Born in Walpole, New Hampshire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Denison
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
John Denison and Jedidiah (Dennison) Denison
Wife of
Edward Watkins
— married
3 Oct 1786 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Keturah Denison was the fifth child of Daniel Denison. She was born about 1762, probably at Walpole, New Hampshire, where her birth family had relocated during that year, coming from Saybrook, Connecticut. The identity of her mother is not evident.
She married 3 Oct 1786 Edward Watkins [son of Nathan & Esther S. (Lyons) Watkins]; they had 5 children:
- Miriam Watkins, b. 7 Mar 1791; married 18 Nov 1806 John Denison
- Ira Watkins, b. 19 Apr 1793; died young, fell from a horse
- Alpheus Watkins (29 May 1797 - 3 Jan 1800)
- Charlotte Watkins, b. 21 Jul 1799
- Royal Watkins, b. 1 Dec 1808
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. 726: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/26/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/58/mode/1up
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Keturah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Keturah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Keturah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Keturah:
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~0.39%
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