OLIVER Davenport was born about 1726 either on the family farm in West Chester County, NY or at their new homestead on the Philipse Patient in Dutchess County, NY after the family moved to the Hudson River Highlands. Oliver was the first son of THOMAS Davenport and his second wife, ELIZABETH Leggett. On July 12, 1747 Oliver married HANNAH Sobee in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, in the Dutch Reformed Church.
Prior to July 1752, Oliver and Hannah relocated to Smith's Clove, Old Town of Goshen, Orange County, New York where they settled on land previously bought by Oliver's father. Except for a brief attempt to relocate to Pennsylvania to escape the ravages of the Revolutionary War, Oliver's family lived in Orange County for the next thirty-eight years. Oliver's sister Charity was also granted land by; "an indenture, dated July 29, 1752, between Thomas Davenport and Charity Lamoree, wife of John Lamoree for a Parcel of land in Orange County in the precinct of Goshenland that adjoined Oliver Davenport's." Three of the Oliver Davenport sons married Lamoureux daughters, two of them to cousins German (first cousins). As indicated in the probate of his father's will, Oliver was a farmer (yeoman). He also participated in local government, was a Revolutionary War patriot and possibly a participant in the Smith's Clove Presbyterian Congregation. In 1775 in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, Oliver and his sons Thomas and Robert signed the anti royalist "Pledge of Association" indicating their support of the revolution.
In February 1778, Oliver moved his family to the land he purchased in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The initial decision to leave Orange County turned out to be a mistake as The British shortly abandoned their positions in Orange County and Oliver's family next found itself in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania at the time of the Wyoming Battle and Massacre of July 3, 1778. During the battle Oliver and his family escaped down the Susquehanna River on a raft while son Robert and possibly Thomas remained with the remnants of the patriot forces. The river took them south and west from the Wyoming Valley so once out of harm's way they apparently left the river and walked back to Orange County, most likely going east and then following the Delaware River north. An 1800s family tradition suggested that wife Hannah may have died on the trek back to Orange County but that has not been proven. Eventually the son(s) returned to Orange County. About 1789 son Thomas returned to the Wyoming Valley and settled in Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA on land that had been his fathers. Oliver died before January 11, 1801, the probate date of his will, in Smith's Clove, Chesecocks, Orange County, New York.
Prior to July 1752, Oliver and Hannah relocated to Smith's Clove, Old Town of Goshen, Orange County, New York where they settled on land previously bought by Oliver's father. Except for a brief attempt to relocate to Pennsylvania to escape the ravages of the Revolutionary War, Oliver's family lived in Orange County for the next thirty-eight years. Oliver's sister Charity was also granted land by; "an indenture, dated July 29, 1752, between Thomas Davenport and Charity Lamoree, wife of John Lamoree for a Parcel of land in Orange County in the precinct of Goshenland that adjoined Oliver Davenport's." Three of the Oliver Davenport sons married Lamoureux daughters, two of them to cousins German (first cousins). As indicated in the probate of his father's will, Oliver was a farmer (yeoman). He also participated in local government, was a Revolutionary War patriot and possibly a participant in the Smith's Clove Presbyterian Congregation. In 1775 in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, Oliver and his sons Thomas and Robert signed the anti royalist "Pledge of Association" indicating their support of the revolution.
In February 1778, Oliver moved his family to the land he purchased in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The initial decision to leave Orange County turned out to be a mistake as The British shortly abandoned their positions in Orange County and Oliver's family next found itself in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania at the time of the Wyoming Battle and Massacre of July 3, 1778. During the battle Oliver and his family escaped down the Susquehanna River on a raft while son Robert and possibly Thomas remained with the remnants of the patriot forces. The river took them south and west from the Wyoming Valley so once out of harm's way they apparently left the river and walked back to Orange County, most likely going east and then following the Delaware River north. An 1800s family tradition suggested that wife Hannah may have died on the trek back to Orange County but that has not been proven. Eventually the son(s) returned to Orange County. About 1789 son Thomas returned to the Wyoming Valley and settled in Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA on land that had been his fathers. Oliver died before January 11, 1801, the probate date of his will, in Smith's Clove, Chesecocks, Orange County, New York.
