Siitefes:?SM^ ::ii;sss^^ ^:^Yy ' Y^LIl«¥MI[¥EI^Snr¥" A'fcN.J^i^^^-.tMMkj^JlJfciJ.j.^AWt*^ Presented by the Author /r^^^^- ^.^^ ^^^^^>^ ¦^S/upi/^ BOKIT 15-3,7 ^ms.D .le-'O HISTORY AND GENEALOGY THE DAYENPOET FAMILY, ENGLAND AND AMERICA, PROM A.D. 1086 TO 1850. COMPILED AND PREPARED FROM ORMEROD'S HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTER ; OOLLEOTIOXS FROM THE HARLEIAN MSS, ; rAROCHlAL AND TOWN RECORDS IN ENGLAND . AND AMERICA, ETC., ETC. BY A. BENEDICT DAVENPORT, (of the twenty-fourth GErfERATION,) nBREBPONDING MEMBER OF THE KEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. ' Inquire, I pray theo, of the former age, ancU prepare thyself to the search of their fathers."— Job viii. S. NEW YORK : S. W. BENEDICT, 16 SPRUCE STREET. 1851. YALE Entered according to act of Congress, iu the year 1851, by A. BENEDICT DAVENPORT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. TO THE DESCENDANTS OF REV. JOHN DAVENPORT, THE FOUNDER AND PATRIARCH OF NEW HAVEN, CT., WHO CHERISH THE PRINCIPLES, EMULATE THE VIRTUES, AND ILLUSTRATE THE EXAMPLE OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED ANCESTOR, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, INTRODUCTION. " Not to know what took place before one was born," says Cicero, " is to remain forever a child." History is the herald of the past. To search into that past, to learn the lessons which it teaches, to profit by its experiences, avoiding its errors and cherishing its virtues, is aKke the duty of the scholar, the patriot, and the Christian. The history of nations is chiefly that of individuals. It is the individual character that gives shape and color to any age, that effects great moral and pohtical revolutions, that evolves and illustrates great principles or he roic achievements. Such was that of the Pu ritan fathers of New England. They were cotv- st/ructors of society. They laid the foundations of that mighty edifice which they were about to build, upon a broad and imperishable basis. VI mTEODUCTION. The vine which God brought out of Egypt has spread its shadows over our land, till mil- hons are now enjoying the rich legacy of their toils, their labors, and their prayers. In the following pages, the author lays no claim to originality. That the long winter of age might not bury the leaves and fruit of our pious ancestors in America, the pleasing task was undertaken, to collect and preserve, in this simple form, some memorials of theh principles and their virtues, for future gene rations. In commencing the preparation of this work, the writer had no idea of extending it to its present limits, or of going further back than to the original settler of New Haven. But in his researches, he was led backwards by a series of successes, by which he is enabled to present a hne of ancestry for nearly eight hundred years, authenticated by the clearest proofs and evidences. Most of the information in regard to the family in this country has been obtained from probate and town records, sepulchral monu- INTEODUCTION. Vll ments, and local or general histories. To those who have aided him in making these collections, the author would here tender his grateful acknowledgments. After much labor bestowed, ia coUectiag and preparing materials, the work is sent forth as a vade mecum to the Family, with the hope that it may stimulate the present and future generations, to emulate the piety, the love of civil and religious liberty, and that devotion to " the common welfare of all," which charac- teiized the Puritan fathers of New England. Brooklyn, N. Y., ) January 1, 1851. ) FAMILY OF DAVENPORT Arms of Davenport. — Argent, a chevron sable bet-ween three cross crossletts fitchee of the second. Crest. — On a wreath a felon's head, couped at the neck proper, haltered Or. Office indicated, Magisterial Sergeancy. (See page 1.5.) FAMILY OF DAVENPORT, HISTORICAL. The family name of Davenport is of local ori gin. The township of Davenport is situated in a sequestered part of the Hundred of Northwich, County of Chester, England ; and is about twenty-five miles from the ancient city of Chester. It stands on high ground above a range of rich meadows, through which the river Dane flows rapidly, with a winding and hregular course. The banks on each side are remarkably lofty ; those on the Davenport side are a series of verdant slopes, bearing evident marks of having been covered with timber at some former period ; the opposite ones have been broken by the force of the current, and are more precipitous. These features of the circumjacent landscape constitute some of the most pleasiag scenery of the hundred; and they are backed by what must have had no ordinary charms for the an cient chiefs of Davenport, the adjoining hills 12 FAMILY OF nAVENPOET. of Macclesfield— the scene of their favorite sports and their feudal power.* The manorial history of this township in volves a subject of rare occurrence even in England— the descent of a family in one unia- terrupted male line from the Norman Con querors of the palatinate, possessing at the pre sent day the feudal powers ^itli which the lo cal sovereigns of that palatinate invested it, and preserving in its archives, in a series of original documents, the proofs of its ancient history, and its unbroken descent. Davenport occurs in that part of the descrip tion of the Venables estates, in which the founder of the barony is termed "venator." Isdem Gislebertus (Venator) tenet Deneport. Gochdnus tenuit ; ibi dimidia hida geldabihs : terra est una cacura ; ibi est cum uno Eadman ; et III Ijovariis, et III bordaiiis ; et una acra silvae. Valebat III sohdos ; wasta invenitm\ Shortly after this vill was given, either hj the Norman grantee or by his grandson (who appears to have succeeded him), to Orme, the ancestor of the Davenports, who assumed the local name, as is proved by his attestation to a charter at that period. * History of Cheshire, In- George F. Ormerod, A.M., F.R.S.,F.A.S. FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 13 Orme de Davenport appears to have been born in the 20th year of William the Conquer or, 1086, and must have been fifty 3^ears old at the l)irth of his son Richard, who married Amabilia, daughter of the second Gilbert Ven ables, the Norman grantee of Davenport, &c., before 1086. Ilugli Kevelioc, Earl of Chester, granted by charter to Richard de Davenport, the master torester,--;liip of the forests of Leek and Maccles field, about 1166, which was an hereditary of fice, and is nominally held at the present time. This Richard de Davenport had also in mariiage with Amabilia, a moiety of the town ship of Marton, by grant from her l^rother William de Venables, and the same has con tinued ) )y hereditary descent in the Davenport family to the present day. This township is noticed in the Domesday sur-\'ey, and -^vas held, together ^^4th other estates, by the Saxon thane Goderic. From various coincidences in the Domesday account, it ap])ears that Wi/Jf /¦/'(', who lived in the time of Edward the Confessor, 1040, and who Avas grandfather to Margaret Venables, the mother of Amabilia, was heir (probably brother) to Goderic, and that the Norman conquerors who 14 FAMILY OF DAVENPORT. had dispossessed this family in the first in stance, re-admitted them to Marton, Cranage, &,G. Of the Manor, Hall, and Chapel, of Marton, which has passed through successive genera tions to the late Davies Davenport, Esq., mem ber of Parhament for the county of Chester, we shall speak hereafter. Thomas de Davenport, son of Richard, hved in the time of Henry IL, or before 1189. Vivian de Davenport, son of Richard, and grandson of Thomas, and the fourth in descent from Orme de Davenport, had a grant of the magisterial sergeancy of the hundred of Mac clesfield, from Randle BlundeviUe, earl of Chester, by charter made dm-iag the justice ship of Philip de Orreby, between 1209 and 1226. It appears that the grant was made to Vivian Davenport, against his will, as a com pensation for the park and vivaries of ]Mac- clesfield, of which the earl had deprived him, but which Vivian did not consider an ade quate compensation. The powers of this oflice were the highest which the earl could bestow, as it placed, in several cases, at the chsposal of the sergeant and his itiaerant subservients, the hves of his subjects, without delay, and without appeal. FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 15 At this period., the illusive crest of the Da venports is said to have first been adopted., and to have le&n home upon the helmets of the mas ter sergeants in their perambulations through the peak, hills., and the forests of Leek and Macclesfield., to the terror of the numerous gangs of handitti tohich then infested those xvild districts. There is now in the possession of the family at Capesthorne, a long roll (without date, but very ancient), containing the names of the master robbers who were taken and beheaded in the times of Vivian, his son Roger, and grandson Thomas de Davenport, and also of the fees paid to them in right of this ser geancy. From this, it apj)ears that the fee paid for a master robber was 2s. and one salmon, and for theh companions 12 pence each. There is also an account of the master robbers, and theh companions slain by the sergeants, and the fees thereon.* * On the roll is a note by the first Davies Davenport, of Woodford, Esq., to wit : " The numbers are great, and though the roll is very ancient and much defaced, yet several of the names appear." — Communicated to Ormerod hy the Rev. Walter Davenport, in 1819. The same gentleman, now the Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley, adds, in a letter to the writer, dated September 16 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. Man}^ particulars connected with this ser geancy are found interwoven with the subse quent history of the family in England. At times, it has been sought to wrest the powers of this ofiace from those who have held them, but such eftbrts have been unsuccessful. This charter, as suljsequently interpreted, seems to have given to the master sergeant, within the fee of the hundred of Macclesfield, all goods and chattels of felons and fugitives condemned, and to be condemned, and what ever properly belonged to them.* 28, 1850 : " Though the oflice of grand sergeancy since the time of Queei; Elizabeth has been comparatively obso lete, yet Waifs, Estrays and Mortuaries were claimed as late as when my father succeeded to the estates ; and I remember the old steward. Tlie roll of names of persons beheaded still e.\ists, and I think the names are visible." * The original inquisition, under the seals of the jurors, is preserved among the deeds of the grand sc-r2;eancy at Capesthorne, at the present day. Davies Davenport, Esq., member of Parliament from 1806 to 1830, held the grand sergeancy, and had in his possession m.iny original papers, and much other matter pertaining to the family. The same passed to his son, the late Ed-n-ard Davies Davenport, Esq,, who succeeded to his father's estates in 1838, and who died in 18-47. FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 17 A few general remarks may here be intro duced in regard to the origin and use of arms. Arms in heraldry are ensigns armorial or marks of honor, borne upon shields, banners or coats of mail, in order to distinction. These may belong to individuals, to famihes, or to countries. Badges, and emblems on shields and hel mets, occurred in the earliest times. Allusion is made to this in Numbers, (chapter 1 : 52,) where the children of Israel are required to pitch theh tents, " every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard," with the ensigns of his father's house. Reference is also made by the Greek and Roman poets, to the use of such devices ; and Xenophon relates that the kings of Media bore a golden eagle on theh shields. — But notwithstanding these traces of armo rial bearings in the ancient world, modern heraldry is no older than the tournaments, and seems to have first prevailed in the eleventh or twelfth centuries. The Crusades, which were expeditions to the Holy Land against the Infidels, during the twehth century, tended to bring this science to its present degree of perfection. From IS FAMILY OF DAYENPOKT, these originated several new figui'os betore unknown in arms, besides a great number of crosses variously formed, which are to be seen ia the arms aU over Eui'ope. In process of time, these tokens, now called arms, became remunerations for ser\-ices. and were bestowed by emperors, kine*. genertds, and chief-commanders in the field, upon mar tial men, as a reward for heroic acts, the re membrance of which woidd thus be preserved to posterity. At first, arms were allowed to l^e taken up at any gentleman's pleasiu'e, but according to the present laws of the college of arms, in England and most other countries of Europe, no person is allowed the betu'ing of them but such as belong to the family, except In- specitd grant or purchase. The crest is considered the highest part of the ornament of a coat of arms, and is placed on a wreath. Anciently, they were worn on the heads of commanders in the field, to distin guish thfterent tamUies, armies or nations. The Davenport crest, denotiag the oftice of mao-isterial sero-eancv, mav be reckoned amono- the most ancient in England, and the same family coat of arms, with filial distinction, FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 19 appertains to all the different branches through which the line of descent Avill here be given. Sir Thomas Davenport, of Davenport, knight, son of Roger, and grandson of Vivian de Davenport, married for his first wife, Agnes, daughter of Thomas cle Macclesfield, in 128Y. She was the mother of his issue. His second wife was Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon, and widow of Sh Wdham de Brere ton. In 1309, he grants a lease of the office of sergeancy for two years to his son Thomas, and his pledges for two years, at an annual rent of sixteen marks of silver. This Thomas, second son of Sir Thomas, was male ancestor of the Davenports of Whet- rough, Bromhall, Henbury, Coventry, and Woodford (now of Capesthorne).