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Personal data William Denison 

• He was born before February 4, 1572 in fortasse, Eng.
• He was christened on February 3, 1572 in Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Kam Lois Appling, Nikki Sue Thatcher, Richard R. Welsch, E. McRae, et al.

• He died on January 25, 1654 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA.
• He is buried after January 24, 1654 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA (Eliot Burying Ground).
• A child of John Denison and Agnes Wylie
• This information was last updated on December 8, 2024.

Household of William Denison

He is married to Margaret Chandler.

They got married on April 2, 1600 at Albury, Surrey Co., Eng.

Child(ren):

1. George Denison  1620-1694 

Event (Alt. Marriage) on November 7, 1603 in Bishop Stortford Dist., Herts .Source 1

Notes about William Denison

William Denison

Sources: Author: Appling, Kam Lois; Thatcher, Nikki Sue; Welsch, Richard R.; McRae, E.; et al.; Title: "William Denison," (Publicaion site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: xx Sept MMXXIII)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNQC-TPX

"... William Denison Last Changed: July 4, 2022 A. E. Masters Sex Male Last Changed: November 2, 2016 Clayton Jay Ingram

Christening 3 February 1572 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England Reason: History of Stonington and Genealogies Published 1966 page 334 Last Changed: September 19, 2023 Roberta Dodge

Death 25 January 1654 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ... Reason: Dual-dated. Using the new calendar, the year would be 1654. Last Changed: December 31, 2022 Scott Lawrence Robinson

Burial 1654 Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ... Reason: 25 January is the death date, not burial date. Roxbury and Boston were different towns in Suffolk Last Changed: September 20, 2023 [pseudonym=nontrad]

Immigration 1631 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Immigrated with his wife and three sons
Religious Affiliation 1632 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Member #3 of the First Church of Roxbury
Residence 3 July 1632 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Freeman
Office 4 March 1634 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Constable
Office 4 March 1635 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Deputy to the General Court
Office 4 March 1635 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Committee to Inspect Ships
Residence 20 November 1637 Roxbury, Massachusetts ... Disarmed for supporting Anne Hutchinson
Residence 25 February 1645 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ... Death of Wife
Died Intestate 25 January 1654 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts ...
Children Correct list of 7 children of William & Margaret (Chandler) Denison and baptism years (see source below): John (1605); William (1606); George (1609); Daniel (1612); Sarah (1615); Edward (1616); & George (1620)

Spouses & Children

William Denison Male 1572-1654
Margaret Chandler Female 1577-1645
Marriage 7 November 1603 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Children (7)

[1] John Denison Sr Male 1605-1683
[2] William Denison Male 1606-1624
[3] George Denison Male 1609-1614
[4] Daniel Denison Male 1612-1682
[5] Sarah Denison Female 1615-1615
[6] Edward Denison Male 1616-1668
[7] George Denison Male 1620-1694 [<-ancestor]

Parents & Siblings

John Denison Male 1534-1582
Agnes Wylie Female 1543-1613
Marriage 11 May 1561 St James Church, Thorley, Hertfordshire, England

Children (8)

[1] Agnes Denison Female 1564-1582
[2] John Denison Male 1565-1582
[3] Lucy Denison Female 1567-1582
[4] William Denison Male 1572-1654 [<-ancestor]
[5] Edward Denison Male 1575-1668
[6] Mary Denison Female 1577-1582
[7] Elizabeth Denison Female 1579-1602
[8] George Denison Male 1582-1640

Baptized Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, 3 February 1571, son of John and Agnes (Willie) Denison. Maltster from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1631 & settled in Roxbury. Died in Roxbury 25 January 1653/4.

Married in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, 7 November 1603, Margaret (Chandler) Monk. "Old Mother Dennison" died Roxbury 3 February 1645/6.

Son Daniel Denison left a remarkable record addressed to his grandchildren, which details the immigrant's family. "That you being left fatherless children might not be altogether ignorant of your ancestors, nor strangers to your near relations, I thought meet to acquaint you with your predecessors, and your descent from them.... Your great grandfather my dear father whose name was William, had by my dear Mother whose name was Chandler six sons, and one daughter, two of which (viz) one son and the daughter died in their childhood ..., your grandfather [sic - recte great-grandfather] my father though very well seated in Stratford [sic], hearing of the then famous transplantation in New England, unsettled himself and recalling me from Cambridge removed himself and family in the year 1631 in New England, and brought over with him myself being about 19 years of age, and my two younger brothers, Edward, and George, leaving my eldest brother John behind him in England.... My father brought with him into New England a very good estate and settled himself at Roksbury and there lived (though somewhat weakening his estate) till the year 1653 in January when he died, having buried my mother about eight years before."

William was chosen Constable a year after taking the oath of freeman, and in 1634 was chosen "Deputy. He was one of the original donors of the Roxbury Latin School, and appears sometimes as an appraiser of the estates of deceased persons.

Death Date: 25 Jan 1653 [1653/1654]
[Contribution on 26 February 2015 by olindareynolds1]:
William is buried in the Eliot St. Cemetery in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Eliot Burying Ground (or ""Eustis Street Burying Ground" or "First Burying Ground in Roxbury") is an historic cemetery at Eustis and Washington Streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Early settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony established a series of six villages in 1630. The village of Roxbury was originally called "Rocksberry" for the rocks in the soil that made farming difficult. info. from Wikipedia

Founded in 1630, the cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Many well-known Massachusetts historical figures are buried at Eliot Burying Ground including John Eliot, and members of the Dudley family, including Governors Thomas Dudley and Joseph Dudley, and Chief Justice Paul Dudley.[

William Denison, his son Edward, and another Roxbury man were disarmed in 1637 for listening "to seditious lies" because they were considered supporters of Ann Hutchison who expounded liberal views on religious matters. She was sentenced to banishment and exiled herself to RI.

Last Changed: December 22, 2021 Marion Buntin"
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