Reverend Richard Denton, III, The Immigrant

1603 - 1663  (59 years)

• Name	Richard Denton
  Title	Reverend
  Suffix	III, The Immigrant
  Birth	3 Apr 1603	Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  	Map & History of Halifax ... http://bit.ly/1BDCn3e
  Christening	10 Apr 1603	Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England   [2, 3]
  	Map & History of Halifax ... http://bit.ly/1BDCn3e
  Gender	Male
  Graduation	1623	Cambridge University, England   [2, 4]
  He took his B.A. degree at St. Catharine's College (Hall), Cambridge, 1623. View Images & History of St. Catharine's College ... http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/?m=page&id=1 View Images & History of the University of Cambridge ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge
  Immigration	~1635	Southowram, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England   [2, 4]
  Owram, South, a township of England, West Riding of Yorkshire, 9 miles S. E. from Halifax. Population 3615. (http://bit.ly/1DtbEIb)
  Immigration	~1635	(Wethersfield) Connecticutt   [2, 4]
  The town's motto is "Ye Most Auncient Towne in Connecticut". Click this link to view Wetherfield's History ... http://bit.ly/1KDhTZR
  Occupation	Curate of Coley Chapel, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, (1625-1635)  [4]
  Curate: a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest. Images of Coley's Chaper in Halifax, Yorkshire, England ... http://bit.ly/1LRtIPF
  Occupation	Deacon at Peterborough, 1622-1623  [4]
  it is not clearly cited where "Peterborough" was located, however, Peterborough Cathedral is an excellent candidate as it is located near the University of Cambridge. Click on this link to view its images, location & history ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_Cathedral
  Occupation	Presbyterian Minister of God, Christ's First Presbyterian Church of Hempstead, New York, 1635-1658  [2, 5]
  founding pastor and 1662 of the First Prebyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York which still stands today ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_in_Jamaica
  Occupation	Sizar of St. Catherine's, 1621-1624  [4]
  "Sizar" is defined as an undergraduate student. View Images & History of St. Catharine's College ... http://www.caths.cam.ac.uk/home/?m=page&id=1
  Religion	Presbyterian (Puritan)  [4]
  was firstly of the Church of England and evolved to become a Protestant of Presbyterianism...
  Residence	1640	Wethersfield, Connecticutt   [4]
  Residence	1644	Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [4]
  Residence	1644	Hempstead, Nassau County, New York   [4]
  Death	1663	West Hempstead, Essex, England   [2]
  Burial	(West Hempstead, Essex) England   [2]
  	His tombstone bears the following inscription in Latin: "Here lies the dust of Richard Denton. O'er his low peaceful grave bends the perennial cypress, fit emblem of his unfading fame. On earth his bright example, religious light, shown forth o'er multitudes. In heaven his pure rob'd spirit shines like an effulgent star."
  Person ID	I16663	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	3 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard Denton, II, Knight,   b. 1565, Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England d. 9 Dec 1619, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Susan Sibella,   b. 2 Mar 1563, Saint Albans, Herefordshire, England d. 1655, (Herefordshire) England (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1582	Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F7417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	unnamed spouse,   b. (Yorkshire) England d. (Yorkshire, England)
  Marriage	1623-1626	(Yorkshire) England   [2]
  	Many genealogies report Richard's wife as "Helen Windebank". This is erroneous as his wife's name has not been cited in any known record - this is a case where multiple researchers have copied and reported the same misinformation, thus perpetuating the error and all the while not bothering to verify any source citation. This is nothing new as one sees this research-error over and over again... There is a marriage record for Richard Denton & Helen Windebanke, however, the wedding date was in November 16, 1612 which is highly unlikely as this Richard Denton was born in 1603. .. Combes states that Rev. Richard's marriage does not appear among those of the Dentons at Halifax, nor is it recorded at Bolton, Lancashire where two of his children were baptized. Probably he was married not long before he became minister at Turton, a small place about four miles north of Bolton. This would put the probable date of his marriage as between 1624 and 1626. The baptismal dates for five of his children are known, two at Bolton, Lancashire and three at Coley, Halifax, from 1627 to 1634. It is known that three of his children, Nathaniel, Samuel, and Daniel, came to the U.S., probably with their parents in 1635.
