Thomas Davenport was born about 1615 in England. He arrived in Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts prior to 1639 becoming a freeman in 1642. He is believed to have married Mary Pitman. They had nine children - Sarah, Thomas, Mary, Charles, Abigail, Mehitable, Jonathan, Ebenezer, and John. Thomas died in Boston in 1685. His descendants settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island.

The Thomas of Dorchester Line is one of four Davenport lines that have been determined, by Y-DNA testing, to descend from the ancient Davenport line of Cheshire, England.


 Links

Listed below are some of websites dedicated to Thomas of Dorchester.  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 "at" davenportdna.com

Descendants of Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA - Jerry & Jan Larsen http://www.jerryjan.com/Davenport/index.html

A good place to expand your research is the Davenport Archives website. It contains hundreds of Davenport related documents, photos, trees and includes lists of researchers and their interests.

http://DavenportArchives.com

 


Thomas of Dorchester Branches

Relationship Tree - How the participants are related.

The following are the known male branches of the Thomas of Dorchester line. 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 do not 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 "at" davenportdna.com

1st Generation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation Notes Kit #
Thomas 1615-1685 Charles 1652-1720 Thomas 1695- 7181
Thomas 1615-1685 Charles 1652-1720 Charles 1700- Thomas 1736-1818 7505
Thomas 1615-1685 Charles 1652-1720 Charles 1700- Elijah 1743- 209585
Thomas 1615-1685 Jonathan 1659-1729 John 1693-1741 Noah 1727-1756 406128
Thomas 1615-1685 Jonathan 1659-1729 John 1693-1741 Ephraim 1736-1811  Job  (1771-1850) 559514
Thomas 1615-1685 Jonathan 1659-1729 John 1693-1741 Ephraim 1736-1811  Bordon (1775-1850) 11122
Thomas 1615-1685 Jonathan 1659-1729 Thomas 1681-1751 Oliver 1714-1790  John 35696
Thomas 1615-1685 Jonathan 1659-1729 Thomas 1681-1751 Oliver 1714-1790  Noah 1758-1840 236569
Thomas 1615-1685 Jonathan 1659-1729 Thomas 1681-1751 Gideon 1738-1810 749818
Thomas 1615-1685
Ebenezer 1661-1738 Ebenezer 1706-1785 Jonathan 1732-1810 Abraham 1766-1833 911104
Thomas 1615-1685 John 1664-1724  John 1695-1778     50899
Thomas 1615-1685 John 1664-1724  Samuel 1697-1773 Seth   11950
Thomas 1615-1685 John 1664-1724  Samuel 1697-1773 Samuel   13434
Thomas 1615-1685 John 1664-1724     80196

 


 Y-DNA Test Results

The descendents of Thomas of Dorchester  belong to Haplogroup R-S1480
Click here to download an Excel file of these Y-DNA results

- Note: The Y-DNA of the Thomas of Dorchester Davenport line is very similar to three other American lines and those of English origin. This means that these groups are all related somehow.  To see how the Thomas of Dorchester Y-DNA compares to the others, you can visit the English page here: Davenports of Direct English Descent

These are the Y-DNA results to-date of the participants descended from Thomas Davenport. 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 Thomas of Dorchester 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.


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.    To email the participant, use the kit # followed by @ and then davenportdna.com. 

Kit #

Participant

Current Residence

Earliest Known Ancestor plus more

7181 William Davenport Ohio Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Charles > Thomas > Lemuel > Daniel > Amos > George > Birge (1861-1939)
7505 Allen Norman Davenport Virginia Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Charles > Charles > Thomas > Samuel > Robinson > Horace > Norman.
209585 Levi Davenport

Massachusetts

Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Charles > Charles > Elijah > Paul (1766-1832) > Daniel (1798-1893) > David L (b. 1821) >
406128 Ramsey Davenport

Pennsylvania

Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Jonathan > John > Noah (1727-1756) > Pardon (1755-1818) > Cyrus Colden (1801-1883) > Cyrus Colden (1829-1906) > Henry Haskell (1859-1940)
559514 Vernon Davenport Michigan Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Jonathan > John > Ephraim > Job > John (1799-1859) > Ithamer > Frank Ithamer 
11122 Robert Davenport Jr California Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Jonathan > John > Ephraim > Bordon > Job > Myron > Robert (1894-1948)
35696 Douglas Davenport Connecticut

Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Jonathan > Thomas > Oliver > John > Thomas > John > Anthony > Arthur > Arthur

236569 John Davenport Minnesota

Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Jonathan > Thomas > Oliver > Noah (1758-1840) > Erastus (1793-1856) > Harper (1831-1903) > Perry

749818 Frank H Davenport Michigan Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Jonathan > Thomas > Gideon > John (1764-1822) > Gideon (1803-?) > Joseph Darling (1831-1907) > William Edgar (1860-1938) > Frank Howard (1884-1945} > Frank Howard (1929-2014) 
94297 Richard Davenport California Possibly a Thomas Davenport of Dorchester descendent. Oliver (b abt 1799-aft 1870) > Paul Dudley 1823-1888 > Wilfred Justin > Gilford Earl 1893-1965
911140 M. Davenport   Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > Ebenezer (1661-1738) > Ebenezer > Jonathan > Abraham > Gorham > George Follin > Henry Gorham (1873-1951)
50899 Clyde Davenport

Massachusetts

Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > John  > John > John > Jesse > John > John > Horace (b.1844)
11950 Russell Stearns Davenport New Hampshire Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > John > Samuel > Seth > Seth > Joseph Gibbs > Stearns Godfrey > Edward Walter (1872-1951).
13434 Charles Davenport Florida Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > John > Samuel > Samuel > Nathaniel > Nathaniel > Frederick > Charles > Roger > Charles.
80196 Paul Davenport Massachusetts Thomas Davenport of Dorchester, MA (1615-1685) > John >
156926 Richard Davenport Texas  

 


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