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Robert Dennis Denis

Male 1647 - 1691  (44 years)


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  • Name Robert Dennis Denis 
    Born 1647  Portsmouth,Newport,RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 05 Jun 1691  Portsmouth,Newport,RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I238  B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 

    Father Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Howland,   b. 1645, of Duxbury,Plymounth Co,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Oct 1712, Portsmouth,Newport,RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1672  Portsmouth,,RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Howlands of America, by Franklyn Howland, pub. 1885, page 69:
      v. SARAH, b. --; d. --; m. 16.11.1672, Robert Dennis, of Portsmouth, RI, "att the house of Joshua Coggeshall before the people of God." Her brother John signed as a witness to the marriage.
    Children 
     1. Mary Dennis,   b. 20 Sep 1673, Portsmouth,Newport,RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RHODE ISLAND FAMILIES, VOL 1. page 416-7 --- includes brief genealogy of this family.

      Note in the History of the MILK - MILKS Family, by Grace Croft, Author, Compiler and Editor-in-Chief, 1235 E. Aspen Ave., Provo, Utah. Published 1st -1952, 2nd - 1956.

      "Robert Dennis was b. 1647, son of Robert and Mary Dennis of Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA. Robert Dennis Jr. , who d. 5 June 1691, left in his Will twelve shillings to his grandchild Ruth Lawton to buy a Bible. He deeded land for a Quaker burying place "for the love I bear to the truth and the people of God which are in scorn called Quakers." (Genealogical Dictionary of RI, Austin). On the 19 Nov. 1672 he m. Sarah, dau. of Henry and Mary (Newlands) Howland of Duxbury, MA.. "att the house of Joshua Coggeshall of Portsmouth before the people of God." (Quakers) (New England Historical and Genealogical Record, vol. 49).