PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS & OTHERS INTERESTED: We get so little response from our various Rootsweb postings any more that we wonder if anyone is reading what we write. We could say that we switched Davenport wives in the James Davenport of Burke County, etc, exposition this morning purposely to test you, but the fact is that old age affects the memory, and we just got the Davenport wives backend assward, as my Grandpa Baldis, the cussing champion of Macon County, Illinois, was wont to say. In deference, a DAVENPORT-L subscriber corrected us privately, but her message was so lucid and helpful that it needs to be circulated to all. Her name has been removed, but the rest of the correction and amplification is as sent, to wit: Doc, This is for you only. William Wiseman was married to Mary and William White was married to Sophia, you reversed them. Cordia Anne was never identified for sure but was thought to be a Davenport because of the Glover name. There is a family story in the White family that Sophia and William White took in "two of her poor relatives" while living in SC (1755-1775) I had thought it was Coles, but is it possible James went to SC? Also, who are the Randal, Jesse and William Davenports in Burke?. There is a William living not far from Martin in 1800 who has sons. Martin's son William didn't marry until 1803 and had no sons. My guess was the William of William and Comfort fame since they had lots of kids, but I couldn't prove it. A Randal went North, Jesse was a Blacksmith, Some of Wm and Comfort's family stayed in Surry, some went to KY. What is your take on these Davenports? Doc back on line: William and Comfort Davenport were allegedly from Accomack County, Eastern Shore, Virginia. They were strong Baptists and belonged to an arm of Eaton's Baptist Church located in the Forks of the Yadkin, then Rowan, now Davie, County, North Caroline. They were located due North of Eaton's Church, which put them at least 75 to 100 miles east of Mountain Pamunkey Davenports. The Davenports of William and Comfort are readily identifiable in their migration North after 1800, first to Casey County, Kentucky, and then to Central Illinois, particularly to Sangamon County and nearby. As to Randall Davenport, who if I recall correctly, went from North Carolina to Tennessee and then to Illinois, I'm nonplussed. He doesn't fit any of the Southern Davenport patterns. We know that Reuben Davenport, likely the eldest son of John Davenport, son of William of Spotsylvania and grandson of Martin, Sr., of Hanover, left tracks in Randolph County, North Carolina, in the early 1790s, and then went to the mountains of Wilkes, later Ashe, County, North Carolina, having apparently married a Mennonite or Dunker girl. Reuben remained with the Swiss German settlement on New River in Wilkes/Ashes for only a short time, then moved west into Tennessee. As the result of Reuben's taking up with the Germans, John Davenport, who had five other sons, joined by his brother Thomas from Spotsylvania, and moved to Laurens County, South Carolina, before any more of his sons got mixed up with the Mennonite, Dunkers, and Quakers that surrounded him Randolph County. All but two of the sons of Augustine Davenport, brother of John, married either Dunker, Mennonite, Quaker, or Swiss German, and moved with their in-laws north of the Ohio River, first to Ohio, then to Indiana. Joel Davenport, second son of Augustine, married Sarah Boyd, a Davenport cousin, had five sons and died in 1807. All five of his sons moved to Indiana, 1816-1829. Augustine Davenport, a younger brother of Joel, married Jincey Bass, sister of the famed Baptist minister at Sandy Creek, and lived out his life in Randolph County, dying there in 1847. My great-great grandfather Augustine Davenport, Jr., son of Joel, married Elizabeth Hoover (German Swiss) in 1815, and moved with Hoover in-laws to Indiana in 1821. His eldest son, Henry Hoover Davenport, my great-grandfather was born in Randolph County in 1821, went to Indiana as a babe in arms. But I ramble. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ

