Begin forwarded message: From: Ellen <Wellann2@nc.rr.com> Date: February 22, 2006 1:06:45 PM EST To: DAVENPORT-L-@rootsweb.com Subject: Selena Davenport? Thanks to Rootsweb, I have made an amazing breakthrough , Thanks to someone who answered a long ago posted query on my part, I have found in the 1850 census,my GGrandmother , Rose Collins, who married my GGrandfather, Isaac Crane Davenport in 1854 in New Orleans. .I kept looking in LA for her. She was living in Hancock, Co, MS at the time of the census. Hancock Co, MS is a place where New Orleans people went to to escape the heat or the various disease epidemics which plague New Orleans. Still do, or did before Katrina. She is in the household of Louis Garnier. This Louis Garnier later gave his consent ( as her Guardian as she was under 18 years of age ) for Rose's sister, Ellen Collins to marry Wm. Root in New Orleans. Besides Louis's wife, Josephine, in the 1850 census at that address, were Wm.M.Mathieu born in IN ( Clark CO.) and his apparent wife, SELENA Mathieu, born in MO in 1835. With the Garnier/Collins connection, this has to be the Wm.M.Mathieu who married Sally ( Sarah A. Davenport) in 1856 in New Orleans. She was his second wife. On the birth certificate of one of their children, Wm.'s birthplace was listed as IN. Selena (?) Mathieu died in 1850 after delivering twins. One survived, William Martin Mathieu, Jr. At least Wm. Mathieu's first wife died in 1850 after delivering twins. In 1850, Selena would have been 15 and Wm 17. Rather young for marriage. As Sally's birthplace according to her death certificate was Mo in 1834 and Selena's given as Mo in 1835, I wonder if Selena was a Davenport. Without access to New Orleans records at present, I can't say much more about Louis Garnier and his connections to these young people, He may have been their Guardian, too. Rose Collins was 19 in 1850 and may have been a servant, but was not listed as such. By 1860, his wife , Josephine Garnier , is listed as a widow in New Orleans. My correspondent has done a lot of research and proved Wm.Mathieu's family. His first son's children have all the names given in my Davenport family. The rest with his marriage to Sally all have the same names in one form for or another. Does anyone on this list have a Selena Davenport in any of their family trees , who was born in MO in 1835 , died in LA or MS? Just a guess on my part She does not seem to have been a Mathieu except by marriage. Google does not recognize the name. Thanks for any attention you might give to this query, Ellen Eanes Bethel

Could you scan the picture in and put it on the Internet?

Lynette, You may contact #41293 by sending an email to >41293@DavenportDNA.com<. Any of the participants can be contacted by taking their kit number and adding @DavenportDNA.com Bill Davenport >wbdave@aol.com ---------------------- In a message dated 2/1/2006 9:02:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, yourgrannys@yahoo.com writes: I would share info if DNA test #4193 would like to contact me. I have a lot of Courthouse documents as well photos of tombstones for both William D. Davenport and Lucinda Draper in MO. I also feel comfortable that I get #4193 at least 1 generation further back to Richard of Caldwell Co KY. Kindest regards, Lynette Wilkerson Aasheim

