Denison (Dennison) Genealogy

Spouse:      Margaret Monck CHANDLER
Father:        Tobias CHANDLER
Mother:      Joan MUMFORD
Marr:           7 Nov 1603, Stratford, Hertfordshire, England

Children:  Gen. Daniel (ca 1612-)
                    Edward (ca 1616-1668)
                    George (1620-1694)
                    John (ca 1605-)
                    William (ca 1606-)
                    George (Died in Youth) (ca 1609-ca 1615)
                    Sarah (Died in Youth) (ca 1615-ca 1615)
 

(2) Capt. George DENISON ( DENNISON)
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Birth:        1620
Death:       23 Oct 1694, Hartford, Hartford, CT
Burial:      Hartford, Hartford, CT

Spouse 1:  Bridget THOMPSON
Birth:         11 Sep 1622
Death:       Aug 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
Marr:         20 May 1640

Spouse 2:  Ann BORODIL (Or Borodell)
Birth:         1617, Corsica, France
Death:        26 Sep 1712, Stonington, New London, CT
Father:       John BORODIL
Marr:          1645, England

Children:  John B. (1646-1698)
                    Ann (ca 1649-1694)
                    Borodil Or Borodell (ca 1651-1702)
                    George (1653-1711)
                    Lieut. William (ca 1655-1715)
                    Margaret (1657-1741)
                    Mercy (ca 1659-1670)

Notes:    George Dennison was one of the most prominent military heroes of seventeenth-century New England. After settling in Roxbury, MA in 1631, Dennison returned to his native England to serve with distinction under Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell in the fight against Royalist forces during the English Civil War of the 1640's.  Wounded there, he fell in love with and married his nurse, Ann Borodil.
     Not able to fit into Roxbury society, Dennison moved to the frontier outside of New London, Connecticut, where he was elected head of the militia and became an important figure in the community, serving as tax assessor, inspector of the port, and representative to the General Court at Hartford.
    Dennison was quite a thorn in the side of the leaders of the Connecticut Colony, having frequent spats with the magistrates in Hartford whom he often provoked with complaints and petitions. However, during wartime, they consistently turned to him for leadership.  He served with distinction during King Philip's War of 1675-76 and the Narragansett War.
 

(3) Capt. John B. DENISON
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Birth:         14 Jul 1646, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
Death:        1698

Spouse:      Pheobe LAY
Birth:          5 Jan 1651
Death:        1699
Father:       Robert LAY
Mother:     Sarah Fenner TULLY
Marr:          26 Nov 1667

Children:  George (1671-1719)
 

(4) George DENISON
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Birth:         28 Mar 1671, New London, New London, CT
Death:        22 Jan 1719/1720, New London, New London, CT

Spouse:      Mary WETHERELL
Birth:          7 Oct 1668, New London, New London, CT
Death:        22 Aug 1711, New London, New London, CT
Father:       Daniel WETHERELL (Or Witherell) (1630-1719)
Mother:     Grace BREWSTER (1639-1684)
Marr:          aft Mar 1691, New London, New London, CT

Children:  Grace (1694-)
                    Phebe (1696-)
                    Hannah (1698-)
                    Boradil (Borradell) (1701-)
                    Daniel (1703-)
                    Wetherell (1705-)
                    Ann (1707-)
                    Sarah (1710-)
 

(5) Boradil (Borradell) DENISON
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Birth:         17 May 1701, New London, New London, CT

Spouse:      Jonathan LATIMER
Birth:          1698
Father:       Col. Robert LATIMER (1664-1728)
Mother:     Elizabeth ?
Marr:          6 Apr 1721

Children:  Anne (ca 1722-1811)

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