Descendants of Davenport

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  REV. JOHN1 DAVENPORT1 died Unknown.

 

More About REV. JOHN DAVENPORT:

Ordination: Founded a church in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut1

       

Child of REV. JOHN DAVENPORT is:

2.                i.    DAVENPORT2, d. Unknown.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  DAVENPORT2 (JOHN1)1 died Unknown.

       

Child of DAVENPORT is:

                   i.    ABIGAIL3 DAVENPORT2, b. 16722; d. 16922; m. REV. JAMES PIERPONT2, 27 Jan 1691, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut2,3; b. 04 Jan 1660, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts4; d. 02 Nov 1714, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut5,6.

Notes for REV. JAMES PIERPONT:

[Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W S Tyler, DD,LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), page 306.]

"'He was one of the founders of Yale College' and a member of the first board of trustees. 'The papers of the College,' says Professor Dexter, 'bear his impress during his life in New Haven (1681-1714) more than any other and the settlement of the College here was but a fulfillment of one of his plans.' The college was founded in 1700. Mr. Pierpont to the end of his life was the principal person in the direction of this institution. At the suggestion of Jeremiah Dumner, he solicited aid from Elihu Yale, whose first gift of books arrived about the time of Pierpont's death."

Baptism: 08 Jan 1660, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts7

Graduation: 1681, Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts7

Occupation: 1700, A founder and member of the first board of trustees of Yale College, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut8,9

Ordination: 1691, Pastor fo the church founded by John Davenport in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut9

Publishing: 1708, Author of the celebrated "Saybrook Platform" adopted in 17089

Residence: Bet. 1681 - 1714, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut9

More About JAMES PIERPONT and ABIGAIL DAVENPORT:

Marriage: 27 Jan 1691, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut10,11

Endnotes

 

1.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), Page 306.

2.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

3.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), Page 306.

4.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

5.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W S Tyler, DD,LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912).

6.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

7.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), Page 306.

8.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

9.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), Page 306.

10.  Susan B. Stavropoulos, v10t0507.FTW,  (World Family Tree submission Volume 10 Tree 0507), "CD-ROM," Date of Import: Dec 25, 2000.

11.  Tyler, William Seymour D.D.,LL.D. with genealogy history written by Cornelius B. Tyler, Autobiography of W. S. Tyler, DD, LLD,  (Privately Printed, Massachusetts, 1912), Page 306.

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