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Eugene SMITH, Esq. of New York City which was taken at the Anson's Studio in New York City. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1860's with Eugene likely in his 20's or 30's at the time. Based on limited research, I believe that this may well be a photograph of Eugene SMITH b. 24 Apr 1839 in New York City, NY to parents Matthew SMITH and Mary Ann DAVENPORT. Eugene SMITH married Katherine Wadsworth BACON on the 22nd of Feb 1872 in New York City. In 1880 the couple was recorded in the census, living in New York City with records providing the following information: Eugene SMITH, age 41, born in NY, a Lawyer, parents born in NY Catherine SMITH, wife, age 32, born in CT, House Keeper, parents born in CT Mary A. SMITH, Mother, age 60, born in CT, At Home, parents born in CT Lenoard B. SMITH, son, age 7, born in NY Winthroph D. SMITH, son, age 5, born in NY Alice M. SMITH, dau, age 1, born in NY Alice THOMPSON, servant, age 16, born in MA, parents born in Ireland Mary JOYCE, servant, age 53, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland Kate MCCAWLEY, servant, age 19, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland In 1900 the family remained in New York City with census records providing the following information: Eugene SMITH, age 61, born Apr 1839, married 28 years, born in NY, parents born in NY/CT, a Lawyer Katherine B. SMITH, wife, age 52, born May 1848, married 28 years, 4 children/4 living, born in CT, parents born MI/CT Mary A. SMITH, Mother, age 86, born Dec 1813, widowed, 2 children/2 living, born in CT, parents born in CT Leonard B. SMITH, son, age 27, born May 1873, born in NY, a Lawyer Winthrop D. SMITH, son, age 25, born Sept 1874, born in NY, an Oils Salesman Alice M. SMITH, dau, age 21, born Sept 1878, born in NY Helen W. SMITH, dau, age 15, born July 1884, born in NY, at School Fanny BRADY, servant, age 24, born Nov 1875, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, to USA 1894, Waitress Mary DONOHUE, servant, age 36, b May 1864, widow, no children, b in Ireland, parents b in Ireland, to USA 1883, Cook Maggie MCCARTHY, servant, age 30, born Dec 1869, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, to USA 1895, Laundress In 1910 the family was living in New York City with records from the census providing the following information: Eugene SMITH, age 71, married 38 years, born in NY, parents born NY/CT, a General Practice Lawyer Katherine SMITH, wife, age 61, married 38 years, 4 children/4 living, born in CT, parents born in MI/CT Leonard B. SMITH, son, age 36, born in NY, a General Practice Lawyer Alice M. SMITH, dau, age 31, born in NY Julia TERRY, servant, age 25, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, Cook Agnes FLYNN, servant, age 23, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, Waitress Margareta COOK, servant, age 23, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, Laundress By 1920 records of the family taken during the census revealed the following information: Eugene SMITH, age 80, widowed, born in NY, parents born in NY/CT, a General Practice Lawyer Winthrop SMITH, son, age 45, married, born in NY, a Steel Contractor Alice SMITH, dau, age 41, born in NY Sarah MADDEN, servant, age 27, born in Ireland, Parents born in Ireland, to USA 1914 Sarah McGRUDER, servant, age 27, born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland, to USA 1909 I am hoping to locate someone from this SMITH Family so that this wonderful old photograph can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

At 09:03 PM 1/25/2006, JJBeekman@cs.com wrote: >I sent a message today and I absolutely cannot get through your SPAM >restriction. I tried over and over. Any time anyone needs to send something, it can be sent to jgr@pamunkeydavenport.com. That address is not affected by the spam filter. -- Judy

To: Judy Russell, I sent a message today and I absolutely cannot get through your SPAM restriction. I tried over and over. Jane Beekman

Are there any researchers out there who are descendants of Elias Davenport/Devenport (b 1774/1780) and Zilpha/Zilphia Winstead, daughter of Joseph Winstead? They moved from NC and were last found by me in KY in the early 1800's. I would like to hear from researchers with knowledge of this couple and any descendants, who might exist. They had several children, but I know the names of two only circumstantially. Since I do not descend in a line of Davenport sons, DNA can help me only indirectly. Jim Crownover- CA

Hello Doc, Bill and all, I'm a descendant of William D. Davenport and his Wife Lucinda Draper through Horace's oldest daughter, Ada P. Davenport Wilkerson (my great grandmother). I wrote to Doc over a year ago regarding William's father, Richard who died in Caldwell Co, KY. His will is in bk 1 of Lyon Co, KY. (Lyon KY was formed from Caldwell after Richard's death). I had the wrong VA Richard at the time (I was working with the Richard of Caroline Co). I'm now going on the hypothesis that he is the Richard, son of Absalom of Powhatan Co, VA and while I have a lot of copies of deeds, etc. from KY, I have yet to get to KY to pull the courthouses of 4 counties (Christian, Todd, Caldwell, and Lyon) apart for the evidence that would make me comfortable with the statement that William D.'s grandfather was Absalom Davenport and Elizabeth Steger. William D. Danvenport's wife, Lucinda Draper descends from other Pamunkey families who were located in Louisa, Hanover and Orange Co, VA. I would share info if DNA test #4193 would like to contact me. I have a lot of Courthouse documents as well photos of tombstones for both William D. Davenport and Lucinda Draper in MO. I also feel comfortable that I get #4193 at least 1 generation further back to Richard of Caldwell Co KY. Kindest regards, Lynette Wilkerson Aasheim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

