Brief Life History of Grace
When Grace Davenport was born in November 1617, in Bramhall, Cheshire, England, her father, William Davenport VI, was 33 and her mother, Frances Wilbraham, was 31. She married Reginald Kelsall in 1636. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in August 1658, in Cheadle, Cheshire, England, at the age of 40, and was buried in Cheadle, Cheshire, England.
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Sources (5)
- Grace Davenport, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- / in entry for James Kelsall, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
- / in entry for William Kelsall, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"
Spouse and Children
1588–1664 Male
1617–1658 Female
Children (8)
1637–1779 Female
1638–1675 Male
1639–1655 Male
1640–1656 Male
1640–1657 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1584–1655 Male
1586–1642 Female
Siblings (10)
1598–1651 Female
1610– Male
1613–1625 Female
1617–1658 Female
1618– Female
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World Events (2)
1620 · The Pilgrims Board the Mayflower
Age 3
1642 · The English Civil War
Age 25
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Davenport, from the Dane river (apparently named with a Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu ‘to drop, to trickle’) + Old English port ‘market town’.
Irish: in Tipperary, this is an English surname adopted by bearers of Munster Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh ‘descendant of Donndubhartach’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black’ + artach ‘nobleman’.
History: John Davenport (died 1670) arrived in Boston, MA, in 1637. He came of an English Cheshire family associated with Capesthorne Hall, near Macclesfield.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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