The Davenport Family

NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

Source: J. Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, (Rockaway, N.J., Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902)

Among the earliest settlers of Northern Morris County were the DAVENPORTs and KIMBLEs who came from Devonshire, Eng., and the POLLISONs, MOWERSONs, VANDERHOOFs, and COLEs who came from Holland.

Humphrey DAVENPORT, wife, and three sons settled at New Foundland about 1720. He was a surveyor, and his son John came in possession of lands at Milton about 1740 or ’50. Humphrey, Jr., had seven sons, one of which, Capt. Cornelius served in the Revolution. He kept store and tavern, and built the first grist mill at Milton, married a Rachel DAVENPORT, but whose daughter history and tradition fail to mention.

Children: Capt. Enos, born Mar. 14, 1792, married Fanny KEEPERS, May 1, 1819, who was born Nov. 8, 1798. She was a daughter of one of the early settlers in the Sparta mountains. John C. married Delilah TURNER, Nathan, Charles, Cornelius, Jr., Phebe, Julia Ann, Fanny and Mahalah.

Capt. Enos and Fanny had children: Charles, who married Affie SPENCER and settled at Berkshire Valley; Adam, married Eliza S., daughter of Squire LUM, Dec. 20, 1854, settled at Millbrook; Jane married William WINTERBOTTOM June 7, 1858, settled at Milton; James L., of Green Pond, married (1) Mary Ann COIL, Dec. 31, 1843, (2) Betsey NORMAN, of Milton. She was born 1813, died Feb. 11, 1900. Jefferson, and a daughter, who married Christopher ZEEK, of Marcella.

Children of John C. and Delilah: Mary Ann, married Mahlon JENNINGS, of Milton. She was born Mar. 6, 1812, died Mar. 23, 1891. He was born Apr. 16, 1814, died Nov. 25, 1882; both buried at Oak Ridge; Lavina, married Thomas K. NORMAN, of Milton.

John, son of Humphrey, Jr., had two sons and two daughters: John married Jemima BROOKS, Peter married, but name unknown. Jane, born June 3, 1777, married Samuel THARP Apr. 29, 1805. He was son of Paul THARP, of England, and Barbary Allen STAR, of Germany, who settled in Northern Morris County. Samuel was born Jan. 3, 1780, died Apr. 19, 1863.

Children of John and Jemima: Polly, married Frederic COLE, lived at Clinton; Leah, married Samuel NEWMANS, residence unknown; Peter, married Mrs. MACKLEY, lived at Milton; Solomon, born 1788, married Hila, daughter of John COOPER, Jan. 12, 1811. He died Feb. 16, 1860. His wife was born April 30, 1788, died Jan. 14, 1865, both buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Children of Samuel and Jane THARP: Barbara, born July 28, 1805, died Aug. 16, 1862. Sarah, born July 18, 1807, married Dec. 1826, Courtland PETTENGER, who was born Mar. 27, 1802, died June 8, 1846. Eliza or Elizabeth, born July 8, 1809, married Daniel DURLING, died May 13, 1867; Mary, born May 5, 1811, married David CORY. Jane, born July 20, 1813, died Aug. 16, 1815. Joseph, born Aug. 16, 1815, died Aug. 30, 1815. Nancy Jane, born July 9, 1817; Rachel, born Jan. 2, 1820, married Abraham POST Nov. 12, 1840. Margaret Ann, born Dec. 6, 1827, married Josiah McPEAK Mar. 13, 1844.

Children of Solomon and Hila, all born at Milton: Charles, born Apr. 13, 1812, married Rachel ROSS, of Stockholm, Dec. 1835, died Mar. 13, 1885. His wife was born 1816, died Dec. 6, 1889. George, born May 4, 1814, died young. Sarah Jane, born Mar. 13, 1817, married Abner WEBB, of Vernon, Apr. 28, 1838, died July 24, 1856. He was born Apr. 3, 1813, died Dec. 11, 1894; both buried at Oak Ridge. John, born Sept. 25, 1820, married (1) Phebe ALLINGTON, who was born Mar. 19, 1832, died Dec. 31, 1866; (2) Sarah Jane PEACOCK. She died Oct. 25, 1898. He died Jan. 3, 1892. All buried at Stockholm. Catherine C., born Feb. 6, 1823, married William B. HUNTER, of Sugar Loaf, NY, Mar. 18, 1848. He was born Oct. 5, 1818, died Jan. 17, 1881, buried at Warwick, NY. Eliza Ann, born Nov. 10, 1827, married John WINTERS May 22, 1849, died at Middletown, NY, Mar. 31, 1888. He died June 22, 1892. Albert, born Aug. 17, 1832, died Mar. 11, 1852.

John P., the son of Peter, the son of John, the son of Humphrey, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1801, died Apr. 11, 1846, married Deliah, daughter of Edward and Catharine (MOWERSON) POLLISON. She was born Apr. 23, 1810, died Apr. 11, 1846. Children: Edward, born May 15, 1827, died Oct. 25, 1875, married Sarah, daughter of Peter FREDERICKS, of Oak Ridge, NJ. She was born Jan. 23, 1827, died Dec. 27, 1878, lived at New Foundland, NJ. David, born Mar. 1833, married Maria, daughter of Peter FREDERICKS, Mar. 13, 1858, died Dec. 1898. Lydia, born Feb. 20, 1836, married Mahlon WEAVER, died Feb. 1, 1900. He was born Jan. 19, 1831, died Aug. 3, 1897; both buried at Oak Ridge, NJ. James, married Susan, daughter of Elias DAVENPORT, of Milton, NJ, Apr. 15, 1863, living at Oak Ridge, NJ.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)