@cowtown.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:31 PM To: Jack@Ralph.org Subject: Davenport genealogy Hi, I am trying to trace the pedigree of my great-great grandfather, Joseph Davenport, b. 1832, in 1860 census, Jackson County, TN.  He died in the civil war and is buried in the confederate cemetery in Rome Ga.   I know he was born in Jackson County, TN about 1832 in Gainesborough, and married Elizabeth Wheeler there, and I think he stayed there until he joined the confederacy.  I believe his parents are James and Susanah Davenport, both from VA.  The 1850 census said their boy's name was John, but I believe it was Joseph.  There are only two Davenports in Jackson County in 1840 census and James is the only one that has a son the age of my great-great grandfather.   I found James Davenport in the Charolette VA census in 1820 and 1830.  The LDS database has James Davenport married to Susannah Richardson. He was born 1790-1795.  Is he in the VA family you refer to in the website The Pamunkey Davenports? I tried going to the Davenport Cousins website but got a 404 message.     Thanks for your attention, Mary Katherine Davenport

Anybody know which Davenport line the Deerfield Davenports belong to? I've been to Deerfield, but that was before I started tracing my genealogy. Incidentally, if you're a fan of colonial history and historic homes, Deerfield is a great place to spend a weekend. The Deerfield Inn is very nice, with a very good restaurant. Not much else to do around there, so I'd limit it to a weekend or a 3-day day weekend, but my wife and I explored the town for two full days and had a great time. Lenny -----Original Message----- From: JSDDOC@aol.com [mailto:JSDDOC@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:30 AM To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DAVENPORT] An Invitation to Davenports with Old Deerfield Roots PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS IGNORE--THIS ISN'T FOR YOU There were Davenports of prominence in Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, renown for its Indian Massacre (of the English). The promoters of Historic Deerfield, Inc. are eager to contact you. Here's their promo, directed to Nevada Jack, who bucked it to me: "Are you a Deerfield Descendant? (It seems that some with the Davenport surname have ancestral roots at Deerfield.) Whether your family's connection to Deerfield is before, during or after the Raid [Massacre] of 1704, whether your ties are Native, English, or French, we would love to hear from you! If you have not already done so, please fill out our Deerfield Descendant Survey by visiting our website < _www.historic-deerfield.org_ (http://www.historic-deerfield.org) > and clicking on "survey" on the Deerfield Descendants Reunion page. We can then provide you with news of all upcoming descendant-related events and send you the reunion brochure." For further information, please call or e-mail Mary Ramsay (413) 775-7175: _mramsay@historic-deerfield.org_ (mailto:mramsay@historic-deerfield.org) . You Yankees that qualify, enjoy, you hear! Doc ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 This inbound email has been scanned for viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. This outbound email has been scanned for viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service.

PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS IGNORE--THIS ISN'T FOR YOU There were Davenports of prominence in Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts, renown for its Indian Massacre (of the English). The promoters of Historic Deerfield, Inc. are eager to contact you. Here's their promo, directed to Nevada Jack, who bucked it to me: "Are you a Deerfield Descendant? (It seems that some with the Davenport surname have ancestral roots at Deerfield.) Whether your family's connection to Deerfield is before, during or after the Raid [Massacre] of 1704, whether your ties are Native, English, or French, we would love to hear from you! If you have not already done so, please fill out our Deerfield Descendant Survey by visiting our website < _www.historic-deerfield.org_ (http://www.historic-deerfield.org) > and clicking on "survey" on the Deerfield Descendants Reunion page. We can then provide you with news of all upcoming descendant-related events and send you the reunion brochure." For further information, please call or e-mail Mary Ramsay (413) 775-7175: _mramsay@historic-deerfield.org_ (mailto:mramsay@historic-deerfield.org) . You Yankees that qualify, enjoy, you hear! Doc

-----Original Message----- From: Sally Phillips [mailto:sallyp@berkshire.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 3:51 PM To: Davenport-admin@rootsweb.com Subject: post please? Dear Administrator of the Davenport List I am contacting you on behalf of the Development Office at Historic Deerfield, Inc. where I serve as a volunteer. Would you be willing to post a notice on the Davenport List, announcing the 2nd annual Deerfield Descendants Reunion August 12-14, 2005 hosted by Historic Deerfield, Inc. ? (It seems that some with the Davenport surname have ancestoral roots at Deerfield.) The notice appears below with details about the event. Best regards ~Sally Phillips The notice follows: Calling all descendants of Deerfield, Massachusetts! Historic Deerfield is pleased to announce its second annual Deerfield Descendants Reunion August 12-14, 2005. Join us for a pre-conference genealogy seminar on Friday, August 12, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. with New England, Canadian, and Native American genealogists followed by a weekend of programs and activities specifically designed for Deerfield Descendants of all ages. Program schedule and registration information can be found at www.historic-deerfield.org or by requesting a reunion brochure. Are you a Deerfield Descendant? (It seems that some with the Davenport surname have ancestoral roots at Deerfield.) Whether your family's connection to Deerfield is before, during or after the Raid of 1704, whether your ties are Native, English, or French, we would love to hear from you! If you have not already done so, please fill out our Deerfield Descendant Survey by visiting our website www.historic-deerfield.org and clicking on "survey" on the Deerfeild Descendants Reunion page. We can then provide you with news of all upcoming descendant-related events and send you the reunion brochure. Posted by: Sally Phillips, Museum Attendant and Volunteer, Development Office, Historic Deerfield, Inc. sallyp@berkshire.net For information, please call or email Mary Ramsay 413-775-7176; mramsay@historic-deerfield.org. Mary Ramsay Assistant Director of Development Historic Deerfield, Inc. Box 321 Deerfield, MA 01342 413-775-7176 mramsay@historic-deerfield.org