Francis Davenport, Sr.

Abstract of Will

(undated will)

• Davenport, Francis, of Chesterfield, Burlington Co. will of.
• Sons—Francis and Isaac (under 21);
• daughters—Sarah Hall, Anne, wife of Isaac Decow, who has son Joseph Decow, Abigail, Esther and Rebecca Davenport, the last not yet 18, dau-in-law Susanna Field;
• legacies to the Meetinghouse, Jno. Leeson, Tho: Miller and Moses Pettit.
• Son Isaac to go to school for one year.
• Son Francis sole executor with the assistance of Thomas Lambert and son-in-law Isaac Decow.
• Home farm at Croswicks Creek, lot in Burlington;
• silver buttons, a small silver tumbler.
• Witnesses—John Bunting, Samuel Butcher and Joseph Reckless.
• Proved April 16, 1707.
• Lib. i, p. 174 1707 15 d. 2nd m. (April). Inventory of the personal estate, £1692.-13.45, incl. a silver tumbler of 2 oz. weight £1.2.-, 2 do. cups, 8 do. spoons and some broken plate, in all 41^ oz. £16.10.-, 3 old Bibles, bills and bonds £373.9.1, book debts £601.16.11, and debts due by Indians £23.16.5; made by Peter Frettwell, Isaac Marriott, Edward Rockhill and John Tantum. [2]

Sources

1. 'Will printed at: 'The genealogy of the DeCou family : showing the descent of the members of this family in America from Leuren des Cou ; ancestry dot com
2. take care: Both Francis Sr. and his son Francis Jr. married women who carried the surname De Cow aka DeCou
3. Also see Dugdale, William. The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster: Made in the Year 1664-5. (1872) < Archive.Org >
4. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Francis_Davenport_%283%29
   1. From Colonial & Revolutionary Lineages of America, Vol 9, p165 The Family In America Francis Davenport, son of Edward and Ellen (Newton) Davenport, was born, probably in Cheshire, England in 1651, and died, probably in New Jersey, about 1707, He was a member of the Society of Friends and lived, for some years, in Whittington, Derbyshire. …
5. https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nvjack/davnport/others2.htm
6. WikiTree contributors, "Francis Davenport (abt.1650-1707)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Davenport-2107 : accessed 13 September 2024). Has no parents for him, and a birthplace at Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Cites
   1. Marriage Records, 1665-1800. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 22, page 655
   2. Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 23, page 129
   3. “England Marriages, 1538-1973”, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJDH-XMY : 13 March 2020), Sarah Brown in entry for Francis Davenport, 1678.
   4. See also The following sources are cited in various histories and genealogies pertaining to Francis Davenport:
   5. Woodward, Major Evan.Morrison. and Hageman, John Frelinghuysen, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Their Pioneers and Prominent Men (Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, 1883, published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia). See Volume 9, page 165. Available online at [2]
   6. Besse, Joseph. A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers: for the testimony of a good conscience, from the time of their being first distinguished by that name in the year 1650, to the time of the act, commonly called the Act of Toleration, granted to protestant dissenters in the first year of the reign of King William the Third... (London: Luke Hine, 1753), Vol. 1, Chapter 10, Page 143. Available online at [3]
   7. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania), Vol. 27, Page 340-343. Available online at [4]
   8. FERNOW, BERTHOLD. "West Jersey Settlers." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 30:2 (Apr. 1899), pp. 114-118; vol. 30:3 (July 1899), pp. 175-176.
   9. http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/francis-davenport_14067310
   10. Comments: “ Hi, please can you clarify which source says he came from Coventry?”