Davenport Family

The Davenport Family is a fictional family in the Tales of New Millennia series. Originally known as the Dartmoor family, they moved from Stockport, England to Greenville, North Carolina in the late 18th century, from where they changed their name. The family is most associated with Faulkner County, Arkansas, having settled there in the 1830s.

The family businesses have been slavery, manufacturing, and clothing, as well as a perpetual agricultural presence.

There are eight known generations of the family, with their lineage lasting from 1782 - 2013. The family founder was Bartholomew Davenport I, and its youngest member is Evelyn Davenport.

First Generation
Bartholomew Davenport I was originally Bartholomew Dartmoor, born in the village Chesire, Stockport in the early 1780s. He worked as a stable-boy at the nearby Bramall Hall under the employment of Salusbury Pryce Humphreys. He would often overhear the international news reported to the resident Rear-Admiral of the British Royal Navy, and would daydream about a better life outside the British Isles. Upon hearing about the settlement opportunities in the newly interdependent American colonies, Bartholomew knew it would be his chance to start a new life with his family and started putting his wages towards the goal.

Eventually arriving in the state of North Carolina around 1799, Bartholomew changed his name to Davenport in hopes to assume the prestige and notoriety of his former employer. For the most part, this scam was successful, as con-artist Dartmoor masqueraded as the aristocratic heir to Bramall Hall. He managed to manipulate his way into the blossoming Southern aristocracy, obtaining a plot of land near Greenville and employing a handful of slaves.

Second Generation
Bartholomew had three sons: Christopher (b. 1798), Madison (b. 1809), and Bartholomew Junior (b. 1815).

Third Generation
Harlan Davenport 1840s

Fourth Generation
Lee Davenport entered the New South as an embodiment of the Old. His full name, Lee Davis Stephen Davenport, evoked the spirit of the defeated of the Confederacy.

Fifth Generation
1901 saw the birth of the longest living Davenport, Bartholomew 'Bart' III.

Sixth Generation
Earl Davenport was born in 1938.

Seventh Generation
Brock Davenport (see page) was the only child of Earl Davenport, born on the family's New Millennia plantation in 13th July 1962.

Eight Generation
Evelyn Davenport was welcomed as the first Davenport daughter since in 140 years when she was born in 1985.