This is in response to Doc's message involving a Joseph Davenport and his discussion of Henry Davenport, Jr., son of Henry, son of Thomas Davenport, Sr., son of Davis. JOSEPH DAVENPORT The situation regarding Joseph Davenport appears to be the way Doc analyzed it with him being a son of Julius Davenport, unless somehow Joseph could be the missing Joseph who was a son of James and Catherine Davenport. Their son Joseph was gone from Halifax County, VA, in 1780 when James Davenport made his will. We have surmised that he died, perhaps in the Revolution, but did he return from it and settle someplace other than Halifax County? Washington County is definitely a ways from it. Perhaps he went there before Julius' family and they settled near him? We need to find tax lists for the 1780s. Did they have them for Washington County in 1780s? HENRY DAVENPORT, JR. I have it figured out that Henry must have been born between 1763 and 1768. If his father disguised him as a taxable in 1784, this is my conclusion. Henry had to be at least 16, or was it 21 in 1784? We know that Henry was of age when he married Anne Davenport, daughter of James and Catherine, in Jan 1791. It is probable to me that Henry could have been a few years younger than his bride. We know she was at least 18 when she married because she signed her own consent. Anne Davenport did not seem to be a minor child when her father, James Davenport, died in 1780. This places her birth prior to 1760-62. She was not born in 1770. For one thing, her mother Catherine would have been too old. Catherine's other children were born much earlier. Henry Davenport's first child, Wilson, with next wife Anne in 1772 was at least four years younger than Henry, Jr., the way I see it. The problem is that the 1810 and 1830 census records for a Henry Davenport, who supposedly was this same Henry, appear to have been for a younger Henry Davenport. Is there a problem here? Did Henry decide to call himself younger in both censuses since his next wife was younger? This is a little strange... Jane Beekman Muncie, Indiana