Isaac Davenport was born in 1752, probably in Granville County, North Carolina. He died June 26, 1816. His tombstone is in the Davenport burying ground, ten miles west of the Newberry Courthouse. Isaac was the son of Francis Davenport, who furnished goods and paid for them for the American Revolution.
Isaac Davenport and his first wife Martha Anne Ridgill Davenport were the parents of Elizabeth (Betsy) Davenport who was born in 1775. She married James Murdock in 1791 at the age of 16 years old.
He was also the father of Mariah Davenport who was born July 16, 1818 and died August 7, 1826 at the age of 8 hears old. She is buried Davenport Hill Cemetery along with her father.
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See also:
"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKN-3NT : accessed 2 October 2017), Isaac Devanport, Newberry, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 71, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRC-SR6 : accessed 2 October 2017), Isaac Devenport, Newberry District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 73, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.
"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-442 : accessed 2 October 2017), Isaac Devenport, Newberry, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 120A, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 61; FHL microfilm 181,420.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isaac by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Peter Danforth :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, Ancestry member padanforth, FTDNA kit #13570
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Isaac: