Lot Davenport

Notes:

Died:
He moved there in 1760

John married Selence Bigelow in Newton. Selence (daughter of Ebenezer Bigelow and Hannah Browne) was born on 1 Sep 1732; died on 17 Sep 1811 in Bridgton, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Selence Davenport

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to "History of Newton": Joseph, and of John Davenport and grandson of Thomas Davenport, born August 30, 1701, was a clothier, and settled about 1731 at Newton Lower Falls, on the right side of the road leading to Upper Falls, where he died March 12, 1752. His wife was Sarah Ware, daughter of Ebenezer Ware, of Needham.

Joseph married Sarah Ware on 29 Apr 1731. Sarah (daughter of Ebenezer Ware and Martha Herring) was born in in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Sarah Davenport
• Name: Sarah Richards

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to Bigelow Genealogy:
"He was a carpenter by trade. His father sold him a piece of land in Weston, Oct. 7, 1717. He lived in Weston a short time and then moved to Worcester where he lived for a time, and it is supposed that he lived a while in Newton, and in 1740 he is found to be living in Waltham. We find but few of his children's births recorded, the most of them being from the church records. We have no date of his death or of the death of his wife, but tradition says that he died in Cuba."

Ebenezer married Hannah Browne on 29 May 1720. Hannah (daughter of Capt. Abraham Browne and Mary Hyde) was born on 5 Oct 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Hannah Bigelow

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to NEHGR:
"After inheriting the homestead at his mother's death, according to his father's will, he removed to Milton, where his name first appears on the tax list in 1707. In Milton he lived in the old farm house still standing (as of 1867) on the Isaac Davenport estate, who inherited the Homestead. His will is in the Suffolk Co. probate office."

John married Naomi Foster. Naomi (daughter of Sergt. Timothy Foster and Ruth Tileston) was born on 11 Feb 1668; died on 7 Jan 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Naomi Davenport

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to NEHGR:
"His wife Naomi is supposed to have been the Naomi daughter of Timothy Foster, of Dorchester, who was born Feb. 11, 1668, at Dorchester."

Other Events:

• Will: 17 Dec 1754, Needham

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to the Ware Genealogy he was said to have had five wives, one son and six daughters. They were only able to identify four of the wives.

Will:
[CENTER:]Will of Ebenezer Ware, Senior, of Needham,[:CENTER]
In the Name of God Amen, the seventeenth Day of September Ano Demi one thousand seven hundred and Fifty four in the Twenty eight year of the Reign of or Souerain Lord King George the second over Great Britain &c I Ebenezer Ware Senr of Nedham in the County of Suffolk and Prouence of Masachusets bay in New England Husbandman being in usual helth of body but aduenceed in years but of sound mind and memory, Blesed be almity God therefor and calling to mind the Frailty of Life and Certainty of Death Do therefore make and ordain this my last Will and Testement in maner and Form folowing that is to say : First and Principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almity God my creator hoping to Reciue ye pardon and Remission of all my sins and saluation through the alone merit of Jesus Christ my Redemer and my body to the Eaiah to be deacently Buried acording to the discresion of excecutrex herein Named and Executer hereinafter Named and as Touching such Worldly Estate the Lord hath lent me my mind and will is the same shall be disposed of acording as is hereinafter expresed hereby Reuoaking and Renounceing and making Null and Voaid all Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made declering and apoynting this to be my last Will and Testement Wherein is contained the same. Imprs, I will that all my just Debts and Funarall Expences be Well and Truly payed in conuenient Time next after my Deceas by my Executrex hereinafter named.
Itm. I do giue and Becpieth to my only son Nathaniel Ware Senr the Sume of Fine Shillings lawful money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth to my Daughter Mary's Children Namly William mills and John Mills and Benjamin mills to each of them one Shilling Lawfull money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth my Daughter Martha Smith one Shilling Lawful money.
Itm. I do giue to my Daughter Elizabeth children Namly Abial and Elizabeth and Meribath to each of them one Shilling Lawful money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth to my Daughter Jemima Kingsbery one Shilling Lawful money.
Itm. I do giue and Bequeth to my Dauuliter Sarah Dcuenport one Shilling Lawful money ; the above said sumcs with what they haue had shall be and is their Full Shear.
Itm. I do hereby (under and subject to the Terms under Writen) Giue and Bequeth to my Loueing Wife Anna Ware all my Moneable Estate whatsoener and whersoener it may be found shee paying all my just Debts and Funaral Kxpence and the aboue Legaceas giuen to my Children and Grandchildren.
Itm. I do hereby constitute and apoynt my Loueing Wife Anna Ware Executrex and my son Nathaniel Ware Sen"" Executer to this my last will and Testement.
In Testimony whereof I the said Ebenezer Ware Senr haue hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first aboue written.
Ebenezer Ware
Signed, sealed, Published and Decleared by the said Ebenezer Ware Senr as and for his last Will and Testement.
In presence of us
Aaron Smith
Josah Newell junr
Joseph Gibbs.

Ebenezer married Martha Herring on 19 Mar 1689/90 in Dedham. Martha (daughter of Thomas Herring and Mary Pierce) was born on 11 Jul 1668 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jan 1709/10. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Martha Ware

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to Bigelow Genealogy:
"He was a soldier in King Phillip's War in Capt. Ting's company and was wounded, and in consideration of his services in that war the General Court gave him a grant of land in Narragansett No. 2. He lived in Watertown the most of his
life and his children were born in that town, and when his father died he was appointed executor of the will with his brother-inlaw Isaac Learned, and was a well known citizen in Watertown; but late in life (his 87th year) , being anxious to reside on the land that he had earned at the peril of his life, removed from Watertown (in company with his son Eleizer) to the grant of land in Narragansett No. 2, now Westminster, making the journey June 9, 174;i, where he spent the last years of his life, and died Feb. 1, 1745, in the 90th year of his age, and was the first adult who died in the new town. He had a large family of children, but one of whom lived in Westminster."

Jashua married Elizabeth Flagg on 20 Oct 1676. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Flagg and Mary) was born on 22 Mar 1654/55 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 9 Aug 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Bigelow

Notes:

Anecdote:
From Family Memorials Waltham:
He was treasurer of Waltham in 1695, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 1700 ; assessor in 1705, 6, and 8 ; selectman in 1712 and '26 ; town clerk in 1712 ; innholder 1709 to 1712. Upon the final settlement of the estate of his grandfather, Abraham Browne, in Jan. 1694 (his father being then dec'd), all the real estate, including the homestead of his grandfather, was assigned to him, by consent of the other heirs, he paying them for their portions. His Will, dated July 20, 1728, proved 8 Dec., 1729, makes his second son, Samuel, his executor. Nov. 10, 1707, Ephraim Williams, of Newton, afterwards a pioneer in the settlement of Stockbridge, and father of the founder of Williams College, chose Capt. A. Brown, for his guardian.

Buried:
Inscription:
Here lyes Buried
ye Body of Capt.
ABRAHAM BROWN
Who Departed this
Life Novembr ye 27
Anno Domni 1729 in ye
59th Year of His Age

Abraham married Mary Hyde about 1691. Mary (daughter of Job Hyde and Elizabeth Fuller) was born on 21 Jun 1673 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 29 Nov 1723 in Watertown; was buried in Waltham Graveyard, Waltham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Browne

Notes:

Buried:
Her gravestone said, "Pious in Life, [illegible] at Death."