Ancestry of
O. Henry

Short Story Writer

David Porter

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of O. Henry — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • William Porter 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Smith   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 May 1712 
  • Birth Location:
  • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Nov 1748 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Annah Judd
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Jul 1744 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  William Porter (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • David Porter's gravestone spells his last name as Portter wth two tt's.

• Sources for David Porter

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Farmington, p. 132, Marriage record for David Porter and wid Anna Moodey.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Farmington, p. 132, Birth record for David Porter.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/17/2022).
  • ⁴ Hurlburt, Mabel S., Farmington Town Clerks and Their Times (1645-1940), Hartford, Connecticut: Press of Finlay Brothers (1943), 369.