  Children	1. Sarah Denton,   b. 1623, Bolton le Sands, Lancashire, England   2. Daniel Denton, An Immigrant,   b. 1626, (Halifax, Yorkshire) England d. 1701 (Age 75 years)   3. Nathaniel Denton,   b. 1627-1628, Turton, Bolton, Lancashire, England d. 18 Oct 1690, Jamaica, Queens County, New York (Age 62 years)   4. Admiral Samuel Denton,   b. 1631, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Mar 1713, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F5768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Apr 1603 - Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England Christening - 10 Apr 1603 - Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England Graduation - 1623 - Cambridge University, England Marriage - 1623-1626 - (Yorkshire) England Immigration - ~1635 - Southowram, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England Immigration - ~1635 - (Wethersfield) Connecticutt Residence - 1640 - Wethersfield, Connecticutt Residence - 1644 - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Residence - 1644 - Hempstead, Nassau County, New York Death - 1663 - West Hempstead, Essex, England Burial - - (West Hempstead, Essex) England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Coley's Chapel is located in Halifax, Yorkshire, England where Reverend Richard Denton was its Vicar about 1635. The Church was known as the Chapel of Coleye and was possibly dated 1513. It was enlarged and pewed in 1596 and again in 1631 and 1711. In 1711 there had been extensive renovation and reconstruction at both east and west ends of the chapel, which were commemorated by plaques on the stonework. These plaques are still in the clock-chamber in the tower, having been put there in the renovation of 1902.

  
  

• Notes

  About Rev. Richard Denton II Reverend Richard Denton was born on Saturday, 5 April 1603 at Yorkshire Co., England. He was christened Saturday, 19 April 1603 in Halifax, Yorkshire Co., England, emigrated to America between 1630 and 1635 [7] but returned to England [10], leaving his children behind, and died in Essex, England in 1663. [3, 4, 5] The first Presbyterian minister in Colonial America, [7] Rev. Denton came from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship James, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%28ship%29 , c. 1633. [1, 5] The general opinion among members of the Denton family is that all of the Dentons in the United States are his descendants. [6] The famous preacher Cotton Mather wrote of him: "Rev. Denton was a highly religious man with strong Presbyterian beliefs. He was a small man with only one eye, but in the pulpit he could sway a congregation like he was nine feet tall." [2] His tombstone bears the following inscription in Latin: "Here lies the dust of Richard Denton. O'er his low peaceful grave bends the perennial cypress, fit emblem of his unfading fame. On earth his bright example, religious light, shown forth o'er multitudes. In heaven his pure rob'd spirit shines like an effulgent star." [4] Parents: Father: Richard DENTON b: ABT 1556 in Worley, Hertshire, England and Mother: Susan Sibilla b: ABT 1562 in St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Marriage 1: Helen WINDEBANK b: 1 FEB 1596/97 in Hurst, Herlot, Berkshire, England on: 16 OCT 1611 (conflict data: 1621) in Marden Parish, Wiltshire, England. Died in England. ? Children: John DENTON b: 1618 in Yorkshire, England Sarah DENTON b: 1623 in Wiltshire, England Daniel DENTON b: 10 JUL 1626 in Coley Chap, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Timothy DENTON b: 23 JUL 1627 in christening in Parish Church of Bolton, England Nathaniel DENTON b: MAR 1627/28 in Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancaster, England c: 9 MAR 1628/29 in Parrish Church of Bolton, England Richard DENTON b: 1620 in Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, England Samuel DENTON Phebe DENTON b: 29 SEP 1634 in Stringston, Somersetshire, England John DENTON b: 1636 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York Weblinks: Denton Genealogy - Reverend Richard Denton <http://www.dentongenealogy.org/revedento.htm> The Denton Dispatch <http://www.dentongenealogy.org/Dispatch1.htm> The Denton Family of Long Island <http://longislandgenealogy.com/Surname_Pages/denton.htm> Rev Richard Denton ll & Helen Wendlbank <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maeve/leonard/fg17/fg17_342.html> Biographical Summary: A graduate of Cambridge in 1623, and acknowledged by many as the founder of Presbyterianism in America, Rev. Richard Denton came to New England in 1635. [7] Before coming he was a preacher in Halifax England. [8] In his book, "The History of the Clergy in Middle Colonies" author Weiss makes reference to the religious conflict of early Connecticut which resulted in Rev. Richard Denton moving on to Hempstead, Long Island, New York in 1644. He settled there in the midst of a large Dutch colony. However, there were also many English settlers living in the area without benefit of religious guidance. With these scattered members for a church, Rev. Denton established the first Presbyterian Church in America. This church was so successful that soon the Dutch neighbors began attending services there. [9] History shows some controversery