Hi Caroline How is it going with the new baby? Sometimes they can be real stinkers and others seem to be as quiet and complacent as can be. I am still anxious to hear from you re: Davenports as mentioned on this letter so if you can spare a minute or two let Mr. hear from you. Ann Graham -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Faison <carolinefa@juno.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 10:04 PM Subject: [DAVENPORT-L] Re: Newberry Davenports >This (message below) may be what you are referring to..... >I've been half-way monitoring the list lately. On Memoral Day we had our >first child, a baby boy. So, I've been rather busy recovering and >getting to know our new addition to the family. I don't check my box >often so please don't get offended if I don't respond very quickly. >BTW.. my delete button sure got a work out this week :) ....Just kidding >around! >Caroline Faison >Sugar Land, TX > >On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:31:03 EDT JSDDOC@aol.com writes: >>Caroline: >> >> Sorry, you're a NEWBERRY DAVENPORT. Incidentally, James >>Madison >>Davenport was born in 1815 (Bible proof). The James Davenport you >>cite (there >>was no James Madison Davenport of that generation) is likely the one >>certified >>by the DAR. Altogether, the name, the ancestry, and the military >>service of >>the DAR certification are wrong. James, son of Francis, depending on >>when he >>was born, was a native of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Shenandoah >>Valley of >>Virginia, or Granville County, North Carolina. >> >> The NEWBERRY DAVENPORTS trace from the Shenandoah in the >>mid-1730s, to >>Upper East Central North Carolina in the 1740s, to Little River of the >>Saluda >>(now Newberry County, SC) in the late 1760s. They were the most >>Southern of >>all the Davenports in Colonial days. The military service cited for >>DAR >>membership for the James "Madison" Davenport certification was >>actually that >>of James Davenport, Jr., son of James Davenport, Sr., and his wife >>Frances >>Jouett, of Hanover County, VA, and Ogelthorpe County, GA. There is no >>doubt >>about the service belonging to James, Jr., for he was wounded at the >>Battle >>of Brandywine and was disability pensioned (much corroborating paper >>work). >>Your James, son of Francis, was on the other side, appears on the >>British Army >>muster rolls and payrolls for Captain William Hendricks Company, >>Cunningham's >>Little River Regiment, Ninety Six Brigade, King's Loyal Militia. In >>other >>words, he was a Tory during the Revolution--but he's not the first >>that has >>been certified as a Patriot by the DAR. I can cite a half dozen >>others. DAR >>genealogy in past years was not well vetted. >> >> Incidentally, any serious NEWBERRY DAVENPORT searchers >>reading this >>who would like some help on the North Carolina aspects of your family, >>I've >>got some time open--and would be glad to share my data on your >>Davenport's in >>North Carolina. What I have is missing the years 1763-69, but is >>complete >>otherwise. I would also be interested in hearing from the Davenport >>descendant who has the geneaology of Francis Davenport, immigrant of >>1683 to >>West Jersey. >> >> Jersey Doc >On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 21:36:56 EDT Wellann2@aol.com writes: >>Anne, >> In a letter to a Caroline on 28, Sept, 1998, Doc Davenport speaks >>of a >>James Madison Davenport born in 1815. He tells Carolyn that the James >> >>Madison Davenport cited by the DAR was actually James Davenport Jr. , >>son of >>James Davenport Sr. and Frances Jouett. They used the James Jr's >>service >>record. >>Let me see if I saved that letter on the computer. I Printed it out. >>Actually, the time frame seems wrong for the James Madison >>Davenport-b. 1815 >>to have been the son of Francis who was a Tory during the Rev. war. >>This >>would make Francis upwards of 65 in 1815. >>what do you think? I'll look in my file for that letter. >>Ellen Eanes in Idaho >> >> >>==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >>View the Cousins Directory at >>http://users.intercomm.com/nvjack/davnport/others.htm >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Having problems with the list? Tell Nevada Jack at >nvjack@intercomm.com > >