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1. The periodical "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 120[1989]:10-17, 94-97, 160-163; 121[1990]:221-225, etc., "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton," by Walter C. Krumm. I have divided up this article and included each generation with the individual detailed (see notes of Rev. Richard Denton for summary of all other publications and researchers prior to this publication):
"Samuel2 DENTON (Richard1), was baptised in Coley Chapel, Halifax, Yorkshire on 29 May 1631 probably by his father. In contrast to his brothers in Jamaica, Samuel lived out his long life in Hempstead, Long Island, and is the ancestor to most of the Dentons still living there. In 1673 when the Dutch regained control of Long Island for a few months, their listing of adult males showed Samuel as the only Denton in Hempstead (DHNY 2:526). Specific details of his personal life are sparse, but he married Mary Smith, daughter of John "Rock" Smith of Hempstead say 1664 ("Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y.," 8 vols. 1896-1904, hereafter HTR, 1:162; Will of John Smith, Sr., WNYHS 2:419-21; also see article on this Smith family by Rosalie Fellows Bailey in REC. 88:5-22)...
Probably in anticipation of dying, an aging Samuel in 1710 deeded several parcels of land to his second and third sons (HTR 2:390-4). This practice was not unusual; it avoided making a will, and it mitigated primogeniture, whereby the eldest son inherited all his father's real estate, practically disinheriting younger sons. He was dead by 15 March 1713/14 when an inventory of his personal belongings (movables) was taken by order of Col. John Jackson, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Hempstead, and filed in the Prerogative Court in New York (City) which was the provincial capital. The considerable personal property was valued at £275-6s-6d and ranged from farm animals and slaves to linen, chinaware, clothes and tools. His wife Mary relinquished the task of administering the estate to their sons Samuel, Jr., and Jonas. In the absence of a will containing bequests, they sold the items and paid the heirs in cash. The accounting by the administrators dated 20 March 1713/14 most of his family (Kenneth Scott and James A. Owre, "Genealogical Data from Inventories of New York Estates 1666-1825," 1970, p. 41):
Mary Denton, his widow...
Children of Samuel & Mary (Smith) Denton, all born Hempstead:
i. Samuel, Jr., b. say 1665.
ii. Mary, b. say 1668, d. say 1698; m. (1) Peter Smith a son of Peter and Elizabeth (___) Smith (REC. 85:4-5 and 65:117) say 1686, and (2) (?Thomas) Ellison, say 1691 (REC. 85:5). She had one child.
iii. James, b. say 1670.
iv. Hannah, b. say 1673, d. 17 Aug 1748, ae. 75 in Smithtown, L.I.; m. by 1695 Capt. Thomas Treadwell of Hempstead, d. 1722, son of John & Elizabeth (Starr) Treadwell; 8 children. See REC.42:314-8, 417-20 for biography and record of descendants.
v. Abraham, b. say 1675.
vi. Jonas, b. say 1677.
vii. Jane, m. Joseph Robinson.
viii. Phebe, b. say 1679, d. say 1728; m. (1) Richard Thorne, son of William, Jr. and Winifred (___) Thorne, 29 Aug 1699, and (2) Robert Mitchell, say 1708; 15 children. See Rae. 93:93-7 for biography, record of Thorne descendants, and further references.
ix. Martha, b. say 1681, m. Ezekiel Smith.
x. Elizabeth, b. say 1684, m. Jonathan Seaman say 1709; 11 children. They went to New Hempstead, Orange Co., N.Y. (Mary Thomas Seaman, "The Seaman Family In America, 1928," p. 37)..."
2. The book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut 1641-1700…," by Jeanne Majdalany, pp. 158-59:
"DENTON, Rev Richard - b1586, d1662, m1 ___, m2 ___.
The Reverend Richard Denton came from Owram, Yorkshire and was on the James with Matthew Mitchell, arriving in Watertown, MA by 1634. He was in Wethersfield, CT in 1635 and was the leader of the first group of settlers in Stamford in 1641. His house was later that of John Bishop. He also led the group that went to Long Island in 1644, and then returned to England in 1659. Cotton Mather wrote a glowing account of him (cf. Huntington). Descendants:
A. John - b1618.
B. Daniel -.
C. Timothy - bc1627.
D. Nathaniel - bc1628, d1730 m Sarah
E. Richard - d1658, m1657 Ruth Tileston.
F. Samuel - d1714, m Mary Smith.
References: Edythe Whitley, "Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton"; Frances Isabel Denton Womack, "The Denton Genealogy."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Abt 1640 - Aft 1714 (> 74 years)
