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Permalink Reply by Eliz on October 23, 2011 at 11:17am

Maybe something here might be of interest:

http://www.deadfred.com/surnameIndR_05.php?sLastName=Denison

http://www.users.qwest.net/~willmurray/Hamilton/Denison/dennison_fa...

John, and stayed in the home of a well-to-do leather merchant, John BORODELL, where his daughter Ann Borodell nursed him. This led to his marriage to Ann, and his early return to Roxbury, chosen Captain, and was called, “a young soldier lately come out of the wars in England

The Captain’s land was a dozen miles east of New London in the heart of the old Pequot Indian country. Across the Mystic River from the charred ruins of the Pequot fort, over the hill skirting the east bank, a smaller stream tumbles down a ledge and winds through a broad meadow to the sea. The Indians called it Pequotsepos, the little river of the Pequots. This pleasant valley was George Denison’s land. Here, in 1654, on a rocky knoll overlooking the meadows, he built a rough lean-to of poles and thick slabs of bark, little better than a square, slant-roofed wigwam with a stone fireplace and chimney at one end. Forever cognizant of the possibility of Indian attacks, he surrounded this rude home with a stout stockade, enclosing a spring and a couple of acres of land.

Permalink Reply by Eliz on October 23, 2011 at 11:19am

http://denisonhomestead.org/denison-society/captain-george-denison-...

Capt George Denison

Permalink Reply by C R Campbell on October 24, 2011 at 4:38pm

Ooo...that is interesting... A slightly different story than the one I found, it sounds more like his first time here before he went back to England...and then supposedly returned with Ann who had refused to marry him the first time...

 

He supposedly married that Bridgett Thompson the first round, had two children, and then she died, reason unknown so far.... That's when he left the kids with his parents and went back...after Ann (in Dublin) I guess, and got sucked into Cromwells war...Apparently he was there for about 7 years...and afterward finally talked Ann into coming "to the wilderness" as she put it! LMAO

 

Seems the timeline of his movements need to be nailed down...I'm sure those books you linked to will help me on that account...;)

 

Permalink Reply by Eliz on October 23, 2011 at 11:34am

Forgot to add the following you can read the book online:

A record of the descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington ...George Denison, of Stonington, Conn. With notices of his father and brothers, and some account of other Denisons who settled in America in the colony times ...
www.archive.org
www.archive.org/details/recordofdescenda1881bald

 

Permalink Reply by Eliz on October 23, 2011 at 11:40am

http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/conewlondon/Surnames.htm

http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/conewlondon/vitals/Barbour_Denison1.htm

North Stonington Cemeteries 2
2 Denison Cemetery Directions: Northwest of Town Hall 5 3/4 miles Denison, Capt. William, died Feb. 13, 1730, age 54 Denison, Mary, wife of William, died Feb. 5, 1762, age 82 Denison, Capt. William,
http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/conewlondon/cemeteries/nstonecem2.htm

 http://www.sitelevel.com/query?crid=4d048ea4&query=Denison%27

 If all this doesn't make you dizzy, nothing will.. and pleaseeee don't shoot the poster, yours truely lol :)

 

 

Permalink Reply by C R Campbell on October 24, 2011 at 4:31pm

Holy crap! Those are all Denisons?!?!....Yow!

 

I had no idea...actually no one in our family had any idea!

 

My grandfather...who was a grandson of a Denison (which I've found spelled both ways at various times) never talked about any of his relatives and I'm beginning to think it's because they didn't know... The one thing they seemed to figure out was that the name was supposed to be spelled with the one "n".

 

They gave my mother the middle name Denison, with the one "n" and I remember him saying it was an important distinction...not sure why yet... but he seemed to think it was. Now, given that staement it would seem to indicate that he was aware of the Denisons in Connecticut... Perhaps they never located them?...Hmmm, little family mysteries...LOL

 

Thanks (I think...lol) for the links!

 

Gonna take a while to sort them all out...;)

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Eliz on October 24, 2011 at 7:53pm

Very interesting, yes?

Permalink Reply by C R Campbell on October 26, 2011 at 8:37am

Totally...;) LOL

 

Being a ancient history nut even moreso! I actually have a personal reason now to be interested in history that's not B.C.!...;) Like it had all come to life now...pretty cool.

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 22, 2012 at 1:53pm

here's something you might enjoy:

by Sam Sturgis, Digital Collections Administrator, and Ryan Woods, Director of Internet Technology
Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection) Update
go to NEGHS and get a free acct, then ck out the
Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection)
I came up with 615 Denison's

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 22, 2012 at 1:54pm

or see my Barbour collection post here for the link..under Ct..

Permalink Reply by C R Campbell on February 22, 2012 at 8:12pm

Awesome...thanks!

Oh boy am I glad you posted here...I completely forgot about this thread!! rolleyes...

Okay....bookmarked!...:D  As soon as I ...."solidify" what I've found about my Masten family (can you say Loyalists, no wonder I couldn't find anything on them!) I'll have to revisit this....

Funny too, I just created a free NEHGS account last week I believe it was!

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 23, 2012 at 6:38am

They send me updates about  once a month, listing whats new and Free and where, just thought  this particular data base might help  solidify  some info for  those who were in CT...glad to help, nothing like having it in black and white is there?

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