Captain Richard Davenport born about 1606 in Weymouth, England. Arrived in New England aboard the ship Abigail in 1628 with Governor John Endicott. Admitted a freeman in 1634 and moved to Boston in 1642. He married Elizabeth Hathorne and had nine children -Truecross, Experience, Nathaniel, John, Eleazer, Samuel, Sarah, Elizabeth, and William. Richard was commander of the fort at Castle Island in Boston Harbor in 1665 when he was struck by lightning and killed. Most of his descendants lived in Massachusetts and the general New England area.
The Captain Richard 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 Capt. Richard Davenport. 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
| 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.com/~nvjack/davnport/ |
Captain Richard
Relationship Tree – How the participants are related.
The following are the known male branches of the Captain Richard 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 least one individual from each branch.
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | 1st Generation | 2nd Generation | 3rd Generation | 4th Generation | Notes | Kit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:20 AM | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:20 AM | Capt Richard 1606-1665 | Nathaniel ~1639- | ||||
| 3 | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:21 AM | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:21 AM | Capt Richard 1606-1665 | John 1641-1715 | Richard 1670- | 96117 | ||
| 14 | wbdave@aol.com | 02/13/2026 01:04 AM | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:22 AM | Capt Richard 1606-1665 | Eleazer ~1645- | Rev. John 1668-1730 | |||
| 15 | wbdave@aol.com | 02/13/2026 01:06 AM | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:23 AM | Capt Richard 1606-1665 | Samuel 1649- | ||||
| 36 | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:23 AM | wbdave@aol.com | 02/27/2026 01:23 AM | Capt Richard 1606-1665 | William 1656- |
Y-DNA Test Results
| The descendants of Captain Richardย belong toย Haplogroup R-FT101881 –ย Note: The Y-DNA of the Captain Richard line is very similar to three other American lines and those of English origin. This means that these groups are all related somehow.ย To see how the Captain Richard Y-DNA compares to the others, you can visit the English page here:ย Davenports of Direct English Descent With the growing number of standard STR Y-DNA results accumulating over the years, weโve decided to display them, instead, on our public site at FTDNA, our testing company. Their solid infrastructure and flexibility make it easier to manage the data and help reduce the chance of errors. Below are the steps to access those results. The redย andย blueย cells show where an individual varies from what we believe the modal Haplotype is, or what we believe the Y-DNA of the original Davenport for the line looked like based on current results. Reddishย indicates movement upward, whileย blueishย downward. |
To get the best view of your results and how they compare with others in your line, it will be necessary to view them on our public page at FTDNA. So, follow these instructions
1. Go to this Full Chart link FamilyTreeDNA – Davenport Surname DNA Project. This should open another tab with a new page, so you can still return to this page as needed. All STR Y-DNA results for the Project will be displayed.
Each branch is listed by a group number and description. If you would like to view your group only, continue on to the next step below. Your Group number is 23.
2. At the top of the page, just above the chart on the left – change the following boxes:

to the following and substitute the sample with your group number, and click on the magnifier.

This should bring up the result of your Davenport line.
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.
| Kit # | Participant | Current Residence | Earliest known Ancestor plus more | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard > John | 96117 | Michael Davenport | Oregon | Capt. Richard Davenport (abt 1606 England-1665 Massachusetts) > John > Richard > Eleazer > Richard > Comfort (abt 1786-1834) |
| Other / Unknown | 23623 | Lawrence Davenport | Wisconsin | Benoni Davenport (1799 Connecticut - 1887 Crawford County, Wisconsin) > Philip > Arthur > Charles (1895-1974) |
| N67544 | G Davenport | Wisconsin | Benoni Davenport (1799 Connecticut - 1887 Crawford County, Wisconsin) > Nelson > Charles (1873 Soldier's Grove, Wisconsin - 1947 DeSoto, Wisconsin) | |
| 1006167 | Deserick Davenport | John Loucks Davenport (1830 New York-1896 NY) > Charles (1855 NY-1896 NY) > Frank (1891 NY-1981 Arkansas) |
