This is my first contribution to the mailing list. I am a descendent of Abraham and Mary through Col. Benjamin (son of John D. & Eleanor Harris) who married Elizabeth Smythe. Their daughter Margaraet married Ambrose Cramer, whose son Benjamin married Kitty Speer. Their daughter Marian Blakely Cramer, married John J. Cantwell, whose son John J. Cantwell Jr, is my father. I lived in the Washington DC area for most of my life and moved to St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1988 where I became involved in the county history and discovered that my ancestor, Abraham, was the King's magistrate here in the late 1700's. John and Marian Cantwell had 7 children, 4 males and 3 females, 5 of whom are still living.If anyone has information on the Davenports while they were still in Maryland, I would be most interested to hear of it. Jeanne Cantwell Chandler
-----Original Message----- From: Jack W. Ralph [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:20 PM To: 'Jeanne Chandler' Subject: RE: Abraham Davenport and Mary Simms descendents Hi Jeanne, Please resend your message to [email protected] The "request" address is only for subscribing and unsubscribing from the mailing list. I wish you luck with your query. Best regards, JWR List Admin -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne Chandler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Abraham Davenport and Mary Simms descendents This is my first contribution to the mailing list. I am a descendent of Abraham and Mary through Col. Benjamin (son of John D. & Eleanor Harris) who married Elizabeth Smythe, their daughter Margaraet married Ambrose Cramer, their son Benjamin married Kitty Speer, their daughter Marian Blakely Cramer, married John J. Cantwell, whose son John J. Cantwell Jr, is my father. I lived in the Washington DC area for most of my life and moved to St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1988 where I became involved in the county history and discovered that my ancestor, Abraham, was the King's magistrate in the late 1700's. John and Marian Cantwell had 7 children, 4 males and 3 females, 5 of whom are still living.If anyone has information on the Davenports while they were still in Maryland, I would be most interested to hear of it. Jeanne Cantwell Chandler
A HEADS UP: Research findings at Handley Memorial Library in Winchester, Virginia, last week and Tuesday, related to earlier findings in Gloucester, King & Queen, Caroline, and Halifax counties, plus some search engine work on the Internet this morning appears to have generated a new Colonial Virginia Davenport identification, one which affects Elaine Kidd O'Leary, one of our DAVENPORT-L subscribers--who's been trying to get in touch with me for the past week--because she's a direct descendant. When I get on a trail, Elaine, I'm not amenable to interruptions, may appear rude because I'm focused elsewhere--but I'm sure you'll like this outcome, We've been chewing this rag for almost two years. It turns out to have been essentially a York River Basin story that is more England than Virginia, but is not PAMUNKEY, being of Gloucester and King & Queen with subsequent evidences found in Caroline (Upper Pamunkey Neck) and confounded by a John Davenport of the line who lived next door to two prominent Pamunkey Davenports in Halifax, rented the same Slave as they did, and left muddy water and orphans who got confused with children of Pamunkeys, namely grandchildren and great grandchildren of Thomas Davenport, Sr., of Cumberland, son of Davis Davenport, of Lower Pamunkey Neck (King William County). Because these Davenports too had their Virginia beginnings in the Burned Counties (where most or all of the public records before 1890 have been destroyed), the identification is still circumstantial insofar as genealogical proofs are concerned, but there exists considerably more meat on the bones of this family skeleton than is the PAMUNKEY case--solid facts as to the beginning, with the circumstantial part being in the identification of widow (Elizabeth) and children (John, Rebecca, and two yet to be identified, but may have been older sons who went to London to claim inheritances). However, because most, if not all of the other Davenports in Colonial and Post-Revolution Virginia have been otherwise identified or claimed, these Davenports have a quality and uniqueness that suggests its own "proof." More substantially, I suspect that there exist in English Probate records identifications of said widow and all four children of the immigrant ancestor Joseph Davenport, who loaned money to George Washington, among other aristocrats, and was a flourishing tobacco agent in Virginia, 1754-1779. In 1781 Joseph claimed that he had to flee for his life to Curacao (it took him two years to make his way back to London), he allegedly having refused to accept a military commission from the Rebels, having abandoned his wife and four children in Virginia. He died in London in 1783, having petitioned the King for redress for his American losses because he was a Loyalist, including two plantations in Gloucester and at least one in King & Queen. His death surely occurred before a reunion with his wife and children could be affected. (The British did not leave Charleston until December 1782, and were even later in leaving New York.) I'm going to have to breadboard parts of the story upcoming, for I am away from my Pamunkey Chronicle files, which have included these Davenports. Heretofore I could not explain their presence in or adjoining Pamunkey country and the concurrent relationships with other families related to or associated with PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS. Now, I aver, they can been extracted from our Chronicles and have a file of their own. (There goes the carriage trade.) For delineation from other Colonial Virginia Davenports, these Davenports may be identified as the SOUTHWARK