* Sh John Davenport, knight, eldest son and heir of Sh Thomas, married his father's step daughter, Margery, daughter of Sh Wilham Brereton, by Roesia Vernon ; to his second wife he had Agnes de Bradford. * From this time, the name, whiclj had been previously ¦written Dauneporte and Davenporte, was usually spelled as at this day. The name was sometimes vulgarly called Damport. 20 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. The first of these marriages took place in 1301, when "Thomas, son of Roger de Daven port," grants to Sh Wilham Brereton, knight, the marriage of his eldest son John, (to marry him to Margery, daughter of the said Wilham,) for 60 marks. Whnesses, Hugh Massey, Ralph Vernon, Hugh de Venables, knights, &c. ; dated at Brereton. Harl. MSS. 2074 : 148. Four years after this, a sentence was procured from the Court of Chester, declaring the mar riage null, having been celebrated -without the consent of the parties, both being under age. The pedigrees, however, make Margery Brere ton the mother of Sh John's children, which must of course suppose them to have been re united ; which fact seems further proved by a settlement, in 12th year of Edward IL, (1319,) when Thomas de Davenport obtained fi-om Richard, Chaj)lain, of Prestbury, the manors of Davenport and Marton, remainder to John his son anrl Margery his -wife ." remainder to the heirs of Thomas. The issue of Sir John were as foUows : 1st, Thomas ; 2d, John, who became rectoi' of the Church in Swettenham, (a viUage on the side of the Dane, opposite to Davenport,) in 1335, of which Church his father and several of the FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 21 succeeding Johns were patrons ;* 3d, Ralph, the continuer of the direct male line ; 4th, Richard ; 5th, Roger ; 6th, Urian, who was chs- tinguished for his great stature and military achievements ; 7th, Arthur, ancestor of the Davenports of Calveley, ^\'ho was slain on the part of the Percies in the battle of Shrewsbury, in 1403.t Sir John Davenport, in the reign of Edward IIL, (1343,) founded a chantry in the Chapel of Marton, which was dissolved at the Refor mation, or after 1500. After the dissolution, the site of the Chapel was granted by the Crown, to the Davenports of Davenport, in * The Church is a neat building of brick, with a tower and side aisles, the former of which forms an interesting object in several romantic views along the banks of the Dane. The Harl. MSS. 2151 -. 68. have notes of this Church. On the windows are many figures, arms, &c. On one is ¦ this inscription : " Of yr charitie pray for Rondell Main- waring and Margaret and Ellen his -vvyves, which made this window A'no D'mi M'^CCC^XL.^ In the same -window, the arms of Davenport, and Daven port impaling Savage. f Sir John's daughters were Margaret, who married Sir John Hyde, son of Eobert Hyde, Lord of Norbury, and Isa bella, who married Robert Eaton, baron of Stockport, and re-married to John de Stafford. 22 FAMELY OF DAYE^TOET. which family it has continued to the present day. The present Chapel, con^i^tiug of a belfry, with a smaU spUe, porch, nave and chancel, with side aisles, is buUt exclusively of timber, except the chancel, wliich has l^een relmilt of brick. The ^ide aisles are separated from the body by rudely hewn timber beams, resting on piUars of the same materials, and ia some of the Yrindows are fragments of ancient painted glass. The only monuments here, worthy of notice, are two mutilated figures placed in the Church yard, to the south of the Chapel, representirig knights armed, as far as can be traced, in plate armor, with conical helmets, and boots pointed at the toes and much curved. The hands are clasped in prayer ; the feet of each figure are pressed against an animal, and under the head of each is the Davenport crest, a felon's head couped ; the rope is only visible round one of the heads, the other is placed on something which has more the ap pearance of a chapeau, or cap of maintenance, than the wreath and helmet with which it has usuaUy been borne. These figures are sup- FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 23 posed to be those of Sir John Davenport, and hi? son L'rian.* About a quarter of a mUe from the Chapel, *The church notes of this Chapel, Harl. MSS. 2151, p. 54. contain a dra-ndng of the moniiments in the Church yard, -svith this note, " It is said by auncient people that the were Sir Jo. Davenp't and Vidian [Urian] his sone, who founded the ChappeU of ^ilerton, and they lie buried there." In the painted glass was a kneeling armed figure, ¦with sTircoat. quarterly, 1 and 4. a che-vron between three martlets ; 2 and 3, Davenport. In the windows also arms of Davenport, Siddington and barry of 4 sable and arsent, the second and third indented. (The Siddingtons, as far as can be judged from their coat of arms, were originally Davenports, their coat differing from the latter family, only in the addition of three cross crosslets fitchee in the base. The Davenports had estates in Siddington as early as the time of Edward I., 1272-1307.) Among the Davenport deeds is a grant from Sir John de Davenport, knight, to Eobert de Bradshaw, &c., of 4 messuages, and 60 acres of land, -with the appurtenances in the woods and wastes and all other profits in the ville of Merton, &c., of the one part, and Yeaton on the other, to maintain a fit priest celebrating mass in the Chapel of Mer ton, for the souls of himself, his parents, and successors, and all faithful people deceased forever ; and he also grants to them common of pasture in all pastures in ^lerton, till they should be appropriated ; and if any heir of Davenport should contradict his -will and grant, they should incur God's indignation. Witnessed, 1390. 24 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. is the present HaU of Marton, a plain building, built with timber and plaster. The center and wings of the front project and terminate hi gables. The porch in the center opens to a haU in which some long pikes yet remain sus pended ; on the left is a wainscoted parlor, over the mantle-p)iece of which, amongst old carvings in oak, apparently older than the building, are the arms and crest of Davenport, inlaid with various colored wood. Behind the hall, to the west, is a mere which gave name to the townshij), and near which is the site of a more ancient mansion. Sir Ralph Davenport, knight, succeeded his father, Sir John, and was engaged in the ser vice of king Richard IL, binding himself by indenture in 1380, to serve the king -with three archers, well mounted and armed, to make war for a year beyond the sea where God pleased. This Ralph Davenport, chevaher, held, infer alia,, lands in Swettenham, from St. John of Jerusalem, also the manors of Davenport, Withington, Marton, etc. He ched in 1383.* * Among the notes of the tenures by which Sir Rate Davenport held his grand sergeane3% is a bill from Jolm Davenport of Davenport, Esq., to King Richard IL, (1383,) sho-\ving that Randle, Earl of Chester, granted to Vivian F^UaiLY OF DAYENPOET. 25 John Davenport, son of Ralph, and grandson of Sir Ralph, was a minor in 1416, and was married to Joan, daughter of Randle Mainwar- ing, of Peover, on whom were estated the manor of Swettenham, and the advowson of the Church and aU the lands which Thomas de Swettenham, lord of Swettenham, had in Cheshhe, by deed, dated Monday, in the 4th week in Lent, 21 Henry VL (1443). About the latter end of the same reign, (1460,) before the last struggle of this king with the house of York, Priace Edward, earl of Chester, issued his writ to John Davenport, Esq., his sergeant, for keeping the peace within the hundred of Macclesfield, also to take 120 persons who had been outlawed in the seven de Davenporte the office of Master-Sergeant, worth not above the yearly sum of £12 6s. 8d., in exchange for the park, &c., of Macclesfield, worth about £40 a year, and though the petitioner and supplicant, and his ancestors, had, time out of mind, had and received £12 6s. 8d. yearly, as puture or kelk of the inhabitans and towns within the hun dred, yet that Sir John Stanley, and others, would not suf fer their tenants to pay the same, and therefore, he prays the king's letters under the privy seal to the bishop of Exeter, president of the council, with the king's daughter, the princess, and other his commissioners in the marches of Wales, to call the persons before them, and cause payment to be made of the money.2 26 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. preceding years, and who are mentioned by name.* He died about 1475. It may here be added that twelve pitched battles were fought lietween the houses of York and Lancaster, ivhich desolated the king dom for the space of nearly thh-ty years, cost the lives of eighty princes of the blood, and al most annihUated the ancient nobility of Eng land. After a series of successes and defeats by each party, the contest was decided by the battle of Bosworth, 1485, which was won by the Lancastrians, and Richard HI. slain. Henry VIL, of the second branch of the house of Lancaster, then ascended the thi'one. John Davenport, of Davenport, Esq., son of John, held the oftice of sergeant on the death of his father in 1475. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Savage, of Clifton, knight. Died in 1482. John Davenport, Esq., son of Ralpih and grandson of John, was born 1480. Married 1st, MatUda, daughter of Sh Andi-ew Brere ton, knight, of Brereton ; 2d Avife, Jane, daughter of Ralph Arderne, Esq. ; and 3d, Blanch, daughter of Robert Latham, * Communicated by Rev. Walter Davenport to Ormerod. FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 27 of Tabley, Esq. He died about 1553, aged 74 years. His chUdren were, 1st, John ; 2d, Wilham; 3d, Thomas; 4th, Roger; 6th, Ralph ; 6th, Randle ; 7th, ParneU ; 8th, Ahce ; 9th, Mary ; 10th, Kathariae ; 11th, Margaret ; 12th, Margery ; 13th, EUen.* John Davenport, of Davenport, Esq., son of the preceding John, was born in 1505. Mar ried 1st, to EUeanor, daughter of Thurston HoUand, Esq., of Denton County, Lane; 2d wife, Jane, daughter and cohehess of Richard Massey j 3d wife, Anne, daughter of Randle Mainwaring, of Carincham, Esq. By his first ¦* Thomas Davenport, a younger brother of the above John, (son of Ralph,) married Elizabeth, sole daughter and heiress of Robert Handford, of Chorley, Cheshire, who thus became possessed of Chorley Hall, in whose descendants it remained vested for four generations, as follows : Robert, son of Thomas ; William ; Henry ; William Davenport, who married Jane Bromley, and who sold Chorley, and whose grandson Henry was high sheriff of Shropsliire, in 1683, and was the lineal ancestor of the Rev. Edward Sharington Davenport, of Da,venport House, county of Salop, who died February 27, 1842. His son, William Sharington Davenport, of Davenport House, was born July 30, 1808, and was married December 22, 1835, to Catharine Louisa, only daughter of Samuel Warindin, Esq., of Chestleton, County of Salop, and has issue : William Bromley, born October 14, 1836 ; Edward Henry, born August 9, 1839, and Louisa Warindin. 