The results of a several more tests for the Davenport DNA Surname Project have arrived. We are trying to get DNA samples from all of the branches of the various Davenport lines around the world to see how we are related. For more information and to see the results go to http://www.DavenportDNA.com So far we have 92 participants with complete results in for 72. ---------------------- The first results belong to kit # 37512. He is a descendent of Thomas (born about 1700) and Margaret Davenport of Lower Withington, Cheshire . He says "most of the Davenports found in the Swettenham and Marton parish registers from 1725 on are descended from this couple ." His grandfather moved to Australia in 1912. So far, the results have come in for six participants who can trace their recent ancestry to England. Four of them had results similar to each other, and the other two matched no other Davenport. Kit # 37512 joins the later group - no matches. This can be explained three different ways. First - it is what it is. This Davenport line is not related to the others. Somewhere up the line, the ancestors of Thomas adopted the Davenport name. Second - The line is related to the other lines, but somewhere between Thomas and the participant - there was a "paternity event". Meaning an adoption, name change, affair, whatever. Third - there was an error in the paper genealogy somewhere. Since the research appears good and we don't have enough information - the best solution would be to test another individual from the line. By comparing another Thomas descendent, preferably one descended from another one of his sons, we can verify the Y-DNA test results. Hopefully, there is such a person. --------------------- Kit # 41189 can trace his ancestry back to Joseph Davenport, born about 1832 in Gainsborough, Tennessee. Joseph married Elizabeth Ann Wheeler about 1854. He died in 1863 of wounds received in the Civil War. The Y-DNA of this line matches two other participants. One who believes he is descended from Colonel George Davenport of Davenport, Iowa fame. Col. George was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1783 and arrived in New York City in 1805. His documented descendents are known, but our participants are not among them. However, there is the matter of "undocumented" descendents. For a portion of his life, George was an Indian trader and was well known to several tribes in the Iowa-Illinois area. There are rumors that he fathered several children. So this keeps the door open for Col. George connections. We won't really know until we find a documented descendent. ---------------------- Participant # 41293 can trace his ancestry to William Davenport, born 1805 probably in Virginia, who married Draper ?. Next down the line was Horace, born in 1833 in Kentucky. Born William and Horace died in Missouri. Unfortunately, # 41293 does not match any other Davenport tested so far. This does happen occasionally - although not as often. Two years ago we were running about 15% without matches. Now we are about 10%. The bigger we grow, the better the odds of making a connection. I expect this will eventually happen for # 41293. ---------------------- The next participant - kit # 44798 - is our first Altona Davenport. He descends from Abraham Davenport, born 1714 in England. Abraham migrated to America after 1735 settling in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He married Mary Simms about 1745. They eventually settled with their family in Jefferson County, West Virginia. #41189 descends from Abraham's son Anthony Simms Davenport. The Y-DNA of the Altona's does not match any other Davenport line. They belong to Haplogroup I, which is most common in northwestern Europe - the Scandinavian area. While most of our tested lines are Haplogroup R1b, which is more common in western Europe. We now have another Altona participant - a descendent of Abraham > Abraham. If he matches #44798, then we have verified Abraham's Y-DNA, and we know he is not related to the other Davenport lines tested so far. --------------------- We have another English participant (residing in Australia) - kit # 45408. He can trace his line back to William Davenport, born about 1795 in London, who married Charlotte Head. William was a Painter, Glazier and Gilder. What makes # 45408's results exciting, is that he matches the Newberry's on 36 of 37 markers. This means they definitely had a common ancestor. Two years ago we showed that the descendents of Isaac (d.1749) had a common ancestor with the descendents of Francis (b.1651 England). Now we have a London connection. Hopefully Newberry researchers can bring it all together. --------------------- The next participant is a Humphrey Davenport descendent. Humphrey was born prior to 1640 in England before settling in Barbados. Kit # 46926 descends from Humphrey > Humphrey > Humphrey... His Y-DNA test results confirm his paper genealogy. There is a definite match. Due to the uniqueness of the Humphrey Y-DNA, (no one even close in tens of thousands of samples in public databases), we decided to try some additional testing. The Humphrey's are Haplogroup J1, and one of the participants has agreed to take the "J sub-clade" test. This test breaks J down into subgroups. Haplogroups are used to determine human migration patterns, so maybe we can discover what region of the world Humphrey (or his ancestors) came from. We are also working with a couple "J1 specialists" to help decide additional testing options. Some of the documented Humphrey participants have also upgraded to 37 markers. This will help the undocumented Humphrey participants zoom in on a specific branch. --------------------- And finally - Kit # 46784. He came to us as an unknown, but now he has found a home:) He could only go back to his Grandfather Jess C. Davenport who married Marie Smith in the early 1900's. Family history suggested his ancestors settled in Virginia and the Carolina's in the early 1600's. Family history was pretty close. He matched the Newberry Davenports. Now, with the help of other researchers, maybe he can find out where he fits in. --------------------- This and all previous reports can be seen on the News page at >http://www.DavenportDNA.com If anyone would like to join the DNA project or has any questions please contact me. Bill Davenport Surname DNA Project Administrator >wbdave@aol.com

