The Limbo Davenports

Links Limbo Branches Results Participants Other Surnames Analysis

This page last updated Saturday May 16, 2009

The individuals listed on this page belong to what we tentatively call the "Limbo Davenports". Their genealogical status, at this point in time, remains in limbo. So far we have three surnames - Davenport, Woodruff, and Overton - who have ancestors living very close to each other - and who also have matching Y-DNA. Three of the Davenports were at one time believed to be James River Davenports. Three other Davenports are documented Pamunkey descendents who trace back to Davis > Martin > John. They descend from two different sons of John. Descendents of another of John's sons match the Pamunkey's. The Woodruff's match this group, but not other Woodruff's. The same can be said for the Overton. As more information is collected on these lines, we hope to pinpoint where the connections occurred.

Links

Listed below are some of websites dedicated to researching the "Limbo" Davenports. Each represents the complete line or information about its progenitor. If you know of additional websites that might fit this same criteria - please contact the administrator at info@DavenportDNA.com.

A good place to start any Davenport research is Nevada Jack's Davenport Directory and Davenport site. It contains lists of hundreds of Davenport researchers and their interests.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nvjack/davnport/

Michael Hébert's genealogy of Fielding Woodruff on Rootsweb.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mhebert&id=I56

Limbo Branches - Relationship Tree
We do not yet know what the branches of the James River Davenports are. So listed below are the branches of the matching participants. For our purposes a branch would begin with the sons of the 1st generation. If there was only one son then we would start with the sons in the 2nd generation and so on. We would like to test at lease one individual from each branch. The red highlighted entries are branches for which we have test participants. Of course we will accept any Davenport participants but especially need the non-highlighted branches. If there are additional branches not listed or other changes need to be made - contact info@DavenportDNA.com
1st Generation	2nd Generation	3rd Generation	4th Generation	Notes	Kit #
William 1805-1856	Horace 1833-1904	William 1880-1969			41293
Charles Lewis ~ 1805-1848	William 1831-1907	Charles 1858-1886			70003
Charles Lewis ~ 1805-1848	William 1831-1907	William 1861-1955			92671
Davis 1660-	Martin 1682-1735	John ~1717-~1779	William ~1738-1801		96008
Davis 1660-	Martin 1682-1735	John ~1717-~1779	Richard 1750-1833	Jack Smith 1784-1836	92883
Davis 1660-	Martin 1682-1735	John ~1717-~1779	Richard 1750-1833	Jack Smith 1784-1836	75989
Fielding Woodruff ~1795-1854	Daniel 1827-1908	Daniel 1888-1967			W001
Fielding Woodruff ~1795-1854	Daniel 1827-1908	Daniel 1888-1967			W006
Fielding Woodruff ~1795-1854	George ~1832-bef 1895
Fielding Woodruff ~1795-1854	Andrew ~1844-1906
George Woodruff ~1828-~1905					W008
Howell Woodruff ~1775-~1835	John 1828-1888				W014
William Overton~1849-?					27597

Y-DNA Test Results These are the Y-DNA results to-date of the participants we have placed in the Limbo Davenport branch. The different row colors represent the separate branches of the line. Click on the Kit # to view more information about the individual Davenport linage. Newer results have a purple block to the left of the kit number. The Modal haplotype is what we believe the Y-DNA of the Limbo Davenports looked like based on current results. Red and blue cells show where an individual varies from the modal. Red indicates movement upward, while blue downward. Combined pink cells represent "connected" markers where the actual difference is counted as one.																																						The descendents of the Limbo Davenports belong to Haplogroup R1b1c*
	Locus	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67
DYS#
	Kit #	3 9 3	3 9 0	3 9 4 - 1 9	3 9 1	3 8 5 a	3 8 5 b	4 2 6	3 8 8	4 3 9	3 8 9 - 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 - 2	4 5 8	4 5 9 a	4 5 9 b	4 5 5	4 5 4	4 4 7	4 3 7	4 4 8	4 4 9	4 6 4 a	4 6 4 b	4 6 4 c	4 6 4 d	4 6 0	G A T A H 4	Y C A i i a	Y C A i i b	4 5 6	6 0 7	5 7 6	5 7 0	C D Y a	C D Y b	4 4 2	4 3 8	5 3 1	5 7 8	3 9 5 S 1 a	3 9 5 S 1 b	5 9 0	5 3 7	6 4 1	4 7 2	4 0 6 S 1	5 1 1	4 2 5	4 1 3 a	4 1 3 b	5 5 7	5 9 4	4 3 6	4 9 0	5 3 4	4 5 0	4 4 4	4 8 1	5 2 0	4 4 6	6 1 7	5 6 8	4 8 7	5 7 2	6 4 0	4 9 2	5 6 5
	Modal	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	41293	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	16	17
	70003	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	16	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	92671	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	16	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12
	96008	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	26	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	92883	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	26	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12
	75989	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	W001	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16						11	12																				12			13
	W006	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	19	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	W008	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	18	11	10	20	23	16	15	19	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	21	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	W014	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	27597	14	24	14	10	11	15	12	12	11	12	13	28	16	9	9	11	11	25	15	19	28	15	16	17	17	11	10	20	23	16	15	18	18	35	41	11	12	11	9	15	16	8	10	10	8	10	10	12	23	23	15	10	12	12	15	8	12	22	20	13	12	11	14	11	11	12	12
	Kit #	3 9 3	3 9 0	3 9 4 - 1 9	3 9 1	3 8 5 a	3 8 5 b	4 2 6	3 8 8	4 3 9	3 8 9 - 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 - 2	4 5 8	4 5 9 a	4 5 9 b	4 5 5	4 5 4	4 4 7	4 3 7	4 4 8	4 4 9	4 6 4 a	4 6 4 b	4 6 4 c	4 6 4 d	4 6 0	G A T A H 4	Y C A i i a	Y C A i i b	4 5 6	6 0 7	5 7 6	5 7 0	C D Y a	C D Y b	4 4 2	4 3 8	5 3 1	5 7 8	3 9 5 S 1 a	3 9 5 S 1 b	5 9 0	5 3 7	6 4 1	4 7 2	4 0 6 S 1	5 1 1	4 2 5	4 1 3 a	4 1 3 b	5 5 7	5 9 4	4 3 6	4 9 0	5 3 4	4 5 0	4 4 4	4 8 1	5 2 0	4 4 6	6 1 7	5 6 8	4 8 7	5 7 2	6 4 0	4 9 2	5 6 5

