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4th
generation
Capt. David
Porter 1754 - 1808 | his
parents
& 1779 Rebecca Henry 1755 - 1801
| her parents
of New Castle Co DE, Boston MA & Baltimore MD
David Porter married in 1779 Rebecca Henry.
David Porter was born 6 Apr 1754, the son of
Alexander Porter, who "commanded
a Boston merchant-ship, giving his aid to the colonies."
- Captain David,
with his brother Samuel, commanded vessels commissioned by General
Washington in the Continental navy for the capture of ships carrying
stores to the British army, which was a perilous service, the patriots
often fighting their way to escape from the foe.
- In 1778 Captain David Porter commanded the sloop
"Delight," of 6 guns, fitted out in Maryland, and was active
against the enemy, and in 1780 commanded the "Aurora," of 10
guns, equipped in Massachusetts, but was captured by the British and
confined in the "Jersey" prison-ship, where he suffered many
hardships.
- Escaping, he fought throughout the Revolutionary war, after which he
resided in Boston until he was appointed by General Washington a
sailing-master in the navy, having charge of the signal-station on
Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland.
Children of David
Porter and Rebecca Henry:
1. David
Porter 1 Feb 1780 Boston MS - 1843
David, made
voyages to the West Indies, and was twice impressed by British
ships-of-war, but escaped and worked his passage home.
married Evalina Anderson 1791 - 1871
2. Rebecca
Culbertson bap. Medford Mass 17 Nov 1782 - bef. 1786 dy
3.
Anne [Nancy] Porter 1784 -
married Alexander Porter
a. Mary Anna Porter
1814 - 1895
married 30
Jan 1840 John Porter Brown 14
Aug 1814 OH - 28 Apr 1872
son of John Brown and Mary [Polly] Porter 1789- of Chillicothe,
OH
married 2nd 8 June 1824 Alexander Smith Boulden 1771 - aft 1829
b. James
Eugene Porter Boulden 1826 - aft 1865
4. Rebecca Culbertson 3 May 1786 -
21 May 1815 Abbotstown PA
married 1 May 1804 Lewis Rosenmuller
5. Mary [Polly] Porter 5 May 1789 -
married ca 1809 John Brown
a. John Porter
Brown 17 Aug 1814 OH - 28
Apr 1872 Constantinople
married 30
Jan 1840 Mary Anna Porter 1814 - 1895
daughter of Alexander Porter and wife Anne [Nancy] Porter 1784
6. Margaret [Peggy] Porter 16 Aug 1791 MD
- 3 Dec 1858 Tunis Algeria
married Dr Samuel Davies Heap Sr 8 Oct 1781 PA
- 2 Oct 1853 Tunis
son of George Heap
a.
Margaret Porter Heap 2 Oct 1810 LA - 6 Dec 1891 Bastia Corsica
married Tunis 12
Apr 1836 Gustavus Adolphus Tulin
b. James Lawrence Heap 5 Nov 1812 Del - 15 Jan
1839 PA
c. Rebecca Ann Heap 8 Aug 1815 PA - 2 Aug 1837
Barbadoes
married in
England Charles Thornton Cunningham
d. Gwynn Harris Heap 23 Mar 1817 PA - 1887
Constantinople Turkey
married 12 Apr
1842 Evelina Cora Porter
married 1866 [Mrs]
Josephine Bigelow
e. Evelina Mary Heap 16 Sep 1823 Minorca IS -
died in Stockholm Sweden
married Paris Fr
5 Aug 1849 Dr. Ernest Aberg
f. David Porter Heap 9 Jul 1826 Marseilles Fr -
11 Aug 1866 PA Surgeon
married Wash DC 5 Oct 1854
Elizabeth Lewis Bowyer 1836 VA -1892 VA
daughter of J C Bowyer and wife Amme E
i. Anne E Heap 1855 Tunis -
ii. Samuel
L Heap 1857 Tunis -
married ca 1907 Violet Blair Beale [Bloomer]
iii. Margaret
Heap 1859 Tunis -
g. Susan Angelina Matilda Heap 15 Jul 1828
Tunis - 17 Jan 1848 Tunis
married Tunis 24 Mar
1846 Charles Ferriere
7. Com.
John Porter 5 Oct 1793 - 2 Sept 1831 Watertown MS
entered the naval
service in 1806, and died in 1831, having attained the rank of
commander.