developed when Rev. Denton began to baptize some of the younger children of the Dutch who did not agree with all the Presbyterian beliefs. From "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664" a letter to the Classis of Amsterdam from Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius dated August 5, 1657: 'At Hempstead, about seven leagues from here, there live some independents. There are also many of our own church, and some Presbyterians. They have a Presbyterian preacher, Richard Denton, a pious, godly and learned man, who is in agreement with our church in everything. The Independents of the place listen attentively to his sermons: but when he began to baptize the children of parents who are not members of the church, they rushed out of the church." The history of Hempstead, Long Island makes many references to the Dentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active in the local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellent military experience that prepared them for officer commissions when they moved on to the Virginia frontier. From "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664" a letter to the Classis of Amsterdam from Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius dated August 5, 1657: "At Hempstead, about seven leagues from here, there live some Independents. There are also many of our own church, and some Presbyterians. They have a Presbyterian preacher, Richard Denton, a pious, godly and learned man, who is in agreement with our church in everything. The Independents of the place listen attentively to his sermons; but when he began to baptize the children of parents who are not members of the church, they rushed out of the church." Genealogy Notes Rev Denton <http://www.dentongenealogy.org/revedento.htm>: The records on Rev. Richard Denton are very sketchy, and the authorities and genealogists do not always agree. However, George D.A. Combes, using notes prepared over a period of years by Wm. A.D. Eardeley, Esq, seems to have the most authentic version. According to Mr.. Combes, a full copy of the manuscript notes of Wm. A.D. Eardeley is in possession of the Queens Borough Public Library at Jamaica, New York. Many of the actual dates of birth, marriage or death are not actually ascertainable. When only the year date is given, the reader is to assume that the date is only a suggested probability. If the full date is given, it has been taken from some record believed authentic. If the date is given as before or after a certain year date, such date is fixed by deduction from some authentic document. The parents and ancestry of Rev. Richard cannot yet be identified with certainty, as there were several of that name located at Warley, in the Parish of Halifax, York, where he was born. It is possible to identify with reasonable certainty the baptism of Rev.. Richard, to identify his father, one of his sisters, and very definitely to identify the baptismal dates of five of his children. Venn gave Rev. Richard's birth date as 1603; in all probability this was taken from his College records at Cambridge. The only baptism date of a Richard at Halifax in that year was on April 10, 1603, the parent being listed as Richard Denton of Warley. There was also a baptism on Dec. 21, 1600 of Susan, a daughter of this same Richard of Warley. Venn also states that Rev. Richard received his B.A. from St. Catherine's College (or Catherine Hall), Cambridge University, England in 1622/3, was created a Deacon at Peterborough on March. 9, 1622/3, and made a priest on June 3, 1623. As this information was probably taken from College records, it should be authentic. (According to information on film #057, Latter Day Saints Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Rev. Richard was born 1586 at Yorkshire, England, was 61 years old in 1647 at Hempstead, N.Y. (according to Long Island History), and was married in 1623/4.) Mr.. Combes states that Rev. Richard's marriage does not appear among those of the Dentons at Halifax, nor is it recorded at Bolton, Lancashire where two of his children were baptized. Probably he was married not long before he became minister at Turton, a small place about four miles north of Bolton. This would put the probable date of his marriage as between 1624 and 1626. The baptismal dates for five of his children are known, two at Bolton, Lancashire and three at Coley, Halifax, from 1627 to 1634. It is known that three of his children, Nathaniel, Samuel, and Daniel, came to the U.S., probably with their parents in 1635. There is no known record of the name of Rev. Richard's wife in this country, though he himself is frequently mentioned, so perhaps he was a widower by the time he came to America. Although he is referred to as the first minister at Hempstead, N.Y. in a deed at Stamford in 1650, in which he disposed of his property there, he refers to himself as of "Mashpeag" on Long Island. There are two documents at Albany, signed by him, dated from Mashpeag and Middleborough in l650-l. He is said to have preached to the English soldiers at the Fort in New Amsterdam, probably about the time of the Indian troubles in 1643-5. (According no Thompson's Long Island History, by 1650 the orders to attend church could not be