With apologies for the delay to those who have already sent in corrections to the Five Generations Chart at the Pamunkey Davenport website ( http://pamunkeydavenport.com/ and specifically the chart in PDF format at http://pamunkeydavenport.com/davis_5_gen_report_20051020.pdf or in html -- regular website -- format at http://pamunkeydavenport.com/b1.html ), please consider this as a formal REQUEST FOR CORRECTIONS to the information presented there for an official first update to be made in February 2006. Corrections -- with a statement of the existing documentation showing that a correction is necessary -- can be sent to info@pamunkeydavenport.com or directly to me at jgr@pamunkeydavenport.com. (Anything sent to the info address will reach me, so you do not have to send to both addresses!) This corrections period (there will be others as we go forward) ends on January 31, 2006. Any corrections to be included in this first official update should be sent by then. Thanks! -- Judy

Can anyone identify the ancestry of this James Davenport? Joseph HANCOCK, William SPICER of Hanover Co., VA, Sharp SMITH, George ARNOLD of Spotsylvania Co., VA, & William DIKENSON of Caroline Co., VA was conveyed land 16 Mar 1791 by James DAVENPORT of Hanover Co., VA a 1/2 acre lot near ford convenient to the spring at corner of the lands of KENNEDY & DAVENPORT with the provision that Bishop Francis ASBURY, of Methodist Episcopal Church in America, & any of his appointees enjoy the free use & benefit of said premises. Signed: James DAVENPORT, Witnesses: Benjamin HANCOCK, Samuel LUCK, Larkin LUCK, & James DAVENPORT, Jr. (Source: DAVIS, Rosalie Edith, Hanover Co., VA Deeds 1783 - 1792, 1983, p. 100: Heritage Trails, Manchester, MO) [Note: Joseph Hancock, s/o Benjamin Hancock and Mary Beadles, married Nancy Ann Luck, whose step-father was Nathaniel Dickenson III. Ann Davenport, dau/o Davis Davenport, married Thomas Graves and were the ancestors of Nancy Ann Graves who married (Capt.) John Hancock, s/o Benjamin & Mary (Beadles) Hancock. Susan Pettus Graves, niece of Nancy Ann (Graves) Hancock, married John Hancock, s/o Joseph Hancock and nephew of (Capt.) John Hancock, bro/o Joseph. Audrey

