Davis Davenport
- Born: 1661, King William Co, VA 1
- Marriage (1): Ann Woodruff
- Died: 23 May 1734, King William Co, VA at age 73 1
 Noted events in his life were:
• Fact 1. 2 Davis Davenport was named as the father of Martin Davenport in Martin's will, but we know little about him. This is mainly due to the destruction of nearly all colonial records in King and Queen County, and later King William County, Virginia. In fact, there are only two records for him other than Martin Davenport's will. All three of these records give his name as "Davis", certainly a suggestion that there may be a Davis somewhere in the family tree.
The first evidence of Davis Davenport is a survey made in 1696 for Major John Waller, laying off almost 1,000 acres on the Mattaponi River in Pamunkey Neck (then part of King & Queen County) that Waller had bought from Elias Downes. "Davenport's plantation" was shown on the survey as bounding Waller's purchase on the upriver side, and "below Davis Davenport's landing on Mattaponi" was cited in the survey notes as the beginning point of the survey.[1] A William Davis was shown on the survey as an adjoining landowner diagonally across Waller's land from Davis Davenport. (Apparently the same William Davis and his son John Davis later owned land in Spotsylvania County in the same neighborhood as did John Waller, who moved there in 1722.)
In 1667, when Elias Downes originally acquired the land he later sold to Waller, Davis Davenport was not mentioned as an adjoining landowner. So we can be certain only that he arrived in the Pamunkey Neck sometime between 1667 and 1696.
We next find Davis Davenport, with his son Martin, in the 1704 quit rent roll of King William County, Virginia. Davis Davenport was listed with 200 acres and Martin Davenport with 100 acres. How he The last mention of him is in his son Martin's will. Martin Davenport's will, dated 24 May 1735 and recorded 2 October 1735 in Hanover County, Virginia, leaves "to my son, William Davenport, 20 acres of land in King William County, it being part of 100 acres left me by my father, Davis Deavenport." [2] His parents are unknown. There were several Davenports who are candidates, but the destruction of most early records of eastern Virginia make it unlikely we will ever identify them.
Davis married Ann Woodruff. (Ann Woodruff was born in 1659 in VA 1 and died in 1735 in VA 1.)
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