I think the Davenport you might be talking about is George Davenport and ? Weems children. I am not sure but I know they lived S Missouri. Janet Ariciu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Davenport" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] Curiosity > Hey -- You ALL: > (thats Missouri talk) I got news for You There is a place in S. Missouri > that used to be called Davenport Hollow. Where a large band of Davenports > lived. > Story I heard was there was one large bunch that were religous and one group > of outlaws like -- some were brothers. But and -So they went dif ways -- > lot of them stayed in Missory and are still a lot of both related clans here > now. Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "francis davenport" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] Curiosity > > > > There probably is no one place called Davenport. The name in an early > form > > dates, so it's been explained to me, to about the 9th century, when the > > Danelaw was in effect. > > > > Remember that after Roman rule ended, around the 4th-5th century, the > island > > of Britain received a steady stream of invaders, mostly Teutons like the > > Angles and the Saxons. These tribes at first fought like cat and dog, but > > in time they settled down, intermarried, sat around swilling mead and > > reciting Beowulf, and thus established the Anglo-Saxon civilization. All > > went well till about the 8th century, when a new wave of Nordic invaders > > hit - Danes, aka the Vikings. These fellows were serious about conquest, > > not intermarriage (they had other plans for the women). The Anglo-Saxons > > put up a brave fight, but the Danes came close to conquering them. In the > > end, though, the Anglo-Saxon king Alfred - the only monarch whom the > English > > have ever named "The Great" - fought the Danes to a standstill. The > result > > was an armistice in which southern England was divided, with fairly free > > civil and trade relations between the Danish and Anglo-Saxon zones. The > > inter-zonal boundary line was a navigable river, which the Anglo-Saxons > > called the Dane, and the Danish zone became known as the Danelaw. In time > a > > Dane-Harbor came to mean a trading port along the Dane river, or a trading > > boat or a trader, and when names were being handed out, it was inevitable > > some people would receive this word as their name. The syllable "port" is > > clearly French, so our name in its present form must not have evolved > until > > after the Norman conquest. By that time the river had probably gone dry, > > and the Danes and Anglo-Saxons had long since intermarried (the women > proved > > smarter). In due course they absorbed the Normans as well, creating > > Churchill's race of Englishmen. > > > > How much of this is right? Don't know, I've never researched any of it > > independently, but it sounds plausible. If you want to look for some sort > > of epicenter, I'd start with Nottinghamshire. My uncle was stationed > there > > in WWII and said the name was commoner than Smith. Good luck. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Winifred Auch" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:24 PM > > Subject: [DAVENPORT] Curiosity > > > > > > > Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] > > > >Just can't go on not knowing where in England we find > > Davenport/Devenport. > > > > > > > > > Not in my world atlas. Not in my encyclopedia. > > > > > > Some one. Oh please come to my rescue. Which shire is it > > > in?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > > > Cliff, > > > > > > 8Davenport* is a small village near Congleton In the county of > > > **Cheshire**. Look at your atlas - if you can't find Congleton, it > is > > > just south of Macclesfield.- > > > > > > This is the area where most of the Davenport originate from; iow, it > > was > > > the land in Cheshire which was given to his knight by William the > > > Conqueror. Over the years many of the lines spread over into > Derbyshire > > > and other nearby counties.- > > > > > > This is not to be confused with the Plymouth/Devonport in Devonshire. > > > I believe that the part of Plymouth called Devonport gets its name from > > > the fact that it IS a port in the county of Devon. > > > Hence the name "Devonport"! > > > > > > There are very few Davenport in Devonshire - I know, because I lived > > > there for 8 years. My father Charles Harold Davenport was born in > > Exeter, > > > Devon but HIS father came from Derbyshire.- > > > Below is a part of a piece I found in the UK Yahoo, mentioning the > > village > > > of Davenport:- > > > > > > <<<<<There are preserved in the strong room in Congleton Town Hall some > > 121 > > > charters and assorted documents. Eighty-one were written before 1500. > Ten > > > or so relate to various places in North Wales (Hawarden), Staffordshire > > > (Kings Bromley, Longsdon, Lichfield), and Cheshire (Chester, Hough, > > > Macclesfield, Old Rode, Rope, Stapley, Upton, Wickmalban, Wightreston, > > > Willaston), but most are concerned with properties in Congleton itself. > > > > > > Although for convenience I have characterized the collection as > charters, > > > in reality there are a number of different types of document. The oldest > > > firmly dated item of c.1272 is a charter of Henry de Lacy granting the > men > > > of Congleton burgage tenure (the holding of their land by a money rent > > > rather than by personal service) and the right to elect a mayor. There > are > > > several other documents outlining the privileges of the lord and his > > > burgesses of various dates as well as a return to Quo Warranto > proceedings > > > touching the liberties of the lord of Halton in the early fourteenth > > > century. There are simple charters granting land, numerous chirographs > and > > > indentures (both, broadly, agreements of one kind or another), two > wills, > > > and Letters Patent granting the right to build a mill after the floods > of > > > 1451. Finally, there are miscellaneous items like plans for the > > > construction of a gallery in the upper chapel of the early eighteenth > > > century and a mortgage of the nineteenth. > > > > > > The collection is what is left of the borough of Congletons muniments. A > > > fire destroyed many of its records, but what survived were mounted and > > > restored by the Bodley Library in Oxford and, interleaved with a > > > translation by the Rev. Jonathan Wilson, the school master of Congleton, > > > bound in three volumes. A fourth volume containing four Congleton > charters > > > of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries was given to the town by James > > > Bradwell in the late nineteenth century. > > > > > > By 1272 Congleton was probably already an urban community of long > > standing. > > > Its origins as a trading centre are to be found in the now **depopulated > > > village of Davenport ** .............................<<<< > > > > > > Wynne > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > > The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are available on CD. > > > Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > > The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are now available on CD. > > Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > The Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles are available on CD. > Visit the link below for a free preview and instructions on ordering. > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/chronicles.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >