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?Crotia m. 1704? King William Co. VA d. by 1714? King William Co. VA |
Mary Marie b. 1706? King William Co. VA d. 1776 Wilkes Co. NC |
Crotia b. 1709? King William Co. VA d. 1789 or later? ?Hanover Co. VA |
Thomas b. 1711? King William Co. VA d. Nov 10, 1809 Burke Co. NC |
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Richard b. 1713? King William Co. VA d. 1792/3 Albemarle Co. VA |
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Dorothy Glover m. 1714? King William Co. VA b. 1690? New Kent Co. VA d. after Sep 1767 ?Cumberland Co. VA |
Martin b. 1714? King William Co. VA d. by Apr 5, 1778 VA? |
William b. 1715? King William Co. VA d. 1798 Spotsylvania Co. VA |
Dorothy b. Nov 2, 1716 King WIlliam Co. VA d. 1790 Morganton, Burke Co. NC |
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John b. 1717? King William Co. VA d. 1773? Spotsylvania Co. VA |
James b. 1719? Hanover? Co. VA d. Dec 25, 1803 Oglethorpe Co. GA |
David b. 1720? Hanover Co. VA d. 1803 Cumberland Co. VA |
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See Map of Eastern
Virginia in early 1700s, showing adjoining Hanover, King William and Louisa Counties,
and the North Anna River, a principal tributary of the Pamunkey River. |
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Hanover County Virginia was formed in 1719
(see present day map
for location). |
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Spotsylvania County Virginia was formed in 1721 from parts of King & Queen and
Essex Counties (see
present day map for location). |
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Martin Davenport appeared once in the records of Spotsylvania Co. (a corner of
which was located directly across the North Anna river from his land). On Jul 28,
1731 he witnessed a deed for the sale of land held in trust for Ann Arnold, who
was the wife of his son William Davenport. |
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The will of Martin Davenport dated May 24, 1735, filed in Hanover Co. VA and
probated Oct 2, 1735, named wife Dorothy and son William as executors. In it,
Martin gave sons David and James 150 acres, 75 of which Martin had lived on,
equally divided, and son William 20 acres of land in King William Co., "it being
part of 100 acres left me by my father, Davis Deavenport" [O'Donnell, p.67].
Henry Gambill, who had married daughter
Mary about that time, was one of the witnesses of the filing. In 1736, son
William Davenport took title to the land on the Spotsylvania Co. (north) side
along the North Anna River across from his father's land on the Hanover Co. (south)
side. |
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Son Thomas's daughters Sophia and Jerusha Davenport each married sons of
James Taylor White in Culpeper Co. VA.
William White (1730?-1818) married Sophia (1733-1818),
and Jerushka married James White (1736?-1783?). |
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Culpeper County Virginia was formed in 1748
(see present day map
for location), and was bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. The
Rappahannock River forms one of its eastern boundaries. |
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North Carolina Counties at beginning
of 1775 and at beginning of 1780
showing the creation of Burke Co. and Wilkes Co. |
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Eldest Daughter Mary married Henry Gambill.
Their son Martin Gambill was Captain of his company of the Wilkes Co. NC Militia. |
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Daughter Crotia married Charles Kennedy Sr. Three of their sons served during
wars, with James Kennedy becoming Captain of the Louisa Co. VA Militia. |
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Son Thomas married Dorothy Strother. Their son Martin Davanport Sr.(1745?-1815?)
was a hero at the Battle of Kings Mountin in Oct 1780. |
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Son Richard married Elizabeth Hammer, a widow. They had a son named David. |
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| Daughter Dorothy married Thomas Baker about 1734 in Hanover Co. VA. They moved to Burke Co. NC. Three of their sons fought in the Revolutionary War. Richard died at the Battle of Trenton, David fought there and at Brandywine, Germantown and wintered at Valley Forge, and Charles fought at Kings Mountain in 1780 for the NC Militia. Charles (1762-1850) married Ann Blair [M.L. Vineyard, p. 319]. | ||||
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On Mar 10, 1845, daughter Dorothy Baker's son Charles (1762-1850) stated, "my
oldest brother William Baker married a Gambill cousin on Mother's side" [O'Donnell,
p. 78]. Martin's daughter Mary married Henry Gambill. |
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Son William married Anne Arnold and was killed by Indians in Spotsylvania Co. VA
in 1798. |
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Son James married Francis Jouett, daughter of Matthew Jouett and Susannah ?Price,
about 1750 and later moved to Albemarle Co. NC and then to Oglethorpe Co. GA. |
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Son David married Molly Slaughter about 1765 in Cumberland Co. VA. |
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After 1767, Dorothy Davenport moved to Cumberland Co. VA to live with son David.
There she gave husband Martin's musket to the State of Virginia for use during the
Revolution [Cumberland Co. VA Court Records]. |
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SOURCES: Baird, Bob, "Martin Davenport (c1670-1735)", website. Clark, Walter, State Records of North Carolina Vol XVII 1781-1785, Broadfoot Publishing, Wilmington NC, 1994, pp. 287-8, 294. Corbitt, D. L., The formation of the N.C. counties, 1663-1943, Dept. Arch. & Hist, Raleigh NC, 1950, 323pp. Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives, Book G. Vineyard, M.L. & E.M. Wiseman, Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, Genealogical Publ., Franklin NC, 1997. Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, SC Archives Dept., vol. 21, pp 424-433. O'Donnell, Pearl Foster, "Wee Bit O' Scot", excerpts provided by Michael F. Gibbons, Feb 21, 1989, including Will of Martin Davenport, Hanover Co. VA, written May 24, 1735 and probated Oct 2, 1735, pp. 66-67, 73-76, 78. Virginia Land Patents, Book 8, p. 16. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, April 1982. |
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