Passage listed on page 127, 128 of Banks Topographical Dictionary, which states George and William departed from the British parish Strotford Bishop, Hertfordshire bound for the Roxbury colony with the notation "NEGR 46/127 genealogy"
Came to America on the Lyon, 1631
"The tradition that George served in Cromwell's army is thus verified. The
story is also told that he was wounded and was nursed at the home of John
Borodell, a cordwainner (leather merchant) of Cork, by his dau. Ann whom
he married for his second wife." p. 1.
"Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain Georgi Denison"
by E. Glenn Denison, Gateway Press, Baltimore 1978
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George Denison died in Hartford, Oct. 23, 1694, while there on some special business, being 76 years old. His wife, Ann Borodel1, died Sept. 26, 1712, aged 97 years. They were both remarkable for magnificent personal appearance, and for force of mind and character. She was always called "Lady Ann." They held a foremost place in Stonington. At the time of their marriage, in 1645, she was 30 years old and he 27. He has been described as "the Miles Standish of the settlement," but he was a greater and more brilliant soldier than Miles Standish. He had no equal in any of the colonies, for conducting a war against the Indians, excepting, perhaps, Captain John Mason. Miss Calkills, in her history of New London, says of him :
"Our early history presents no character of bolder and more active spirit than Captain George Denison ; he reminds us of the border men of Scotland." In emergencies he was always in demand, and he was almost constantly placed in important public positions.
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George's brother, General Daniel Denison wrote in 1672: " My Brother George buried his first Wife in the year 1643, went into England, was a souldier ther above a year, was at the Battle of York or Marston Moor where he did good service, was afterward taken prisoner, but got free, and having married a second Wife, he returned to New England the year before our Mother died, and not long afterward removed himself to New London, near whereunto at Stonington he now liveth."
The story is that George met his second wife, Ann Borodell, when he was wounded and took shelter in her father's house. He married her in England and returned to Massachusetts about 1644. George did not stay in Roxbury long. He became offended after not being elected to a position he wanted and moved with his family to New London, an area claimed by both Massachusetts and Connecticut. Here he got himself into trouble again, by encouraging settlers to accept the authority of Massachusetts. When the land was at last assigned to Connecticut, he was ordered to pay a fine. He refused to pay, and fortunately, had enough influence and connections, for the fine to be eventually forgiven.
The New London/Stonington area was first settled by William Chesebrough in 1649. Some of the other early settlers of the area were Thomas Stanton, Thomas Minor, Governor Haynes, Walter Palmer, Capt. John Gallup, and Robert Park; the children and grandchildren of George Denison married into many of these families. In 1675-1676, George (now almost sixty) was a successful captain in King Philip's War. George's first wife was Bridget Thompson, 1640? She died in August of 1643, leaving two daughters under the age of three. After her death, George returned to England to fight on the side of Cromwell in the English Civil War. Children of George and Bridget (born at Roxbury): Sarah, baptized 20 March 1641/1642, married Thomas Stanton, Jr. Hannah, baptized 21 May 1643, married first Nathaniel Chesebrough, second Joseph Saxton. Children of George and Ann: (first two born at Roxbury, rest at New London or Stonington, CT) John, baptized 16 June 1646, married Phebe Lay. Ann, baptized 20 May 1649, married Gershom Palmer. Borodell, born about 1651, married Samuel Stanton. GEORGE Jr., born about 1653, married Mercy Gorham. William, born about 1655, married Sarah Prentice. Margaret, born about 1657, married James Brown, Jr. Mercy, born about 1659, died 10 Mar 1670/1671. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~robinsgenealogypage/
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In 1652 New London granted 200 acres to each of several other inhabitants: George Denison in Pequotsepos; where he later built a small palisaded house. Thwarted in their ambitions by Connecticut, the inhabitants of Mystic and Pawcatuck petitioned Massachusetts for the privilege of a township, twenty families now being settled in this place. This petition was backed by Captain George Denison, who had influential friends in Boston. This also failed. A second application was made and denied, with the suggestion that the matter be referred to the Commissioners of the United Colonies and that in the meantime they manage their own affairs. In 1658 the Massachusetts General Court resolved that the territory between the Mystic River and the Pawcatuck River be named Southertown and belong to Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The plantation was to extend into the interior eight miles from the mouth of the Mystic River. Captain George Denison and five others were appointed to manage prudential affairs; Captain Denison, William Chesebrough, and Thomas Minor were appointed commissioners to handle small causes. Walter Palmer was appointed constable. Some are buried under large wolfstones, granite slabs to protect their bodies from the ravages of wild animals. The cemetery was enclosed by a stone wall in 1828. In 1899 the cemetery association dedicated a large stone to the memory of the four settlers, Thomas Minor, George Denison, John Chesebrough and Thomas Stanton. http://www.stoningtonhistory.org/archiv4.htm
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George bapt. Dec. 20, 1620. He brought 3 children to N. E., all sons, Daniel, Edward and George. These sons became very prominent citizens of the colony. 2
John Denison (Denyzon)
Purchased home and land in Thorley, England, from John and Joan Chandler 1563.