28 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. whe, he had eight chUdren, by his second, seven, and by his thhd, fifteen, makmg thirty in aU, as foUows: 1st, John; 2d, Anne; 3d, Ahce; 4th, EUen; 5th, Bridget; 6th, Urian;- 7th and 8th, two who died before baptism; 9th, Richard; 10th, WUham ; 11th, Hugh; 12th, Ralph; 13th, ParneU; 14th, Jane ; 1.5th, Anne; 16th, Elizabeth; 17th, Mary; ISth, Katharine; 19th, Bridget; 20th, Anne ; 21st, Jasper; 22d, John 2d (died young); 23d, Henry; 24th, Francis; 2.')th, George; (these thi-ee last aU died young ;) 26th, Ai-thur ; 2 7th, Thomas; 2Sth, Peter; 29th, WiUiam 2d; 30th, Edward.* Sir John Davenport, of Davenport, knight, son of John, and grandson of the above John (the father of so numerous offspriog), was born in 1549. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas WUbraham, of Nantwich, Esq. Webb, in his King's Vale Roval, o-ives an interestino- incident concerninsf the kniohtins: of this John D. John Davenport, in 1617, Avas high sherift' of the comity, and, performing his service and * These thirty children of Jolm Davenport, added to the thirteen of his father, and the fourteen of liis eldest son, make the three persons the fathers of fifly-seven cliildren ! FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 29 duty to his exceUent majesty James I., whUe making his tour through this county, so pleased his royal highness, that upon his taking leave of him in the confines of the county, his majesty not only gave him thanks for his attention, but calling him to come to him, bestowed upon him the degree of knight hood, and graced him with this pleasant, princely farewell : " You shall carry me this token to your tvife .•" for which honor, Sir John had to thank his majesty as far as himself was concerned ; but to inform him that his gentle woman had already attained to a better lady ship, having gone to her Lord and Saviour in heaven. Sir John Davenport died in 1625, aged sev enty-six years. John Davenport, of Davenport, Esq., son of John, grandson of Johu, and great grandson of Sh John, and the twentieth in lineal male descent from Orme de Davenport, married Anne, daughter of Sh Peter Richaut, knight, of London. She died at Manchester, county of Lancaster, September 27, 1665 ; and was buried at Swettenham, October 6, 1665. Their chUdren were John Davenport, only son and heh apparent, born ia London, October 30 FABIILY OF DAYENPOET. 6, 1653; died in 1658, and was buried at Swettenham, aged five years ; second, Eliza beth, eldest daughter and co-heiress, baptized at Swettenham in 1655, and married Robert Davies, gent, of Molds^\'orth, son and heir of John Da\des, of Manley, county of Chester, March 23, 1676, and on her was settled the manor and mansion of Davenport ; third, Anne Davenport, second and youngest daugh ter, co-heiress with her sister, baptized at Swettenham, 1658, and married to John Da venport, Esq., of Woodford, March 6th, 1676, at Prestbury. Between the husbands of these co-heiresses, the real and personal estate of the aliove men tioned John Davenport was di^dded, by an agreement signed March 23, 1689. Mr. Davies had the manor and mansion of Davenport, and a moiety of ]Martou, from whom it descended to Salisbui'y, daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Davenport Da^-ies, of Manley, Esq., whe of Sir WiUiam Deaue, of Dromore, who sold Davenport to Richard Da venport, of Calveley, Esq., Avho was the I'epre- sentative of the eldest knoA\ii existing male line of its ancient possessors. Under the ^\'iQ. of Mr. Davenport, this FAJDLT OF DAVESiPOBT. 31 manor passed to Phcebe (daughter of his own daughter Phoebe, wife of Davies Davenport 2d, of Woodford and Capesthorne, Esq.), which Phoebe was whe of Eusebius Hort»n, of Catton, Esq., aad the same became vested ia AuTie, wife of Eobert Wihnot, Esq., M.P., son of Sir Robert Wihnot, baronet. John Davenport, of Woodford, Esq., had the other moiety of Marton (which has never been out of the family since the marriage of Richard de Dauneportie with Amabilia Vena- bl^, nearly seven hundred years ago), and also the grand sergeancy of Macclesfield hundred, and the faresterahip of Macclesfield- After his death, without issue, the same passed to his nephew Davies Davenport 2dL, of Wood ford and Capesthorne, Esq., and thence to his son Davies Davenport 3d, &q., member of Parliament from 1806 to 1830, and the same passed at his death in 1838, to his eldest son Edward Davi^ Davenport^ of Woodford and Capesthorne, i&q., its late proprietor, who was of ihs twenty-fifth generation,, and who died in 1847, leaving eldest son and heh Arthur Henry, bom June 9th, 1832. The of&ce oi hereditary master forester., held in fee by the Davenports of Davenport, ap- 32 FAJaiLY OF DAYENPOET. pears, after the demise of the local earldom, to have been rather an honorary olfice, and to have been superseded, as far as its active pow ers were concerned, by that of stewards^ who were appointed and removed at pleasure, untU the reign of Edward IV., when the steward ship of the forest and hundred of Macclesfield was granted to Thomas, Lord Stanley, in which famUy it has since remained. The magisterial duties of the office of grand ¦sergeant^ stiU held by the Davenports, have become less frequent of later years, and par taken of that tendency to disuse, to which aU feudal tenures have been subject, but its privi leges remain in full force in the hundred. The office is noticed in the successive wiUs and in quisitions, and was included in a recovery, IS George IL (1745.) In possession of the family at Woodford and Capesthorne is stiU retained a collection of very numerous documents, cleai'ly pro^'ing its general exercise ; consisting of reports of coro ners, letters describing the goods of felons, and announcing sudden deaths, and in some in stances treasure trove ; and the rights of the grand sergeancy have been exercised by late sergeants M'ith respect to forfeited goods and EAAfU.Y OF DAYENPOET. 33 chattels of felons, felos de se, and fugitives, estrays and deodands, -within the hmits above specified. The present haU of Davenport is a low bmlding of various materials, stiU used as the residence of a gentleman's famUy, and doubt less retaining in its waUs many rehcs of the ancient mansion which occupied its site. Capesthorne, a vUl about six mUes from Davenport, passed from the ancient famUy of the Capesthornes to the famUy of the Wards, and through ]Maiy (eldest daughter, and finaUy sole hehess of John Ward, who died in 1748,) to her husband, the first Davies Daven port, of Woodford, Esq. This ptlace is now the residence of this branch of the Davenj)ort famUy, and is situ ated ia one of the most jileasing pai-ts of the himdi'ed. The haU is a spacious buUding, in the style of architectm-e used in the early part of the last centuiy, and stands upon extensive grounds to the left of the road leading to the citv of Manchester, which is about twenty mUes to the north. This sketch -wiU now be continued, and present somewhat of the Mstoiy and haeage 34 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. of the other most distinguished coUateral branches, after which the fuU genealogical line of descent wiU be given ia its regular succes sion. WHELTROUGH HALL. The township of Lower Withington (which hes adjoining Capesthorne), with its appurte nances and hberties, was given by Randle BlundeviUe, Earl of Chester and Lincoln, with twenty shiUings rent out of the mills of Mac clesfield, besides various lands held by his father and grandfather, to Robert, son of Salmon, to be held by a pah of gUt spurs, for which Robert remitted and quit-claimed to the earl and his heirs aU the lands which his father held in Normandy. These deeds were executed dmhig the jus ticeship of Phihp de Orreby, between 1209 and 1226. Hari. MSS. 2074, 183. Robert de Sahnon gives to Roger, son of Vivian de Davenport, in frank marriage with Mary his daughter one half of Withington, with homages, rehef and wardships ; half of Timsted, Lundi'is and Ward- shaw ; half of Hewood and Weltrok, "subject FAMILY OF. DAYENPOET. 35 to foreign service and suite in the court of Weverham. In this township is a singular hiU caUed Timsted., which precisely resembles in form an enormous tumulus, which is the commence ment of the natural undulations of surface which distinguish Macclesfield hundred, and graduaUy increase ia size and number towards the eastward, until they form the bold barrier of hUls ranging along the Staffordshire frontier. On the northern side of this hUl is Whelt- rough HaU., an ancient timber mansion, embo somed in trees, in which a branch of the Da venports (as above stated) seated themselves during the reign of Edward the First, or be tween 1250 and 1300, and from which de scended the coUateral liaes of Jjramhcdl., Heiv- hury., Coventry.^ and Woodford. The moiety of the manor settled on the Davenports of Davenport, by inquisitions post mortem, is shown to have been held by Sir Ralph Davenport of Davenport, his son Ralph, and Ralph of the thirteenth generation ; also John Davenport of Davenport, of the four teenth generation, his son John, and also by his grandson John Davenport of Davenport. Harl. MSS. 2119, p. 225, &c. Arms and 36 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. crest as Davenport of Davenport, with fihal distinction. Thomas Davenport of AATieltrough was the second son of Sh Thomas Davenport of Da venport, by Agnes de ^Macclesfield. In 1309, his father grants him a lease of the office of sergeancy for two j'ears, at an annual rent of sixteen marks of sUver. He had lands from his father, in AYithing-ton, Tunstede and Marton. Married Elizabeth, daughter of , who survived her husband 12 Edw. HI. (1355). Theh children were, 1st, Thomas, the con tinuer of the dhect line in Wheltrough ; 2d, John, ancestor of the Davenports of Bromhall, fifth in the Henlmry entaU, 1366 ; 3d, Sh John (caUed also Jenkin, to distiaguish him from his brother of BromhaU), kt. justice of Lancastershhe, 1384, and purchaser of Hen- bmy ; 4th, Ahce, wife of Sh John de Hide of Urmetson. From Thomas, the oldest son and heh, the line of descent in Wlieltrough is as follows : Richard; Richard (1452); Richard; Ralph (1499); Richard (1542); Richard (1566) Richard; Richard (1618); Richard (1647) Richai'd, son and heir, vnJl dated 1677 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 37 shortly after which, the family appear to have left Wheltrough. Sir John (alias Sir Jenkin) Davenport, third son of Thomas of Wheltrough, and grandson of Sir Thomas Davenport of Davenport, mar ried Ehzabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Pe ter Legh of Betchton. Theh children were, 1st, Thomas, ancestor of the Davenports of Henbury ; 2d, John, living 1366 ; 3d, Nicho las, ancestor of the Davenports of Woodford and Capesthorne, living 1371 ; 4th, Griffin Davenport. Thomas Davenport of Henbury, eldest son of Sir Jenkin, married Margaret, daughter of Hugh Venables, Uving in 1371. Prom him the Henbury line of descent was as follows : Hugh, son and heir ; Thomas ; Thomas ; Thom as; John (Inq. post-mortem 1556); Randle (Inq. p. m. 1614) ; WiUiam (fifteen years old in 1580) ; John ; WiUiam, whose only chUd and heiress was Isabella, who became the wife of Sh Fulk Lucy, kt. member of Parhament for the county of Chester in 1664, and who thus came into possession of the Henbmy estate.* * The to-wnship of Henbury lies about twelve or fifteen miles from Davenport, and two mUes from Macclesfield. Several more names of this branch of the family -will 38 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. BRAMALL, OR BRAMHALL, CHESHIRE. . This township hes about twenty mUes from Davenport, two from Stockport, and about eight mUes south of the city of Manchester. From the Domesday smwey, it appears that two manors existed in this township in the Saxon period, the proprietors of which were ejected, to make way for the baron of Durham Massey. A charter from the third baron of Durham, in the time of Henry II. (1154 — -1189), con firms to Mathew de Bromeale, the manors of Bramall, Duckenfield, and two parts of Bag- gUey, which had been previously held by his father, whose name is not mentioned, but who was probably younger son or near kinsman of Hamo de Masci, the Norman grantee. In 1278, Richard de BromhaU obtained a conditional release for himself and his tenants, in Bromhall, Duckenfield, etc., from Hamon de Massey, from being imj)leaded in the com-t of Dunham. He is caUed Sir Richard in the be found in the genealogical line of descent. Of all these branches, the writer has in his possession hundreds of names belonging to the various pedigrees, which are not here used, his object being simply to give an outline of the descent of the different branches. FAMILY OE DAYENPOET. 