married
Prov. RI 25 Feb 1815 Eliza Chauncey Clarke
a. Gen. Fitz John
Porter Aug 1822 NH - 1901 Morristown NJ
grad West Point 1845
married NY
1857 Harriet Pierson Cook May 1833 NY -
found in -
the National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
i. Holbrooke Porter 1858 NJ - 1933
married Rose Smith
1. Fitz John
Porter, lawyer 9/23/1889 NYC - 2 Apr 1946
married 1914 Florence Margarite
a. Peggy Porter
married Nicholas Vedeer Poole
ii. Lucia [Lucy] Chauncey Porter Mar 1862 NY - 1917
iii.
Evalina [Eva] S Porter 1865 NY -
iv.
Robert H. 1868 NJ -
8. Tarissa Porter
31 May 1796 -
9. Luisa Porter 1
June 1796 -
Source- "The Three David Porters:
Captain, Commodore, and Admiral, and Their Delaware Roots" by
Francklyn Wynne Paris pub 1982 by Del. Gen. Soc. Journal Vol
1 page 74.
Notes:
dragoman, diplomatic service in Constantinople 1836-1871
JOHN PORTER BROWN was born in Chillicothe 17 Aug 1814.
He served several years as a midshipman in the navy.
In 1832, he accompanied his uncle, David Porter, to
Constantinople, the latter having been appointed first American minister
to the Porte. Brown gave much study to oriental languages and
literature.
Nine times he represented the United States as charge d'affaires.
While acting in this capacity, Martin Koszta, the Hungarian patriot, who
had declared to the American Consul his intention to become an American
citizen, was seized by the Austrian authorities and held on one of their
frigates.
Koszta appealed to the American legation, upon which Mr. Brown sent to
Captain Ingraham of the U.S. corvette "Dale" the laconic
message, "Take him."
Captain Ingraham gave the Austrians three hours in which to deliver
Koszta, and in the meanwhile prepared his vessel for action.
Within half an hour of the expiration of the stipulated time, the
prisoner was delivered to the French consul and by him to the American
admirers.
Mr. Brown died at Constantinople 28 Apr 1872.
He had a wide reputation as an oriental scholar, wrote Dervishes, or
Oriental Spiritualism, and translated other valuable works.
3rd generation
Alexander
Porter 1727 - 1769 | his
parents
& ca 1752 Elizabeth Culbertson est 1734 - 1759/60
| her parents
& Margaret Stewart [Vandike]1742 - 1793/1801
| her parents
of Pencader Hundred, New Castle County DE
Alexander Porter
was a miller and farmer in New Castle County Delaware.
from a list in
the handwriting of David Porter b 1754
Alexdr Porter Senr born May 5th 1727
Margreat Porter born July 9th 1742
David Porter
April ye 6th 1754
Robert Porter Monday Oct 13th 1755
Nancy Porter ----- December 18th 1757
Samuel Porter Thursday October 4th 1759 Alexdr
Porter Wednesday Aug 22nd 1764
John Porter Monday Sept 1st 1766
Margriat Porter Friday Sept 2nd 1768
David Porter born May 1780
Children of
Alexander Porter and Elizabeth Porter:
1. David Porter 6 Apr 1754
- 1808
married 1779 Rebecca Henry
2. Robert Porter 13 Oct 1755 - dy
3. Nancy Porter 18 Dec 1757 - living 1769
4. Samuel Porter 4 Oct 1759 - living May 1781
Children of
Alexander Porter and Margaret Stewart:
1. Alexander Porter 22 Aug 1764 - ca 1790 Boston
2. John Porter 1 Sept 1766 - 18 Oct 1805 TN
married 1794/95 Mary Porter d ca 1804 TN
3. Margriat Porter 2 Sept 1768 - 10 May 1841 age 72
married 7 Feb 1787 John Darragh 5 Dec 1763 - 24 Jul
1821
Margaret married
third Lt. Richard Wild who died Apr 1786
Children of Margaret Stewart Porter and Richard Wild:
1. Richard Wild
2. Elizabeth Wild
married James Robinson, millwright of Mill
Creek Hundred
Margaret had
married first John Vandike 1733-1759.
