Cap't Daniel DENISON, Jr.

by Midge Frazel

Cap't Daniel DENISON, Jr. (Daniel3, John2, George1) son of Dea. Daniel DENISON, Sr. and his wife Mary STANTON. Daniel was the second child and first son of thirteen children. Daniel was born 22 Mar 1721 and died 9 May 1776 in Stonington, CT.

He married Esther WHEELER daughter of William WHEELER and his wife Hannah GALLUP on 27 May 1742.

The Denison Genealogy says, "He commd Lt. of 5th Co. Stonington, Oct 1758; Capt. 1765."

"In Memory of/Capt Daniel Denifon [Denison]/who died May 9th/1776/in the 56th Year of his age"

Cap't Daniel DENISON and his wife Esther WHEELER were my 5th great grandparents.

References:
Baldwin & Clift: p. 131-132 #2509
Denison Genealogy: p. 18-19, #120

Esther WHEELER, wife of Cap't Daniel DENISON, Jr.

Esther WHEELER
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by Midge Frazel
Esther WHEELER (William WHEELER3, Isaac2, Thomas1 and Hannah GALLUP4, Benadam3, John2, John1) born 15 Feb 1711/1723 and died 31 Mar 1814. She was the daughter of William WHEELER and Hannah GALLUP.

Esther was the only wife of Cap't Daniel DENISON, Jr. and the mother of thirteen children. Their children: Esther (1743), Daniel (1745), Phebe (1747), Robert (1749), Isaac (1751), Henry (1753, Hannah (1755, died young), Mary (1757), Hannah (1759), Beebe (1761), Frederick (1762), Eunice (1764) and Ann B. [or Nancy] 1769.

"In Memory of/Esther Denison/relict of/Daniel Denison/who died/March 31, 1814/in the 98 year/of her age."

Cap't Daniel DENISON and his wife Esther WHEELER were my 5th great grandparents.

References:
Wheeler's History of Stonington: p. 639 #41

Mary STANTON, wife of Deacon Daniel DENISON, Sr.

Mary Stanton
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by Midge Frazel
Mary Stanton (Robert2, Thomas1) born 3 Feb 1687 and died 2 Sept 1724 (not long after the birth of her last child) in her 38th year. She was the first wife of Deacon Daniel Denison and "the mother his eleven children".

Her children were [all born in Stonington, CT]:
Mary (1705), Daniel (died young) (1707), Beebe (1709), Rachel (1710) or Esther (1712), Lucy (1714), John (1716), Prudence (1718), Daniel (1720/1721), Phebe (1723) and Sarah (1724).

References:
Baldwin, John D. Thomas Stanton of Stonington, CT. An incomplete record of his descendants, Tyler & Seagrave, Worcester, MA 1882. p. 20 #1004
Stanton Genealogy: page 40 #1004

Deacon Daniel DENISON, Sr.

by Midge Frazel

Deacon Daniel Denison, Sr. (John2, George1) was born 28 Mar 1680 in Stonington, CT, bapt. 18 June 1680, and died 13 Oct 1747.

"In Memory of/Deacon Daniel/Denifon [Denison] died/October 13th, 1747/Aged 67 Years.

He married (1) Mary Stanton on 1 Jan 1703/4 "when [she was] not quite 16 years old." Daniel was a deacon of the First Congregational Church.

Daniel also married (2) on 27 Oct 1726, Jane COGSWELL "of Long Island" and (3) on 17 Nov 1737, Abigail FISH, daughter of Samuel FISH and his wife Sarah STARKE. Abigail was the widow of Cap't Daniel ELDREDGE. She outlived Daniel DENISON by about 37 years [aged 94] and is buried near her parents in the Old Packer-Burrows Burying Ground in Groton, CT.

Deacon Daniel DENISON, Sr and his wife Mary STANTON were my 6th great grandparents.

References:
Baldwin & Clift p. 120 #181
Denison Genealogy p. 5, #33

Partial view of DENISON Plot at Elm Grove

Partial view of Denison Plot at Elm Grove
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by Midge Frazel
This is a section of the Denison plot at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic, CT. Buried in this section are Deacon Daniel Denison, Sr. and his wife Mary Stanton and their son Cap't Daniel Denison, Jr. and his wife Esther Wheeler. (Each of these four stones and the information about them are the next entries in this blog.)

The large monument you can see is a memorial to Cap't George Dension and his wife Lady Ann Borodell. Cap't George is buried in Hartford, CT but his wife Lady Ann is buried here at Elm Grove.

References:

Baldwin, John Denison and William Clift. A record of the descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington, Conn. with notices of his father and brothers, and some account of other Denisons who settled in America in the colony times. Worcester, Mass.: Tyler & Seagrave, 1881. (avaliable from Ancestry.com by subscription)

Denison, E. Glenn, Josephine Middleton Peck and Donald L. Jacobus. Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc. 1993. (Reprinted 1963, 1978, 1982)

Thanksgiving at Mystic

November 1874

"Thanksgiving was kept as usual by numerous family reunions....Among the most notable perhaps of them, is the annual Thanksgiving gathering of that portion of the Denison family who are descendants of Isaac and Levina Denison...This year, 53 sat down to a turkey dinner and 57 to supper...it was one of the most enjoyable scenes we have known.

Such too was the custom of the fathers. So Deacon Sands Fish, the father of Mrs. Denison, our genial hostess, was accustomed to call together his children and grandchildren as long as he and his wife lived, and so we can trace back the observance of this New England festival in this and other families to the early settlement of the country.

May it be continued to the latest generation...."

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