Sarah (Chesebrough) Denison (1715 - 1786)

Born 14 Aug 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of James Geer — married 27 Nov 1739 in North Groton, Connecticut

Wife of Ebenezer Billings III — married 1755 (to 3 Jul 1759) in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Wife of John Denison — married 3 Mar 1762 (to 28 Nov 1777) in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1786 at age 70 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Sarah Chesebrough was born 14 Aug 1715 at Stonington, Connecticut. She was a daughter of Samuel Chesebrough and Priscilla Alden.

She married:

1) 27 Nov 1739 @ Stonington, Connecticut, James Geer

2) in 1755 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Ebenezer Billings

3) 3 Mar 1762 @ Stonington, Connecticut, "Merchant John" Denison

Sarah (Chesebrough/Geer/Bilings) Denison passed away 5 Feb 1786 at Stonington. Her remains are buried next to her 2nd husband, Ebenezer Billings.

Notes

aka Mrs. James Geer, Mrs. Ebenezer Billings III, Mrs. John "Merchant John" Denison Sr.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #13660796

• Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct., (New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903), pages 304 and 309.

• Richard Anson Wheeler, History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900, (New London, CT, USA, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900), page 239, no. 46: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n261/mode/1up; p. 295 #73: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n317/mode/1up; p. 346 no. 126: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n368/mode/1up

• White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 451.