Mr.Davenport, Upon the completion of the Davenport Chronicles, are they going to be available to the Davenport decendants for purchase ? And if so, are you taking names of those who would like to purchace them ? I would like to be on that list, if permitted. Thank You, Nikki Webb-Prater You wrote: >PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS & OTHERS INTERESTED: > > If you have come to the conclusion that publication of the "The Further >Chronicles of the Pamunkey Davenports" is never going to happen, be of good >cheer. We are in the concluding phases of the project, and are presently in >the final stages of editing of Part 1, "Beginnings and North of the James >River," and are completing the research needed to conclude Part 2, "South of the >James River." Parts 3 and 4, minor compared to Parts 1 and 2, will likely be >ready before Part 2. > > Our comprehensive research has been enhanced by the professional editing >of Dr. Judy Russell, who has, the truth be told, made life complicated if >not frustrating at times for the Old Doc. Research meticulousness has been >sharpened by editing meticulousness. Judy has questioned sources, demanded >clarifications, spotted inconsistencies, and challenged analyses in addition to >performing the mundane tasks of editing for spelling, grammar, syntax, and >style. Being a lawyer and legal scholar, she has also straightened out Doc's >analyses where he has ventured into interpreting Colonial Law. Between Doc's >research and Judy's editing, the Chronicles should be a substantial, valid >resource for future Pamunkey Davenport family searchers. A Baker offshoot from >the Pamunkey Davenports, Judy has verified that the Thomas Baker, long >identified as the husband of Dorothy Davenport, daughter of Martin, Sr., eldest son >of Davis, was not the Pennsylvanian claimed by earlier Baker researchers-- a >story that Judy can develop in her own good time. > > We are still in a quandary as to how we will make the Chronicles >available. The decision is not one of generating book sales, but one of family >history sensitivity, for the final file will contain the family warts as well as >the family achievements. The presence of Slavery is massive, particularly in >Part 2, "South of James River," where our Davenports became wealthy prime >movers in their counties and were slaveholders of note. Most of the litigation >among our Davenports post-Revolution in Virginia was Slavery related. All >of these court items are in the Chronicles. None of those litigations can be >cast in a favorable light in these days of social enlightenment, particularly >the whippings and hangings. > > We would note also that a number of illegitimate Davenports are >identified and many long circulated Davenport portrayals and claims have been >clarified, found to be spurious, and/or recast into portrayals that are closer to >what the records say. The Chronicles project, we believe, has doubled the size >of the family, at least, and has found most of the long missing or long >ignored Pamunkey Davenports in Colonial and Post-Revolution Virginia and beyond. > > The Pamunkey Davenport story is worthy of a major film production, >replete with characters of heroic proportions, particularly in the Revolution and >the War of 1812, but given the Slavery involvement is unlikely to happen. >>From apparently illegitimate beginnings in an Indian Reservation in the >Seventeenth Century we have evolved to likely the largest family of Davenports in the >United States--who have no DNA connection to the bonafide Davenports of >English Ancestry. > > Shortly hereafter, for your titillation, I will relate the story of the >two wills of Thomas Davenport, Sr., of Cumberland, likely third son of Davis >Davenport, our patriarch. Thomas, Sr., had eight sons and one daughter and >was married, circumstantial evidence strongly indicates, to Grace Terry. There >are a great many Pamunkey Davenports who have Terry blood, but that doesn't >enter in to the Two Wills of Thomas, Sr., except for the Terry given female >name of Drusilla and how she tried to slip a will into probate when her >brother Thomas, Jr., was a presiding judge of Cumberland Court. Really dumb from >an intelligence perspective, and was another Slavery involvement. > >John Scott Davenport >Holmdel, NJ > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx? sourceid=14599&targetid=5429