Child of Margaret Stewart and John Vandike:
1. Ann Vandike
married David Tittermary
son of John Tittermary and Eleanor Porter
Source- "The Three David Porters:
Captain, Commodore, and Admiral, and Their Delaware Roots" by
Francklyn Wynne Paris pub 1982 by Del. Gen. Soc. Journal Vol
1 page 73.
2nd generation
David Porter ca
1700 - 1750/51 | his
parents
& ? Eleanor Crawford | her parents
& Augnish [Agnes] ? -
| her parents
of New Castle County DE
In 1729 was a
farmer and miller in New Castle County Delaware.
Note:
Augnish[Agnes] is David Porter's wife when he wrote his will.
"If Eleanor Crawford was not the wife of Alexander[1st gen] then
she could have been the first wife of David[2nd gen] if the Crawford
tradition is to be credited." says Francklyn Wynne Paris
Children of David
Porter:
1. David Porter ca 1725
- ca 1787 intestate
married 1st unknown
a. Ann Porter
married 20 Feb
1790 Joshua Merrick
married 2nd Margaret Johnston
a. Margaret Porter
married ca 1797
James Boulden, the younger
b. Mary Porter
married ca 1795
John Porter
son of Alexander and Margaret Stewart
c. Elizabeth Porter 9 Dec 1779 - 13 Mar 1843
married 17 May
1798 Lewis Curlett 1775 - 7 June 1839
d. Eleanor Porter
married
William Best d. by 1820
e. David Porter ca 1785 -
removed to Belleville, Ill ca 1812
f. William Porter bef 1787 - bef 1793
g. Susannah Porter
married Mark Kerr
2. Alexander Porter 5 May
1727 -
married Elizabeth Culbertson
married 2nd Margaret Stewart
daughter of David Stewart of St Georges Hundred; widow of John Vandike
1733-1759
3. Elinor Porter 1729 - 13 Oct 1767
married John Tittermary, rope maker
a. David Tittermary bapt 14 Apr 1760 - 10
May 1800 Phila PA
married Ann
Vandike
b. Eleanor Tittermary 19 Feb 1766 - Feb
1840
married Robert
Mercer, mariner
4. Patrick Porter 1732/50 - ca 1779 died unmarried
Adm. of Patrick Porter to David Porter of New Castle Hundred, next of
kin, 10 Jan 1780, New Castle Co. Bk L-1 p180 Del. St. Arch., Dover. On
24 Oct 1779 he was present at a muster of the "Cristeen
Company" (White Clay Hundred) with "Rats [rations?] - 2, Fier
Locks-1, Baynet-1, Cartridge Boxes-1" Del. Archives, Mil. Vol II
p765.
5. Jane Porter 1734/50 -
? married New Castle Del 29 May 1760 William Gray
Will of David
Porter 8 Jan 1750/51 - prob 5 Feb 1750/51 New Castle Co, Del
- son Alexander - plantation, messuage of lands and millens which I
lately bought of John Crawford together with all the appurtenances
thereunto belonging, he paying the sum of two hundred and fivety pounds
to ye aforesaid John Crawford which remains unpaid for said messuage of
lands and millens, also 2 cows, 2 mares, a stoned horse, and a year old
colt formerely called his own.
