Individual Details

William Denison

(February, 1571 - 1653)

William was born in Hertfordshire, England and was a successful merchant. At age 60 he and his family, along with a tutor (maybe John Eliot) sailed for America. -He was very well settled in England but unsettled himself and sailed for the new world.- The Denisons stayed in Roxbury where William died around age 80.

Events

BirthFebruary, 1571Hertfordshire, England
BaptismFebruary 3, 1571
MarriageNovember 7, 1603Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Margaret Chandler
Arrival1631on the Lyon - Massachusetts, British America
Death1653Roxbury, British America
BurialJanuary 25, 1653Roxbury, British America
ReligionDeacon, First Church of Roxbury
OccupationMerchant
OccupationMaltster

Families

SpouseMargaret Chandler (1575 - 1645)
ChildGeorge Denison (1620 - 1694)
FatherJohn Denison (1530 - 1582)
MotherAgnes Wyllie (1544 - 1590)

Notes

Marriage

Any lingering uncertainty of the maiden name of the wife of William Denison can at last be dismissed. April 2, 1600 at Albury Margaret Chandler and Henry Monk were married. Monk died December of 1602 and Margaret married William Denison at Bishop’s Stortford November 7 1603.

Burial

No headstone exists, probable burying place

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2013, Great Migration Begins Volume 1 A-F page 521-524 image 596 of 792 .

2. Denison, Elverton Glenn. Denison Genealogy; a Record of the Ancestors And Descendants of James Post Denison; a Revolutionary War Soldier, Fredonia, N.Y.: Fredonia Censor, 1939, Page 9 Second Generation.

3. AmericanAncestors.org. The New England historical and genealogical register, Boston. 1847- , published quarterly since 1847, Volume 85 page 138, Genealogical research in England, several pages, William Chandler of Roxbury.

4. The Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 46, Boston The Society 1892, Volume 46 page 352, Denison pedigree with a chart.

5. AmericanAncestors.org. New England marriages to 1700 database, Boston, NEHGS, 2008., Volume 1 page 443.

6. The Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 46, Boston The Society 1892, Volume 46 page 352, Denison pedigree with a chart.

7. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Provo, UT, USA; 2010, Index, no image, Massachusetts 1631, page 26.

8. Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2013, Great Migration Begins Volume 1 A-F page 521-524 image 596 of 792 .

9. Find A Grave online indexed database, https://www.findagrave.com, Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, Memorial 9327690.

10. Massachusetts town clerk vital and town records 1626 - 2001 database with images. FamilySearch.org, Town clerk offices, Massachusetts., FHL 741320 Digital Folder 007009473 Image 00084 (84 of 252).

11. Denison, Elverton Glenn. Denison Genealogy; a Record of the Ancestors And Descendants of James Post Denison; a Revolutionary War Soldier, Fredonia, N.Y.: Fredonia Censor, 1939, Page 9 Second Generation.

12. Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; 2013, Great Migration Begins Volume 1 A-F page 521-524 image 596 of 792 .

13. Denison, Elverton Glenn. Denison Genealogy; a Record of the Ancestors And Descendants of James Post Denison; a Revolutionary War Soldier, Fredonia, N.Y.: Fredonia Censor, 1939, Page 9 Second Generation.

14. AmericanAncestors.org. The New England historical and genealogical register, Boston. 1847- , published quarterly since 1847, Volume 132 page 19 Henry Monk, Margaret Chandler, William Denison marriages.