Dear Dr. Davenport: What a wonderfully small world it is! I'm so glad I contacted you and I hope we can find out more about Ambrose Davenport's roots. In 1993 I produced a book on my family backgrounds called Northland Families. Right now I am working on converting the material in that book to a web-page. Northland Families had many typos, missing data, erroneous data, etc., most of which has been corrected and brought up to date so far as possible. But in all that work, my cousin, Jean Loehde, and I have not been able to find his roots. I would be happy to share what data I have so you could compare it with the data you have in an effort to resolve that problem - if that is possible. I am aware of the tavern in Williamsburg and thought at the time that we were on our way to a solution, but only dead ends have been the results so far. I certainly would be interested in discussing the options with you. With warmest regards, I am Woody >Dr. Morris: > > Ambrose has intrigued me for almost thirty years. I first found him in >the Territorial Papers of the United States-Northwest Territory, Michigan >Territory volumes. Are you aware of an Ambrose Davenport who had a tavern in >Williamsburg prior to the Revolution? I am time pressed at the moment, but I >would like to discuss with you the options relative to Davenport ancestry >that a 1771 birth in Richmond suggest. Perhaps you might give me another >query after the New Year if I don't remember. > > My first two children were born at the University Hospital in Iowa City. >I was a lowly instructor in Journalism, working on a Ph.D. in Commerce. Got >the degree in 1952, then went into Industry. Didn't go back to full-time >academics until 1980, although I was adjunct at a half dozen schools at the >graduate level in the interim. > > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We'll take on Ambrose soon. > >John Scott Davenport >Holmdel, NJ > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Visit the Davenport Genealogy Page at >http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/