Martin Davenport, II

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Martin (s/o Martin) appears to have married late. He was living with his mother Dorothy, along with brother David and family, on the old homeplace in Hanover until mid 1760s (court evidence). When David illegally mortgaged the property in 1767, which apparently resulted in joint devisee brother James Davenport's repossession of Martin's plantation, Dorothy, having participated in David's action by releasing her dower interest and life estate, moved to Cumberland Co to join David. Martin having married, had his own household, and was apparently required to move elsewhere in Hanover. In 1782, his household was enumerated as consisting of 7 whites, no black. Unless he obtained land in Haover after 1765, he was landless as well as slaveless, either a tenant farmer or following craft or trade. If he was the Martin Davenport who made the casket for Thomas Graves, husband of Ann Davenport, in 1769, then he was a carpenter.