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Mary Marie Davenport
Born 1706 King William Co. VA
Died 1776 Wilkes Co. NC

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SPOUSE CHILDREN
Henry Gambill

m. by 1735
Hanover Co. VA
b. 1714?
Brumfield Parish, Culpeper Co. VA
d. by Sep 26, 1775
Pee Dee River, Welch Tract, SC
William

b. by 1735?
Hanover Co. VA
d. by Jun 1779
Wilkes Co. NC
Thomas

b. Aug 15, 1735
Hanover Co. VA
d. by 1752
?Culpeper Co. VA
Elizabeth Anne

b. Jul 28, 1736
Hanover Co. VA
d. 1800?
Hollins, Roanoke Co. VA
John A.

b. by 1737?
Hanover Co. VA
d. by 1820
Wilkesboro, Wilkes Co. NC
Henry Jr.

b. Jun 9, 1740
Culpeper Co. VA
d. Nov 12, 1790
Charlottesville VA
Sarah "Sally"

b. 1745
Hanover Co. VA
d. Feb 20, 1822
Lafayette Parish LA
Benjamin

b. 1747?
Hanover Co. VA
d. Jun 1, 1779
Wilkes Co. NC
(Captain) Martin

b. May 29, 1750
Culpeper Co. VA
d. Nov 20, 1812
Ashe Co. NC
?Thomas

b. 1752?
Culpeper Co. VA

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.
Hanover County Virginia was formed in 1719 (see present day map for location).
Husband Henry Gambill witnessed the will of father Martin Davenport dated May 24, 1735, filed in Hanover Co. VA and probated Oct 2, 1735.
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.
In 1758, daughter Elizabeth Anne married William Baker (1735-1805?), her cousin, in Culpeper Co. VA.
Son Henry Jr. married Charlotte Jouett (1742-1829) in VA on Jun 21, 1761.
About 1769 in VA, son John married Catherine Walsh who was born about 1749. They lived in Wilkes Co. for about 3 decades.
Son Martin Gambill was Captain of his company in the Wilkes Co. NC Militia.
Prior to the Revolution Henry's sons Martin, John and possibly William migrated to the Roaring River area of Wilkes Co. NC.
On Sep 26, 1775, witnesses made oath that William was the first born of Henry and Mary Gambill, including Dorothy Baker who knew "very well" because she saw them married and saw William delivered. Henry left no will and was buried in SC according to Thomas Baker. That day, William was proved to be heir at law of his father, dec'd, and the deed was issued to him, reserving one third during her life to Mary Gambill.
Possibly three of Mary's sons, along with a "Mary Gambill", seem to be listed in the 1782 Wilkes Co. NC Tax List. John, Henry, and Thomas Gambill owned 100, 400, and 320 Acres respectively. Mary Gambill, the widow who may have died by then, had the most slaves and polls of all four Gambills listed.
About 1775, daughter Sarah married John White (1740?-1807?), whose father was James Taylor White. On May 27, 1800 their son John Jesse White was baptised at the age of 22 at the St. Martin of Tours Church in St. Martinville LA. The baptism, performed by a Spanish pastor, states his parents as Juan White and Sara Gambel and his maternal grandparents as "Juan [s.b. Henry] Gambel and Sara Da?pot [s.b. Mary Davenport], ... all natives of Virginia", with the latter's given in error or were not known. All of his grandparents had died in the Carolinas by then.
John White's older brother William White married Sophia Davenport, and younger brother James White married Jerusha Davenport, both nieces of Mary.
While in South Carolina, the White family was not sympathetic to the American Revolution and left a trail of litigation in the state. The family moved to what is now Burke Co NC, then split with some members moving to Natchez Territory (now Mississippi) and the rest remaining in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. The split appears to have occurred when son Reuben was killed by indians in 1777 at Pleasant Gardens NC. James and son William opted for the patriot side and stayed in Burke Co. During the American Revolution, Mississippi and Louisiana districts were havens for Loyalists.
North Carolina Counties at beginning of 1775 and at beginning of 1780 showing the creation of Wilkes Co.
Son John began the process of obtaining a land grant of 100 acres on the middle fork of the Roaring River on Dec 30 1778. He is said to be buried without a marker at Roaring River Baptist Church Cemetery in Traphill, Wilkes Co. NC. There are 2 "John Gambells", one a "Jr." his son (1771-1859), in the 1810 Wilkes Co. NC Census. The elder John was over 45 years of age living with a female also over 45.
Last Will and Testament of son-in-law John White, Atacapas Co., LA, written Aug 15, 1806, deposed Aug 9, 1808.
Attakapas Parish was created in 1805 from Orleans Territory. It extended to the Gulf of Mexico. It eventually became St. Martin Parish in 1807. (see present day map for location). John White died in the the part that became Vermilion Parish (see Map showing the area parishes that were created in the 1800s
Photo of grave marker of Son Capt. Martin Gambill at Martin Gambill Family Cemetery in Ashe Co. NC.
SOURCES:
Christenson, Elroy, website, John Hollaway Family.
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.
Genealogical Register, vol. VIII, No. 3, Sep 1961.
John Stillee Bible, recording birth of Eliz.
Houton, Erica, "John White, Sarah White", Geni, website, trans. from Spanish, St. Martin of Tours Church, St, Martinville LA, record no. 263, image uploaded Jan 19, 2019.
LDS, Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys - Culpeper Co. VA, transcribed in letter to Michael F. Gibbons, Feb 9, 1990.
McBee, Mary Wilson, Natchez Court Records 1767-1805, Abstract of Early Records, Greenwood MS, 1953.
Northern Neck Grants, Virginia State Archives, Book G.
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.
Poe, Allan, "The Records, From Virginia to Old Burke Co. N.C.", publ. in Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 254-256.
Pre-Revolutionary Plat Books, SC Archives Dept., vol. 21, pp 424-433.
Virginia Land Patents, Book 8, p. 16.
White, Gifford, "James White and John White", Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2, by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC, 1997, pp. 86-96, 107-112.
White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, April 1982.