Participants
The following people are participating in the Davenport Surname DNA Project. You may view more detail for some by clicking on the link in the Ancestor column. The cell under each name is the email address to contact the participant. Replace the "at" with @.
Kit #	Participant	Current Residence	Earliest Known Ancestor plus more
41293	William Davenport	Florida	William (1805 Virginia - 1856 Missouri) > Horace (1833-1904) > William Lawrence (1880-1969)
	41293 "at" DavenportDNA.com
70003	Gene Davenport	North Carolina	Charles Lewis Davenport (bet 1800/1810 Virginia - abt 1848 Tennessee) > William Lewis (1831 Tennessee - 1907 Kentucky)> Charles L (1858 Kentucky - 1886 Kentucky) > Charles Miles (1879 Kentucky - 1932 Illinois) > John Clyde (1907 Illinois - 1986 Arizona)
	70003 "at" DavenportDNA.com
92671	Rodnie Davenport	Kentucky	Charles Lewis Davenport (bet 1800/1810 Virginia - abt 1848 Tennessee) > William Lewis (1831 Tennessee - 1907 Kentucky) > William Marion (1861 - 1955) > Governor Bradley (1897 - 1949)
	92671 "at" DavenportDNA.com
96008	Mark Davenport	North Carolina	Davis Davenport (b. abt 1660) > Martin (Virginia) > John > William > Presley > Marshall > Elisha > John > Luther > Buford (1908-1980). (Note - line is being re-researched since paper trail leads to Pamunkey Davenports)
	96008 "at" DavenportDNA.com
92883	Robert Davenport		Davis Davenport (b. abt 1660) > Martin (Virginia) > John > Richard > Jack Smith > William > John. (Note - line is being re-researched since paper trail leads to Pamunkey Davenports)
	92883 "at" DavenportDNA.com
75989	Robert Davenport	Illinois	Davis Davenport (b. abt 1660) > Martin (Virginia) > John > Richard > Jack Smith > Peter > Ulysses. (Note - line is being re-researched since paper trail leads to Pamunkey Davenports)
	75989 "at" DavenportDNA.com
W001	Woodruff		Fielding Woodruff (abt 1795 Virginia - 1854 Illinois) > Daniel Webster (1827 Kentucky - 1908 Illinois) > Daniel Webster (1888 Illinois - 1967 Illinois) ( Note - W001 and W006 are brothers)

W006	Woodruff		Fielding Woodruff (abt 1795 Virginia - 1854 Illinois) > Daniel Webster (1827 Kentucky - 1908 Illinois) > Daniel Webster (1888 Illinois-1967 Illinois) ( Note - W006 and W001 are brothers)

W008	Woodruff		George Woodruff (abt 1828 Georgia - abt 1905 Alabama)

W014	Woodruff		Howell S Woodruff (~1775 Virginia - ~1835 Tennessee) > John McNairy (1828 Tennessee - 1888 Tennessee) > William Hamilton (1883 - 1923)

27597	Overton		William Overton (~1849 Illinois - ?)

Other Surnames

In most cases when any of our Davenport results have had a high resolution (37 or 67 marker) match - it was with another Davenport. However, there have been a few other surnames that came very close to the Davenports. For our purposes, very close means they match on 33 out of 37 markers or better, or 62 out of 67 or better. The surnames listed below are those that are very close to this Davenport line on the 37 or 67 marker test. This does not necessarily infer that they had a common ancestor. But it may be worth looking into the possibility. The first step is to determine if the ancestors lived in the same vicinity at the same time. When viewing the "prospects" - give the 67/67 a higher priority, then 66/67, and 65/67, and so on.
Surname	67 Marker	Surname	37 Marker
Overton	67	Tiry	34
Woodruff	67
Flowers	62