39 pedigrees of this famUy, " son of WiUiam, son of John, son of Edward," and is allowed for his armorial coat, gable, a lion rampant Or, which might have had reference to the hon rampant on the early seals of the lords of Durham. Sh Richard de BromhaU had issue, Sir Geoffry de BromhaU, whose daughter and heiress, according to Dugdale, and other pedi grees, married John Davenport, second son of Thomas Davenport of Wheltrough, in the twenty-second year of Edward HI. (1349), and who thus became proprietor of the manor, and the same has contiaued in the Davenport famUy to the present day. The children of John Davenport, by Ahce his wife, are given as Robert, oldest son and heir hving in 1399 ; Thomas, who married Ellen, sister of Sir Ralph de Moburley ; and Margaret, wife of WiUiam Hyde of Hyde. Sh John Hyde of Norbury and Hyde, kt., father of WUliam, and son of Robert Hyde, lord of Norbury, married for his first wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Davenport of Davenport, and was the ancestor of the distin guished Edward Llyde, earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, whose 40 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. daughter, Anne Hyde, was the wife of James IL, and the mother of Queen Mary (the -wife of WUham Prince of Orange), and also of Queen Anne, successive sovereigns on the throne of England. John Davenport, son of Robert, and grand son of Robert, married for his first vrife. Cicely, daughter of Lawrence Warren, of Poymton, by whom he had WUham, eldest son and heh; second wife, a daughter of John Pagot, of Staffordshhe, by whom he had John Daven- jDort, of the County of Somerset. He died in 1497. Sh WiUiam Davenjoort, of BromhaU, knight, was the son of AYUham, and the grandson of the above WUham. He married for his first ¦wife, Margarie, daughter of George Booth, of Durham ; second wife, Anne, daughter of Sh Richard Brereton, of Patton, knight. His first marriage took place in 1566. He died Sept. 13th, 1577. Sir William Davenport, of BromhaU, knight, son of WiUiam, and grandson of Sir AA'iUiam, married Dorothy, daughter of [Edward] War ren, of Poynton. Of the product of the handicraft of this dame Dorothy Davenport, we shall speak in FAMILY OF DAVENPOET. 41 giving an account of the interior of the present hall attached to this manor. Sir WilUam died in 1641. The following account of Sir LIumphrey Davenport, knight, lord chief baron, younger brother of Sir William Davenport, (last men tioned,) is drawn from Wood's Atlienas Oxoni- enses. Humphrey Davenport, younger son of William Davenport, of BromhaU, in Cheshire, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Richard Ashton, of MidcUeton, in Lane, knight, was born of an ancient and genteel family at Brom hall, and became a commoner of Baliol College, Oxford, in the beginning of 1581, being then in the fifteenth year of his age, and matricu lated, or made a member of the University, as a Cheshire man born, or an esquire's son. He was brought into trouble by the members of the Long Parliament, which hastened the end of this good man, esteemed by all who knew him, as an ahle lawyer., a loyal suhject., hc^pitahle, eJiaritahle, and above all., religious. He died in 1645.* * The trouble into which he was brought by the Long Parliament, was that of several impeachments drawn up against him ; 1st, for being one of the judges that advised the king in the matter of ship money ; 2d, for ordering the 42 FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. His wife M-as Mary, daughter and coheiress of Francis Sutton, of Sutton. Tliey left one son, James Daveiq)ort, of Sutt(ni, who was born about 1610, and who married Anne, tizcd at Stockport, September ;W, 1698. He married i\.ch,sali, daughter of Calcl) Storrs, of Stock])ort, in seizing of the goods of Samuel Vassal, a merchant, because he vcl'iis(,-d to pay tho imposition due for them ; 3d, for acting injuriously in the case of Prtor Smart, Prebendary of Durham, for prc-icliing a fui-tious sernicm. He was ably dcl'i-ndod iu lG-11, in a speech before tho joint houses of Parliament, by tho Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor. FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 43 1744, and was succeeded by the late proprietor of Bromhall, William Davenport, Esq., only son and heir, Avho Avas born November 18, 1749, and who married Martha, youngest daughter of Rev. John le Tourcey, April 27, 1767. The following sketch is subjoined of the present seat of this ancient branch of the family — compiled fi-om Ormerod. The first appearance of the Hall, pertaining to this domain, is unusually striking, exhibit ing a long and lofty liae of irregular buildings of timl )er and plaster, stanchng in a consider able elevation at the intersection of two deep valleys, near the bank of a rivulet. The build ing was originally quadrangular, but the west ern side of the quadrangle Avas removed by a former proprietor, who also took down a long gallery which extended along the top of the eastern side, and added much to the imposing effect of the buUding. A porch admits from the court on the east side into the great hall, whence a spiral stair case, composed of solid blocks of oak, leads to the drawing-room, a noble apartment about twelve yards square, wainscoted neai'ly to the top. Over the wainscot are ornaments in stuc co, and the arms of the successive alliances of 44 FAMILY OF DAVENPOET. the Davenports. The ceiling is emiched with pendants. On the mantle-piece, which ascends to the top of the room, are the arms of Queen Ehzabeth, and the date 1592 occurs in the ornamental castings of the door posts. Round the apartment is hung a fine series of famUy portraits, commencing with Sh WiUiam Daven port, aged 65, and Dorothy his -wife, aged 66, 1627. Among other portraits, are originals of Edward Warren, of Poynton, 1594, aged 32; Sir Urian Legh, of Adhngton, aged 39, 1632 ; and Llenry, earl of Derby, 1583, aged 51, be ing then lord-heutenant of Lancastershh'e and Cheshire. Beyond this are the plaster-room, (so called from the materials of the floor,) hung round with buff' coats, imperfect suits of armor, and mihtary weapons, and a bed chamber, caUed " The Paradise room^'' from a bed in AA'hich the entire history of the Fall was worked in worsted by the hands of dame Dorothy Daven port, who appears to haA^e labored upon it from 1610 to 1614. The entire arrangement of this little room is probably unequaled as a specimen of the furniture and decorations of the time. A wainscoted apartment in the south-east angle leads hence to the banqueting FAMILY OF DAYENPOET. 45 room, which occupies nearly aU that remains of the first story on the south side of the quad rangle. This singularly curious room is about forty-two feet by twenty-one ; the floor is plas ter, and the sides are timber and plaster, paint ed with figures and foliage in imitation of tapestry. The roof is divided lengthways into six compartments, supported' by massive arch ed timbers, the alternate ones being supported by uprights, resting on obtuse arches of oak, sprung from pilasters : the sides of these arches are ornamented "with foliage, rosettes, ort to John Winthrop, Jr. To the Right Worshipl'- John Winthrope Escf Governour of Connectacute Colonic, these present ai Hartford. Honours Sir) Though I am, at present, in preparacon for the lecture, to morrow, yet having newly received a letter from Capt. Clarke, and hearing that one at the ordinary purposeth a 854 APPENDIX. journey towards the Baye, in the moming, who, I suppose, will goe by Hartford, I make bold to send you the Intelli gence whioh I receive from England, by way of Newfound land, to the middle of July, which informes, that those who were of the High Court of justice and condemned the former King, theyre estates are confiscate, 20 of them im prisoned, three of them like to die, viz. Jones, Harrison, and Say (if I doe not misreade) and that Dr GoodAriin, Mr Nie, and Mr Peters, are in prison, and Ukely to lose theyre lives, and that there is a consultacon to settle church disci pline, in a way of joyning Episcopacy and Presbytery, by agreement that each Bishop in his Diocess shall have a se lect number of presbyters joyned A\ith him, the common prayer to be established, but vrith some alteracons : some ceremonies to be left indifferent ; as boAving at the name of Jesus, the surpliss, cross in Baptisme &c. Tliat good men are under some sufferings, many being turned out of theyre places : but greater things feared : Spaine like to make peace : France like to differ. The good Lord pre pare his people, in Old England, and New, for what they and we may expect, and, in the meaiie time, give us hearts to sympathize with aftlicted Joseph ! We, at NcAvhaA-en, are stil under Gods afflicting hand. The good Lord sancti fie it, to us all ! Our Governor stil continues very weake, eates Utle, and ill digests what he eates, is ill after it, yet, til he takes something, findes a gnawing at his stomach, is commonly coldish. Once he tooke the RubUa, but finding himself sundrie times ready to fauit away, hath not bene Avilling to take it againe, nor his wife that he should, though we perswaded and encouraged him thereunto. I feare what the issue may be, if some better course be not taken for his recovery then [Mr Augur *] prescribes. Also our * ¦' Erased by Governor AVinthrop." LETTEES AND EXTEACTS. 355 Teacher is very sick. The last lecture day, he purposed to preach, though he found an Aguish distemper, the day before, and continued in that purpose til the 2d drumme, but then was compelled to take his bed. So there Avas no sermon. Afterward he hoped that it would be a quotidian, and leave him at the 4th fitt, as it did here, in the spring, and, once, before, at MUford The good Lord direct to the meanes, which he will bless for his recovery ! Mr Jones tooke the Rubila 4 times and followed your other directions, and is, by the blessing of God, in an hopefuU way. His fittas, he thincks, have left him, though some gmdgings he findes hanging about him he doth not know of my wrighting, at this time. I believe Mr Jones himselfe AvUl wright to you, when he findes himselfe able. And I am persuaded that yom- advise Avill prevaile with our Gov ernour to take what course you may please to prescribe. He knoAveth not of my Aviighting at this time, because my letter is now to be sent away, the messenger bemg to be gone, betimes, in the mornmg. The Lord Jesus dwell with you, and yours in mercy and peace aud loving kind nesses ! With our humble service to yourselfe and Mrs Winthrope, and our loring salutations to all your branch es, my Avife, and son joyning Avith mc therein, I rest Yours exceedingly obliged John Davenporte. Newhaven, yc llth d. of y^ 8th m. 1660. We heare that Mr Paine and Mr Web are boath dead. [Labelled, "Mr Davenport— October 17, 1660."] 356 APPENDIX. XV. Rev. John Davenport to Sir Tliomas TempAe. [The following letter of Mr. Davenport was transcribed at her Ma jesty's State paper office, London, Sept. 9, 1842, by Hon. James Sav age, LL.D., Boston, by permission of Lord Aberdeen, from Vol. 1st,, of papers called " New England papers," 147, and was published in the Massachusetts Historical Collections, Vol, viii., 3d series, page 327,] Noble Sir, Whom though unknowne to me by Face, as allso I am to yourselfe, I Honnour for your noble disposition & for your neare Relation, to my. Ever Honoured, Lord, Vis count, Say And Sele. unto whom I have bene continually neare 40 years Past, Exceedingly obliged for Sundry Tes- timoneyes of his Speciall Favors toAvardes me when I lived in London, & when I was in Holland, & after my Returne thence to London, And since my abode in this Wildemesse, which hath bine above 24 yeares. If the most high hath taken him From us, by Death, as I am In formed he hath, The King hath lost the Best of his Peeres & Counsaleirs for Godley Wisdome & Faitlffulnesse, The Church and People of god an Assured Pattron, The Com mons and Parliament a most Emminent Patriott, the No bility a Singular Pattiren and ornament. And my Poore Worthlesse Selfe a most Honorable & FaitlffuU frend, And that in a time Avhen I have most need of his helpe, which I am assured Would not have Failed my Confident Expect.".tion, if any Complaint against me had bene Pre sented to his Honor Avith tho rest of his JNIaj'ties most Hono'ble CounccU. Multis ille Bonis FlebUis oceiditt, NuUi Flcbilior quam mihi. Yet as long as his right hon orable Son, my lord Fines liveth, he cannot Die, For in LETTEES AND EXTEACTS. 