Eunice (Williams) Denison (1755 - 1842)

Born 3 Aug 1755 in Old Mystic, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Denison Sr. — married 10 Nov 1773 in North Stonington, New London, CT

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1842 at age 86 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Note: This Eunice Williams is NOT the person who married Rufus Wheeler; this Eunice Williams who was born 03 Aug 1755 was the daughter of Elisha & Esther (Wheeler) Williams, and was the spouse of Isaac Denison, with whom she had 12 children. The Eunice Williams who married Rufus Wheeler was born 30 Jan 1767, daughter of William & Eunice (Prentice) Williams.

This Eunice Williams, born 3 Aug 1755, was the only child of Esther (Wheeler), the third wife of Elisha Williams.

She married 19 Nov 1773 at North Stonington, Connecticut, Isaac Denison. They had at least 12, perhaps 14 children during the ensuing timespan through July 1803, all born in or near Stonington.

Isaac Denison died in February 1817; per the 1840 Federal census Eunice was living in the household of her son Isaac Jr. [listed female aged 80-90] at Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

Eunice (Williams) Denison died 8 Feb 1842 at Stonington. Her grave is in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut [[1]]. Gravestone inscription: "In Memory of Eunice Denison widow of Isaac Denison who died Feb 8 1842 in the 87th year of her age."

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WP-XJ2 : 7 January 2020), Eunice Williams, 1755.

• 1840 United States Federal Census; Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JY-Z8F : 16 January 2020), Eunice Denison,

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79485968/eunice-denison: accessed March 25, 2024), memorial page for Eunice Williams Denison (3 Aug 1755–8 Feb 1842), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79485968, citing Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by mommycita (contributor 47019680).

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 506: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/42/mode/1up

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 353, no. 221: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n375/mode/1up; p. 665, no. 82: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n687/mode/1up

• Tennie Watson Owen genealogy of 1910

• New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV; William Richard Cutter (1913). Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996 [Note- This reference contains many errors; use with caution]