Sarah (Fox) Denison (1732 - abt. 1818)

Born 16 Apr 1732 in Montville, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of David Sherman Denison — married 1752 in Montville, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 1818 at about age 85 in Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Sarah Fox, born 16 Apr 1732 at Mohegan (now Montville), Connecticut, married about 1752 David Sherman Denison. They had 10 children:

1. Abigail Denison, b. 9 Mar 1753; married John Martin; d. 1837
2. David Denison, b. 1 Jan 1755; married Milcah Palmer
3. Prudence Denison, b. 8 Jan 1757; married Asa Davidson
4. Rachel Denison, b. 22 Oct 1758; married Andrew Davidson
5. Samuel Denison, b. 20 Oct 1760; married Mary Gallup
6. Sarah Denison, b. 18 Sep 1763; married Theodocius Palmer
7. Eunice Denison, b. 22 Nov 1766; married Amasa Harris
8. Sherman Denison, b. 17 Jun 1769; married Nancy Crane; d. 1851
9. Olive Denison, b. 7 Oct 1771; married Dennis Angus
10. Lavina Denison, b. 3 Dec 1774; married James Denison

This family emigrated to Nova Scotia about 1765, taking advantage of a land grant afforded to David Sherman Denison as reward for his service to the British cause during the French & Indian War.

The premise that Sarah (Fox) Denison remained in Nova Scotia is supported by a transaction in 1790, via which a part of her father's estate in Connecticut was sold to Jared Comstock. The receiver noted Sarah as of "Horton, N.S."

Sources

• "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLG8-HYF : 10 February 2018), Sarah Denison, 18 Sep 1763; citing , HORTON TWP, KINGS, NOVA SCOTIA, 18 Sep 1763, reference 2:16SVTHW; FHL microfilm 928,972.

• 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. 326: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/31/mode/1up

• Harris, Gale Ion. James and Sarah (Eliot?) Harris of Boston and New London, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 26.