Dorothy, John is the Rev. John Davenport, founder of New Haven, Connecticut. His is a heavily researched line with genealogies published in the NEHGS Register starting about 150 years ago. You can find more information at Robert Ralsey Davenport's website. He is a descendent. >http://members.tripod.com/~Davenport_Genealogy/davenpor.htm Bill Davenport >wbdave@aol.com ----------------------------- In a message dated 7/27/2005 3:06:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhrenaud@midwest.net writes: On the following website there is info on John Davenport son of Henry & Winifred (Barneby) Davenport. He was baptized in England 1597. His wife is Elizabeth. Mention of him is in serveral places, one being in Excerpts From The New Haven Colony by Isabel Calder. I'm not familiar with this John Daveport but thought it may be of interest to someone on the list. My interest in this site was the Crane genealogy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/cranjasp.htm Dorothy