Mary Stanton, dau. of Robert and Joanna (Gardner) Stanton of Pawcatuck, Stonington, Connecticut, married Jan. 1, 1703/04 at Stonington, Daniel Denison [b. March 28, 1680: son of John and Phebe (Lay) Denison; d. Oct. 13, 1747]. The marriage was performed by Nehemiah Palmer, J.P. [1] They had at least nine, perhaps ten children [2]; baptismal dates indicated for most [3]:
MARY Denison, b . Aug. 29, 1705; bapt. 14 Apr 1706 - by Rev. James Noyes; m. Nathan Smith
DANIEL Denison, b Nov. 11, 1707; bapt. 21 Mar 1708 - by Rev. James Noyes; died young
BEEBE Denison, b. Jan. 27, 1708/09; bapt. 26 Mar 1710 - by Rev. James Noyes ; m. Sarah Avery
LUCY Denison, b. Oct. 13, 1714; bapt. 20 Feb 1715 - by Rev. James Noyes; m. Jonas Prentice, Nov. 29, 1733
JOHN Denison, b. May 21, 1716; bapt. 12 May 1717 - by Rev. James Noyes
PRUDENCE Denison, b. Jan. 27, 1718; bapt. 5 Apr 1719 - by Rev. James Noyes; m. William Denison
DANIEL Denison, b. March 22, 1720; bapt. 23 Jun 1721 - by Mr. Samuel Whiting, Pastor of Church of Christ at Windham
PHEBE Denison, b. April 24, 1723; bapt. 9 Jun 1723 - by Rev. Ebenezer Rosseter; m. William Avery
SARAH Denison, b. Aug. 25, 1724. [Note: Existence of this person is supported by only one reference, thus specious.]
Mary (Stanton) Denison died 2 Sep 1724 at Stonington. Her grave is in Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic, New London, Connecticut: Find A Grave: Memorial #75277594. Grave stone inscription:
Here Lyes ye Body of Mary ye wife of Daniel Denison Who died Septem the 2nd 1724 aged 37 years.
Subsequent to her death, widower Daniel Denison married (2nd) 27 Oct 1726 Jane Cogswell "of Long Island"; then (3rd) 17 Nov 1737 widow Abigail (Fish) Eldridge.
Sources
↑ Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - D-E Transcribed by Coralynn Brown http://dunhamwilcox.net
↑ 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. 33: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/5/mode/1up
↑ Extracted from History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, CT; Richard Wheeler, Norwich, 1875 http://dunhamwilcox.net
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. 33: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/5/mode/1up
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