Individual Details
Gen. Daniel Denison
(Oct 1612 - 20 Sep 1682)
Colonial Military Commander and Politician: Daniel Denison was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, and immigrated with his mother, father and two brothers on the ship "Lyon" in 1631. He became a military leader while residing in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and was a commissioner to treat with the French commander D'Aulny at Penobscot in 1646 and 1653. He later became Major General of the colonial forces for ten years. He represented Ipswich for several years in the general court, was Speaker of the House for the colony of Massachusetts in 1649, 1651 and 1652, Secretery of the colony in 1653, justice of the quarterly court in 1658, commissioner of the united colonies in 1655-1662, and assistant in 1653-1682. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Massachusetts's troops in 1675, but was prevented from taking the field in the Indian War of that year due to illness. He is the son of William Denison and Margaret Chandler. Husband of Patience Dudley. Father of John Denison and Elizabeth Denison. Daniel is the father-in-law of John Rogers, a former president of Harvard, and is also the son-in-law of former colonial Governor Thomas Dudley.
Events
| Birth | Oct 1612 | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1632 | Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Patience Dudley |  | ||
| Death | 20 Sep 1682 | Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts | |||
| Burial | Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |  |
Families
| Spouse | Patience Dudley (1616 - 1689) |
| Father | William Denison ( - 1653) |
| Mother | Margaret Chandler (1577 - 1645) |
Notes
Marriage
"I married Patience, the second daughter of Thomas Dudley, who was a principal undertaker of the Plantation of Massachusetts, and one of those first comers in the year 1630 that brought over the patent and settled the government. He came over Deputy Governor, and was afterwards at divers times Governor. Thomas Dudley then lived at Cambridge, but afterwards removed to Ipswich, where he stayed one year, settling himself at Roxbury, where he d. July 30, 1653, and his wife d. about 10 years before, the latter end of December 1643."--Daniel DENISON. "Thomas Dudley was the manager of the country estate of the Puritan earl of Lincoln; and his daughter [Anne] was very much the apple of his eye." (The Norton Anthology of English Literature, p. 127.)Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial# 23647586.