Looking for the descendents of Richard Jackson Davenport and Ermelda Jane Slaughter. They had a son Joel Warren Davenport, he died in Barry Co., Mo.. around 1940. I was wondering if he had any descendents left in the Barry Co., Mo. area. This Richard Jackson Davenport I believe is my great-grandfather's brother. Thanks James Soard --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less

In addition to the 1880 census for Absolom Davenport I found the following on the Joel Davenport listed as the father. Appears to be the same family. Drusilla and Druceleen probably the same child. 1850 census Center Twsp Buchanan Co. MO Jackson Davenport 28 NC Farmer Elizabeth wife 28 NC Joel son 10 TN Minerva daug 5 TN Richard son 1 MO 1860 census Center Twsp Buchanan Co. MO Elizabeth Davenport 38 b 1821 NC Minerva J. 14 b 1845 TN Richard J. son 11 b 1848 MO Joel son 18 b 1841 NC Mary A. daug 22 b 1837 MO 1870 census Lewis Twsp Holt Co. MO Joel Devenport age 28 TN laborer Mary wife 31(?) MO Nancy daug 10 MO Malinda dau 8 MO Lucy daug 5 MO Drusilla daug 2 MO Hope this helps. -- Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: <TJDimmett@aol.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: [DAVENPORT] RE: Davenport Inquiry (Absalom) > > I found an Absalom of the right age in his parents home: > > 1880 Tremont, Buchanan, MO > > Devenport, Joel age 44 b. TN, parents b. TN occupation- farmer > Mary age 41 wife b. MO, parents b. KY/MO > Lucy Ann age 14 daughter b. MO > Druceleen age 12 daughter b. MO > Absolom age 9 son b. MO > Maltsy A. age 7 daughter b. MO > > If you'd like more, I can look...Teri > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

I found an Absalom of the right age in his parents home: 1880 Tremont, Buchanan, MO Devenport, Joel age 44 b. TN, parents b. TN occupation- farmer Mary age 41 wife b. MO, parents b. KY/MO Lucy Ann age 14 daughter b. MO Druceleen age 12 daughter b. MO Absolom age 9 son b. MO Maltsy A. age 7 daughter b. MO If you'd like more, I can look...Teri

Can anyone help her? Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: Norma Soard To: deja@net-link.net Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: Davenport Inquiry Hello: I saw your email address in the Virginia Surename Register. I was wondering if you might be able to help me in finding some information about my frandfather's father. All I have is that according to the 1920 Arkansas Census my grandfather lived in Ark. and that his father was from Virgina and his mother was from Missouri.. All I know for sure is this about my grandfather; Absalom Davenport b. Feb. 28, 1871 in Washburn, Berry Co., Mo. d. Oct. 14, 1942 in Neosho, Newton Co., Mo. he married Vivian Viola White on Nov. 22, 1891 in Neosho, Newton Co., Mo. I am trying to find out who his parents were, and if he had any brothers and sisters. Thanks for any help. James Soard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm

Kinfolk: The paragraph beginning "First Child" my earlier message should have read: First Child: Christian Colquitt, female. Likely named after Christian Terry Colquitt, Permenas' mother. Christian Terry was a daughter of Daniel Terry and Christian Evans. Daniel Terry was an uncle of Henry Davenport, Sr., father of Lucy Davenport, Permenas' wife. Christian Evans, wife of Daniel Terry, was the daughter of Walter Evans of Caroline. Permenas' had a brother named Walter Evans Colquitt. I got my feet caught in my underwear in laying out this one. The confoundings started with me. Doc