Good Morning Doc. I agree that there's not a lot of postings on this list anymore, not like it used to be anyway, but that doesn't mean there are not a lot of us still here, reading, absorbing and appreciating what you post. I'm on several lists and none of them are very active anymore so please don't take offense. My Davenports belongs to the Albemarle bunch and I'm bustling along doing my research in N.C. but I enjoy and am keeping all of your posts on the Pamunkey line because I'm always learning something new from your methodology (and I've been at this hobby for better than 30 years). Keep up the good work Doc !! Linda homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 ----- Original Message ----- From: <JSDDOC@aol.com> To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT] A Correction and Additional Information from a Rootsweb Subscriber > PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS & OTHERS INTERESTED: > > We get so little response from our various Rootsweb postings any more > that we wonder if anyone is reading what we write. We could say that we > switched Davenport wives in the James Davenport of Burke County, etc, > exposition > this morning purposely to test you, but the fact is that old age affects > the > memory, and we just got the Davenport wives backend assward, as my > Grandpa > Baldis, the cussing champion of Macon County, Illinois, was wont to say. > > In deference, a DAVENPORT-L subscriber corrected us privately, but her > message was so lucid and helpful that it needs to be circulated to all. > Her > name has been removed, but the rest of the correction and amplification > is as > sent, to wit: > > Doc, > > This is for you only. William Wiseman was married to Mary and William > White > was married to Sophia, you reversed them. Cordia Anne was never identified > for sure but was thought to be a Davenport because of the Glover name. > There is > a family story in the White family that Sophia and William White took in > "two > of her poor relatives" while living in SC (1755-1775) I had thought it > was > Coles, but is it possible James went to SC? > > Also, who are the Randal, Jesse and William Davenports in Burke?. There > is a > William living not far from Martin in 1800 who has sons. Martin's son > William didn't marry until 1803 and had no sons. My guess was the William > of > William and Comfort fame since they had lots of kids, but I couldn't > prove it. A > Randal went North, Jesse was a Blacksmith, Some of Wm and Comfort's > family > stayed in Surry, some went to KY. What is your take on these Davenports? > > Doc back on line: > > William and Comfort Davenport were allegedly from Accomack County, > Eastern Shore, Virginia. They were strong Baptists and belonged to an > arm of > Eaton's Baptist Church located in the Forks of the Yadkin, then Rowan, > now Davie, > County, North Caroline. They were located due North of Eaton's Church, > which put them at least 75 to 100 miles east of Mountain Pamunkey > Davenports. > The Davenports of William and Comfort are readily identifiable in their > migration North after 1800, first to Casey County, Kentucky, and then to > Central > Illinois, particularly to Sangamon County and nearby. > > As to Randall Davenport, who if I recall correctly, went from North > Carolina > to Tennessee and then to Illinois, I'm nonplussed. He doesn't fit any of > the Southern Davenport patterns. > > We know that Reuben Davenport, likely the eldest son of John > Davenport, > son of William of Spotsylvania and grandson of Martin, Sr., of Hanover, > left > tracks in Randolph County, North Carolina, in the early 1790s, and then > went > to the mountains of Wilkes, later Ashe, County, North Carolina, having > apparently married a Mennonite or Dunker girl. Reuben remained with the > Swiss > German settlement on New River in Wilkes/Ashes for only a short time, > then moved > west into Tennessee. As the result of Reuben's taking up with the > Germans, > John Davenport, who had five other sons, joined by his brother Thomas > from > Spotsylvania, and moved to Laurens County, South Carolina, before any > more of > his sons got mixed up with the Mennonite, Dunkers, and Quakers that > surrounded > him Randolph County. All but two of the sons of Augustine Davenport, > brother > of John, married either Dunker, Mennonite, Quaker, or Swiss German, and > moved > with their in-laws north of the Ohio River, first to Ohio, then to > Indiana. > Joel Davenport, second son of Augustine, married Sarah Boyd, a Davenport > cousin, had five sons and died in 1807. All five of his sons moved to > Indiana, > 1816-1829. Augustine Davenport, a younger brother of Joel, married > Jincey > Bass, sister of the famed Baptist minister at Sandy Creek, and lived out > his > life in Randolph County, dying there in 1847. My great-great grandfather > Augustine Davenport, Jr., son of Joel, married Elizabeth Hoover (German > Swiss) in > 1815, and moved with Hoover in-laws to Indiana in 1821. His eldest son, > Henry > Hoover Davenport, my great-grandfather was born in Randolph County in > 1821, > went to Indiana as a babe in arms. > > But I ramble. > > John Scott Davenport > Holmdel, NJ > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >