Cousins: The message below was sent to the "wrong" address and I am the only one who received it because I am the Administrator of DAVENPORT-L and DAVENPORT-D. Messages sent to the "request" address are reserved for subscribe and unsubscribe messages only. However, I receive copies of them. Regardless, I have decided to forward this message to you because I think that's what Ellen intended, even though that's not my "duty" as Administrator. I would like to mention that Doc's information goes down to the 1830s and doesn't stop at 1800 as Ellen alleges. I suspect that Ellen hasn't read all of Doc's information. I would also like to say that I will only accept "constructive criticism" on this list [this comment has nothing to do with Ellen's message. It is meant to ward off any future comments that might be disruptive to the purpose of this list]. Enough said. Best wishes, Nevada Jack -----Original Message----- From: Ellen [mailto:Wellann2@nc.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:17 AM To: DAVENPORT-D-request@rootsweb.com Subject: A new Start? Dear Fellow Researchers I am not "taking umbrage" as Doc says that the long awaited Pamunkey research apparently stops at 1800 with no link at all with the next generation. If you can trace your lineage back to 180, this is really fine. But this is highly disappointing to the rest of us, still hoping for a clue . However, I feel certain that if many of us find we can be pretty sure of the birth date , place of our earliest Davenport ancestor and the subsequent family history, it is because our parents/grandparents were alive within that ancestor's lifespan. We are looking for the unknown ancestor probably born about 1800, who sired our known Great- grandparent. What was learned by all the years of Doc's looking at wills etc, are lost to us and will not be posted. Isaac Crane Davenport's (my Ancestor) birthdate , Feb.17, 1828 was known to my Mother . His family lived in the same house in New Orleans from 1861 to 1946. His birthdate has been confirmed in US census data. His life in New Orleans is well documented. ( yes, after Katrina, the house still stands) My Mother, born in 1903, knew his wife, her Grandmother, and I found the record of their marriage in church records in 1854. All fine . But before that point, I can find no record. Three times, official records state he was born in KY, Once in VA , several in MO, . One obit one week later, remarks on his sterling qualities and his birthplace as Mo, corrected the next week as VA. He always gave his Father's birthplace as VA and his Mother's as TN. So, before Ancestry carried all census records, I was looking at many , many census rolls trying to find him in some Davenport Family in 1850. He is not there, in my Library research or on Ancestry ( and after looking at every conceivable spelling of "Davenport"), nor is his sister., Sarah A or Sally Davenport. Do I trash all this research or post it hoping it might help someone else? His sister's death certificate says her Father's name was Isaac and she was born in April,1834 in MO. I have to wonder if the person who gave this information took it from her Brother Isaac's obit. In various censuses, her children don't seem to agree on her birthplace. There were very few Davenports in MO in 1834. One of her descendents said she thought Sally was born in IN. Many of the birth records of her children leave her birthplace a blank or say LA, which is wrong. So, if I am still in the dark, it is not for trying to find a light. So, I was hoping there would be some mention of where those "unknown children " went after 1800, thus my disappointment when they are "unknown" Many generous Davenport descendents have tried to help me since this research started a long time ago. I thank them again. I would be happy to put together all the census data I have of Davenports in various States , born in Va , as noted in the 1850 US census. I won't know the numbers of the rolls or pages as none seemed relevant and I did not record them in many cases. Sincerely, Ellen Eanes Bethel