357 him & I hope in his Posterity that Noble FamUey wiU be like that Golden tree the Boughes and Branches whereof Flourished in a Continuall Succession. Uno Avulso non defficit alter Aureus Et Simili Frondescens Virga Mettallo. Sir, being Encouraged by some Expressions of your good affection toward mee, Brought to my Knowledge by one who came lateley, from Boston, heither, I take the Boldnesse to desier this Favor, that you would be pleased to cast your eyes uppon the Enclosed Appoligie, which I formerly transmitted to the Deputy Govenor of Massa- chusets to be by him Communicated to the General Courte. In it you AriU Find myne Innocyency in Refer- ance to the 2 CoUonells to be shuch as might secure me From all feare of Danger & Futher molestation from his Ma'tie in that Respecte, yet because I am sensible of Possible misrepresentations of mine actions, & Intentions, I humbly Crave leave to Intreate you to lay up in the Re- positorie of your minde, your memorie. The tme State of my Case that you may Speake a good an Seasonable word of truth in the Cause of the Dumbe & deafe, when God shall have Brought you in Safety to London, as occasion may be offired in the King's Courte, would my age which is past the great CUmactericall yeare, & the weakness of my Boddy, which is under sensible decaies as well Shute Arith so long a Voyage as my minde is Prepense to it, I should not Fear to answer anything that can be Suggested or objected against mee, in his Ma'tie presence, being Con fident in the King's Justice and asqunimitie, that uppon a faire hearing I should be acquitted, & some in Boston who raile against mee, should have their Injurious mouthes Stopped, what Libbirty is denyed unto me, if God Inclyne 358 APPENDIX. & Encourage your hearte theirunto, a word From your no ble selfe Spoken in Season may be blessed of god to make up, Arith advantage, & to worke Favorable & Right appre hensions and perswations of mee in his Ma'tie & shuch of his most Hono'ble Councells as you maye have occasion of Discourse Arith aboute these matters. This is my great Intendment in this lines, humbly to Crave your mindfulnesse of me & helpefulness* Toward mee in this Exigent, And not for myselfe alone doe I make this humble Request, But also on the Behalfe of this Poore CoUoney & of our Govenor & majestrates, who wanted neither will nor Industery to have served his Ma'tie in ap prehending ye 2 CoUonells, but were Prevented & Hin dered by gods overruilling Providence, which Arithheld them that they Could not Exciqute their tme Purpose therein ; And the same Proridence Could have done ye same, in the Same Curcumstances, if they had bine in Lon don, or in the Tower, The Case was thus, The CoUones hearing that some who had Entertained them, at their Houses, were in Extreme danger, uppon that Accompt to Prevent the same. Came from another CoUoney where they were, & had bine somtime, to N. H : Profess ing, that their true Intentions, in their Coming at that time was to yeld themselves to be apprehended, for the adbresaid Purpose & accordingly they staled 2 dayes. This was knowne in the Toatoc, The D. G. waited for the Comming of the Govenor & other majestrats to this towne on the 2d. day, which they allso did accordmg to Former Aggrement, Imediately uppon their Coming together, they fell into a Consultation, being out of any Feare of that which FoUoAvcd, Before they had Issued their Con sultation which Avas not long, the CoUonels Averc gon aAvay, LETTEES AND EXTEACTS. 359 no man knowing how nor whether, Thereuppon a DUigent Search was Renewed, & many were sent Forth on Foote & horsebacke, to recover them in to their hands, But all in vaine. I belive if his Ma'tie Rightly understood the Curcumstances of this Event he would not be displeased Arith our majestrates, but to accquiesce in the Providence of the most high well KnoAring that the way of man is not in himselfe, but god worketh all things according to the CounsaUe of his owne will. It is now high time that I begge pardon for putting so much trouble uppon you, &s that I Conclude Arith my Prayers to him, whom Arindes & seas obey to FUI your sailes with Favorable Arindes & to Carrie your Person as uppon Eagles winges Far above the reach of aU hurtful! Dangers, till he shall have landed you safe at your desiered Port, & then to make you a Blessed Instrument of some good unto this Poore CoUoney & to myselfe, For which I shall Remaine Noble Sir, your Humble Servt. & obliged FaithfuU Frend John Davenporte. N. H y'e 19th day of ye Q mounth Called Aug St. 1661. Sir, If my lord Saye be yet in vivis, be pleased to Com municate ye inclosed to him, Arith ye reason of my not writing to his honor at Present, & my Earnest desier of his Favorable helpe, that ye King may be rightly informed Concerning me in this matter ; if you shall find he is not in ye land of ye living my humble request is the same to my lord Fines. But if his honor have not Sufficient Inte rest in those about his ma'tie for shuch a jJurpose, my In- treaty to yourselfe is ye same aforementioned. Allso if SCO APPENDIX. the Deputy Govenor Mr. Bellingham hath not Reo'd. yt. Letter & ye Appologie to ye General Courte weh I sent above 5 weekes since be pleased to let him peruse this & gett a Coppie of it (I meane ye appologie) transcribed & Retturne yours againe to your Noble Selfe, to be Improved as you find opertunity to ye best advantage on my be halfe, lastley lett it please you to accept a booke newly come forth weh I make bold to Present unto you for a vade mecum, in your voyage at sea, & for an helpe to Fix your Anchor aright when you come to land & for ever, ye lord Jesus be with you both at sea &' land & to Ettemity as a mighty Saviour Amen FareweU, interim. XVI. Rev. John Davenp/ort to John Winthrop, Jr. To the Hon!>tt John Winthrope Governour of Connectecute Colonic, these present at Hartford. HoNOUEBLE Sir — Many hearty thancks being prsemised, to God, and you ; to God as to the principal efficient, who stirred up your heart, and guided your minde to pitch upon such meanes as his blessing made effectual ; and to yourselfe, as to a blessed Instrument in God's hand, for our recovery, my sons especially, from that weakness, and those great paines, wherewith he was lately and long afflicted, unto this meas ure of strength, Avhereby he was enabled to come into the publick assembly, the last Lords day, to bless God the Au- LETTEES AND EXTEACTS. 361 thor of all blessings upon your endeavours : which, I pray, may be stil continued, for the good of many ! Yet, in the midst of our familie-comforts, I feele at my heart no small sorrow for the publick dirisions and distrac tions at Hartford. Were Mr Hooker noAV in vivis ; it would be as a sword in his bones, that the Church, which he had planted there, should be thus disturbed, by innova- cons, brought in and urged so Vehemently, by his young successour in office, not in his spirit : who was so far from these laxe Avaies that he opposed the baptizing of grand children, by their grandfathers right : much more would he have decryed the baptising of Adopted children, by their Adoptants right : most of all, the baptising of servants, borne in the house, or bought with monie, qua tales, unles they had a spiritual right, by being regularly joyned to the Church, according to Gospel-rules. But he is at rest : and the people there gro woefully divided, and the better sorte are exceedingly greived, while the looser and worser party insult, hoping that it will be as they would have it, viz., that the plantacons shall be brought into a parish-way, against which Mr Hooker hath openly borne a strong Testi- monie in print. The most of the churches, in this juris- dicon, are professedly against this new way, both in judg ment and practise, upon Gospel grounds, n, Newhaven, MUford, Stratford, Brandford, GiUford, Norwalke, Stamford, and those nearer to Hartford, n, Farmington, and the sounder parte of Windsor, together Arith their Reverend Pastor, M"" Warham, and, I thinck, Mr Fitch, and his church also. Nor may it be thought that we all are mere spectatours, or that we shall be allwaies silent, as persons not concerned. It is the cause of Christ, for which we must pleade : it is no slight matter, as de lani caprina, that is 16 362 APPENDIX. now agitated, but that which concemes the preserving of Christian Churches in peace, and Gospel-ordinances in purity : it is the faith and order of the Churches of Chilst, Avhich we are called to contend for, that they may be pre served intyre and inoormpted. when the Bay-Synod pub lished theire booke: I saw where their Temptation lay, and printed my answer to it : whereunto, when a seeming reply was made, 1 declared and proved the insufficiency of it, and sent my MSS. to the Baye, where it lyeth, in friends hands unprinted, til further occasion shaU obstetricate it ; Sed quorsum hseo 1 I shall breifly suggest unto you what 1 have heard, viz. that before the last lecture-day, when it was yong Mr Heynes his turne to preach, he sent 3 of his partie to tell Mr Whiting, that, the nexte Lecture-day, he would preach about his way of baptizing, and would begin the practising of it, on that day. Accordingly he preached, and Avater was prepared for Baptisme (which, I suppose, was never administered, in a weeke day, in that Church, before) But Mr Whiting, as his place and duty required, testifyed against it, and refused to consent to it. Much was spoken, to Utle purpose, by some of Mr Heynes his partie. But, when Mr Warham began to speake, one of the Church rudely hindered him, saying, to this purpose, What hath Mr Warham to do to speake in our Church matters ? This check stopped Mr Warhams proceeding, at that time. The objectour considered not that this matter Avas not res propria to that church alone, but res commu nis, it being of common concernment to all the ohurdies in these parts, and to the Teaching Officers of them, and to Mr Warham more especially ; For tum sua res agitur pa ries cum proxiinus ardet, which he might haA'e ansAvered. But we live in times and places, Avhere the faces of the LETTEES AND EXTEACTS. 363 Elders are not duely honoured ; and therefore its justly to be feared that God will soone take away the most Godly and judicious Leaders from so unthanckful and unworthy people, and leave them to be mislead by superficial ver balists. Yourselfe prudently concluded that, that day was not a fit season to begin theire purposed practise, seeing it was not consented to. But opposed. And so it ceased, for that time. But Mr Heynes urged for a dispute about it Arith Mr Wliiting, the next Lecture day, which wUl be the 20*^ day of this month, which also, they say, is agreed upon. But cui bono 1 No good issue can rationally be expected of a verbal dispute, at that time, and in that place, where so many are likely to disturbe the buisenes Arith in terruptions and clamours, and to prepare a sufficient num ber to overvote the better party for establishment of the worser way. So Trueth shall be dethroned and errour set up in the throne. What then is to be done, in this Case 1 Let M'' Heynes give in wrighting to M'' Whiting, his posi tion, and his Ai-guments to prove it : and let M"^ Whiting have a convenient time to returne his Answer in wrighting. This is the most suitable way for a peaceable issuing of the dispute, with soUd judgment, and with due moderation and satisfaction : and let all practise of M"^ Heynes his opinion be forborne, til the trueth be cleared. But if M"^ Heynes refuseth this way ; I shall suspect that he more confides in the clamours of his party, than in the goodnes of his cause or ia the strength of his Arguments, or in his ability for disputacon. These things I make bold to present to your serious consideracon, that, by your wisdom and care of the publick good and common peace, according to the duety of your place, the fire alreadie kindled may be speedily quenched, and the banokes may be seasonably strengthen- 364 APPENDIX. ed, to prevent the irruption of waters, that may cause an inundation, not to be stopped afterAvard. Our service to yourselfe and Mrs Winthrope, with our affectionate salutacons to all yours, being presented, I rest, in Jesus Christ Yours obliged, assured John Davenporte Senior. N. H. the 14th d. of the 4th m. 1666. Poster. My Rev^ brother, M'' Street, being Arith me, and hearing this letter read, earnestly desired me, once and againe, to declare unto you, his full consent to the contents thereof: so that you may take it as from us boath. He also thincks that a Synod of the Elders and Messengers of the churches, on this side of the countrey, i. e. of this juris diction, might be a suitable expedient motos componere fluctus. But that I leave to further consideracon. In the meane time, it AriU be operse prEemium that you interpose your Authority and wisdom to stop all further proceedings and actings in this irregular and tumultuous way. [Labelled, " Mr Davenport, Senior — received Junij 19. 