Sarah (Jenks) Denison (1787 - 1843)

Born 10 Apr 1787 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Washington Denison — married 2 Sep 1813 in Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1843 at age 55 in Burke Hollow, Burke, Caledonia, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Sarah Jenks was born 10 Apr 1787. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Jenks and Content Carpenter. ^[1]

Sally Jenks and George W. Denison were married on 02 Sep 1813 in Lyndon, Vermont ^[2]. They had 8 children:

1. George J. Denison, b. 7 Jun 1814; married Ann Bundy
2. Daniel Brown Denison, b. 4 Aug 1815; married 1) 16 Nov 1837 Mary Bundy; 2) 4 Apr 1849 Lucy Kirby; resided in Port Perry, Ontario
3. Emeline Denison, b. 20 Sep 1816; married Dr. Salim Newell
4. William G. Denison, b. 2 Mar 1818; married Harriet Sanderson
5. Charles O. Denison, b. 7 Jun 1822; d. May 1860
6. Lafayette Denison, b. 26 May 1825; d. 23 Mar 1863
7. DeWitt Clinton Denison, b. 3 May 1830; married Anne A. Dyer

Sally (Jenks) Denison died 25 Jan 1843 at Burke Hollow, Vermont. Her grave is in Burke Meeting House Cemetery, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States: Find A Grave: Memorial #21981022

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Stanley Wood, Apr 21, 2012
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJS-1ZT : 6 December 2014), George W Denison and Sally Jenks, 02 Sep 1813, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,529.

• Page 109 Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America, Compiled by William B. Browne, under the terms of the will of Harlan W. Jenks, deceased. Printed by Rumford Press, Concord, New Hampshire, 1952.

• 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. 1579: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/54/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/105/mode/1up

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2019, 08:58), entry for Sarah Jenks(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K8K2-P12); contributed by various users.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6J-DJQ : 10 February 2018), Sarah Jenks, 10 Apr 1787; citing BROOKFIELD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547195 IT 1.

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edburton/jenckes.html

Acknowldgements

Joseph W. Pehoushek, Dyer descendant & researcher

Stanley Wood contributed to this profile.