Hi Cliff, Found a message of yours in the Davenport-L archives mentioning those who came to Oregon in the late 1800's. Mine came in the 19teens from Iowa, at least the earliest I know of. By papers I have someone had obviously come earlier and picked out their land in Salem. Could they be the same? Thanks, Glenora

Well, Thank you any way Charles. Valerie

Does anyone know who the immigrant ancestor of the Prince George Davenports was??? Mary

Jean: I did a comparative analysis of the possibility that Ambrose Davenport of Mackinac was a Pamunkey Davenport for Woody. If I did not send you a copy already, advise and I will forward it. For the record, given the locations and claimed connections, I'm more inclined to see Ambrose I and II as Prince George Davenports than Pamunkeys. Doc

Mary: George Davenport, I suspect, was the immigrant ancestor of the Prince George Davenports, but you've got a choice. There were two George Davenport headrights used to pay for land who were regionally associated with Prince George County: (1) George Davenport, whose headright was used, along with others, on 28Oct1702 for a Patent to William Williams for 600 acres in Isle of Wight County, on the south side of Blackwater Swamp. (Virginia Patents 9:474) (2) George Davenport, whose headright was used, along with others, on 13Nov1713 for a Patent to Benjamin Evans for 375 acres of New Land in Isle of Wight County on the south side of the Main Blackwater Swamp, beginning on the north side of Nottaway River, at the lower end of Black Walnut Tree field, and down Nottaway Swamp. (Virginia Patents 10:120) Both tracts of land were in present-day Southampton County, were some distance south and a trifle east of where George Davenport, planter, died in 1739 in Prince George County, having been located there by 1717 at least: 14Aug1739 - Probate: Estate of George Davenport, late of Martin's Brandon Parish, King George County. Thomas Davenport, eldest son of Decedent, appeared in Court and declared that his father has died without a will, and petitioned the Court for Letters of Administration. So ordered. Holmes Boisseau, Richard Warthen, Wm Heath, and John Jones, or any three of them, appointed to appraise estate. (King George County, VA, Court Minutes 1733-1792, 311) Given the closeness of the two patents as to location of the lands granted, both headrights were possibly for the same man. Everytime a person left Virginia for anywhere and returned, a headright could be claimed. Sea captains who sailed regularly between England and Virginia claimed headright for themselves and those earned by their crews (50 acres for each head or person, slaves includes) for every trip, which is why so many ship captains ultimately left the sea to become Virginia planters. Then too, George Davenport may have paid his own passage or passages to Virginia and sold both of his headrights. There were no Davenports, to my knowledge in the records of Colonial Isle of Wight or Southampton County (cut off from Isle of Wight in 1749). The patriarch of the Prince George Davenports appeared in Prince George records as married and of the planter social class as documented by the LW&T of Matthew Marks (1717), who devised a parcel of land to his daughter Mary Davenport. Estate papers of Matthew Marks (not seen by me, but researched by others) included George Davenport among the Settlement distributees. (Prince George County, VA, Wills 1713-1728, p. 358, 470) Whether these George Davenports were one and the same man will required more depth research than I have done, or know of having been done. George Davenport [Jr.?] of Amelia County, obtained land there in 1745 on waters of Nottaway, which he sold in 1749 and then bought a larger tract nearby shortly thereafter, the deed for which was witnessed by a Thomas Davenport (who was not Thomas, Sr., or Thomas, Jr., of Cumberland to the north and slightly west). George [Jr.?] died in 1773 in Amelia (now Nottaway County). Prince George Davenport lines from him forward are traceable, but have not been formally laid out to my knowledge, but are being worked on. Allen F. Craig of North Carolina is active in this regard. There is a great deal of Davenport data in Prince George records which has not been extracted. I have bits and pieces: George & Mary Marks Davenport, 1717-1720; George & Thomas, 1739; George [Jr.?], 1745, 1749, 1772, 1773 [I do not include George's children, their marriages or migrations here]; George [Jr.?] & Thomas, 1749; Edward, 1759, 1760, 1791; David, Nancy, 1784; James, 1787; David, 1787; Daniel & Elizabeth Ledbetter Davenport, David, 1787; David, 1789; Daniel, Betsey (Prince George), Matthew (Charlotte County), relative to Edward, 1791. My correspondents tell me that there is a mass of Davenport data in Prince George County records yet unmined, for no Davenport family searcher to my knowledge or theirs has heretofore undertaken the job of extracting and abstracting a Total Family panorama. Unfortunately for present day needs, searchers in the past have worn Line Exclusive blinders, did not have a Family Inclusive perspective, likely because they did not have the luxury of being able to take a big picture approach. The data now in my files was given me by searchers working other families who thought that I might be interested in Davenport data they had encountered in their own quests. I have had most of it for twenty years or so. I have started a Prince George Davenport file, which I work on sporadically and plan to give to Nevada Jack one of these days so he can include it as a separate web page in his Virginia Davenport collection. There's nothing here to hang your hat on, but it's a beginning of some sort. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Thanks John of New Jersey....that was wonderful info. I will keep it in my files. Elaine Kidd O'Leary in CT

