Elihu Denison (1777 - abt. 1820)

Born 14 Apr 1777 in Stephentown, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Stewart) Denison — married 10 Oct 1800 in Stephentown, New York

Descendants

Died about 20 Feb 1820 at about age 42 in Plymouth Township, Richland, Ohio, United States

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Biography

This Elihu Denison, born 14 Apr 1777 at Stephentown, NY, was the 12th child (son) of Daniel & Katherine (Avery) Denison of Stephentown, New York.

He married Thankful Stewart about 1798. They had about 9 children.

Residence in 1810: Marcellus Twp., Onondaga Co., New York

Elihu moved with family from Onondaga County, New York, to Auburn Twp., Richland County, Ohio ca June 1817

Elihu Denison died 20 Feb 1820 in Plymouth Township, Richland County, Ohio. (From the From The Ohio Repository, Canton, Ohio, March 15, 1820, page 3, column 3: "A man by the name of Elihu Denison, of Plymouth township, Richland County, was killed a short time since. He and his wife had been on a visit to a friend; on their return home in a sled, the oxen took fright - Mr. Denison got off, for the purpose of driving them forward, when they suddenly started and dragged the sled over his body - His wife unfortunately got her arm broke at the same time")

Sources

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 798: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/28/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/63/mode/1up

• The Ohio Repository, Canton, Ohio, March 15, 1820.

• The Groton Avery Clan, 1616-1912, Elroy M. Avery & Catharine Hitchcock Avery, Cleveland, 1912, p. 250, no. 271.xi: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/250/mode/1up

• Source for move from New York to Ohio: Obituary for son, George D. Denison, Waterloo (Indiana) Press, 24 May 1900

• Residence in 1810: U. S. Census 1810 for Census, 1810, Marcellus Twp., Onondaga County, New York

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQK-7N1 : accessed 15 February 2022), entry for Elihu Denison, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.