Individual Details

Nathaniel was the first Town Clerk of Jamaica, Long Island, New York: "Records of the Town of Jamaica, Long Island, vol. I, Page 1. A Town Meeting head of ye Town ye 18th of February 1656. Daniel Denton chosen to write & enter all acts and orders of public concernment of ye Town and is to have a daie's work a man for ye said employment. It is voted & concluded by ye Town y whosoever shall fell any trees in yue highways shall take both top and body out of ye highway. It is further voted and agreed upon by ye Town y whosoever shall kill a wolfe within ye boundary of ye Town shall have feiveteen shillings for every woolf. Likewise it is agreed upon by ye Town that whereas they have the Little plains by purchase and patent within their limits to maintain their rights & privileges in ye said place from any such as shall goe to deprive y off it & soe to make use off it as they shall se cause. These taken out of ye ould towne book by me, Nathaniel Denton, Clerk."

Nathaniel applied for land at Elizabethtown, NJ in 1664 but probably died at Jamaica.

Nathaniel was baptized later in life on March 9, 1682.

Birth	Mar 1628	Bolton, Lancashire Co., England
Christen	9 Mar 1629	Parish Church of Bolton, Bolton, Lancashire Co., England
Marriage	Abt 1652	Sarah Smith
Death	18 Oct 1690	Jamaica, Queens Co., New York

Spouse	Sarah Smith (1634 - )
Child	Nathaniel Denton (1652 - )
Child	Samuel Denton (1655 - )
Child	Richard Denton (1658 - )
Child	Maria Denton (1660 - )
Child	Phoebe Denton (1662 - )

Father	Reverend Richard Denton II (1603 - 1662)
Sibling	Sarah Denton (1623 - )
Sibling	Daniel Denton (1626 - 1703)
Sibling	Timothy Denton (1627 - )
Sibling	Richard Denton III (1630 - 1658)
Sibling	Samuel Denton (1631 - 1713)
Sibling	Phoebe Denton (1634 - 1658)
Sibling	John Denton (1636 - )