PAMUNKEY DAVENPORTS & OTHERS INTERESTED: Thomas Davenport, Sr., believed third son of Davis Davenport, had eight sons--James, Thomas, Jr., Henry, Julius, William, Stephen, Joseph, and Philemon, and one daughter--Drusilla, who followed William in the family order. Drusilla married Gideon Glenn, who appears to have been at least 15 years older than she, for he obtained 400 acres from James Terry in Goochland (Cumberland after 1748) in 1740, a full year before Daniel Terry, likely James' brother, deeded 200 acres each to Thomas Davenport, Sr.'s three eldest sons--James, Thomas, Jr., and Henry. All three Daniel Terry deeds were contiguous, located on waters of Tear Wallet and Little Guinea Creeks, within a mile or so of Gideon Glenn. James Terry and Daniel Terry are believed to have been brothers to Grace Terry, Thomas Davenport, Sr.'s wife and mother of all his children. We would note that all of Thomas, Sr.'s sons were namesakes, possibly excepting Philemon, of a Terry uncle or cousin. None of Thomas, Sr.'s sons had the name of a Davenport uncle--namely Martin, Richard, John, or Elias. Drusilla was also a Terry given name. There were numerous Drusillas among the Terrys, only one among the Davenport, and she was a daughter of Henry, son of Thomas, Sr., and his first wife, circumstantially identified as Sarah Terry, was likely a daughter of James Terry, Sr., brother of Captain Thomas Terry, Sr., who was the father of James, Daniel, and Grace. Both James, Sr., and Thomas, Sr., died in Caroline County. One can easily become disoriented and distraught dealing with the Pamunkey Terrys, for they were monotonous, if not notorious, for using the same given names over and over and for marrying first cousins. But this is a narrative concerning the Davenports and the Glenns in Cumberland in the 1770s, and how they came to a parting of the ways. Glenn first appeared in a Davenport context in 1750 when he witnessed the bond of Thomas Davenport, Jr., to marry Lucy Ransone in Cumberland. By 1752 he was surely married to Drusilla Davenport, for he was appointed Clerk of Tear Wallet Chapel, surely by recommendation of Thomas Davenport, Jr., Clerk of Vestry for St. James Southam Parish which included Tear Wallet Chapel. Glenn remained in that role for at least twenty years, while Davenport, Jr., was variously Clerk, Vestryman, or Churchwarden of Southam, and was the man who made the Parish budget annually, during the same period. Both Glenn and Davenport were paid for their clerical services and appear as such on the Parish Levy for every year, 1752-1772, when Cumberland was cut off from St. James Southam as Littleton Parish. In 1766, Glenn committed himself as a special security for William Davenport, Drusilla's brother who, with Thomas, Jr., was defending a suit for debt. In 1767 William witnessed a Slave Bill of Sale to Glenn. Glenn again was security for William that year relative to another Debt suit. In 1769 Glenn and William were securities for Molly Davenport, widow of Stephen and married to David Davenport (son of Martin, Sr., of Hanover), Thomas Davenport, Jr., and Henry Davenport, relative to a lawsuit by the Justices of Cumberland concerning their administration of the Estate of Stephen Davenport, Decd. Until Mar1775 the preponderance of the Gideon Glenn appearances in public records were in a Davenport context of one sort or another. When James Davenport, heir-at-law to his unmarried, intestate, deceased brother Joseph, sold Joseph's land to brother William in 1771, Gideon Glenn, Thomas Davenport, Jr., Henry Davenport, and Henry Ransone, Thomas, Jr.'s brother-in-law, witnessed the deed. There are at least a dozen or so more record associations which imply that a close Davenport-Glenn relationship existed before March 1775. Given that closeness, when Thomas Davenport, Sr., surely in his late 80s and "being weak in body but sound in body and mind," surely being cared for by Drusilla, made his Last Will & Testament, it was clearly dominated by Drusilla, for she was devised seven of her Father's 17 slaves, her husband Gideon was named sole executor with sole discretion to dispose of five additional slaves. The testament was witnessed by James Coleman Glenn, a brother of Gideon, and Joseph Jenkins and his wife Lucy, next door neighbors to Old Thomas' plantation. This Will was offered for probate on 27Mar1775 by Gideon Glenn and proved by the oaths of J.C. Glenn and the Jenkins. Gideon qualified as executor, bonded by Frederick Hatcher and Nathaniel Lee. Charles Lee, William Lee, Joseph Lee, and Richard Lee, or any three, all neighbors of Gideon were appointed by the Court to Inventory & Appraise Thomas, Sr.'s estate. This clearly was a power play by the Glenns to control all aspects of the estate's assets. When Thomas, Sr., died, Thomas, Jr., who was a Justice of the Quorum (meaning one of those whose appearance was required to hold a court) was in Halifax, likely attending to the affairs of his Quarter (plantation) there. He was apparently gone for some time, but when he returned the Estate of Thomas Davenport, Sr., Decd., was reprobated with a second, later Will. The second Will, made 29Sep1774, was patterned after the first testament, but Thomas, Sr., was no longer "weak in body" and disposed of his slaves in a different manner. He also cut James and Julius out of a share of a residual distribution, cut his grandson William, son of Stephen, Decd., off with a few shillings, and named three of his sons, namely Thomas, Jr., Henry, and William Davenport, and Gideon Glenn, as executors. This Will was witnessed by David Davenport and Stephen Cook. Thomas, Jr., Henry, and William qualified as executors and were bonded by Robert Smith and Archelaus Nunnally. Gideon Glenn did not qualify as an executor. If an Inventory of the estate was made by the Lees under the First Will, it was not recorded. A minimal inventory was returned under the Second Will, done by Thomas, Jr., and Henry Davenport, who reported that all they could find was a feather bed, furniture, a chest, one chamber pot, four casks, one compass, two pairs of spectacles, and eight slaves. All of the slaves legacies had been made by Thomas, Sr., before his death, they reported, leaving two or three slaves missing, apparently disposed of by Gideon Glenn during his five months as executor. There are a number of loose ends to this story, particularly as to where the Second Will, apparently unknown to the Glenns, Henry, Julius, and William Davenport, was between March and September 1775. [The three youngest sons had preceded their father in death--Stephen (No. 6) died 1765, leaving a widow, two sons, one daughter; Philemon (No, 8) by accidental death in 1767, no wife or issue known; and Joseph (No. 7) in 1770-71, no wife or issue known.] Whatever, while the records are silent as to any friction or litigation relative to the matter, it was the end of Glenn participation in Cumberland Davenport affairs and vice versa. Only two Gideon/Drusilla Glenn mentions occur in the Chronicles after the aborted 1775 power play. In early 1779, Alexious Meador Foster obtained a marriage bond to wed Ann Glenn, surely a daughter of Gideon and Drusilla, for he was bondsman for the marriage. Alexious Meador Foster was an in-law of William Davenport, son of Thomas, Sr., who had married Ann Foster and whose youngest son was named Alexious Meador Davenport. In mid-1779 Gideon and Drusilla Glenn sold their 400 acres and allegedly moved to Johnston County, North Carolina. No Davenport associations with the Gideon Glenns have been found in Cumberland records following the power play failure. John Scott Davenport Holmdel, NJ