Family  of William Denison

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1.  WILLIAM2 DENISON  (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1570 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, and died January 25, 1652/53 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married MARGARET CHANDLER1 November 07, 1603 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertsfordshire, England, daughter of TOBIAS CHANDLER and JOAN MUMFORD.  She was born Bef. October 13, 1577 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, and died February 23, 1644/45 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

 

Notes for WILLIAM DENISON:

Denison Genealogy, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page xxi.

     William came to America on the Lion with his wife and 3 youngest sons; settled in Roxbury, MA 1631. John Eliot, Pastor of the First Church of Roxbury and Apostle to the Indians was a tutor of George, his youngest son. Eliot had arrived on the same ship. William was a merchant and must have been a man of means and good education. He was deacon in the First Church of Roxbury, and had a large influence in the Colony. One record states his wife did not unite with the church until some years later. William built a house in Roxbury MA which was still standing in 1882.

 

 

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Burial: Old Eliot Steet Cemetery, Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Christening: February 03, 1570/71, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

Notes for MARGARET CHANDLER:

Denison Genealogy, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page xxi.

 

 

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Christening: October 13, 1577, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

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Marriage: November 07, 1603, Bishop's Stortford, Hertsfordshire, England

     

Children of WILLIAM DENISON and MARGARET CHANDLER are:

              i.   JOHN3 DENISON.

 

Notes for JOHN DENISON:

Denison Genealogy, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page xxi.

     Educated at Cambridge Univ. Received A.B. and M.M. from Queens College 1623, 1627; became a minister, remained in England.

 

 

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Christening: October 05, 1605, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

              ii.   JR. WILLIAM DENISON.

 

Notes for JR. WILLIAM DENISON:

Denison Genealogy, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page xxi.

     at age 18 went to Holland as a soldier and was never heard from.

 

 

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Christening: October 05, 1606, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

             iii.   DANIEL DENISON.

 

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Christening: October 18, 1612, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

             iv.   SARAH DENISON, d. October 15, 1615, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

 

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Christening: October 08, 1615, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

             v.   EDWARD DENISON.

 

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Christening: 1616, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

 

             vi.   CAPT. GEORGE DENISON 1, b. December 10, 1620, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; d. October 23, 1694, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut; m. (1) BRIDGETTE THOMPSON, March 1639/40, Roxbury, Norfolk, MA; b. September 11, 1622, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; d. August 1645, Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (2) ANN BORODELL, Abt. 1645, Cork, County Cork, Ireland; b. March 17, 1615/16, Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland; d. September 26, 1712, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.