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Descendants of Thomas Davenport

Generation No. 4

12. ELIZABETH⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born December 4, 1774 in Orange, NY., and died June 19, 1848. She married ABRAHAM VAN LOON. He died Unknown.

Children of ELIZABETH DAVENPORT and ABRAHAM VAN LOON are:

	i.		REBECCA⁷ VAN LOON, b. December 5, 1799; d. Unknown.
	ii.		HANNAH VAN LOON, b. March 20, 1806; d. Unknown.
	iii.		CATHERINE VAN LOON, b. January 21, 1809; d. Unknown.

13. JOHN⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born May 23, 1778 in Orange, NY., and died October 2, 1855 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.. He married HANNAH ROBBINS. She was born September 15, 1783, and died January 12, 1864.

More About HANNAH ROBBINS:
Burial: Shawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pa.

Children of JOHN DAVENPORT and HANNAH ROBBINS are:

	i.		ELIJAH⁷ DAVENPORT, b. 1815; d. Unknown.
	ii.		THOMAS DAVENPORT, b. 1820; d. Unknown.
	iii.		EMILY DAVENPORT, b. 1826; d. Unknown.

14. HANNAH⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born October 26, 1782, and died March 8, 1865. She married JACOB GOULD Abt. 1802, son of ISAAC GOULD and ANNA STEVENS. He was born January 28, 1772 in Pittstown, Luzerne County, Pa., and died March 8, 1849 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa..

More About HANNAH DAVENPORT:
Burial: Shupp's Cemetery, Plymouth, Pa.

Children of HANNAH DAVENPORT and JACOB GOULD are:

CHARITY⁷ GOULD, b. 1801; d. January 18, 1883; m. BENJAMIN PRINGLE; b. 1803; d. Unknown.

More About CHARITY GOULD:
Burial: Beach Grove Cemetery, Salem Township, Luzerne Co., Pa.

19.	ii.	ANN GOULD, b. 1802; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JOHN GOULD, b. Abt. 1804; d. Unknown.
	iv.	ELIZABETH GOULD, b. 1807; d. Unknown; m. JOHN RICKARD; d. Unknown.
	v.	THOMAS GOULD, b. 1810; d. Unknown.
20.	vi.	SAMUEL GOULD, b. 1814, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. November 19, 1880.
	vii.	JACOB GOULD², b. January 22, 1819, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. March 20, 1895, Salem Twp., Luzerne County, PA..

More About JACOB GOULD:
Burial: Beach Grove Cemetery, Salem Township, Luzerne Co., Pa.
Will: August 10, 1893, Luzerne County Courthouse, #111 of 1895.

15. ROBERT⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born August 13, 1786 in Orange, NY., and died June 19, 1859 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.. He married PHOEBE NESBITT March 21, 1813 in Luzerne County, PA., daughter of JAMES NESBITT and JANE WILLIAMS. She was born May 7, 1796 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa., and died April 14, 1867 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa..

Notes for PHOEBE NESBITT:
Phoebe Nesbitt was the daughter of James Nesbitt and Jane Williams and the sister of Mary (Polly) Nesbitt.

Children of ROBERT DAVENPORT and PHOEBE NESBITT are:

21.	i.	SAMUEL⁷ DAVENPORT, b. September 25, 1813, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. September 22, 1850.
22.	ii.	JANE DAVENPORT, b. October 23, 1815, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. Unknown.
	iii.	ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. August 2, 1818; d. Unknown.
23.	iv.	LYDIA DAVENPORT, b. November 17, 1820, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. Unknown.
24.	v.	LIVA R. DAVENPORT, b. December 28, 1822, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. January 19, 1849.
25.	vi.	SARAH DAVENPORT, b. September 17, 1826, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. Unknown.
	vii.	HARRISON N. DAVENPORT, b. September 10, 1831; d. Unknown.
	viii.	RHODA ANN DAVENPORT, b. January 3, 1833, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. Unknown; m. THOMPSON G. EVANS, May 10, 1855; d. Unknown.

16. DANIEL⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹)³ was born March 7, 1797 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa., and died September 3, 1840 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.. He married MARY NESBITT March 12, 1820, daughter of JAMES NESBITT and JANE WILLIAMS. She was born March 3, 1803 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa., and died Unknown.