1666."] John Dav&npm't, Jr., to John Winthrop, Jr. Boston, 30. 2. 1675. HoNBLE Sir — Yours I reo'd, and returne thankfuU acknowledgments for the Rubela and the directions about my arme, which I have used, and hope it hath done good but yet remaines some paine in the shoulder and upper parte of the arme and a weaknes so as that I could not nor can lifl; up my hand to LETTEES AND EXTEACTS. 363 my hat, for which I request your further helpe and advice, there is no SAvelling but an itching especially (at times) on my shoulder. My bodily health and appetite (through the mercy of God) is better then before my sieknes. The College busines (as I heare) is not yet settled. We heare the uncomfortable state of our Relations at Jersey. Many are the affiictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers out of all, it is good both to hope and quietly waite for the salvacon of God : we live in a changable troublesome world, but there is an unchangable God who is the object of the hope of beleivers which is a strong ground of consolation. The Lord preserve your life and health for the good of many in whome Arith our serrice presented, crave leave to subscribe HonWe Sir, your humble servant J. Davenport. [" Labelled, ' Mr J. Davenport reci May 7.' The superscription is gone. This letter is written in the hand of old age, — neither the spell ing nor punctuation is as good as was usual with the writer's father, who died March 15, 1670,"] , INVENTORY OF THE REV. JOHN DAVENPORT. " The inventory of the goods and chattels of Mr. John Davenport, deceased, late pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston, taken by us, whose names are hereto subscribed, the 22d of the 5th Mo. 1670 :— In the Hall. A feather bed and bolster, rugs, blanket, with damask curtains and valance, and bedstead, £8 00 0 A drawing table, 2 00 0 366 APPENDIX. To 10 high chairs, 2 low chairs, a form, a joint stool, and a chest, 4 15 0 6 pair of sheets, 2 00 0 18 napkins, 3 short table cloths, and 5 towels 200 0 A pair of wampum, with trenchers, and several small things, 3 00 0 I'll the Study. Books prized by Mr, John Oxenbridge, our pastor, and by Mr, James Alien, our teacher, as appeared to us by a note under their hands, to the value of 233 17 0 A clock, with appurtenances, 5 00 0 7 high chairs, 3 stools, a low chair, 3 00 0 A skreen, 4 curtain rods, 4 boxes, 2 00 0 For wt sugar, a little trunk, and a box, 1 05 0 In the Upper Chamber. 3 rings, 4 blankets, a coverlet, 4 13 0 A feather bed, boulster, 3 pillows, a boulster and case, with feathers and bedstead, 7 10 0 3 chests, a court cupboard, and 4 trunks 800 0 5 chairs, 2 boxes, and a table, 3 00 0 6 cushions and darnic carpet, 2 striped carpets, a valure carpet, a cupboard, cloth and blanket, and 11 pair of sheets, 25 00 0 For several small things, as yarn thread, 1 00 0 7 pair of sheets, 4 00 0 17 napkins, cupboard cloth, 9 pillow biers, and 3 coarse towels, 3 00 0 1 pair of sheets, 1 1 pillowbiers, 4 short table cloths, 18 towels, and 4 napkins, 3 18 0 16 towels, 13 napkins, 3 pillowbiers, and 7 short table cloths, 2 00 0 80 yards of Holland, at 4s 16 00 0 For some remnants of Holland lawn and dowlas, 3 10 0 6 pillows, 2 00 0 A basket, with Manchester binding, 5 0 In the Kitchen Chamber. A feather bed, a rug, two blankets, bedstead, a bolster, tick, and 2 pillow cases, 6 10 0 INA-ENTOEIES, DEEDS, A-C. 367 For his apparel, woolen and linen 30 00 0 In gold and English money, 13 OS 7 J In Spanish money, 118 9 In New England money, 95 10 0 A quilt, rug, .j blankets, a pair of curtains and valance, with buckram and )-arn, 5 00 0 3 yards of br. clash, 11 yards of red kersey, 2 yards of Pennistone, a carpet, 1 yard of serge, 8 04 0 For several yards of tape, 15 0 21 pair of sheets, 17 00 0 For hangings and darnic curtains, 3 00 0 3 yards of Holland, 4J 5'ards dimity, 3 of thread, 11 quires of paper, li dozen of pins, and 1 piece of brown tape and ribbon, 2 17 0 3 pair of sheets, 6 diaper table cloths, 10 table cloths of diaper and towels, 4} doz. of diaper napkins, and 3 diaper towels, 20 00 0 A dozen of plain napkins, 6 towels, S table cloths, 4 cup board cloths, 17 pillowbiers, 6 diaper cloths, 6 doz. of plain cloths, 10 00 0 14 yards of Holland, 4 07 0 4J yards of lawn and cambric, 2 00 0 5 yards of tufted Holland, 12 6 4 fine Holland beds for children, 15 0 6 trunks, 3 chests, and some boxes, 5 00 0 In plate, 50 00 0 In china and earthen ware, 5 00 0 In the Garret. In bedding, iiax, sheep's wool, malt, Indian corn, with divers other things, 20 00 0 It the Parlor. A feather bed, bolster, pillow, a pair of sheets, pillow biers, a pair of blankets, curtains, valance and bedstead, 12 00 0 A cupboard, 10 0 A red chair, 5 small chairs and 1 joint stool, 1 little table and 6 cushions 2 14 0 A feather bed, bolster, and 2 pillows, a pair of blankets, bedstead curtains and valance ¦ 6 00 0 368 APPENDIX. A flock bed, bolster, 1 pair of sheets, blanket, rug, trundle bed, 3 00 0 For glass bottles, 1 jug, and some nutmegs, 12 0 In the Kitchen. In pewter and tin ware 20 00 0 A brass mortar, a marble mortar and pestles, 1 00 0 6 skillets, 6 brass candlesticks, with other brass things, . . 3 00 0 3 brass kettles, 2 iron pots and still, 1 bed-pan, 4 00 0 5 pair of andirons, 3 pair of tongs, 1 iron fire-pan, 2 hooks, 1 iron peel, grid-iron, warming-pan, and frying- pan, 4 00 0 3 sheets, with some other linen, a pair of brass scales, weights, chafing dish, and brass mortar, 3 00 0 In the Cellar. In cotton wool, 3 old kettles, a great copper kettle, a great pair of racks, a still in salt, a great washing tub, with barrels, and other lumber, 20 00 0 The dweUing-house and land, 400 00 0 £1,147 15 lOJ More presented to us : In English money, £82 14 0 A bible, a gold ring, and sewing silk, 3 00 0 4 yards of bl. cr. cloth, 4 15 0 For silver clasp and silver hatband, 1 05 0 A saw, and 2 yards of flannel and fustian, 1 09 0 Total is £1,240 18 lOJ James Penn, Anthony Stoddart, Thomas Clarke. One servant boy, £10 00 0 Mr. John Davenport made oath before the Governor and Major Gen. John Leverett, appointed by the county court that last sat for that end, that this is a true Liventory of mVENTOEIES AND DEEDS. 869 the estate he knows of his late father, and when he knows more he AriU diseover it. This done the first of the 7th Month, 1670. As attest, Freegrace Bendall, Clerk." The above does not include the property the deceased left in New Haven, most of which, however, AriU be found included in the following Inventory of his son John Daven port, jr. A part of his very valuable library, prized at more than one thousand dollars, seems to have been sold, or given away, before the death of his son ; as the books then re maining were prized in the Boston inventory at less than £100. The largest portion passed to his grandson, the Rev. John Davenport, of Stamford, and others were di vided among his other grandchildren. A part appears to have passed, previous to the death of his son, to Dr. Increase Mather, and are now to be found, together with some of his manuscript works, in the library of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. INVENTORY OF JOHN DAVENPORT, JR. J. ;¦.- ":" An Inventory of the effects of Mr. John Davenport, late of Boston, in New England, deceased, viz. : that part of it which is Arithin the limits of New 'Haven, taken and ap prised by us whose names are hereunto written, according to best information, — June 27, 1687. Imprs. The house and barnes, home-lot and orchard, at the town, ^200 00 0 About sixteen acres of upland in that quarter, at the Sound side,. 50 00 0 16* 370 APPENDIX. Two acres of home-lot, joining to the aforesaid home-lot, 20 00 0 About nineteen acres of wood-lot, near the mill, . 15 00 0 About eleven acres and half in the necks, 10 00 0 House and buildings, with the upland and mea dow at the farm, 4,50 00 0 One hundred and sixty acres of the third division 30 00 0 Right in the ox pasture and other commons of the town, — six cows and two small oxen and two 3-year old cattle at the farm, 35 00 0 One 2-year old mare, .• 2 00 0 Two cows and calves at the town, two ewes and two lambs, 9 10 0 Horses not known in the woods, Sum total, £821 10 0 Moses Mansfield, Abram Dickeman. The total of the Inventory of the said Mr. John Davenport's estate found at Boston is, according to a copy exhibited now in county court, held at New Haven, August 3d, 1687, £836 12 6 Total of both is £1,658 02 6 May 21th, 1690. Mrs. Abigail Davenport, Aridow, the relict and ad ministratrix of Mr. John Davenport, of NeAV HaA'en, de ceased, at Boston, appeared in Court, in New Haven, and exhibited the above inventories, and requested the Court to make distribution of the estate according to law, to her the relict, and the four children of the said JNlr. John Da venport, her dear husband deceased, viz., John, Elizabeth, Abigail, and Mary DaA^enport, for that the said deceased made no Avill Avhereby to dispose of his estate. Tlie Court therefore examined the above inventory, and KYENTOEIES AND AATLLS. 371 found that since it was made, one hundred and fifty-six pounds of the estate had been expended for the education and maintenance of the children, from their minority to this time, and tor payment of debts and loss of fire, in Boston ; and of the clear estate remaining, the Court grants and confii-n^s to the relict and administratrix, a third part of the house at Boston, a third of the houses and lands at Xew Haven, during her natural life, and a tliird of the personal estate in her possession, amounting at present to £487 07^'. 6c?., and also tAvo-thirds of the plate, according to her deceased husband's mind, and the rest of the thii-ds to be used by her for the education and maintenance of the chUdren, until they should be of lawful age, or the daugh ters married, when they shall receive theu- portion. Besides the son's portion, he shall receiA-e -vrith. the con sent and good liking of the rest, £40 in books, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, according to his father's mind ; and the rest of the books, to the value of £50, to be distributed among the rest of the children, only the eldest daughter to haA-e more than the younger, Adz., £20 out of the £50. For the children's portion, the Court grant unto John Davenport, the son, a double portion, viz, (including the £40 in books) , £409 IS 10 To Elizabeth Davenport, the sum of 184 19 5 (besides the £20 in books) To Abigail Davenport, „ 184 19 5 To 3Iary Davenport, „ 184 19 5 The son to receive his portion at the age of 21, and the daughters at IS, or marriage, whichever may happen first. The real estate of the Avidow's thUds, at her death, to go to the children, according to the aforementioned pro portions. 