Richard DAVENPORT

Other Events and Attributes:

• Character: Upper Canada, Canada
• Reference Number: 480.31*2
• _UID: 35A3E2862E304C738AD04C933C6D62D778BB
• Residence: 20 Jun 1794, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

Family:
He had children, some of them boys.

Family:
He treated his step-daughter, Catherine Cockburn, as if she was his own child. "He never made any difference between her and his own."

Character:
According to his step-daughter, "he was a good man in his youger days, but in after life he drank. That ruined him and helped ruin his boys."

Residence:
His wife, Christina (Cole) Cockburn Davenport, was granted an Order in Council for land as the daughter of a Loyalist, Simon Isaac Cole, on this day.

Richard married Christina COLE about 1795 in Upper Canada, Canada. Christina (daughter of Simon Isaac COLE and Maria TRUMPOUR, daughter of Mr. COLE) was born in New York, New York County, New York, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]