A Supplement to The history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from AD1086 to 1850 ..Pubin 1851; and continued to 1876 . t New Haven long known by the name of farm. To each of his sons Abraham and James he gives two equalparts of the said twelve equal parts of his dividable estate, alsoaboiit my books my mind is my loving wife choose two of them,and my children, to say, John, Deodate. Abigail, Martha, Sarah,and Elizabeth, shall have, each of them, two of my English, if theyhave not had already, and all the rest of my books to belong tomy said sons Abra


A Supplement to The history and genealogy of the Davenport family, in England and America, from AD1086 to 1850 ..Pubin 1851; and continued to 1876 . t New Haven long known by the name of farm. To each of his sons Abraham and James he gives two equalparts of the said twelve equal parts of his dividable estate, alsoaboiit my books my mind is my loving wife choose two of them,and my children, to say, John, Deodate. Abigail, Martha, Sarah,and Elizabeth, shall have, each of them, two of my English, if theyhave not had already, and all the rest of my books to belong tomy said sons Abraham and James in an equal proportion, &c. A full copy, of this very lengthy and minute will, is given onp. 380-388 of jjrevious edition. * The parish of Canaan was situated within the townships ofStamford and Norwalk, and was first incorporated in 1731. Thechurch, in 1733, was orgainized with thirteen members from theNorwalk side, and eleven from the Stamford side. New Can-aan was not incorporated into a township till 1801. It has now apopulation of about 2,500 and is connected by railroad with thevillage of Stamford, eight miles THE DAVENPORT FAMILY. 203 Windsor, whose eldest daughter, Martha DavenportWolcott, married Hezekiah Reynolds in 1778, who wasthe father of John Davenport Reynolds of Wallingford,and also of William Augustus Reynolds, who until hisdeath (1874,) owned and resided upon the old Dav-enport Place m Elm street, New Haven.* Mrs. Good-sell died in 1796. (75.) IV. Sarah Davenport, born July, 1702, andwas married, first, to Captain William Maltby of NewHaven, by whom she had three children—a son andtwo daughters. The son, Rev. John Maltby, gradua-ted at Yale College in 1747, and for a number of yearswas the much loved pastor of a church in Bermuda,West Indies. He afterwards removed to Charleston,South Carolina, till, from impaired health, he removedto Hanover, N. H., where he in 1771. His mon-ument is by the side of that of his step-father,


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