372 APPENDIX. COPY OF A DEED OF THE HEIRS OF JOHN DAVENPORT, Jk,, to the FIRST CHURCH, BOSTON, 1693. (Drawn from Boston Town Records.) This Lidenture made the tenth day of June, Anno Do mini, one thousand six hundred and ninety-three, and in the fifth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord and Lady, WUliam and Mary, King and Queen of England, BE TWEEN Abigail Davenport, relict, widow and adminis tratrix of the estate of her late husband Johu Davenport, late of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, within their Ma jesties' Province of Massachusetts Bay, in' New England, merchant, deceased ; John Davenport, of the toAvn and county of Ncav Haven, Arithin their majesties colony of Connecticut, in New England, aforesaid, clerk [minister], son and heir of the said John Davenport, dec. ; James Pierpont, of New Haven aforesaid, clerk, lately the hus band of Abigail Davenport, deceased, one of the daughters of the said John Davenport, dec. ; Elizabeth Davenport and Mary Davenport, of New Haven aforesaid, spinsters, tAvo more daughters of the said John Davenport, dec, of the one part, and Robert Sanderson, sen., goldsmith, Henry AUine, carpenter, and Joseph Bridgham, tanner, all of Boston aforesaid, deacons of the First Church of Christ in Boston aforesaid, and as Trustees for and in behalf of the said First Church of Christ, on the other part, WIT NESSETH, that the said Abigail Davenport, John Davenport, James Pierpont, Elizabeth Davenport and Mary Davenport, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and seventy pounds current money, in Ncav England aforesaid, to them in hand, at or before the seal ing and delivery of these presents, Avell and truly paid by 373 the said Robert Sanderson, Sen., Henry AUine and Joseph Bridgham, in behalf of the aforesaid church, the receipt whereof to full amount and satisfaction they do hereby acknowledge, and thereof and of every part and parcel f thereof they do acquit and exonerate and discharge the said Robert Sanderson, Sen., Plenry AUine and Joseph Bridgham, and each and every of them, and each and every of their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, as also this First Church now being, &c., their successors, forever, by these presents and for divers other good reasons and considerations them hereunto at this present especially moving, they the said Abigail Davenport, John Davenport, James Pierpont, Elizabeth Davenport and Mary Daven port, HAVE given, granted, bargained, sold, alienated, released, enfeoffed, conveyed and confirmed, And by these presents do fully, freely, and absolutely grant, bargain, sell, alien and release, enfeoffe, convey and confirm, unto the said Robert Sanderson, Sen., Henry AUine and Joseph Bridgham, their heirs and assigns forever, to the use here- into hereafter mentioned and expressed, ALL THAT CERTAIN MESSUAGE or Tenement, with the appurte nances and lands thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in Boston aforesaid, being butted and bounded on the east with the street or highway leading from Prison Lane up to the Common or Training fields on the west, and with lands heretofore appertaining to Richard Bellingham, Esq. , deceased (of which this land herein granted was once a part) ', on the south side with the garden and lands of the late Humphrey Darie, Esq., deceased, in the present te nure and occupation of Gabriel Barnon, merchant ; and on the northerly side in part Arith the garden of Robert How ard, deceased, now appertaining to the said Gabriel Bamon, and in part by the land of the late John Hall, Esq., de- 374 APPENDIX. ceased, Together Arith all and singular houses, edifices, building and fences standing thereupon, yard, garden, wares, wells, waters, water courses, profits, privileges, advantages, commodities, hereditaments, emoluments and appurtenancer whatsoever, to the said messuage or tenement belonging t or in anywise appertaining, or therewith now or heretof used or occupied, enjoyed, reputed, taken or knoAvn as pi parcel or member thereof, or of any part thereof, and the rerision or revisions, remainder and remainders, rents and issues thereof, and all and each and every of their estated right, title, interest, inheritance, trust, property, possession, use, dower, claim and demand whatsoever of, into and out of the premises, and every part thereof, with all original deeds, writings and evidences Avhatsoever relating thereto, in their custody or power, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said messuage or tenement, Arith all the lands thereto belonging, butted and bounded as aforesaid, Avith all other the above granted premises, unto the said Robert Sander son, Sen., Henry AUine and Joseph Bridgham, their heirs and assigns forever, to and for the sole proper use, benefit and behoof of the said First Church of Christ in Boston, aforesaid, now living, and their successors forever, and to no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever, absolutely with out any manner of condition, redemption, or revocation in anyArise : And the said Abigail Davenport, John Davenport, James Pierpont, Elizabeth Davenport and Mary Daven port, for themselves, their heirs and executors and adminis trators, and every of them do covenant, grant and agree to and with the said Robert Sanderson, Sen., Henry AUine, and Joseph Bridgham, their heirs and assigns, and to and with each and every of them, by these presents in maimer and form following (that is to say) : — Tliat at and immedi ately before the time of their sealing and delivery of these DEEDS, AVILLS, &C. 375 presents, they the said Abigail Davenport, John Davenport, James Pierpont, Elizabeth Davenport, and Mary Daven port, or some or one of them, are the true, sole and lawful OAVner or owners of all the aforebargained premises. And stand lawfully seized thereof in their or some of their OAvn proper right of a good, perfect, and absolute estate of in heritance in fee simple, without any remainder of condi tion, rerision, or limitation of use or uses Avhatsoever, so as to alter, change, defeat or make void the same, Leaving to themselves full power, good right and laAvful authority to grant, sell, convey, alien, enfeoffe, release and confirm the same in maimer and form as aforesaid, and according to the true intent and meaning of these presents, And that the said Robert Sanderson, Sen., Henry AUine and Joseph Bridgham, and their heirs and assigns shall and may by force and rirtue of these presents from henceforth and at all times forever hereafter, lawfully, peaceably and quietly have,hold,use, occupy, possess and enjoy all the above grant ed premises, with their appurtenances, and receive and take the use and behoof aforesaid the rents and incomes thereof FREE AND CLEAR, and thereby acquitted, exonerat ed and discharged from all and all manner of former and other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, jointures, dowers, judgments, executions, entaUs, wills, for feitures, seizures, amercements, and all and from all other titles, troubles, charges and incumbrances whatsoever ; AND FURTHER, that the said Abigail Davenport, John Davenport, James Pierpont, EUzabeth Davenport and Mary Davenport do hereby covenant, promise, grant and agree and bind and oblige themselves, their heirs and ex ecutors and admmistrators, from henceforth and forever hereafter, to warrant and defend all the said above granted premises, with their appurtenances, and every part thereof, 376 APPENDIX. unto the said Robert Sanderson, Sen., Henry Alline and Joseph Bridgham, their heirs and assigns forever, to the uses aforesaid, against the lawful claims and demands of all and every person and persons whomsoever, and at any time or times hereafter, upon reasonable request or demand, and at the cost and charges of the above-named grantees, their heirs or assigns, to give and pass unto them such fur ther and ample assurance and confirmation of these pre mises, as in law and equity can be reasonably desired, ad vised or required. In Aritness whereof the said Abigail Davenport, John Davenport, James Pierpont, Elizabeth Davenport and Mary Davenport have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first above written. Abigail Davenport, and a seal, John Davenport, and a seal, James Pierpont, and a seal, Elizabeth Davenport, and a seal, Mart Davenport, and a seal. all on labels. Signed, sealed and delivered " in the presence of us, Samuel Bishop, Isaac Jones. AVILL OF MRS. ABIGAIL DAVENPORT, AVIDOAV OF JOHN DAVENPORT, Jr. "At a Court of Probate held at Newhaven Sept. 18th 1718, Present Warham Mather, Judge ; Joseph Whiting Clerk Mr John Davenport nominated Exr. in the Last Will and Testament of Mrs Abigail Davenport late of New- DEEDS, AVILLS, &C. 377 haven deed, exhibited the said Instrument in this Court which on the oath of two of the Aritnesses before John Bishop Esq. one of his Maj 'ties Justices of the peace for the County of feirfeUd as by him Certyfyed and the said WUl was proved in Court and approved for Record and the said Execur accepted the tmst therein Committed to him & Gave Bond for a faithful discharge thereof: And admuiistration of the Intestate Estate or the Estate ot whioh the Dec-d stood possessed as Tenant or Dower was Granted unto the aforesaid Mr. John Davenport on his OAvn Bond." Copy of the Will. "In the Name of God, Amen, the 13th Day of August 1713 I AbigaU Davenport of Newhaven, Widow, being weak of body but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God for it : Remembering the Mortality of my body Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament — that is to say principally & first of all I Give & Commend my Spirit into the hands of God that Gave it & my Lord Christ that Redeemed it & my body I Recommend to ye Earth Decently to be buried at the Direction of my Execur having a Good hope of the Resurection of the Just and as Touching Such Avorldly Estate as a Good God hath Lent me, my Last will & meaning is ; that my Just Debts & funerall e.xpences be first paid and pertioularly as to the bill of mine To my worthy Son-in-Law Mather of six pounds Cash or thereabouts I do expect be allowed me as part payment for work I have done Thirty & Three shil lings Cash which his wife knoAVS very well besides much more I have Done and Do not account and my said Debts & expences being paid my Avill and meaning is that all my Remaining Estate be Committed into the hands of my 378 APPENDIX. Executor hereafter named & be Dealt out perticulerly as is here under expressed & according to the Condition and order hereafter mentioned first I Give & Bequeath unto the Church of Newhaven my Silver Caudle Cup Desirmg a Cup be made thereof for the service of that Church as Likely as yt will afford for the Vessel & its making out of my Love & affection to the house of God.* Item. It is my will & meaning yt the biggest part by far of the Little I leave be in the hands of my Loving Son John Davenport to be improved for the education, en couragement & preparation of my Loring Grand Son Deo date Davenport. Item. It is my will that my loving Grand Son John Davenport have a fashionable silver sjDoon made for him out of my plate. Item. It is my will & meaning that the four daugh ters of my Son Davenport my Loring Grand Cluldren to say Abigail, Martha, Sarah and Elizabeth Davenport have a pair of my Holland sheets each of them ; and I give also to my Loving Grand-daughter Abigail Davenport the best of my Turkey work Chairs & a pair of hoUaud pUlowbers. Item. It is my will & meaning that my cloathes be all of them Divided amongst my Three Children, my Lovmg son John Davenport & my Loving Daughter Elizabeth Mather, and my loving Daughter Mary Wade onely my said Daughter Mary Wade my will is that she hath a Avhole suit of woollen & Linen & my allamode whood & my allamode Scarfe also If it please the Lord yt I depart this Life by this sickness that my LoAnng sister Mary Bishop of Stamford have my Gray petty Coat Avhich I Avear every day. * That cup is still used by the First Church of New Haven, at every monthly Communion. — Communicated by Rev. Dr. Bacon, 1850. DEEDS, AVILLS, &C. 379 Item. ILiving Given a piece of Gold to my said Daughter Martha & two pieces of Gold remaining my wUl is that one of them be to my Son Davenport & the other to my Daughter Wade. Item. My Will is yt my Loving Grand-daughter AbigaU Pierpont have my SUver Spoon marked A : P : and ten shillings of money be Given among the other Dear Children of my Avorthy Son-in-Law the Revd-Mr James Pierpont of Newhaven as a token of my Love to them. Item. Further my avUI & meaning is absolute in Refer ence to the Legacy of the Church of Newhaven but in all the other Declarations of this my will foUoAving after said Legacy is upon condition that my Estate will aUow it, when my Just debts and funerall expences are paid & so far as my Estate will allow ; the same order being observed in the performing my AriU as is expressed in this my will Desiring in no wise my Executor should be exposed to suffer damage by this my Avill. Moreover, I Disannul & Revoke all my former will or wills made by me & estab lish this onely to be my Last WiU & Testament and I do nominate Constitute & appoint my well beloved Son John Davenport aforesaid to be my sole Executor. And my desire mind & AriU is that my Dear Children Live in Love and the God of Love & peace AriU be with them. I also do in these declare that in my Chamber are one Thousand & half of 8d nails and a thousand & about a quarter of sixes which belong to my Son Daveuport & I bought with his of twenty shillings. 380 APPENDIX. Signed with my hand & sealed with my seal in Stam ford the day & year above written. Abigail Davenport, [seal.] Signed sealed published & Declared by the said Abigail Davenport as her Last will & Testament in the presence of us — ¦ JoNATH. Bell Zachariah Roberts Mart ( J. Hollt (her mark) THE AVILL OF REV. JOHN DAVENPORT, OF STAMFORD. In the name of God amen. The 20tk day of Jan'y anno Domini 1728-9. I John Davenport of the tOAvn of Stam ford, alias Stemford, in Fairfield county, Connecticut colony, in New England, in America, clerk, sensible of the fraUty of human life, but of sound mind and memory, for which Almighty God be thanked, whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do now declare my mind in this my last Avill and testament, as follows, A-iz. : I give my soul into the hand of God my Creator, and the Lord Jesus Christ my all-sufficient Redeemer, and my body to the earth to be decently interred, according to the discretion of my executors hereafter named, having hope in the resurrection of the just ; and as touching the worldly estate Avliich the dirine bounty hath been pleased to lend me, my last will and meaning is — That first, my just debts and funeral expenses being DEEDS, AA7LLS, &C. 381 paid, and enough of my estate also reserved to answer for decent grave stones for my deceased mother's grave at New Haven, which my executors shall speedUy and effectuaUy care for, and also all the grain and meat, soap and fat, and candles, left at my decease, not to be inven toried, but to be for the use of those that are of my family, and residing therein, and that in common, under the management of my now vrife ; and farther — Impr. — I give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife EUzabeth, one third both of my real and personal estate, the personal her OAvn absolutely, and the real during her natural life. Farther. — I wUl that my estate according to the apprising herein provided for ; J saA', my estate which I call dirida- ble among my eight chUdren be divided into twelve equal parts in value ; eight of which equal parts to be to my four sons, to say, John, Deodate, Abraham, and James, but the remaining four equal parts to be to my four daughters, to say, AbigaU, Martha, Sarah and Elizabeth. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loving and eldest son John, two parts of said equal parts of my said dividable estate, and over and above that, I give said son the sum of thirty-one pounds and ten shUlings. Now, if the legacy herein derised to my said son John AriU admit and fit ac cording to apprising, my mind is, the said John have my land on Davenport Ridge, so caUed, as may appear by the note of laying out and seized to me, signed by Deacon Samuel Halt, Stephen Bishop, and John HoUy, said note entered on the record of said Stamford, and also an addi tion of land northerly, and on the east side or east Une of land laid out or belonging to Capt. Samuel Halt ; I say northerly to my land contained in said note, I mean to the easterly part of my said land contained in said note. Now, 382 APPENDIX. the said addition of land may be thus known, viz. : from , the south east corner of said land belonging to said Capt. Samuel Hait in said east line, let thirty five rods be ex actly measured northerly, and a line from thence be drawn square tUl it come to the highway or path which hath been called Ponasses path, and the house and barn thereon : further, my meaning is that said house, to say mansion house and barn, be appraised according to their value at time of said appraising, and all said land be appraised ac cording to their value at said time of said appraising, only I would have all the land improved by my said son John by the plough, or for pasture, and inclosed to be valued at no higher price than if they had lain wholly waste to said time of appraising, to be to my said son John, to him, his heirs and assigns forever, with the reservation, and also further conditions they may follow. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loving son Deodate, two parts of said equal twelve parts of my said diA'idable estate, to be to him, my said son Deodate, to liim, his heirs and assigns forever, and my meaning is, he said Deo date, may choose Arithin one year after my decease, either to dwell on Noroten hill in Stamford aforesaid, or at my farm at said New Haven, long knoAvn by the name of Mr. Davenport's farm, or up in the wood of said Stamford, if on said Noroten ; my mind is, said Deodate have aU my land on Noroten hiU, if on said farm he, said Deodate, may choose not to prejudice the remainder of said farm ; if up in the wood, it shall be AA'hoUy the said Deodate's, where not interfering Arith the devise to said John : never theless, in case said Deodate have any trouble in the law on account of any said mother Davenport's last Avill and testament, my will is then, first, said Deodate will be cut DEEDS, AA^ILLS, &C. 383 out of the one half, tlie other half divided to my son Deo date. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loving son Abraham, two parts of my said dividable estate, to be to him, my said son Abraham, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Item.—l give and bequeath to my loring son James, tAvo parts of said equal parts of my said dividable estate, to be to him, my said son James, to him, his heirs and as signs forever. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loAring daughter Abi gail, one part of the equal parts of my diridable estate, to be to my said daughter AbigaU, to her, her heirs and as signs forever, of which said one part I account said Abi gail hath already received of me one hundred and twenty- one pounds nine shillings and eleven pence. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Martha, one part of said equal parts of my dividable es tate, to be to her, said Martha, to her, her heirs and as signs forever ; also about one part, besides my special charge on a gift to said Martha, I do further give to her, said Martha, four score pounds, on compassion of said Martha having been lame from a child. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Sarah, one part of said equal parts of my said diridable es tate, to be to her, said Sarah, to her, her heirs and assigns forever, of which said part said Sarah has already received one hundred and seven pounds four shillings and eleven pence. Item. — I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Eliza beth, one part of 6aid equal parts of my dividable estate, to be to her, said Elizabeth, to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Also upon consideration of accounts between me a^id m,- 884 APPENDIX. said son John, I find said son John hath already received of my estate seventy-one pounds and ten shUlings. Also about my books, my mind is, my loving wffe choose two of them, and my children, to say, John, Deo date, Abigail, Martha, Sarah, Elizabeth, shall have each of them two of my English, if they have not had already, and all the rest of my books to belong to my said sons Abraham and James, in an equal proportion. Further, my meaning is, that my said sons Abraham and James enter not on their respective portions till they have arrived at the full ages of twenty-one years also, and yet if only one of them, said Abraham and James, die in nonage, the other that surriveth shall have all the books of him that hath deceased, and as for the residue of the portion of him that hath deceased, my mind is, that said residue shall be equally divided into eight equal parts, and equally belong to my said Arife, if surviving, and my seven children, or their lawful representatives, but if said sons Abraham and James die in nonage, my mind and meaning is that my present wffe, if surriving, my said six chUdren, to say, John, Deodate, Abigail, Martha, Sarah, Elizabeth, or their lawful representatives, shall have an equal share in the portions of the said Abraham and James, Arith this only difference, the said Martha have thirty pounds above an equal part, and to them, their heirs and assigns forever. Also I give my said now Arife Elizabeth, forty pounds of my estate in current bills of credit, or in bonds, and it is in affection to her, my said Arife, and the improvement of whole or part to be, as I h.ave told her, whereof she is not accountable. And further together, my meaning about my estate which I call dividable among my eight chUdren, and avUI have divided into twelve equal parts in value, I would have DEEDS, AVILLS, ed at Amsterdam in 1634. Mr. Paget replied in a book of 150 pages, quarto, entitled "¦An Answer to the Unjust Complaints, etc." To this book Mr. Davenport made a rejoinder, in the following article : An Apologetical Reply to a book called ' an answer to the unjust complaint of W[illiam] £[est].' Szc, quarto. Rot terdam, 1636. A copy of this is among the books deposit ed by the Old South Church in the Library of the Massa chusetts Historical Society. An Answer of the Elders of the several Churches in New England, unto nine positions, sent over to them by divers reverend and godly ministers in England, Avritten in 1639, and published in London m 1641. Profession of Faith made publicly before the Congregation at his admission into one of the Churches of New England ; containing twenty several heads. 1. Concerning the Scrip tures, &c. London, 1642. One sheet, quarto. The Messiah is already Come. A sermon on Acts ii. 36. London, 1653. This is supposed to be the same with the work next named. The Knowledge of Christ, cfcc, wherein the types, prophe cies, genealogies, miracles, humiliation, c&c. of Christ are opened and applied. Quarto, printed in 1658, or before. CATALOGTE OE AVOEKS. 397 Catechism containing the chief Heads of the Christian Re ligion. London, 1659. Octavo. Published at the desire and for the use of the Church of Christ in New Haven. Wood says that Mr. Hooke had a hand in this work. The Saints' Anchor-hold, in all storms and tempests, preached in sundry sermons, and published for the support and comfort of God's people in all times of trial. London, 1661. Duodecimo. Another Essay for investigation of the truth, in answer to two questions, &!:g. Cambridge, 1663. Quarto. There is a copy in the possession of Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D., of Hartford, Ct. Election Sermon, at Boston, 1669. God's Call to his People to turn unto Him, &o., in two sermons on two public fasting days in New England. London, 1670. Quarto. The Power of Congregational Churches asserted and vin dicated ; in answer to a treatise of Mr. J. Paget's, entitled, ' The Defense of Church Government exercised in Classes and Synods.' London, 1672. Duodecimo. A copy of this is found in the Library of Harvard University. A Discourse about Civil Government in a new plantation whose design is religion. Cambridge, 1673. Quarto. He was also the author of a Latin Epistle to John Dury on the Union of Protestant Churches. He also Avrote several commendatory prefaces to other men's works, among which, Mather mentions an epistle be fore Scudder's DaUy Walk, as worthy to be reckoned itself a book.He also left ready for publication an Exposition of the Canticles, which was just going into the press at London, when the death of the undertaker of the publication stop- 398 APPENDIX. ped it. This is to be lamented, because it was prefaced by a life of the author, drawn up by Dr. Increase Mather, which is now lost. Mr. Davenport also wrote an unprinted Iffe of John Cotton, which was once in Governor Hutchinson's hands, but is now lost. A volume of his earliest sermons in manuscript is pre served in the Library of Yale CoUege, and several other small works and essays in manuscript are in the Library of the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester, Mass. Some letters to Lady Digby also exist in. the British Museum, supposed to be of an earlier date than those to Lady Vere. ¦JTME HKl ©. YALE UNIVERSITY a39002 002063593b YALt I'.l, T f L.'i. ¦f.'j! r?'.« V*i'.-'. ;¦•*¦( » ?^1