In a message dated 1/28/00 10:43:23 PM Central Standard Time, DAVENPORT-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << #1 [DAVENPORT] Some Revisions or Addi [JSDDOC@aol.com] >> Your opinion Doc, is this family to "high class" to have spawned an Ambrose--tavern owner or youthful private in the army? I love this info, mine or not, it's a wonderful read! Thank you. Jean

Dear Friends, I need to clarify my statement about the 10-15 pages. All we ever received from the National Archives was 3 pages. I certainly did not mean that was all Beth sent us. I contacted Beth and requested her services as soon as I read the informative e-mail. Beth has already responded and I feel confident in asking for her services. Nancy Nancy Carter wrote: > We should be so lucky to get 10-15 pages. The most we ever received was 3 > pages. Whoop De De ! > Nancy > > Ladyh19777@aol.com wrote: > > > Martha, > > > > In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the services of > > Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at NARA > > for a very reasonable fee. > > When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you 10-15 > > pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never have > > access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they also > > have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension file > > for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally received > > what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 pages > > in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where he was > > born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this fact > > because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. Just > > think of all the wasted time!! > > I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and trustworthy. > > She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. > > > > Good luck in your research! > > Alinda

I don't have any Carters from/in Missouri in my database. Sorry. Nancy Carter monkey wrote: > Nancy Carter email me I am looking for Carter in Mo > monkey@goin.missouri.org janet > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nancy Carter <ncarter@vzinet.com> > To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] CIVIL WAR SOLDER - NARA Lookup Resource > > > We should be so lucky to get 10-15 pages. The most we ever received was 3 > > pages. Whoop De De ! > > Nancy > > > > Ladyh19777@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Martha, > > > > > > In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the > services of > > > Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at > NARA > > > for a very reasonable fee. > > > When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you > 10-15 > > > pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never > have > > > access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they > also > > > have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension > file > > > for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally > received > > > what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 > pages > > > in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where > he was > > > born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this > fact > > > because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. > Just > > > think of all the wasted time!! > > > I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and > trustworthy. > > > She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. > > > > > > Good luck in your research! > > > Alinda > >

Nancy Carter email me I am looking for Carter in Mo monkey@goin.missouri.org janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Carter <ncarter@vzinet.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] CIVIL WAR SOLDER - NARA Lookup Resource > We should be so lucky to get 10-15 pages. The most we ever received was 3 > pages. Whoop De De ! > Nancy > > Ladyh19777@aol.com wrote: > > > Martha, > > > > In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the services of > > Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at NARA > > for a very reasonable fee. > > When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you 10-15 > > pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never have > > access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they also > > have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension file > > for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally received > > what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 pages > > in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where he was > > born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this fact > > because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. Just > > think of all the wasted time!! > > I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and trustworthy. > > She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. > > > > Good luck in your research! > > Alinda >

Angela and others, I sure wish I could find our Davenport line. It seems it has DEvenport woven through it. John Wesley and John Polk didn't leave much information behind. I know they came from AL where John Polk was born, through AR and MO to OK. That's about all I know... Here in Okla. City, the snow has moved on, leaving behind a beautiful 14 inches of the powdery stuff for all the kids ( and some of us older kids) to play in. Hope you all enjoy it also. Jann

To Doc and others: I have always wondered about this line of Davenports and their patronymic naming. As an interesting side note - very soon after I moved here to Memphis, TN and found a job, I met one of our clients whose name is: Julius Terry Davenport, a gggg -grandson of the first Julius Terry's one of Washington County, VA. This "Terry" Davenport didn't have a clue that his name went so far back until the Pamunkey Davenport information was shared on this rootsweb genealogy list. They used the name often after it was first given. At least we can distinguish which branch they are from! Fortunately, this "Terry" Davenport shared his genealogical research with me and we discovered our common heritage. Hope everyone is warm and safe from the snow. Memphis actually has a ground cover! Angela Pierce Groenhout

