Person:Alice Davenport (1)

There is a deed recorded in Surry county, dated December 5, 1639, fromRoger Delk, to Capt. Thomas Adams for 100 acres, and on November 9,1659, Alice Gregory, widow of Roger Delk and mother of Roger Delk whomade the deed gives her consent to the deed. Gregory was her thirdhusgand, for on December 23, 1636, Nocholas Reynolds patented 1,000acres at Lawnes Creek, adjoining the lands of Edward Rogers andCaptain William Pierce, said land "being granted by Capt. Thomas West,late deceased to Roger Delke, also lately deceased, and now due saidReynolds as marrying the widow said Delke." On August 23, 1661, RogerDelk, second of the name (and Rebecca his wife), for love andaffection deeded to his "brothers Francis and Robert Rennells, born ofhis mother, Alice Gregory (wife of John Gregory) by her husband,Nicholas Reynolds of Lawne's Creek, deced.," a tract of land in SurryCounty. Information for William and Mary College Quarterly HistoricalMagazine, Volume XVIII, Richmond, VA, Whittet & Shepperson, Printers,1910, p. 66.