A PAMUNKEY EXERCISE IN DEDUCING NAMES OF FIRST WIVES & OTHER CONFOUNDINGS Much commentary and discussion has appeared on the DAVENPORT-L-Rootsweb during the past several years about the first family of Henry Davenport, Sr., of Cumberland County, Virginia. The Bible record of Henry's second family by Nancy Ann Pemberton and the 1892 Family Remembrances interview by a nephew of Rachel Hendricks Davenport, spinster, age 82, a granddaughter of Henry, Sr., since transcribed and widely circulated for 120 years, have dominated Southside Virginia Pamunkey Davenport genealogy. Unfortunately, both the Bible record and Miss Rachel's memory omitted the fact that Henry had two families, the first one, surely begun in the 1740s, as large, if not larger, than the one son and six daughters by Nancy Ann Pemberton recorded in the notorious Bible. The second family began with son Wilson in 1771, who was followed by six sisters, all born, we now know, when Henry was in his 60s and 70s. The fact that Nancy Ann Pemberton Davenport, Henry's widow, lived for 50 years beyond his death, given the now proven existence of a first family, surely indicates a November-May, if not April or late March marriage. We note also that the Bible record of that second family, which commenced with the marriage of Henry and Ann in 1770, indicates that there was six months and a few days between the birth of Wilson, eldest and only son, and the eldest daughter Mildred, contrary to the old axiom that the first child could come anytime after the marriage, but all other children required nine months. This is an aside, not germane to the subject at hand, but not hitherto noted publicly to our knowledge. It do raise some questions. We know that Henry Davenport was a married man in 1753 when he sued Zachariah Neal in Cumberland "as much for his wife as for himself" relative to a debt. The wife was not named, nor have we found any other mention of her in Cumberland records. Yet, we now know that Henry's children, not noted in Nancy Ann Pemberton's Bible, were James, Jr., Martin, Patty, Drusilla, Susannah, Mary, Lucy, and Henry, Jr. (order uncertain). James, Jr., disappeared from Cumberland in the mid-1760s, was apparently lost to the family. Recent (2005) DNA findings identify James Davenport of Prince George County as most likely having been the missing James, Jr., of Henry. James, Sr., was James, Jr.'s uncle, subsequently of Halifax County. Naming patterns did not exist among our Eighteenth Century Pamunkeys, beyond the fact that there was no repetition of the given name Davis, the family patriarch. We concern ourselves here specifically with the family of Thomas, Sr., of Cumberland, third son of Davis, and his wife Grace Terry, believed daughter of Captain Thomas Terry, of King William/Caroline, a close neighbor of Davis Davenport in the first decade of the Eighteenth Century. Most Pamunkeys of Thomas, Sr., descent are not aware of how much Terry they have in them. Thomas, Sr., son of Davis, fell within the Terry sphere of influence with his marriage c1710, moved up Pamunkey Neck when Captain Terry did c1714, moved South of the James with Terry brothers-in-law in 1740-41, and largely chose Terry given names for his children (order approximate): James, Thomas, Jr., Henry, Julius, William, Stephen, Joseph, and Philemon as his sons, Drusilla as his only daughter. Compare those given names with those chosen by Martin Davenport, Sr., for his children (order approximate): Mary, Thomas, Dorothy, Glover, William, Martin, John, David, James, Crotia, and Lucy. Compare those given names with those chosen by Richard Davenport, Sr., for his children (order approximate): Richard, Jr., Crotia, Joseph, Mary, David (by his first wife, possibly a Terry); Absolem, Gideon, Reuben, possibly daughters unknown (by second wife Keziah Davis). Some commonality, but no