We should be so lucky to get 10-15 pages. The most we ever received was 3 pages. Whoop De De ! Nancy Ladyh19777@aol.com wrote: > Martha, > > In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the services of > Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at NARA > for a very reasonable fee. > When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you 10-15 > pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never have > access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they also > have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension file > for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally received > what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 pages > in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where he was > born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this fact > because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. Just > think of all the wasted time!! > I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and trustworthy. > She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. > > Good luck in your research! > Alinda

I have been waiting for some time for records. How can I contact Beth ? Dead Serious in Texas, Nancy Ladyh19777@aol.com wrote: > Martha, > > In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the services of > Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at NARA > for a very reasonable fee. > When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you 10-15 > pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never have > access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they also > have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension file > for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally received > what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 pages > in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where he was > born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this fact > because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. Just > think of all the wasted time!! > I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and trustworthy. > She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. > > Good luck in your research! > Alinda

Alinda, Thanks for the reference. :) I live outside DC and have made a few trips to the NARA there. You're right, there's a LOT that can be learned from these files that you might never know if you don't get all the data. Wasn't aware that they would send incomplete info. :( Being a "do it yourselfer" at heart, it was a thrilling moment when I held in my hands the very paper that my GGgrandfather signed to enlist in the Union army. Staggering to have some "touchstone" with his all too brief life. Cordially, Doug

