Hannah (Williams) Denison (1753 - 1829)

Born 17 Jun 1753 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Amos Denison — married 3 Aug 1777 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 19 Aug 1829 at age 76 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Hannah Williams, born 17 Jun 1753, was the eighth child of Martha Wheeler and William Williams of Stonington, Connecticut.

Note: Wheeler lists 2 daughters of these parents with given name Hannah, the first born 24 May 1749, the second one born before the first died in 1762. This is unusual, and prompts the question of the veracity of the 1762 death date of the first; possibly that may be a typographical error, with 1752 as a more plausible alternative, in which case this Hannah Williams was probably a namesake of her earlier born sister.

This Hannah Williams married 03 Aug 1777, Stonington, Connecticut, Amos Denison; in addition to their 8 children profiled herein, this couple also had a son Jesse Denison (1785 - 24 Nov 1787) who died in early childhood.

Hannah (Williams) Denison died 19 Aug 1829 at North Stonington, Connecticut.

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. 540: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/46/mode/1up

• "Williams Family Papers"; Connecticut Historical Society

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 347, no. 246: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n369/mode/1up; p. 670, no. 217: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n692/mode/1up

Acknowledgement

Stanley Wood contributed to this profile.