- son David - plantation whereon I now live, also Negro boy Baslie,
Negro woman Sall and two thirds of all moveables.
- son Patrick - to be provided for by son David with sufficient apparel,
meat, drink, washing, and lodging until such time as said Patrick learns
to be a good English scholar, also to Patrick at age 21, 100 pounds.
- daughter Elinor - a good riding mare, bridle, saddle and fivety pounds
in money together with a good feather bed and furniture.
- daughter Jane - fivety pounds when she is eighteen years of age.
- dearly beloved wife Augnish - use of the best room in the house
together with the third of the plantation I now live on during her
natural life and no longer, with the thirds of my moveable estate and at
her disposing as she shall think proper.
Sons Alexander and David, executors.
Witnesses: John Crawford, Alexander Porter, George Davis.
Source- "The Three David Porters:
Captain, Commodore, and Admiral, and Their Delaware Roots" by
Francklyn Wynne Paris pub 1982 by Del. Gen. Soc. Journal Vol
1 page 49.
1st generation
Alexander
Porter est 1675 - 1734 | his
parents
& ?Eleanor Crawford est 1683 - ?
| her parents
of New Castle County DE
In 1729 was a
farmer and miller in New Castle County Delaware. owned 511 acres, 85
perches.
Alexander wrote an unrecorded will dated 2 Aug 1734 -- but it is
mentioned in several land transfers.
Crawford family
tradition in Delaware indicates that an Eleanor Crawford married an
ancestor of Commodore David Porter.
Children of Alexander Porter
1. David Porter ca
1700 - Jan/Feb 1750/51
married Agnes
2. Alexander Porter, Esq. - died 22 Mar 1784
married 1st Ann Alrichs - died bef 1747
daughter of Peter Alrichs and Dorcas Land
a. Alexander Porter d
ca 1797
married Mary Clay
married 2nd Elizabeth Stidham 2
Apr 1730 - 20 Jan 1772
daughter of Lucas Stidham and wife Ingeborg
a. Mary Porter d. Feb 1812 dsp
b. Jonas Porter d. 1795
married Margaret
Rankin
i. Hannah
Porter ca 1785 -
1. Harriett Louise Turner
2. Joel Lewis Turner 1809 B. Lime, NH - 1901 Mobile, AL
ii. David Porter
c. Eleanor Porter d. bef 1784
married 1777 John
Barclay d. 1816
3. Patrick Porter - died 4 Mar 1766
buried Pidgeon Run Cemetery
married Agnes
a. David Porter dsp Oct 1779
b. Jannet [Jane] Porter d bef Oct 1782
married
Robert Porter
c. Mary Porter d. 1773/82
married
Whitehead Jones
Source- "The Three David Porters:
Captain, Commodore, and Admiral, and Their Delaware Roots" by
Francklyn Wynne Paris pub 1982 by Del. Gen. Soc. Journal Vol
1 page 25.
e-mail from Sue -
I have some family notes that Robert Turner of
Coventry, CT married Hannah Porter the sister of Commodore David Porter.
I am a direct descendent of this union.
In your research have you come across any other sisters
of David Porter?
She would have been about 1785 or so. I have noted that
you mention a Margaret Porter.
I think Hannah would be an older sister than her. I think she was
born in Conn. because when their son responded to the 1880 census he
stated both parents were born in CT. At this point I am assuming this is
accurate.
I do have a source for Robert's birth. Apparently it is supposed
to be referenced in a book titled Coventry, CT births, marriages...,
dated 1897. Not sure if their marriage is listed in the book.
My family notes list 2 children of this union:
a. Harriett Louise Turner
b. Joel Lewis Turner, b. 1809, d. 1901, B. Lime, NH, and died in
Mobile, AL.