Kinfolks and Others Interested: Charles Davenport of Brixey, Missouri, sent me a copy of his recently published hardcover book, "The Ancestors and Descendants of William Davenport, son of Claiborne" (Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1999), a well done, informative, clear genealogy. If you're interested in Pamunkey Davenport Family history, it's an excellent addition to your library. However, some of the data concerning William's ancestors therein will require revision in the next edition in the light of new findings or as the result of a better understanding of old data. Nothing radical, but some sharpening of identification and some family history now clarified or expanded. A case in point to begin: KING WILLIAM PARISH, NOT KING WILLIAM COUNTY Ann Pemberton, second wife and widow of Henry Davenport, son of Thomas, Sr., of Cumberland County, stated in her unsuccessful application for a Revolutionary War widow's pension made in Buckingham County in 1840 that she and Henry were married by the reading of banns in King William. Thereafter, family searchers have declared unequivocally that Henry and Ann were married in King William County. Wrong! Bishop Meade in his semi-authoritative history of the Anglican Church in Virginia (1856) identified the Pembertons as Huguenots. Fact: King William Parish was established for the Huguenots (French Protestants) in 1699, and after 1749 King William Parish was located in part in eastern Cumberland County. Fact: If Henry and Ann's banns, i.e., the announcement from the pulpit of intent to marry on three successive Sundays, were read in King William, it was done in Eastern Cumberland County where there were Pembertons in the land records, and the couple was doubtless married thereafter by the vicar of that parish. That was standard procedure. If Henry and Ann had been married by reading of the banns in King William County, the deed would have been done in either St. David or St. John's parish. Cumberland County included St. James Southam (later just Southam) and the South of the James portion of King William Parish. In 1769 Littleton Parish was created for Western Cumberland where all of the Davenports except Absalom, son of Richard, were located. When Eastern Cumberland was struck off as Powhatan County in 1777, Southam and King William parishes went with the new county. Remaining Cumberland County was identical in bounds with Littleton Parish, wherein most of the Davenports were active Anglicans until the Revolution. Thereafter, only Thomas Davenport, Jr., and William and their families appear to have kept the Faith. The importance of this clarification is that descendants of Henry and Ann seeking maternal ancestral identification should be looking in Eastern Cumberland (since 1777 Powhatan) County for their Pemberton ancestry, not in King William County--which was a wild goose chase. Some of the colonial records of King William Parish, I understand, are available, but the early years are in French. THE DEATH OF PHILEMON DAVENPORT A comprehensive reading of Cumberland County records, deeds and court minutes and orders, indicates that less than 25% of germane Davenport data therein has heretofore been extracted or abstracted. How anyone reading Cumberland Court Orders heretofore could have missed this traumatic item of family history boggles the mind: 28Apr1767 - Caesar, a Negro man slave belonging to William Anglea was tried in Cumberland County Court on suspicion of feloniously murdering Philemon Davenport. Thomas Davenport, Gentleman, one of the presiding justices of the Court, excused himself from the bench. On hearing the various witnesses and from the said Caesar, it was the Judgment of the Court that said Caesar was in no wise guilty of the felony or murder, and that the said Caesar be immediately delivered out of the custody of the Sheriff [and returned to his master.] (Cumberland County, VA, Court Orders, 7:472) The record provides no details as to how Philemon met his death, but if a slave was charged and then completely cleared as specifically and positively as recorded, a lethal mishap apparently had occurred wherein the Slave by proximity or participation was automatically suspected of culpability. Such a scenario might include Philemon having been an overseer supervising a slave who was cutting down a tree, with the falling tree in some manner landing on Philemon. Whatever, Philemon was at least 24-years-old when he died, for he had been sued in Cumberland Court in 1763, and he had to have been age 21 for that to have happened. He was apparently unmarried, not his own master, hence had no estate to probate, for there was no probate for Philemon Davenport, Decd. In 1763 Julius Davenport had been his bail (guarantor of Philemon's appearance in Court to answer the suit), a role often taken by fathers or brothers. Julius was not Philemon's brother, most likely was his father. SORTING OUT THE THOMASES IN COLONIAL CUMBERLAND From the late 1750s through the mid-1780s there were four Thomas Davenports in the Cumberland County records: (1) Thomas, Sr., son of the Davis and the Cumberland patriarch, who died in 1775; (2) Thomas, Jr., son of Thomas, Sr., who was high profile in Cumberland affairs until his death in 1780, having been a Constable, Captain of Militia, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Master in Chancery, Coroner, Doctor, a member of the Revolutionary Committee for Correspondence, and always a Gentleman; (3) Thomas, son of Julius and grandson of Thomas, Sr., who was a Deputy Sheriff (but not under his Uncle Thomas, Jr.), and was likely the eldest of Thomas, Sr.'s grandsons. He moved in the 1780s to Buckingham County, next county West from Cumberland, and then to Southwest Virginia in the 1790s; and (4) Thomas, Jr. II, son of Thomas, Jr., who moved to Halifax County by direction of his father's LW&T in the mid-1780s. Claiborne Davenport, b. 1759, was the oldest son of Thomas of Julius and his wife Mary Noell, who was born in Essex County, Virginia, the daughter of John Noell, who moved from Essex to Cumberland in 1754 and bought a tract just west of the Davenport Settlement from John Woodson. Julius Davenport, the closest Davenport neighbor, witnessed the deed. Subsequently, Julius' Thomas and Noell's Mary courted, married, and conceived Claiborne, and others, as Charles' book delineates. I salute Thomas and Mary for getting out of the Davenport rut of male given names--their sons were named Claiborne, Thomas [that had to be], Jonathan Noel, Osborne, and Julius Terry. After 1760, Thomas Davenport, Sr., surely approaching or in his 70s was no factor in Cumberland affairs. Beginning in 1747 Thomas, Jr., started his public career with an appointment as a Constable in Goochland County, forerunner of