TORY DAVENPORTS, which cites that part of London from whence they originated and possibly returned in part. (Southwark, southside London, remains a stronghold of Davenports of renown and multiple professions today--try "Southwark, Davenport, Tobacco" in a Google search and be impressed.) To the origin we add the Loyalist posture that the patriarch affected during the Revolution--which apparently did not include all of his family. (His widow was remarried by 1785 in Caroline, likely was a Colonial herself without a close England attachment.) All of which should become evident and largely explicit when the British records are researched. This could be a fun search, for it's a fascinating story with records galore available for digging. Enough with the wind-up. I'll try to put a narrative together from all the pieces later today and transmit. John Scott Davenport Martinsburg, WV for the nonce
In a message dated 5/14/03 11:03:45 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Milton is a part of Jefferson Township, west of Butler, east of Sparta, > north of Dover. > Thanks- I haven't explored up there yet. I know all those other towns but Milton is never mentioned- from what I can tell as a seperate town. But then there are tons of towns like that in NJ. Morris Twsp and Morristown: share the same zip. Jefferson Twsp does not have its own zip code- tried to find it and post office said it belongs to some other town. The joys of learning a state's geography etc. For example when I lived in Ft Wayne, IN Washington Twsp, St Joseph Twsp etc were gobbled up by Ft Wayne. Now they are considered all one town though with different zip codes. Omaha, same story. Valerie
Milton is a part of Jefferson Township, west of Butler, east of Sparta, north of Dover. -- jgr
I believe Milton is in Moris Co, but I don't know exactly where!
In a message dated 5/4/03 11:02:35 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > John no date Milton, Morris Co, NJ > Where is Milton? Valerie who lives in Morris Co
Emma, These are not familiar to me at all. I know there are several branches in the Dallas area. Good hunting, Nancy Down in GA --- Emma Ayles <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > These Davenports are my husbands people. I came a pond them by chance. I > have a Nancy L. Davenport married to John Kirkland. They have a > daughter, > Nancy E. Kirkland b-1886 in Dallas, TX. > Do you happen to have these people? > Thanks, Emma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nancy davenport" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] My Family.com > > > > Emma, You donot what part of TX that you ar from. My husband's > Family > > migarted to Mineola after the Civil War. > > Nancy Down in GA > > > > --- Emma Ayles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > Was wondering if any of you here on this list have a web sit at my > > > family.com for your Davenports that were from TX and Ark.? > > > Thanks, > > > Emma Ayles in TX. > > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives > visit: > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > > records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives > visit: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
This is NOT the James Franklin Davenport I have asked about previously in my posting on 3-14 which said: "I'm looking for info about the family connections of James Franklin Davenport, b 1-18-1889, d 5-13-1961(this was wrong in my previous posting); son of James Allen Davenport, b 10-7-1852, d 5-13-1922. Both are buried in Greenville, SC." However, with the exact same name I am suspicious they may be related. My James Franklin was never married and I have more info on him if anyone has a clue about him. Dave Dennis -----Original Message----- From: patc [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 2:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] James M. Davenport On Site Teri, Found it. James Franklin Davenport-on same page as James M. was in NC at the same time as James M.Davenport. They married sisters. James F.Davenport married Mary Etta Spruill and James M. Davenport married Celia Ann Spruill. They were the daughters of Jordan Spruill and Mary Polly Tarkington/Tarkenton. I have more info on James F. if you would like to post it. Thanks for your help-and your terrific website! Patsy Patsy Campbell [email protected] http://www.team-benson.com ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Hello, These Davenports are my husbands people. I came a pond them by chance. I have a Nancy L. Davenport married to John Kirkland. They have a daughter, Nancy E. Kirkland b-1886 in Dallas, TX. Do you happen to have these people? Thanks, Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: "nancy davenport" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] My Family.com > Emma, You donot what part of TX that you ar from. My husband's Family > migarted to Mineola after the Civil War. > Nancy Down in GA > > --- Emma Ayles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello list, > > Was wondering if any of you here on this list have a web sit at my > > family.com for your Davenports that were from TX and Ark.? > > Thanks, > > Emma Ayles in TX. > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >
