Davenport Family; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 5, No. 4

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Davenport Family

   William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4.
   (Apr., 1897), pp. 271-272.

                       DAVENPORT FAMILY.


   A small book printed at Glasgow, 1745, entitled "Hugo Grotius de veritate Religionis 
Christianae", &c., has on the fly leaf, "Jos. Davenport, Junr, July 23, 1748".  Under the
dedication, in the same hand, are these entries:

   "Jos. Davenort & Marg. uxoris liberi
       Eliza Davenport
                           Geminae, natae Mar. 5th, 1729-'30.
       Mara Davenport

    Jos. Davenport Junr Feb 21, 1731/2
    Geo. Davenport Mar 29, 1733
    Mat. Davenport, Oct 24, 1734
    Jud: Davenport

    Jas. Davenport
    Peachy Davenport
          &             Geminae.
  Johan Shank Davenport
    Sarah Davenport.

   Joseph Davenport was named town clerk in the charter of Williamsburg (1722).  His will,
proved March 16, 1761, mentions children:  Matthew, Frances Anne Wright, now in England, 
Joseph, James, George, and Judith Greenhow, first wife of John Greenhow [his second was
Elizabeth Tyler]; Matthew was writing master at

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the college in 1766.  Joseph, Jr., studied at William and Mary College, and in 1755 went to
England to be ordained, carrying a strong letter of recommendation from President Thomas
Dawson.  On his return he became minister of Charles Parish, and remained such till his death.
he married Mary -----, and his will was proved March 1, 1788, in York court county.  He left
a son, William, born December 10, 1763, and a daughter, Eliza Hunter Davenport, who married
William Hunter, son of William Hunter, printer of the Gazette.  In 1778 Augustine Davis, also
printer of the Gazette, married Martha Davenport.  (York county Records).

   Anthony Hay, proprietor of the Raleigh Tavern in 1752 and 1769, married first, Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Penman, and had Barbara (born 1752) and Thomas.  He married second, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Davenport, and had Joseph, born July 29, 759; George, attorney-
general of Virginia, born December 15, 1765; Anthony, born November 26, 1767.  (Bruton Parish
Register).  Charles Hay was another son of the last marriage.  Thomas Penman's will was proved
in York county in 1759.  Anthony Hay's in 1770.