Phoebe (Lay) Denison (1650 - abt. 1698)

Born 5 Jan 1650 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Denison — married 26 Nov 1667 in Saybrook, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 28 Feb 1698 at about age 48 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

• Ancestor of noted writer David Sedaris^[1]

Robert and Sarah had two children; Phebe (born: January 5, 1650; died: 1699) and Robert (born: March 6, 1654; died: 1742).^[2]

Name

Phebe Lay^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Birth

1650/1651

5 Jan 1650/51 Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut^[9]

Baptism

14 OCT 1677 First Congregational Church/Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Marriage

26 Nov 1667 Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut^[9]

Death

28 FEB 1698/99 in her 49th year of age/Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

13 Nov 1699 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA^[10]

Burial

Denison Burying Ground, Mystic, New London, Connecticut.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ancient Roots." Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. PBS. 18 Nov 2014.
2. ↑ Savage
3. ↑ Wildey: Page 520
4. ↑ Wheeler: Page 339
5. ↑ Buskey
6. ↑ Murray
7. ↑ Ward
8. ↑ Through The Looking Glass
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Yates
10. ↑ Ellsberry
11. ↑ Find a Grave memorial #41994841.

• Vital Records of Saybrook, 1647-1834 (The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1952) Page 3

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• Buskey, Patricia. Buskey Family Records (Compton Publication, 1999)

• Wildey, Anna. Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass. (T.A. Wright, 1903) Page 520

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Press of The Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900) Page 339

• Murray, Christina E., Murray Family Records (1998)

• Through The Looking Glass - Mayflower Families (Mayflower Families hosted by Interactive Communications Inc., March 2001) Saybrook Vital Records Part 1

• Ward, Mary E., Ward (Mary E) Family Records (1998)

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• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)

• Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #726043 Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #726045 Ohler, Clara May Paine. Ancestors and Descendants of Captain John James and Esther Denison of Preston, Connecticut (Lima, Ohio, 1912) Page 162