OLIVER Davenport was born about 1726 either on the family farm in West Chester County, NY or at their new homestead on the Philipse Patient in Dutchess County, NY after the family moved to the Hudson River Highlands. Oliver was the first son of THOMAS Davenport and his second wife, ELIZABETH Leggett. On July 12, 1747 Oliver married HANNAH Sobee in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, in the Dutch Reformed Church.
Prior to July 1752, Oliver and Hannah relocated to Smith's Clove, Old Town of Goshen, Orange County, New York where they settled on land previously bought by Oliver's father. Except for a brief attempt to relocate to Pennsylvania to escape the ravages of the Revolutionary War, Oliver's family lived in Orange County for the next thirty-eight years. Oliver's sister Charity was also granted land by; "an indenture, dated July 29, 1752, between Thomas Davenport and Charity Lamoree, wife of John Lamoree for a Parcel of land in Orange County in the precinct of Goshenland that adjoined Oliver Davenport's." Three of the Oliver Davenport sons married Lamoureux daughters, two of them to cousins German (first cousins). As indicated in the probate of his father's will, Oliver was a farmer (yeoman). He also participated in local government, was a Revolutionary War patriot and possibly a participant in the Smith's Clove Presbyterian Congregation. In 1775 in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, Oliver and his sons Thomas and Robert signed the anti royalist "Pledge of Association" indicating their support of the revolution.
In February 1778, Oliver moved his family to the land he purchased in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The initial decision to leave Orange County turned out to be a mistake as The British shortly abandoned their positions in Orange County and Oliver's family next found itself in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania at the time of the Wyoming Battle and Massacre of July 3, 1778. During the battle Oliver and his family escaped down the Susquehanna River on a raft while son Robert and possibly Thomas remained with the remnants of the patriot forces. The river took them south and west from the Wyoming Valley so once out of harm's way they apparently left the river and walked back to Orange County, most likely going east and then following the Delaware River north. An 1800s family tradition suggested that wife Hannah may have died on the trek back to Orange County but that has not been proven. Eventually the son(s) returned to Orange County. About 1789 son Thomas returned to the Wyoming Valley and settled in Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA on land that had been his fathers. Oliver died before January 11, 1801, the probate date of his will, in Smith's Clove, Chesecocks, Orange County, New York.
Prior to July 1752, Oliver and Hannah relocated to Smith's Clove, Old Town of Goshen, Orange County, New York where they settled on land previously bought by Oliver's father. Except for a brief attempt to relocate to Pennsylvania to escape the ravages of the Revolutionary War, Oliver's family lived in Orange County for the next thirty-eight years. Oliver's sister Charity was also granted land by; "an indenture, dated July 29, 1752, between Thomas Davenport and Charity Lamoree, wife of John Lamoree for a Parcel of land in Orange County in the precinct of Goshenland that adjoined Oliver Davenport's." Three of the Oliver Davenport sons married Lamoureux daughters, two of them to cousins German (first cousins). As indicated in the probate of his father's will, Oliver was a farmer (yeoman). He also participated in local government, was a Revolutionary War patriot and possibly a participant in the Smith's Clove Presbyterian Congregation. In 1775 in New Cornwall, Orange County, New York, Oliver and his sons Thomas and Robert signed the anti royalist "Pledge of Association" indicating their support of the revolution.
In February 1778, Oliver moved his family to the land he purchased in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. The initial decision to leave Orange County turned out to be a mistake as The British shortly abandoned their positions in Orange County and Oliver's family next found itself in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania at the time of the Wyoming Battle and Massacre of July 3, 1778. During the battle Oliver and his family escaped down the Susquehanna River on a raft while son Robert and possibly Thomas remained with the remnants of the patriot forces. The river took them south and west from the Wyoming Valley so once out of harm's way they apparently left the river and walked back to Orange County, most likely going east and then following the Delaware River north. An 1800s family tradition suggested that wife Hannah may have died on the trek back to Orange County but that has not been proven. Eventually the son(s) returned to Orange County. About 1789 son Thomas returned to the Wyoming Valley and settled in Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA on land that had been his fathers. Oliver died before January 11, 1801, the probate date of his will, in Smith's Clove, Chesecocks, Orange County, New York.
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