Capt. William Davenport and Phylance Tracy

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Husband Capt. William Davenport ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - New Haven, New Haven Co, CT
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1865 1 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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Wife Phylance Tracy ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Phylanca Tracy 3
           Born:  - Vermont
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1880 2
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Fanny Davenport ^{4 5 6}

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           Born: 11 Dec 1826 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1893 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Ayres Galbraith (1823-      ) 4 8 9
           Marr: 25 May 1846 4 6

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2 M William R. Davenport ^{1 2 10}

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           Born: 1831 - near Watkins Glen, Schuyler Co, NY 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec 1888 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth W. Shirk (      -      ) 2 10
           Marr: 4 Jun 1856 1 2

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3 M Hon. Samuel A. Davenport ^{11 12 13}

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           Born: 15 Jan 1834 - Tompkins Co, NY 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Catherine D. Walker (1838-Aft 1896) 13 14
           Marr: 30 Dec 1862 13

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4 F Marilla P. Davenport ³

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            AKA: Lily Davenport 15
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Henry Baldwin Plumer (1841-1903) 15 16
           Marr: 4 Nov 1866 3

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. William Davenport

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He was a native of New Haven, Connecticut, and of old Puritan stock, being lineally descended from that distinguished Puritan divine, John Davenport, the first preacher of Fair Haven.

From his ninth year up to his arrival at maturity he was a sailor. At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was aboard a merchantman which was captured, but very soon thereafter was exchanged. His patriotic impulses led him to enlist and he served throughout that war. At the close of the war he purchased a farm in Tompkins County, New York, a part of which is that beautifully picturesque spot (later a famous summer resort) known as Watkins' Glen. In 1835 he removed with his family to a farm which he had purchased in Harbor Creek township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, where he continued to reside until 1839, when he removed to the city of Erie. He served for a number of years as captain on one or another of the Reed line of steamers, and retired from business in 1859.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 884.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 611.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 417.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 896.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 549.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 665.

7 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 48.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 172.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 663, 665.

10 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 416.

11 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 969.

12 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 611, 623.

13 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 147.

14 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 623.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 467.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408, 416.