In a message dated 11/19/99 1:12:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, JSDDOC@aol.com writes: << There was a Pamunkey Davenport line that was in Indiana and Brethren, namely the family of Noah Davenport and Catherine Stutzman, of Miami County, Ohio, and Elkhart County, Indiana. If I recall correctly, the Davenports settled around Wakarusa in Elkhart in the mid-to-late 1830s. >> Doc, Thank you for the information and a clear hope that I'll be able to tie in with all the Pamucky research that has been ongoing. I've made copies of everything to store in my general Davenport file in the hope some day that link might show up. My Davenport line starts with my Great Grandmother Laura Fiona Davenport Ruth Jones, born 18 July 1886 in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. She was the daughter of Noah M Davenport (born Aug 1852 in Indiana) and Susannah Greenwalt (born Aug 1852 in Ashland County, Ohio). I've just recently made contact with a daughter of one of Laura's sisters. She's 74, but seems to be very sound of mind and loved remisicing with a couple of cousins for me. I have a couple of pictures of Noah and Susannah among my prized possessions. I probably would have had more, but one of my uncles destroyed a rather large box of family photographs because "he" couldn't identify them. He's lucky he's still walking the earth <g> Laura and my grandmother were very active in the Brethren church (known more commonly as the Dunkard church in the Elkhart area). Susanna Greenwalt Davenport, according to my newfound second cousin, thrice removed, was active in the Brethren church until her death. With your clues, I'll be searching closer again. I had already stumbled across the Noah you mentioned in the 1850 Cenus. Noah and his mother, Catherine (who had remarried). I thought this was my Noah as there was also a Susanna in the household, but realized that my Noah hadn't made his appearance yet. I saved the information as I felt for sure this was a Noah M.'s father more than likely. Then a clue showed up about my Great grandfather Wilson who was murdered when my grandmother was a mere 5, and my Davenport research got set aside temporary. Confused? :-) I confuse my mentor at times. He is searching for records on only his great grandfather, with the intention of writing a book on the man's life. Whereas I'm doing it generation by generation. But I don't turn away when I stumbled on things out of order. I'm still waiting on a lot of vital records, and so I move onto the one of the others. Your leads have inspired me to order even more film from my local FHC after the holiday. Just in passing, two of my Noah's brothers, John and Lee, did head for California - Los Angeles area where they apparently made a great deal of money in the citrus business. Cousin Helen remembered tales of John and his wife taking trips through the Panama Canel. Apparently, they continue to buy their new cars through Elkhart. She also remembered Christmas checks from "Uncle John." Thanks so very much for all the background you were able to provide. Give me a couple of months and I'll have that line ready to lay claim to the Pamucky line of Davenports. ;-) Ginger (whoisofftofindthearchivessoshecanfindtheassociationsaddressagain)