The contributions and comments yesterday by many, including Bud, Teri, Bill, and Tim are gratefully appreciated. There is however one significant question that still needs to be answered. That question is: " How do we know that the Thomas Davenport born 1580 who married Mary Forth was the son of a William Davenport born 1563 who married Dorothy Warren? " Until that is answered, with reasonable assurance, there can be no truth to any claim that connects English and American Davenport families. I have a paper prepared after 1563 which details a prior Davenport lineage ending with a Sir William [Damport]of 1563, the son of the William Damport who married Margery Ashton.. No marriage or children for that William of 1563 are indicated nor is there evidence to support the possibility that the final William of this list was the father of the a Thomas who married Mary Forth [and fathered the one that married Mary Pitman]. Teri has said that the records she obtained from a Mr. Warren, a descendent in the Warren family that produced the Dorothy Warren who married William Davenport of 1563, can solve this linkage problem. I truly hope so,because, as of now, there is nothing in my files to prove any connection between Orme and Thomas of Dorchester. Bill has provided a statement from the will of a Thomas Dobson dated 1626 regarding a Thomas Davenport, the son of a Mary, but this may or may not be the Thomas who moved to Dorchester Mass, nor does it indicate even that he was closely related to the Bromhall clan! . Tim repeats material presented by the NEHGS but I believe the two Thomases referred to there, were our Thomas of Dorchester [senior] and Thomas [junior] his eldest son born 1645. If someone can set me straight I would be most thankful, Bob Davenport, San Diego