Carolyn, I will only address a thought here, about Elizabeth being the daughter of a Revolutionary Soldier. Are you aware that in her father's will she is not named, and she did not inherit anything from him? I do not know WHY, but it is possible that because she married a Loyalist, she was disowned. I would so love to find some documentation on this, one way or another. And James and Elizabeth had another daughter Elizabeth, who is named in his estate papers (no will found for James, and his wife Elizabeth was deceased before him) along with her husband, John Armstrong. It is true that many of the LDS IGI records are incorrect. The IGI is a huge collection of individual family sheets sent in to be a part of the huge collection, and far too many did not have accurate research and/or documentation to back them up--just copied what grandma or Aunt lizzie said. But the IGI is still a great source of help in giving people a place to look--we do need to do our own research anyway, wouldn't you agree? It's not meant to be authoratative or complete. Members of the LDS Church were urged for years to do their first four generations and send them in to the genealogy department of the Church, and that is called Ancestral File......filled with much that is not correct. Just think how we today have MUCH MORE to use to research our ancestors, and don't have to rely only on what others have said. Pauline M. Derhak CaClem1525@aol.com wrote: > > I appreciate you clarification on this. Yes, my original material came from > a DAR record but was developed by my mother's great aunt who was born in the > 1870', I think. I would have thought her to be accurate with her going only > back three generations. I know that the LDS records are very often wrong for > they are dead wrong in many of my known relatives. > > Another reason I was prone to believe that he was NOT a Tory was his wife, > Elizabeth , whose family were (according to what I have) patriots and the > Davenport home was burned to the ground, her brother shot in front of their > home and all their people butchered. I have that Elizabeth only escaped by > hiding. All of this could be in error as I have not been a good researcher > as to recording sources and such. It has only been in the last couple of > years I have worked on this line. > > You mentioned him as being a second son... of whom? One brother Isaac and > grandfather , Isaac. Would you share who his father was and other siblings? > this James has been my brickwall for so long. I have other lines back to > England and some before 1066. Would like to connect all the Davenport > material I have back to the early 18th century. > > Thank you for your reply in advance. > > Carolyn Clements > > ==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== > Visit the Davenport Genealogy Page at > http://Jack.Ralph.org/davnport > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi