Capt. George Denison

Bef 1620 - 1694  (> 73 years)

• Name	George Denison  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Bef 10 Dec 1620  [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Baptism	10 Dec 1620	St. Michael, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Oct 1694	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [6, 7, 10, 11]
  Burial	Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [6, 7, 9]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Daniel Denison ,   b. Bef 18 Oct 1612   d. 20 Sep 1682, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age > 69 years) ▻ Patience Dudley ,  m. 18 Oct 1632 + 2. Edward Denison ,   b. Bef 3 Nov 1616   d. 26 Apr 1668, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age > 51 years) ▻ Elizabeth Weld ,  m. 30 Mar 1641 + 3. Capt. George Denison ,   b. Bef 10 Dec 1620   d. 23 Oct 1694, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age > 73 years) ▻ Bridget Thompson ,  m. Mar 1640 ;  Ann Borodell ,  m. Abt 1645
  Person ID	I694	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of FF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	William Denison,   b. Bef 3 Feb 1571   d. 25 Jan 1654, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 82 years)
  Mother	Margaret Chandler,   b. 13 Oct 1577, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d. 3 Feb 1646, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1603	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England   [8]
  Family ID	F4409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bridget Thompson,   b. Bef 10 Sep 1622, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England d. Aug 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 20 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1640	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Denison,   b. 20 May 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 18 Aug 1715, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 May 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Borodell,   b. Abt 1615   d. 26 Sep 1712, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 97 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1645	England   [6, 7, 9, 11]
  Children	1. Capt. William Denison   d. 2 Mar 1715 + 2. Ann Denison,   b. 20 May 1649, Stonington, New London, Connecticut d. 1694, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age 44 years) + 3. George Denison,   b. Abt 1653, New London, New London, Connecticut d. 27 Dec 1711, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F5728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated in 1631 with his parents and brothers. Settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Married Bridget Thompson, 1641. She died two years later, whereupon he returned to England to take up arms for Parliament. Was injured and (possibly) captured and escaped, a sequence of events that somehow resulted in him returning to Massachusetts in 1645 with a second wife, Ann Borodell. Removed to New London, 1651; served on the New London war committees in 1653 and 1654, when the Dutch threatened war. Removed to Stonington, 1654. Two decades later, we find him as captain of the New London County forces in King Philip's War, where he fought in and survived the Great Swamp Fight in Rhode Island, 19 Dec 1675. In 1676 he is "Provo-Marshall" of New London, pursuing remnants of the Narragansett and Wampanaug. He captured Chief Canonchet and worked with Pequot chiefs to "control the remnant of their tribe." "We would premise, that William Denison, came to Roxbury, Mass., in company with Rev. John Eliot, in 1631, bringing with him his wife and three sons, Daniel, Edward and George. The last named married in 1640, Bridget Thompson, supposed to have been a sister of Rev. William Thompson, of Braintree. His wife died in 1643. Mr. Denison visited his native country the same year, 'and engaged in the civil conflict with which the kingdom was convulsed.' On his return to this country, about two years afterwards, he brought with him his second wife, Ann, daughter of John Borrowdale, or Borrodel, of Cork, Ireland. Mr. D. emigrated to Connecticut as early as 1651, and in 1654 settled in what is now Stonington, to which the name of Southerton was given in 1658, when the territory was annexed to the County of Suffolk, Mass. He filled acceptably many offices of public trust, and was particularly distinguished as a leader in King Philip's war. He died at Hartford, Oct. 23d, 1694, during the session of the General Court, and was there buried. His age, according to the inscription on his grave stone, was 76." [Introduction to "Will of George Denison,--1693", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 13, 1859, p. 73.] "My Brother George buried his first Wife in the year 1643, went to England, was a soldier there about 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." ["Autobiography of Major-General Daniel Denison." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 46:127, April 1892.] Along with TNH ancestors William Chesebrough, Walter Palmer, and Thomas Stanton, he was one of the founders of Stonington, Connecticut.

  
  

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