Elizabeth Davenport

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Chaffee

Family/Spouse: Chaffee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography:
Joseph first arrived at the battle of Concord, April 19, 1773, as a private in Capt. Daniel Puller's Company form West Newton. In May 1775, he enlisted for eight months in Capt. Phinies Cook's Company, Col. Gardner's Reg't., receiving a bounty coat for this service.
He enlisted a third time, March 1st, 1777 in Capt. K. Smith's Company, Col. Smith's Regt. Mass. Continental troops serving until July 1st, 1780. He was with Gen'l. Gates at the surrender of Gen'l. Burgoyne, Oct. 17, 1777.
Joseph Davenport appears as a private in Capt. Cook's Company.
He appears with rank of Corporal in Continental Army Pay Accounts of Capt. K Smith's Company, Col. Smith's Regt. for services from March 1, 1777 to July 1, 1780 - credited to the town of Newton.
According to the autobiography of Joseph's youngest son, Joseph:
"Among my earliest recollections were stories of the Revolutionary War recited by my father, Joseph Davenport, born May 22, 1756, who was a "Minute" man, and was called to the "Alarm" of April 19, 1775 at 2:00 a.m. He immediately joined the Army and fought in the Battle of Lexington and shared the privations and triumphs of Bunker Hill and Concord, driving the enemy out of the "Old Bay State." He was at Valley Forge, White Planes and at Saratoga with Gen'l. Gates at the surrender of Burgoyne; also at Princeton, Monmouth and Trenton. He was wounded during the war."

Joseph married Mercy Crocker on 7 Dec 1780 in Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Theophilos Crocker and Mercy Hayford) was born on 25 Dec 1758 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mercy Davenport

Notes:

Biography:
The records show that she had 7 children but family records indicate there were four more. At least one we are sure of, the second Joseph, Jr. He spent time living with his great nieces and nephews (children of Ira Ayer, Sr.) and his great, great nieces, Alice and Clementine Ayer, have quotes from him and his birth date.
From the 1810 census, there are two boys and one girl under the age of 10 in the home, supporting the idea of the extra children. There is also a girl between 10 and 15. That could account for all four extra children. There is one between the ages of 26 and 44 (could be one of the older daughters). There is no one the age of Mercy, so she may have died by then.

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:

Birth:
Recorded in Middleboro

Theophilos married Mercy Hayford on 16 Dec 1756 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Benjamin Hayford and Mary) was born on 30 Oct 1735 in Middleboro, Massachusetts; died after 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mercy Crocker

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

Theophilos married Lydia Eddy on 19 Nov 1730 in Plympton, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Jabez Eddy and Mary Rickard) was born on 3 Feb 1703/04 in Plympton, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jan 1762 in Middleboro, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Lydia Crocker
• Name: Lydia Richmond

Benjamin married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Hayford