Daniel Denison Sr. (1680 - 1747)

Born 28 Mar 1680 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Stanton) Denison — married 1 Jan 1703 (to 2 Sep 1724) in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Husband of Jane (Cogswell) Denison — married 27 Oct 1726 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Husband of Abigail (Fish) Denison — married 17 Nov 1737 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1747 at age 67 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

Daniel Denison, b. March 28, 1680 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the sixth child of John Denison and Phoebe Lay. He was Christened 18 JUN 1680 at Stonington by Rev. James Noyes.

Daniel Denison married 1st, Jan. 1, 1703/04, Mary Stanton, daughter of Robert and Joanna (Gardner) Stanton of Pawcatuck, Stonington, Connecticut. Their marriage was bestowed by Nehemiah Palmer, J.P.^[1]She was born Feb. 3, 1687/88, thus was married when not yet sixteen years old. During the ensuing twenty years Mary became the mother of all children of Daniel Denison, all born at Stonington, of which there were at least nine, perhaps ten:

1. MARY Denison, b . Aug. 29, 1705; bapt. 14 Apr 1706 - by Rev. James Noyes;; m. Nathan Smith.
2. DANIEL Denison, b Nov. 11, 1707; bapt. 21 Mar 1708 - by Rev. James Noyes; d young.
3. BEEBE Denison, b. Jan. 27, 1709; bapt. 26 Mar 1710 - by Rev. James Noyes; m. Sarah Avery.
4. ESTHER (a.k.a. Rachel) Denison, b. March 22, 1712; bapt. 11 May 1712; married Isaac Smith
5. LUCY Denison, b Oct. 13, 1714; bapt. 20 Feb 1715 - by Rev. James Noyes; m. Jonas Prentice, Nov. 29, 1733.
6. JOHN Denison, b. May 21, 1716; bapt. 12 May 1717 - by Rev. James Noyes
7. PRUDENCE Denison, b. Jan. 27, 1718; bapt. 5 Apr 1719 - by Rev. James Noyes ^[2]; m. William Denison.
8. DANIEL Denison, b. March 22, 1720; bapt. 23 Jun 1721 - by Mr. Samuel Whiting, Pastor of Church of Christ at Windham
9. PHEBE Denison, b. April 24, 1723; bapt. 9 Jun 1723 - by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter; m. William Avery.
10. SARAH Denison, b. Aug. 25, 1724. [Note: Existence of this person is supported by only one reference, thus specious.]

Mary (Stanton) Denison died Sept. 2, 1724 in the 38th year of her age, only one week following the cited birth of her last child.

Daniel Denison married 2nd, Jane Cogswell of Long Island, Oct. 27, 1726. There were no children of this second marriage.

He married 3rd, Nov. 17, 1737, Mrs. Abigail Fish Eldredge, who outlived him about 37 years, dying June 17, 1784 aged 94 yrs. They were married by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter

Daniel Denison was a Deacon of the first Congregational Church in Stonington [1].

Daniel Denison died Oct. 13, 1747, aged 67 yrs. His grave is in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London County, Connecticut: Find A Grave: Memorial #71196292; headstone inscription:

In Memory of Deacon Daniel Denison died October 13th 1747 Aged 67 years

Sources

1. ↑ Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - D-E Transcribed by Coralynn Brown http://dunhamwilcox.net
2. ↑ Extracted from History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT; Richard Wheeler, Norwich, 1875 http://dunhamwilcox.net

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Acknowledgement

This profile was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.

Later merged with profile created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.

Later merged with WikiTree profile Denison-481 created through the import of McLellan - Herndon Family Tree.ged on Sep 17, 2011 by Kathy Cason. edits by Kathy and others.