The land would but be an incumbrance and a trouble to us.

John would far rather make his path in life, as he chooses it, than live upon the rents of ill-gotten lands.

You will receive your own again, and all parties will be satisfied." Nothing could alter the resolution Jabez and his wife and son had taken, and so the Davenant estates came back to their former possessors.
Three years after the conclusion of peace, Walter became Claire Conyers' husband, and in time succeeded to the wide estates of Mr.Conyers, as well as those of the Davenants.

Godfrey Davenant, on attaining the age of eighteen, obtained, through Colonel L'Estrange's interest, a commission in the English army, fought under Marlborough in the fierce campaign in Flanders, and fell at the battle of Oudenarde.

Happily, during the lifetime of Walter and Claire Davenant, there was never any renewal of trouble in Ireland, and they lived to see their children and grandchildren grow up around them, in peace and happiness.
John Whitefoot became, in time, one of the leading merchants of the city of London, and spent the greater of the fortune he gained in trade in works of charity and kindness.