It's working for me. On Wed, 2003-05-07 at 18:33, F M Davenport wrote: > Eager to see DNA, Inc.'s report and interpretation. But in trying to bring > up the their site, I just keep getting a white page (boilerplate message, > "the page you want is not available" or words to that effect.) Is this just > a temporary aberration? FD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:05 PM > Subject: [DAVENPORT] First Davenport DNA results are in > > > > Several test results came in today for the Davenport Surname DNA Project. > And > > it is interesting. > > > > First some introductory information: > > There are two tests - a 12 marker and a 25 marker. When two Davenports are > > tested the more markers between them that are similar the more likely > they > > have a common ancestor. If they matched anywhere from 23 to 25 of the 25 > then > > they are almost certainly related in the last 7-10 generations. If there > is a > > 11 or 12 match on the 12 marker test and they both have the Davenport name > > then they odds are they have a common ancestor. But it is not as certain > as > > the 25. > > > > Two individuals that are known Thomas of Dorchester were tested. One a 25 > and > > one a 12. They more matched exactly on 12. This is good. There families > split > > in the early 1700s at Thomas' grandsons. > > > > Now the interesting part. One individual is fairly certain he is an > Albemarle > > Davenport from North Carolina. However he matched 24 out of 25 to the > Thomas > > line. This is hard to ignore. For the moment on the website I moved him to > > the Thomas line. > > > > Another person matched only 16 of 25. There is no connection here. But we > > don't have other lines to compare to yet. I won't be surprised if there > was a > > non-Davenport in his line somewhere. > > > > There were a few more results in but we don't have any matches for them > yet. > > > > To see the results go to <A > HREF="http://www.DavenportDNA.com">http://www.DavenportDNA.com</A> and click > on Results. > > > > Any Comments? > > > > Bill Davenport > > [email protected] > > Davenport Surname DNA Project Administrator > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
BODY {font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;} Frank: The site should be OK. Go to >http://www.DavenportDNA.com Don't include the ">" I expect about 3 to 5 more results coming in within a week. Bill Davenport <A href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Davenport Surname DNA Project Administrator --------------- In a message dated 5/7/2003 8:35:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Eager to see DNA, Inc.'s report and interpretation. But in trying to bring > up the their site, I just keep getting a white page (boilerplate message, > "the page you want is not available" or words to that effect.) Is this > justa temporary aberration? FD
Eager to see DNA, Inc.'s report and interpretation. But in trying to bring up the their site, I just keep getting a white page (boilerplate message, "the page you want is not available" or words to that effect.) Is this just a temporary aberration? FD ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:05 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] First Davenport DNA results are in > Several test results came in today for the Davenport Surname DNA Project. And > it is interesting. > > First some introductory information: > There are two tests - a 12 marker and a 25 marker. When two Davenports are > tested the more markers between them that are similar the more likely they > have a common ancestor. If they matched anywhere from 23 to 25 of the 25 then > they are almost certainly related in the last 7-10 generations. If there is a > 11 or 12 match on the 12 marker test and they both have the Davenport name > then they odds are they have a common ancestor. But it is not as certain as > the 25. > > Two individuals that are known Thomas of Dorchester were tested. One a 25 and > one a 12. They more matched exactly on 12. This is good. There families split > in the early 1700s at Thomas' grandsons. > > Now the interesting part. One individual is fairly certain he is an Albemarle > Davenport from North Carolina. However he matched 24 out of 25 to the Thomas > line. This is hard to ignore. For the moment on the website I moved him to > the Thomas line. > > Another person matched only 16 of 25. There is no connection here. But we > don't have other lines to compare to yet. I won't be surprised if there was a > non-Davenport in his line somewhere. > > There were a few more results in but we don't have any matches for them yet. > > To see the results go to <A HREF="http://www.DavenportDNA.com">http://www.DavenportDNA.com</A> and click on Results. > > Any Comments? > > Bill Davenport > [email protected] > Davenport Surname DNA Project Administrator > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >
Drop off-net for a few hours and just look, you miss all the excitement. I'm at [email protected] Francis Marion (Frank) Davenport ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] James M. Davenport On Site > Patsy & others interested, > James M. & gang is already on our site. > You'll find them listed 2nd on Unconnected2 page. > Any questions, comments...feel free, thanks......Teri > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > For instructions on unsubscribing or searching the list archives visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/group.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >
I know how that goes... http://www.DavenportFamily.1colony.com
Patsy & others interested, James M. & gang is already on our site. You'll find them listed 2nd on Unconnected2 page. Any questions, comments...feel free, thanks......Teri
Teri, Found it. James Franklin Davenport-on same page as James M. was in NC at the same time as James M.Davenport. They married sisters. James F.Davenport married Mary Etta Spruill and James M. Davenport married Celia Ann Spruill. They were the daughters of Jordan Spruill and Mary Polly Tarkington/Tarkenton. I have more info on James F. if you would like to post it. Thanks for your help-and your terrific website! Patsy Patsy Campbell [email protected] http://www.team-benson.com
Emma- You also need my address? Email or snail mail? Here's both.... [email protected] Teri Dimmett 58 Cornish Hollow rd Newfield, NY 14867
Teri, No problem-thanks so much. What is the URL-can you believe i can't find that in those "ORGANIZED" records I keep? Again, many thanks. Patsy Patsy Campbell [email protected] http://www.team-benson.com