Jacob
Dennis
Born in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Dennis
and Clemence (Woodward) Dennis
Brother of
Hannah (Dennis) Holmes, Sarah (Dennis) Shepard [half], Anthony Dennis, Benjamin Dennis, Elizabeth (Dennis) Woodward, Benjamin Dennis and Increase (Dennis) Woodward
Husband of
Margaret (Price) Dennis
— married
24 Feb 1755 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey
Descendants 
Father of
Anthony Dennis and Mary Polly (Dennis) Lippincott
Died about
at about age 70
in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Mar 2017
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Biography
Captain Jacob Dennis served with New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.
Jacob Dennis performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.
Jacob Dennis is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A031830.
Jacob's parents may have been Jacob Dennis & Clemence Woodward. Jacob's parents may have been Samuel Dennis & Increase Lippincott. Clemence's parents may have been Anthony Woodward & Hannah Foulks.
Records from The Parish Register of Christ Church Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ
- Baptisms 28 Nov 1735
- Clement, wife of Jacob Dennis (Sr.)
- Children of Jacob and Clement Dennis: Hannah, Sarah, Samuel, Jacob, Anthony, Increase, and Elizabeth.
- Marriage 24 Feb 1755 Jacob Dennis Jr to Margaret Price
- Baptism 22 Feb 1756 Samuel, son of Jacob Dennis Jr
- Baptism 25 Oct 1762 Joseph, son of Jacob Jr
- baptism 5 May 1765 Anthony, son of Jacob Dennis Jr.
- baptism 4 April 1768 Littleton, son of Jacob Dennis Jr.
- baptism 28 Oct 1770 Mary, dau. of Jacob Dennis Jr.
- baptism 9 May 1773 Margaret, dau of Jacob Dennis Jr.
- baptism 27 May 1799 Gordon, son of Jacob and Mary Dennis
Children noted in the DAR Patriot Index: Anthony who m. 1) Clemence Woodward and 2) Catherine Thompson; Margaret who m. Richard Wardell; Clemence who m. Robert R White;
Sources
- extensive family genealogy research compiled by my late grandparents, William & Mary (Betty) Carlisle
- Stillwell, John E. (John Edwin), 1853-1930, comp. Historical and genealogical miscellany; data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey. Sloan Foundation. The Library of Congress. accessed 2 May 2018 by Honi Kleine
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 26, 2020), "Record of DENNIS, JACOB", Ancestor # A031830.
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Honi Kleine
Honi Kleine
Honi Kleine
Another source for this Jacob with wife Margaret Price and children: Samuel, Clemence, Joseph, Anthony, Mary, and Margaret can be found here. Baptism dates and some marriages included. Refer to page 395. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE103214
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Honi Kleine
The marriage location for Jacob Jr. and Margaret Price is Christ Church Parish, Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Here is a link you can add to your sources. Oh, and it looks like a baby Samuel was baptized the following year. http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal00stil#page/181/mode/1up
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