Cumberland in 1749. By the late 1750s Thomas, Jr., had moved to near the top of the ladder, was regularly listed on the Commission of Peace for Cumberland County, as a Justice of the Peace, twelfth in order (his rank among his peers on the bench), and was one of the movers and shakers of local affairs. Intensive reading of the old records is now only to mid-1767, at which time Thomas, Jr., had become simultaneously a Justice of the Peace, a Master in Chancery, a Militia Captain, the County Coroner (a practicing physician apparently, his bills as such appear in estate settlements), and a Vestryman--all the while his father-in-law Ambrose Ransome was possibly running an Ordinary (a place where food and drink were provided at Court established prices) in his home. But it's not clear whether Ambrose had that Ordinary in Thomas, Jr.'s home, or the home of Thomas of Julius. For Ambrose's license was for Thomas Davenport's home, not the home of Thomas Davenport, Gentleman, who was Thomas, Jr. But the situation of Thomas, Jr.'s father-in-law using Thomas of Julius' home for a tavern has credibility problems. Using his son-in-law's home, particularly one of the stature and activity of Thomas, Gentleman, is credible, but smacks of imposition. What man of Thomas, Jr.'s stature wanted a bunch of drunks singing bawdy songs constantly in his front room (assuming he had at least two rooms.). The license stated that the Ordinary was to be kept in the house of Thomas Davenport. Ambrose Ransome's bond to so do was signed by Thomas Davenport, Gentleman. Go figure. A HARD DATE FOR DAVID AND MOLLY'S MARRIAGE Cumberland Court records are clear that David Davenport, son of Martin of Hanover, married Molly Slaughter Davenport, widow of his cousin Stephen Davenport, son of Thomas, Sr., in Cumberland before 25Jun1765, for on that date the Cumberland Court dismissed a suit Molly had filed three months earlier on the basis that she had since married (meaning she no longer could act for herself, had to be represented by her husband). This date is earlier than heretofore credited, because David, who had land in Hanover, Spotsylvania, Louisa, and Amherst counties, bounced around among those properties in the mid-1760s, staying ahead of creditors and sheriffs who were in hot pursuit. He was finally cornered by the Spotsylvania Sheriff in May1767 and clapped in Prison Bounds as a Debtor. We now add Cumberland to David's list of real property sites, because when he married Molly, he got control of 200 acres in the Davenport settlement, five or six slaves, and divers other assets. Establishment of the 1765 date of David's marriage casts new light on the identity of Joel Davenport who appeared in Cumberland records after David and Molly's marriage was documented. WAS JOEL DAVENPORT OF CUMBERLAND DAVID'S SON Joel Davenport, a yet unidentified Pamunkey, first appeared in Cumberland records in September 1765, four months after David's marriage to Molly, when he and Julius Davenport were garnisheed by a creditor of James Davenport, Jr. James, Jr., is yet unidentified, but his connection to Julius may have been that of son and father, for James, Jr., was in Cumberland records a year before David's marriage, and Julius was his security. James, Jr., we'll consider later, when we have a better handle on all of his records presence. He was the only Davenport debtor who was labeled "an absconder" by the Court, which is why Joel and Julius were summoned to Court and stripped of whatever assets of James, Jr.'s they had. Joel is of interest for two salient points: (1) He did not appear in Cumberland records until after David Davenport had remarried and shifted his base of operations to Cumberland (where his relationship to Thomas Davenport, Gentleman, had its advantages), and (2) Hugh Lennox & Company, Merchants, which sued Joel for Debt in Cumberland did its business principally in Spotsylvania and Caroline, and was suing John Davenport, Tavernkeeper of Spotsyslvania, and his security David Davenport, for Debt at the same time it was suing Joel Davenport for Debt in Cumberland. The implication being that Joel had come from Spotsylvania to Cumberland with David. David was Joel's common bail when Lennox & Company entered its suit with Cumberland Court, but Lennox & Company knew what David's signature as a security was worth, and at the next Court session, Julius Davenport and William Davenport replaced David as bail for Joel. The Joel matter was yet in abeyance, and David was still in Debtor's prison in Spotsylvania when we came to the end of the microfilm roll, and had to order the next rolls from Salt Lake City. We'll get back to Joel and James, Jr., of Cumberland later, but it now looks possible that Joel was a son of David or one of those floating Pamunkey Davenports from the Hanover-Spotsylvania-Louisa triangle yet unidentified. Interestingly, Hugh Lennox & Company was so little known to the Cumberland Court that it required the Plaintiffs, namely Lennox & Company, to post a bond that it could pay the Court costs before it would accept the suit against Joel. Who you knew helped in Cumberland. Clout was clout then too. More family history later. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ Contrary to most

Sorry - no John Davenport! Thanks for looking!

Nancy, You can contact Beth Adams at sadam@mnsinc.com Alinda In a message dated 1/28/00 4:39:34 PM Central Standard Time, ncarter@vzinet.com writes: << I have been waiting for some time for records. How can I contact Beth ? Dead Serious in Texas, Nancy >>

Martha, In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the services of Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at NARA for a very reasonable fee. When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you 10-15 pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never have access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they also have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension file for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally received what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 pages in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where he was born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this fact because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. Just think of all the wasted time!! I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and trustworthy. She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. Good luck in your research! Alinda

Valerie, Sorry, these individuals are not in the book. William Davenport's descendants are all accounted for in the book. Charles Davenport ZORROMGR@aol.com wrote: > Is there a John DAVENPORT m. Lucy STEVENS in AR or OK 1890-1900 or so, in > your book? > Thank you, Valerie