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Mary Ellison (Denton) Smith (abt. 1668 - aft. 1706)

Mary Ellison Smith formerly Denton
Born about in Hempstead, Long Island, New Yorkmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] in Hempstead, Long Island, New Yorkmap
Wife of — married about 1688 in Long Island, New Yorkmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died after after about age 38 in Long Island, New Yorkmap
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Contents

Biography

Mary Denton

Birth

Birth:
Date: ABT 1668
Place: Hempstead, LI, NY

Removed ABT from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Marriages

Note: @N6723@
M #1 Peter Smith, ca 1683-4; #2 Jonathan Nostrand.

"...the daughter Mary Denton married Peter Smith of Hempstead on whose estate administration was granted in 1689 to the widow Mary and her brother Samuel Denton. Rec: 65:117...[1][2]

Thomas Ellison the second husband of Mary Denton after the death of Peter Smith II. The only documentation of this union at this time can be found in the will of Samuel Denton executed in March of 1713/4. [3]

Death

05 May 1698 Hempstead, Long Island, Nassau Co., NY from "Family Data Collection" Name: Mary Smith Denton Spouse: Thomas Ellison Parents: Samuel Denton, Mary Rock Smith Birth Place: Li, Hempstead, NY Birth Date:1668 Marriage Date:1695 Death Date: 1698


Sources

  1. Page 56 Genealogies of Long Island Families, Vol. II - John Smith of Hempstead, New York, Beginnings of the Rock Smith Family https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48330/LongIslandFamII-001090-59/294838?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/13012870/person/12527571749/facts
  2. Abstracts of Early Wills of Queens County, New York, Recorded in Libers A and C of Deeds... https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48331/LongIslandSrcRec-001985-130/295729
  3. From Genelogical Data from Inventories of NY Estates 1666-1825 by Kenneth Scott and James Owne. "Denton, Samuel of Hempstead, Queens CO., yeoman - Renunciation (20 March 1713/4) of Mary Denton of her right to administer the estate of her dec'd husband in favor of his sons, Samuel and Jonas Denton. Her renunciation was witnessed by Jacob Smith and John Sprague. Inventory (15 March 1713/4) taken and appraised by Obadiah Volentine and James Searing, by order of Col. John. Jackson, J.P. The chief item was a negro boy and girl (90 Pounds) and a Negro man listed as 'worth nothing.' Account of Samuel and Jonas Denton, administrators, records the following payments to heirs of the dec'd.: to Mary Denton (Widow of the dec'd.) to Peter Smith (Son of Mary Ellison, dec'd who was a daughter of the intestate), to Joseph Robinson and Jane his wife (who was a daughter of the dec'd., to Jonathan Seaman and Elizabeth his wife (a daughter of the intestate), to Abraham Denton (son of the intestate, to James Denton (son of the intestate), to Thomas Beadwell and Hannah his wife (a daughter of the intestate), to Robert Mitchell and Phoebe his wife (a daughter of the intestate), to Ezekiel Smith and Martha his wife (a daughter of the intestate) and to Jonas Denton (a son of the intestate)." He married Mary Rock SMITH in 1654 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. Mary Rock SMITH was born on 20 Jul 1630 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA. Died on 15 Mar 1713 in after in Hempstead, Queens, NY. They had the following children: Samuel II DENTON Jonas DENTON Benjamin DENTON was born in 1660 Mary Ellison DENTON Jane DENTON Abraham DENTON Sr. James DENTON Phoebe DENTON Hannah DENTON Martha DENTON Elizabeth DENTON

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010. User ID: EBA07049A9D545C496BF0E96E0B81FEC678B. Prior to import, this record was last changed 1 AUG 2008.
  • Second Husband Research

Completed by Beryl Meehan... Thank you for the assistance...

Other Research Note

An ancestry tree lists the husband: Peter Smith in abt. 1684, 2nd Jonathan Nostrand in abt. 1690 and 3rd Thomas Ellison https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/13012870/person/12527571749/facts?ssrc=

Marriage abt. 1695 to Thomas Ellison Jr b. JAN 1670 Hempstead, Queens, New York, d. 1739 Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/76981139/person/48476659838/facts?ssrc=





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Admin on Peter Smith's estate was dated 10 April 1689 so Mary probably was still living?
posted by Beryl Meehan

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