Gov. Eaton/Rev. Davenport & Cheshire

[Rick Eaton]

I have a very narrow interest in the Davenports of Cheshire;
that is the Davenports of Great Budworth.. I have a bit of
information about them and would devour anything provided
avariciously On behalf of an English scholar/author friend
(believe it or not!), I am helping the attempt to determine
the relationship, if any, between the Cheshire Eatons and
Davenports, this being important to an historic preservation
effort under way in Cheshire. I live in the U.S. The scholar
and I met through his efforts to obtain more Eaton
information of which I am generously endowed, but not with
regard to the Cheshire line, apparently originating in
Shropshire, but not necessarily.

Basis: Governor Theophilus Eaton of New Haven Colony (now
Connecticut, USA) was co-founder with the Rev. John
Davenport, of the Colony. Evidence supports that they were
friends in London, where both worked, Davenport at a Church
on Coleman Street, Eaton as a successful businessman (before
1637). Yet, their families (Eatons at Blackden near Goostrey
and at Eaton near Cheshire; and the Davenports at Great
Budworth) are believed to have known each other in Cheshire
(c. 1500-1500).

Theophilus married Anne Lloyd (Yale), daughter of the
Bishop. His disreputable brother, Samuel, was the first head
of Harvard. A friend and fellow Colonist endowed Yale with a
collection of books that made the then College possible.

It is this concept of a Cheshire relationship for which
proof is being sought. The ultimate goals is to prove, or at
least enable the conclusion, that the two were present at
some time in their lives at the Eaton manor at Blackden
where, as we "speak" Iron Age relics are being unearthed as
part of a dig of national (UK) importance.

Any contributions of information to the cause will be
appreciated. Neither I nor anyone else has any pecuniary
interest in this. It is to support historic and
archaeological knowledge.

Sorry if this seems to be at the 50,000-foot level, but it
is the basis of an intensive pursuit and one never knows
where the answers may originate.

Rick Eaton

Voice: 203.453.6261 Fax:203.453.0076

[D. Spencer Hines]

| A friend and fellow Colonist endowed Yale with a
| collection of books that made the then College possible.

No.

The College existed before Elihu Yale made the gift of the books, as
well as a portrait of George III and some other goods.

Deus Vult.

"Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. Odi profanum vulgus et arceo."

Quintus Aurelius Stultus [33 B.C. - 42 A.D.]

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[Kay Allen AG]

Theophilus Eaton attended St. Stephen, Coleman St. where Rev. Davenport
was vicar.
Theophilus' father and grandfather were vicars at Great Budworth, Ches.
There is no evidence for the place whence came the senior Rev. Eaton.
Since Great Budworth belonged to the Dean and Chapter of Oxford, I
corresponded with one of the archivists there who said they had no
record of his origins.

So if Rev. Davenport was of Great Budworth, he was undoubtedly a
parishioner of Rev. Richard and one of the neighbors of the Eaton
family. As far as I know, Blackden doesn't enter into it.

Kay Allen AG