Died of the plaque
He was bapt. in 1683. His head stone says that he died Feb. 18, 1724, aged 42. He was married to Prudence Minor Feb. 7, 1705, daug. of Joseph and Mary Avery Minor.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nyterry/conncems/Taugwonk.html
Children:
Joseph Denison b: 21 SEP 1707 in Stonington, New London, CT
Prudence Denison b: 28 NOV 1709 in Stonington, New London, CT
Borodell Denison b: 14 FEB 1712 in Stonington, New London, CT
Amos Denison b: 18 FEB 1714 in Stonington, New London, CT
Nathan Denison b: 20 FEB 1716 in Stonington, New London, CT
Joanna Denison b: 28 JAN 1718 in Stonington, New London, CT
Elizabeth Denison b: 15 FEB 1720 in Stonington, New London, CT
Thankful Denison b: BEF. 7 APR 1723 in Stonington, New London, CT
Anna Denison b: BEF. 3 MAY 1724 in Stonington, New London, CT
Served on the Committee of Correspondence of Westmoreland, Commanded a part of the forces at Wyoming, Pa at the 1778 massacre.
Baptism: 3 Feb 1571 Place: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
1607 - Church Warden
Emigration: 1631 Place: came to Roxbury, MA on ship Lion
Freeman: 3 Jul 1632 Place: Took oath
deacon and civic leader,
deacon of Roxbury Church
University of Cambridge, Master of Arts _
1634 Place: Massachusetts General Court deputy and constable
1637 Place: disarmed for seditious libel as a follower of Anne Hutchinson
1632 Place: First Church of Roxbury, Massachusetts, founder and early deacon
William Denison of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, left that country for the New World in April of 1635, with his wife Margaret Chandler, and three teenage sons: Daniel, Edward, and George. John, the oldest son, stayed behind in England where he was a minister, and another son, William, had disappeared years before to fight in Holland. George was the youngest, only thirteen when he left England. The older sons had been educated at Cambridge; this was not possible for George, so his father hired John Eliot to be his tutor.
William settled in Roxbury, MA where he was a merchant, and later became deacon of the First Church of Roxbury. He died January 25, 1653, at the age of eighty two or eighty three. Margaret died eight years earlier, at age sixty seven, February 3, 1645. They were buried in Old Eliot St Cemetery in Roxbury.
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WILLIAM DENISON, born in England about 1586, came to America in 1631, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., having with him his wife Margaret, his three sons, Daniel, Edward and George, and John Elliott , who seems to have been a tutor in his family. Mr. Elliott became pastor of the church in Roxbury, and did missionary work among the Indians. Mr. Denison was a deacon of the Roxbury church. He had been liberally educated, and his sons were carefully educated. He died in Roxbury, Jan.25, 1653; his wife died there. Feb.23, 1645.
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Mr .William, Roxbury, frm. July 3, 1632. He was n. at Bishop's Strotford co., Hertford, Eng; m. Nov. 7, 1603, Margaret Chandler Monck. Ch. John, Daniel bapt. Oct 18, 1612. Edward bapt. Nov. 3, 1616, George bapt. Dec. 20, 1620. He brought 3 children to N. E., all sons, Daniel, Edward and George. These sons became very prominent citizens of the colony. He was chosen by the Court constable of Roxbury, Nov. 5, 1633. Authorized to press men for the building of a bridge 27 (8) 1647. Deputy. He signed the inv. of Joseph Wled in 1646. He was bur. Jan. 25, 1653. His wife Margaret was bur. Feb., 1645. His son, Maj. Gen. Daniel, left a sketch of the family history which was given in Reg. XLVI, and a pedigree is printed in same vol. 2
William, son of John, born abt 1586 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, came to New England 1631 and settled in Roxbury MA 55