John Denison (1716 - 1808)

Born 21 Oct 1716 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Avery) Denison — married about 1738 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1808 at age 91 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

John Denison, born Oct. 21, 1716 at Stonington, New London County, Connecticut ^[1], was the sixth child of Mary Stanton & Daniel Denison.

"May 12, 1717, John, son of Daniel Denison" was baptized at the First Congregational Church in Stonington ^[2].

"John Denison, (Daniel, John, George) b. Oct. 21, 1716, was married, about 1738, to Abigail Avery, dau. of the 2nd John Avery of Groton, Conn. They lived in Stonington and had these ten children:

1. Abigail Denison, b. 1740; married Zebulon Eliot
2. Desire Denison, b. 1742; d. 2 Dec 1824
3. Avery Denison, b. 1744; died young
4. Anna Denison, b. 1746; married 1) Nehemiah Avery; 20 Amos Clift
5. Lucy Denison, b. 1747; unmarried; d. 1 May 1812
6. Mary Denison, b. 1750; married Stephen Avery
7. Sarah Denison, b. 2 May 1752; married John Baldwin
8. Julia Denison, b. 1758; married Pierre LaRoche
9. Nathan Denison, b. 15 Aug 1759; married Betsey Conklin
10. Andrew Denison, b. 3 Dec 1761; married Sally Williams

John Denison died 18 Mar 1808 at Stonington, Connecticut. His grave is in Williams Cemetery, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ S-86 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. (Subscription required.)
2. ↑ S-87 Stonington, CT: First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874. (Online Database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008), Originally published as: History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874 with the Report of the Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874. Richard A. Wheeler, T. A. David and Co., Norwich, CT, 1875. (Subscription required.); p. 212
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18142393

• 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. 118: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/5/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/18/mode/1up

• Baldwin: Baldwin, John Denison & Clift, William. A record of the descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington, Conn., Tyler & Seagrave, Worcester, MA, 1881: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89073143372;view=1up;seq=9 On Hathitrust.org [Note: This item is not accessible online due to "copyright restrictions"; nevertheless it is superseded anyway by the later (1963) Denison Genealogy listed above.]

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 204, no. 83: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n226/mode/1up; p. 342, no. 120: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n364/mode/1up

• The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 206, no. 176: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/205/mode/1up