Margaret (Chandler) Denison (bef. 1577 - 1645)

Born before 13 Oct 1577 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Henry (Monck) Monk — married 2 Apr 1600 (to 10 Dec 1602) in Albury, Hertfordshire, England

Wife of William Denison — married 7 Nov 1603 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1645 after age 67 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Margaret (Chandler) (Monck) Denison, wife of WILLIAM DENISON, was first cousin of William Chandler^[1], immigrant to Roxbury in 1637. William Denison married in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, 7 November 1603, Margaret (Chandler) Monk. Margaret Chandler married (1) Albury, Hertfordshire, 2 April 1600 Henry Monk, who was buried at Bishop's Stortford 10 December 1602. She was admitted to Roxbury church as member #33: "Margret Dennison, the wife of Willia[m] Dennison, It pleased God to work upon her heart & change it in her ancient years, after she came to this land; & joined to the church in the year 1632;" "Old Mother Dennison" died Roxbury 3 February 1645/6. They had 7 children (all baptized Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire): John, William, George, Daniel, Sarah, Edward, George. ^[2]

Christening

Christening: 13 OCT 1577, Bishop's Stortford, England ^[3]

Marriage

1st Husband: Henry Monk/Monck

Wife: Margaret Chandler

Marriage: 2 April 1600, Albury, Hertsfordshire, England ^[4]

2nd Husband: John Denison ^[5]

Wife: Margaret (Chandler) Monck

Marriage: 7 Nov 1603, Bishop's Stortford, England ^{[3] [6] [7]}

Emigration

Emigration: on the ship "Lyon or Lion" with her husband William Denison, and three youngest sons ^[5]

Date: 1631 ^[5]

Place: from England to Roxbury, Massachusetts ^[7]

Religion

Religion: First Church of Roxbury, Massachusetts, joined in 1632 ^[5]

Death

Death: 3 Feb 1645/46, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ^[8]

• 1645 Month 12 day 3. Old Mother Dennison dyed. ^[9]

Burial

Burial: Old Eliot St. Cemetery, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ^[10]

Research Notes

Ancestor of noted writer David Sedaris. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ New Light on the English Ancestry of William Chandler and of his cousin Margaret Chandler, wife of William Dennison, both of Roxbury, Massachusetts, TAG Vol 73, pages 50 - 57, The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
2. ↑ bio by Linda Mac, a quote from a history book.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry of William Chandler of Roxbury, Mass., by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M, LL.B., F.S.A., (complied by J. Gardner Bartlett), NEHGR Vol 85 (1931), pages 133 - 145, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
4. ↑ Emigrants from Hertfordshire, 1630 - 1640, NEHGR Vol 132, pages 19 - 20
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} William Denison, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). pp 522 - 523
6. ↑ A Potter-Richardson Memorial
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Denison Genealogy, a Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of James Post Denison, database, Family History Books, extracted from E. Glenn Denison and Harry Emmett Bolton, (Fredonia, N.Y., The Fredonia Censor, 1939),p. 10.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, NEHGS, (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008).
9. ↑ Roxbury Church Records, p. 172.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 April 2022), memorial page for Margaret Chandler Denison (Oct 1575–3 Feb 1645), Find A Grave: Memorial #15750213, citing Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).
11. ↑ "Ancient Roots." Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. PBS. 18 Nov 2014.

See Also:

• Emigrants from Hertfordshire, 1630 - 1640, NEHGR vol 132, pages 19 - 20, by Peter Walne The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)

• A Potter-Richardson memorial, database, Family History Books, extracted from Doreen Potter Hanna, book of the same name, (Unknown, Unknown, 1957), page 61.

• A record of the descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington, Conn, database, extracted from John Denison Baldwin and William Clift, A record of the descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington, Conn., With notices of his father and brothers, and some account of other Denisons who settled in America in the colony times, (Worcester, Massachusetts, Tyler & Seagrave, 1881), page 2.

• Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org

• Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6.