patterns. However, it appears that systematic naming occurred in the family of Permenas Colquitt and wife Lucy Davenport who married in 1794 in Halifax County, with Colonel Thomas Davenport (III) as bondsman. The Colonel was the son of Thomas, Jr., (II), who died as a Captain-Surgeon of the Georgia Continental Line as a British prisoner-of-war. Consider this naming pattern in the issue of Permenas and Lucy: First Child: Christian Colquitt, a female. Likely named after Christian Terry Colquitt, Permenas' mother, wife of Daniel Terry, uncle of Henry Davenport, Sr. Christian, wife of Daniel Terry, was the daughter of Walter Evans, of Caroline. (Permenas had a brother named Walter Evans Colquitt.) Second Child: Sarah Colquitt, a female, a namesake of who? (See below) Third Child: Anthony Colquitt, a son, surely named after Permenas' father Anthony who had married Christian Terry, daughter of Daniel Terry and Christian Evans. Fourth Child: Henry Davenport Colquitt, a son, surely named after Lucy's father, who died in Buckingham County in 1792. Fifth Child: Fanny Colquitt, a daughter, namesake, if any, unknown, but Fanny Davenport Kent, daughter of Lucy's sister Susannah, who married Obediah Kent, was born about the same time on a nearby Halifax plantation. Sixth Child: John Terry Colquitt, a son, likely named after the Rev. John Terry, the minister who married Permenas and Lucy, and likely a cousin to both bride and groom. Daughter Sarah, we submit, was likely a namesake of Lucy's mother who was the first wife of Henry Davenport, Sr., of Buckingham/Cumberland. So, by deduction from the naming pattern, we conclude that the given name of Henry's first wife was Sarah. For reasons which will be spread out later both in exposition on this Rootsweb and in the Further Chronicles, we strongly suspect that Henry, Sr.'s first wife was a Terry, probably a daughter of Daniel Terry. Ipso facto, we conclude that Sarah Terry, daughter of Daniel Terry, was the first wife of Henry Davenport, Sr., of Buckingham/Cumberland. It's tangled web, but any family that got closely involved with the Terrys in Eighteenth Century Virginia suffered entanglement. Thank Providence that Pamunkey interfaces then were limited primarily to the Old Captain and his sons Daniel, James, and Thomas. As to the quest for the surname of Catherine, wife of James Davenport, Sr., eldest son of Thomas, Sr., and elder brother of Henry, Sr., for reasons to come, we strongly suspect that she was either an Evans or a Terry, that James, Sr., of Halifax, eldest son of Thomas, Sr., of Cumberland, was either a brother-in-law to his Uncle Daniel Terry or a son-in-law or twice a cousin, once by blood and once by marriage. You folks have an education coming relative to the propensity of the Virginia Terrys to marry first cousins during the Eighteenth Century. The schism that occurred between the Davenports, in part, and the Terrys after 1750 likely quashed more interminglings, but there were surely a number of cousin marriages involving the two families before 1750. A Terry is the prime candidate for the first wife of Richard Davenport, Sr., of Caroline, elder brother of Thomas, Sr., of Cumberland, and younger brother of Martin, Sr., of Hanover. Thomas Davenport, eldest son of Martin, Sr., of Hanover, is recorded as having sired one son, namely Martin, and seven daughters. Daniel Terry also sired but one son, namely Moses, but possibly had as many as a dozen daughters, and he kept sons-in-law close by giving them land, generally 200 acres, near to or adjoining his manor plantation. Is that why Uncle Daniel conveyed 200 acres in Goochland/Cumberland each to James, Thomas, Jr., and Henry, sons of Thomas Davenport, Sr., in 1741? He made no such conveyances to Thomas, Sr.'s other five sons. Food for thought. Enjoy. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