Notes for DANIEL DAVENPORT:
Daniel Davenport became seriously involved in the coal trade at an early age, and lost most of his estate. He was a man of integrity, of frank and pleasant deportment, and very popular with the people of the town. His misfortunes in the coal business enlisted the sympathies of the citizens deeply, and these troubles were undoubtedly the cause of his premature death. He was a representative man of his day, and he gave employment to and fed large numbers of laboring men for those times, and of them all no one ever had cause for complaint in his dealings with them.
I refer back to this generous and kind- hearted man with feelings of lively emotion. He was but three or four years my senior; we were intimate for many years. We occupied the same bench in Thomas Patterson's school, in the Old Academy; and when I came to the bar, he was one of my first and best clients. These reasons make me cling with great regard to his memory. He left a large family at his death, as did also Thomas, John and Robert. In the division of the estate of their father, each received a competency.

Taken from the book titled, Historical Sketches of Plymouth, by Hendrick Wright

More About MARY NESBITT:
Date born 2: May 3, 1803

Children of DANIEL DAVENPORT and MARY NESBITT are:

26.	i.	CHARLES⁷ DAVENPORT, b. May 27, 1821; d. Unknown.
27.	ii.	GEORGE DAVENPORT, b. January 4, 1823, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. May 24, 1906.
28.	iii.	CHESTER DAVENPORT, b. February 7, 1825, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. December 6, 1855.
	iv.	ESTHER DAVENPORT, b. May 14, 1827; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM GARRAHAN; d. Unknown.
	v.	HARRIET DAVENPORT, b. April 2, 1830; d. Unknown.
	vi.	JAMES DAVENPORT, b. May 3, 1831; d. Unknown.
29.	vii.	HENDRICK WRIGHT DAVENPORT, b. December 6, 1834, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. July 9, 1916, Culbertson, Hitchcock County, NE..

17. PHOEBE⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born May 4, 1799 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa., and died Unknown. She married JOHN PRINGLE, son of SAMUEL PRINGLE and MARTHA LAMOREAUX. He was born 1801, and died Unknown.

Children of PHOEBE DAVENPORT and JOHN PRINGLE are:

	i.		THOMAS⁷ PRINGLE, b. 1821; d. Unknown.
	ii.		CLARISSA PRINGLE, b. 1823; d. Unknown.
	iii.		ELIZABETH PRINGLE, b. 1825; d. Unknown.
	iv.		LYDIA PRINGLE, b. 1826; d. Unknown.
	v.		WILLIAM PRINGLE, b. 1828; d. Unknown.
	vi.		DENISON PRINGLE, b. 1831; d. Unknown.
	vii.		CHARITY PRINGLE, b. 1833; d. Unknown.
	viii.		MARTHA PRINGLE, b. 1837; d. Unknown.

18. STEPHEN⁶ DAVENPORT (THOMAS⁵, OLIVER⁴, THOMAS³, WILLIAM², JOHN¹) was born August 14, 1800 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa., and died August 22, 1885 in Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.. He married ELIZABETH TUBBS May 5, 1822, daughter of JOSIAH TUBBS and JEMIMA WILLIAMS. She was born November 5, 1802 in Huntington Twp., Luzerne County, PA., and died March 24, 1864 in Waterton, Huntington Twp., Luzerne County, Pa..

Notes for STEPHEN DAVENPORT:
County Commissioner of Luzerne County, Pa. 1863-1865

More About ELIZABETH TUBBS:
Burial: Scott Cemetery, Luzerne Co., Pa.

Children of STEPHEN DAVENPORT and ELIZABETH TUBBS are:

	i.		HANFORD⁷ DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1825, Huntington Twp., Luzerne County, PA.; d. June 8, 1865; m. FANNY LARNED; d. Unknown.
	ii.		WILLIAM DAVENPORT, b. January 14, 1827, Plymouth Twp., Luzerne County, Pa.; d. August 22, 1885; m. ADELINE HARRISON, February 25, 1855, Luzerne County, PA.; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM DAVENPORT:
William DAVENPORT, merchant, Town Line, was born in Plymouth, January 14, 1827, and is a son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Tubbs) Davenport, the former born in Plymouth August 14, 1800, the latter in Huntington in 1802. Stephen was a son of Thomas, who, with his brother Robert, took an active part in the Wyoming Massacre, having just moved from Connecticut into the Valley that day. They escaped to Plymouth after shooting two Indians who pursued them. The brothers immediately returned to Connecticut, where they remained a few years, when they returned again to Wyoming Valley, and located in Plymouth, where some of their descendants now reside. Thomas owned considerable land in Plymouth being one of the first pioneers in that part of the Valley. He died at an advanced age. His family consisted of twelve children, who in their turn became sturdy pioneers in the Wyoming Valley. Stephen, his son, began active business in Plymouth. His property was extensive, and under it were valuable coal beds, consequently in those days he was an active coal operator; he shipped his coal down the river in arks, owning two, and running them himself. In 1829, he removed to Town Line, where he purchased 360 acres of virgin soil, on which he built, improving about 200 acres during his lifetime. He was a through-going businessman as well as a practical farmer; everything he touched seemed to prosper. Mr. Davenport was a strong democrat and a man of influence in his party; during 1862-65 he was elected county commissioner. He died August 22, 1885, aged eighty-five years, after an eventful, busy and useful life. His family consisted of eleven children, ten of whom grew to maturity, and six of whom are living now. William is the third in order of birth, and was reared and educated in Huntington Township, spending two terms in Kingston. In early life he followed farming, and at one time was engaged as clerk, when he learned the secrets of the mercantile trade, and in 1850 entered the mercantile business for himself, having carried on the business successfully ever since. He has a large storeroom filled with the choicest goods, believing in selling goods cheap, though not in selling cheap goods. Under his business tact and judgment he has succeeded in establishing a large and lasting trade. Five years after he began his storekeeping, he married, on February 25, 1855, Miss Deline, daughter of A. and Sarah Harrison. To them has been born one son, L.B., who is married to Miss Rose Wilkenson. Mrs. Adeline (Harrison) Davenport was born in Huntington in 1835. Mr. Davenport has held the postoffice for the last thirty-six years under every administration, and is a democrat in politics. He is universally liked as a through going businessman.

30.	iii.	THOMAS DAVENPORT, b. June 12, 1829, Huntington Twp., Luzerne County, PA.; d. January 15, 1893, Shickshinny, Luzerne County, PA..
	iv.	HARRISON DAVENPORT, b. 1834; d. Unknown.
	v.	SAMUEL G. DAVENPORT, b. November 20, 1836, Huntington Twp., Luzerne County, PA.; d. May 18, 1857.
	vi.	LAZARUS DAVENPORT, b. 1837; d. Unknown.
	vii.	CHARITY A. DAVENPORT, b. 1839; d. Unknown.
	viii.	CHARLOTTE DAVENPORT, b. 1841; d. Unknown; m. RIGHTER SWINGLE; d. Unknown.
	ix.	EARL DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1842; d. Unknown.
	x.	ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, b. 1844; d. Unknown; m. WELLS S. WAGNER; d. Unknown.
	xi.	IRA DAVENPORT, b. 1847; d. Unknown.
	xii.	ADELAIDE DAVENPORT, b. Abt. 1849; d. Unknown; m. CHARLES T. GOOD, March 19, 1857; b. July 10, 1832, Plains Township, PA.; d. Unknown.

Notes for CHARLES T. GOOD:
Charles GOOD, merchant and postmaster, Waterton, was born July 10, 1832, in Plains township, this county, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (COURTRIGHT) Good, natives of Pennsylvania, of German and English origin, the former of whom, a farmer by occupation, died July 18, 1881, aged ninety years. Our subject is the second in a family of seven children, four of whom are now living. He was reared on a farm, educated in the common schools, and at the age of twenty began life for himself in the lumber business in Clinton county, where he remained two years. He then worked for Good & Davenport, in a general store at Shickshinny, for two years, after which he located on the Pennsylvania Canal, three years, when he embarked in mercantile business for himself at Shickshinny, continuing therein about two years. He then took a trip to California on business, and after a year returned and rented a farm at Town Line, where he carried on agriculture two years. He then moved to Fairmount Springs, thence to Waterton, renting a farm until 1882, when he purchased the property. It contains 200 acres, and is situated on Huntington creek, two and one-half miles below Huntington Mills. Mr. Good opened his store at Waterton in 1889, and was appointed postmaster same year. He married March 19, 1857, to Adelaide, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (TUBBS) DAVENPORT, which union is blessed with seven children, viz: Annie, David P., Ira S., Harriy E., Albert R., Luella E. and Jennie A. Mr. Good has been supervisor three years, assessor four years, and school director one term. Socially he is a popular man in his township and politically he is a good Democrat.

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