I have been unable to locate any info about Harriett.
from David Adams [commenting on above message from Sue]
Commodore David Porter's father (David Porter the elder) was born 1754
New Castle Co DE. During the revolution he was involved with many
privateer vessels on the east coast. He also participated in the
Penobscot expedition and the Raleigh saga. While in Boston he married
Rebecca Henry of Boston or Medford. The family moved to Baltimore about
1783 where most of their children were born. I can find no connection to
CT. The term Commodore was not a real rank, but only an honorary title
conferred on Captains who commanded a fleet.
There was a Hannah Porter who was the child of Jonas Porter and Margaret
Rankin. She had a brother David and they were the grandchildren of
Alexander Porter Esq and Elizabeth Stidham, all from DE.
Some further sources on this Porter family from David
Adams
The best
treatise on David Porter (the elder) is available from http://www.delgensoc.org/dgsj.html
Vol 1 no 2, 3, & 4
You may be able to find it at your local gen library. The reprints from
Del gen soc are very hard to read (specially the notes). Many early
works claim that Alexander Porter was FROM Boston, but I tend to think
Delaware. The 3 pamphlets list all of elder David's children.
Also
Books by or about the Porter Family. Admiral Porter and his father
Commodore Porter were both prone to exaggeration.
³Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean in the US Frigate Essex
in the years 1812, 1813, 1814² (by and about Commodore Porter)
By David Porter, several editions, republished 1986 Naval Institute
Press
³An Exposition of the Facts and Circumstances which Justified the
Expedition to Foxardo² By David Porter, 1780-1843 published
1825..107 pgs BPL #2in 5685.8
Microtext, Lost Cause Press 4X6 (this is the one that got him in
trouble)
³A Report of the Trial of Commodore David Porter of the Navy of the
United States held at Washington 1825²
By Robert Beale Attorney at Law BPL 4445.52
³Constantinople and its Environs² (a collection of letters)
By Commodore David Porter published 1835 by Harper NY
BPL 5088.8 (in NE Deposit Library)
³Memoir of Commodore David Porter of the United States Navy²
by Admiral David D. Porter published 1875 by J. Munsell Albany NY
³Commodore David Porter 1780-1843²
by Archibald Douglas Turnbull published 1929 by The Century Co.
³Nothing Too Daring a biography of Commodore David Porter, 1780-1843²
By David F. Long published 1970 US Naval Institute (a great account with
footnotes and index)
³The USS Essex and the Birth of the American Navy²
By Frances Diane Robotti and James Vescovi published 1998 Adams Media
(no relation) (an easy read, tells what ultimately happened to the
Essex)
³Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War²
by Admiral Porter published 1885 by D Appleton & Co New York NY
³Naval History of the Civil War²
By Admiral Porter republished 1984 by Castle Secaucus NJ
³Allan Dare and Robert le Diable² a romance
By Admiral Porter 2 Volumes published by D Appleton & Co New York NY
also 1 vol 876 pgs 1885
³The Adventures of Harry Marline or Notes from a American Midshipman¹s
Luckybag²
By Admiral Porter published by D Appleton & Co New York NY
³Diario de una misiâon secreta a Santo Domingo² (1846)
by David Dixon Porter (a reworked version also appears in The
North American Review online @ MOA Cornell)
³Admiral Porter² (part of the great commanders series)
By James Russell Soley BPL 4347.293
³The Second Admiral a Life of David Dixon Porter 1813-1891²
By Richard S. West, Jr. published 1937 by Coward-McCann New York NY
(this is the best account)
³Yankee Admiral a Biography of David Dixon Porter²
by Paul Lewis published 1968 by David McKay Company, Inc.
³James Madison Alden Yankee Artist of the Pacific Coast²
By Franz Stenzel, M.D. published in 1975 by Amon Carter Museum of
Western Art
Fort Worth TX (Lieutenant Alden was Admiral Porter¹s secretary)
³Admiral David Dixon Porter : The Civil War Years ³
by Chester G. Hearn published by Naval Institute Press (Hardcover - May
1996)
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