It is with great sadness that I have to announce that my grandmother Mary Edlo Davenport Thompson died today in Grosse Pointe, Michigan at age 93. Her page on my Davenport website is at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~longkin/Davenport/wc52/wc52_051.html Jason

PAMUNKEY KIN: Sorry about the mess that resulted when I tried to forward a forwarding on the Rootsweb. Here in a clean format is what I was trying to communicate. The following message is from Dr. Dean Steward, now sporting 91-years, who has been with us both as a financial backer and a cheerleader since we began in 1998. He's a retired physician, and chose the moniker of "Florida Doc," shortcutted below as "fl doc." Special greetings to you, Dean, from all of us. Get those 100 years. Jersey Doc Florida Doc's Message received earlier: John Scott "Jersey Doc" Davenport Robert L. "Billy Bob" Davenport Nevada Jack Ralph Judy G. Russell Whitley "WCV" Davenport Many thanks to all of you, and I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Doc in your busy schedule, I would appreciate it if you could or would pass this on to the people mentioned. Fl Doc P.S.: I am now 91 and fading. Hence the request.

John Scott "Jersey Doc" Davenport Robert L. "Billy Bob" Davenport Nevada Jack Ralph Judy G. Russell Whitley "WCV" Davenport Many thanks to all of you, and I wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Doc in your busy schedule, I would appreciate it if you could or would pass this on to the people mentioned. P.S.: I am now 91 and fading. Hence the request . Fl Doc ----- Original Message ----- From: <JSDDOC@aol.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:25 AM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Progress Report on Further Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles > KINFOLK AND OTHER INTERESTED: > > After five years, we appreciate that some of you are getting impatient > relative to the release of the "Further Chronicles of the Pamunkey > Davenports," but we're facing both quantity and quality challenges. > > Part 1, "Beginnings and Settlement North of the James River," left > Doc's > hands a month ago and is now being edited by Dr. Judy G. Russell, a > Davenport-Baker Pamunkey who is a professional book editor--meaning Part > 1 is getting > a thorough edit and vetting, which takes time, for Judy has a full-time > job > in book publishing and also teaches Law at Rutgers University. She has > no > deadline, will move Part 1 along as rapidly as possible. Hopefully it > will be > ready for publication sometime before 1July2006. > > Part 1 took almost two years longer than initially expected because > we > encountered so much error in earlier research that we had to go back to > scratch and start over, documenting as we went. In addition to required > error > correction, we found the Pamunkey Davenport Family to be larger than we > thought--and it was big already--meaning we had new lines to identify and > take > through the Colonial and Post-Revolution years. However, because of > out-migration > we were able to cut off Part 1 neatly at 1820 with only a few items > thereafter. > > Part 2, "Settlement South of the James River," is now getting Doc's > full > attention. It has few of the error problems encountered in Part 1 > because > little research has been done and even less has been published concerning > Southside Virginia Pamunkeys. If less has been published, then less has > been > misinterpreted or erroneously hooked onto, meaning less overburden. The > worst > errors we have encountered are pasted together marriages (Henry > Davenport, > Sr.'s totally missed first family of eight was an omission, not an > error), but > those wronged marriages are easily rectified although some Mormon > baptisms of > the Dead should be redone. Where we had scads of errors to overcome in > Part > 1, we had and have scads of original record research to do for Part 2. > We > mistakenly concluded eighteen months ago that once we had Part 1 done > with all > its difficulties and record losses, that Part 2 would be downhill, no > burned > counties other than Buckingham--which we could work around. Not so, > while we > did what we thought was a thorough search of the records of Cumberland, > Halifax, Charlotte, Powhatan, and Buckingham (such as it is), we now know > that we > must give Campbell and Bedford a thorough vetting if we are to maintain > our > quality level. Further, we need to take the research as far forward as > 1850 > in some instances, for the Pamunkey Davenports squirted from Amherst > (north of > the James) into Campbell and Bedford, back and forth between Campbell and > Charlotte, between Cumberland and Powhatan, Powhatan and Prince Edward, > Prince > Edward and Buckingham, and Prince Edward and Halifax after 1805. Where > Part > 1 included movement to South of the James in Virginia, it primarily noted > movement out of Virginia to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Kentucky, Part 2 > includes movements within Virginia for decades before out migration. > Then too, we > had the large accumulation of Pamunkeys in far southwest Washington > County, > Virginia, who proliferated mightily then exploded in migration in all > directions but East. We've delegated those folk to Whit Davenport, a > California-born > WCV (Washington County, Virginia) Pamunkey, who is doing his kin as Part > 3 of > the Chronicles. Where Whit is in terms of completion, we know not, for > he, > too, has encountered errors in research that have become vested with > tradition and cousins that tend towards intractability. > > In short, Part 1, almost 800 pages, should be ready by mid-year next. > Part 2, now 674 pages with much research yet to be done, should be ready > by > mid-year 2007. Part 3 of at least 180 pages, Whit's job, ready when he > says > so. Part 4 concerns Elias Davenport, fourth son of Davis Davenport, and > settlement in Northeastern North Carolina and Georgia, all compiled from > secondary > sources, can be released anytime, but has the lowest priority. > > That's where we are at the moment. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy > New Year. > > John Scott "Jersey Doc" Davenport > Robert L. "Billy Bob" Davenport > Nevada Jack Ralph > Judy G. 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