Lancelot Davenport was born about 1594. He arrived in Virginia on the Ship “Duty” in 1621 as clerk to Edward Blaney, factor for the Virginia Company. Whether he returned to England with Blaney in 1625 when the Virginia Company’s charter was revoked is unknown, but he was in Virginia in 1638 when he was granted 50 acres for his “Personal Adventure.” Lancelot and other Davenports in the area are known as the James River Davenports. Whether Lancelot married or had children is not known.
The James River Davenports match two individuals that trace to George Davenport of the late 1700’s in Burland, Cheshire, England.
Links
Listed below are some of websites dedicated to the James River 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 “at” davenportdna.com
| 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 |
James River – Branches
Normally the known male branches of the James River line(s) would be listed below. However, we don’t have enough to establish the line or its branches. Below in the Participants section, the current members of this group are listed. They match each other.
Y-DNA Test Results
| The James River descendants belong to Haplogroup R-FT233810 These are the Y-DNA results to-date of the participants descended from New Kent/Hanover Davenports. The different row colors represent the separate branches of the line. Click on the Kit # to view more information about the individual Davenport linage. The Modal haplotype is what we believe the Y-DNA of Humphrey 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 link below will bring up a large spreadsheet like listing of the results of all the Projects Y-DNA STR Results. The James River Davenport line is in Group 60.
To get the best view of your results and how they compare with others in your line, it will be necesary to view them on our public page at FTDNA. So follow these instructions.
- Go to this Full Chart FamilyTreeDNA – Davenport Surname DNA Project. This should open a new page and tab, so you can still return to this page if needed.
- In the heading on the left change the first two boxes to match These:
3. Type in “60” in the third box, and click on the magnifier.
This should bring up the result of your subgroup – 60 James River Davenports
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.
| Branch | Kit # | Participant | Current Residence | Earliest known Ancestor plus more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel | 10726 | William Daniel Davenport | Nevada | Samuel William Davenport (1793-?) > Charles Wesley (1834 Carroll Cty, Tennessee - 1910) > Joseph Albert (1866-1942) > William (1914-1984). |
| 101618 | Urban Davenport | Florida | Samuel William Davenport (1793-?) > Charles Wesley (1834-1910) > William (1860-1948) > Ben (1894-1977). | |
| 172472 | Jim Davenport | Oklahoma | George Davenport (1680-1739) > George (1722-1773) > Samuel (1747-1798) > Samuel William (1793-1870) > Samuel Sidney (1842-1876) > | |
| Other / Unknown | 130561 | Richard Davenport | Maryland | William Davenport (1752 - 1826 Mt Holly, North Carolina) > Anderson Wesley (1805-1886) > Richard Kelly (1859-1923) > Richard Kelly (1896-1978) > Richard Kelly (1930-1978. |
| 484092 | Bryce E Devenport | Washington | John Daveport (1748 Yancy, North Carolina - 1851) > Jacob (Joel) Q Devenport (1820 Cape Girardeau, Missouri - 1848) > James Wooster (1846 Oak Ridge, Missouri - 1928) > Joseph (1885 Missouri - 1968) > Millard James (1910-1973) | |
| 201376 | Allen M Davenport | North Carolina | George Davenport > William Ray > Anderson Wesley > Richard Kelly | |
| English | 183031 | Keith Davenport | England | George Davenport of Burland, Cheshire, England > Joseph (b. 1799 Burland) > John (b. 1821 Faddiley, Cheshire) > Charles (b. 1856 Spurstow, Cheshire) > Arthur (b. 1882) |
| 196417 | Ian Davenport | England | George Davenport of Burland, Cheshire, England > Joseph (b. 1799 Burland) > John (b. 1821 Faddiley, Cheshire) > Charles (b. 1856 Spurstow, Cheshire) > Arthur (b. 1882). He is the cousin of # 183031. | |
| IN37124 | Darryl Davenport | Australia | William Davenport of Upton Cheshire > Henry Davenport (~1824 Bickerton, Cheshire, England-1902 Wervin, Cheshire) > Frederick (1859 Blason, Cheshire-1941 Scaqrborough, Western Australia) |