enforced, and his wages had not been paid.) Rev. Richard was engaged to act as minister at Hempstead in 1658, from a contract on the Town records. The history of Hempstead, Long Island makes many references to the Dentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active in the local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellent military experience that prepared them for officer commissions when they moved on to the Virginia frontier. Footnotes: [1] No ship record has been discovered. Conflict info: He was found on a passenger list in 1630 on the 'James.' / He emigrated from an unknown place 1630. with Governor Winthrop in the ship called 'Arabella'. [2] A comment on Rev. Richard is found in Cotton Mather's "Magnalia Christi" vol. 1, p. 398 ".... Among these clouds was our pious and learned Mr. Richard Denton of Yorkshire, who, having watered Halifax in England with his fruitful ministry, was then by a tempest tossed into New England, where first at Weathersfield and then at Stamford, his doctrine dropped as the rain, his speech distilled as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. Though he were a little man, yet he had a great soul; his well-accomplished mind, in his lesser body, was as an Iliad in a nutshell. I think he was blind of an eye, yet he was not the least among the seers of Israel; he saw a very considerable portion or those things which eye hath not seen. He was far from cloudy in his conceptions and principles of divinity. [3] From another letter dated Oct 22, 1657 the same writers continue: "Mr. Richard Denton, who is sound in faith, of a friendly disposition, and beloved by all, cannot be induced by us to remain, although we have earnestly tried to do this in various ways. He first went to Virginia to seek a situation, complaining of lack of salary, and that he was getting in debt, but he has returned thence. He is now fully resolved to go to old England, because of his wife who is sickly will not go without him, and there is a need of their going there on account of a legacy of four hundred pounds sterling lately left by a deceased friend, and which they cannot obtain except by their personal presence." [4] About 1659, he is said to have returned to England, taking a church in Essex, at which place he died in 1662/3. Most authorities agree with this date and place. Thompson on says "On the tomb erected to his memory in that place is a Latin inscription... Venn's Cambridge Alumni also agrees, saying he died in 1662 at Hempstead, Essex. Yet, inquiry at that place shows no such tomb there, and it appears that Rev. Richard was not a rector or curate there in 1660 to 1663. However, Hempstead, Essex was strongly Puritan. In the hope that Rev. Richard had left a Will in England, a search was made for the period between 1660 and 1680. It was thought that perhaps the reason for Daniel Denton's trip to England in 1670 was to settle his father's estate, but the records apparently do not show it. It seems strange that historians have been so mistaken about the burial place of Rev. Richard Denton, but there is no stone memorial to him at Hempstead, Essex, England. [5] From New England Genealogical Reg. 11/241: Rev. Richard Denton came to American from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship "James." He lived in Wethersfield and Stamford, Connecticut. The J.S. Denton papers show baptismal records of Nathaniel and Timothy sons of Rev. Richard Denton "in Parish Church of Bolton, England." Rev. Richard worked first with the famous preacher, Cotton Mather. [6] From an unnamed history of the Denton family: The general opinion among members of the Denton family is that all fo the Dentons in the United States are descendants of Rev. Richard Denton. Our research seems to substantiate this, for we have found only two instances where other Dentons lived in America and neithers of these left heirs named Denton. From New England Genealogical Register 11/241: Reverend Richard Denton came to America from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship "James". (Note: Some say his ship was the "Arabella") [7] In 1630 the first Presbyterian minister reaches America: the Rev. Richard Denton settles in Wethersfield, Conn. More than You probably want to know about the Presbyterian Church in the USA <http://woodlandheightschurch.com/Presbyterians.html> [8] The Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton says: "Sizar of St. Catherine's Easter, 1621, b. 1603 in Yorks, B.A. 1622-3, priest 8 June 1623. Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coleys Chapel, Halifax, for some years." ("Sizar" is defined as an undergraduate student.) [9] The plantation of Wethersfield, of which Mr. Denton was the leader, as well as the minister of the Church, was prosperous, and its numbers greatly increased. But, in 1641, another conflict for democratic rule caused some twenty-five families, led by Mr. Denton, to make another move. This brought them to Stamford, within the boundaries of the Colony of New Haven. Of the twenty-five families who came with Denton to Stamford, the names of eighteen are found later in the Hempstead list of 1647. Again at Stamford, Mr. Denton's uncompromising democracy, or Presbyterianism, came in conflict with the New Haven rules that none but church members should vote in town meetings.' In 1643, representatives were sent out to investigate the land and the conditions across the Sound, on Nassau Island, as it was then known, within the jurisdiction of the more liberal Dutch government. This resulted in their obtaining in the following year, from Governor Kieft, the patent for the town of Hempstead. The settlers promptly formed a central community, which was called the "Town Spot," and which developed into what is now the village of Hempstead. There they constructed a "Fort," and the meeting house was built within it. As was the custom in New England, this meeting house was built upon the town's "common land," at the public expense, and as authorized by vote in the town meeting. It was used not merely as a place of worship on Sundays, but was also the place for holding town meetings, and for conducting the business of the magistrates. The minister was chosen by the town vote, and his salary was fixed and raised by a rate assessed upon all the inhabitants. It was, doubtless, in this little first meeting house that the first legislative Assembly of the Province of New York was held in 1665, called together by Col. Nickol, after Charles II had granted this territory to his brother, the Duke of York. This Assembly was composed of delegates from New York, from Westchester and the towns of Long Island. The celebrated code, known as the "Duke's Laws," was enacted here. During the sixty years which constituted the first period of the history of Hempstead's Church, there were three ministers duly chosen and resident in the town. The first of these, the Rev. Richard Denton, who brought the people here, and exercised a large influence in the formative years of the settlement, remained with them until 1658, when he resigned. The last mention of Mr. Denton's name upon the Town books is on March 4, 1658, when a rate was made for the payment of his salary, at the rate of f174os. per quarter. Shortly afterwards he returned to England where he died in the year 1662. History of Christ's First Presbyterian Church of Hempstead, Long Island, New York <http://longislandgenealogy.com/firstPresHempstead/July1922.htm> 10] As no mention is made of his wife in his Connecticut years it is not clear when she died or where. Sources: Whitley, Edythe J. R. Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton. McMinnville, Tenn: Womack Print. Co, 1959. Print.find in a library <http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5154641> Notes on sourcing: original "overview" data came from from <http://www.acun.com/dentons/revedento.htm> - 22 Nov 98- Denton web site, which verifies and adds to information on Richard Denton already gathered from numerous sources over the past 20 years. -------------------- http://books.google.com/books?id=064ybBytdDcC&pg=PA147&dq=denton+genealogy&hl=en&ei=kHr8S5SrEoK8lQeatNnvDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=denton%20genealogy&f=false <http://books.google.com/books?id=064ybBytdDcC&pg=PA147&dq=denton+genealogy&hl=en&ei=kHr8S5SrEoK8lQeatNnvDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA> <http://dentonofhempstead.blogspot.com/> -------------------- Jonah DENTON was born in 1677 in Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Samuel DENTON and Mary Rock SMITH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonas DENTON was born in 1658 in Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY. He died in 1717 in Frederick, Shenandoah Co., VA. Jonas, his family and cousin Jonathan Seaman moved west along an oldtrail fromNew York through Carlisle, PA, crossing the Potomac Rivernear where Peter Stephens ran a ferry. Later Robert Harper established Harper's Ferry there. From this point, the Dentons skirtedover to Winchester. Jonas bought 3,100 acres fromJoist Hite on March26, 1735. The other Dentons probably made their settlement official bypurchasing land from the Hites. The new home was near the Great Roadfrom the Carolinas to Philadelphia (now U.S. Highway 11), cut out bythe Indiansyears before. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Samuel DENTON and Mary Rock SMITH. Spouse: Jane SEAMAN. Jane SEAMAN and Jonas DENTON were married in 1695 in Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY. Children were: Robert DENTON. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph DENTON was born in 1771 in ,Hardy,Virginia. He died in 1840 in ,Sullivan or Martin,Indiana. Parents: Jacob DENTON and Mary CLAYPOOLE. Spouse: Mary Polly JAMES. Mary Polly JAMES and Joseph DENTON were married in 1794 in ,Jefferson,Tennessee. Children were: Andrew B DENTON. Spouse: Charity "Catherine" BAILEY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret DENTON52 was born about 1402. She has Ancestral File Number 9HFV-1F. Parents: . Spouse: sir Richard COPLEY. Margaret DENTON and sir Richard COPLEY were married about 1419. Children were: Lionel COPLEY. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret DENTON was born on 10 January 1589/90. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Richard DENTON Jr. and Susan J SIBELLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret DENTON was born about 1607 in Tyne River,Kent,England. She has reference number LT9B-MW. Spouse: Francis WARDE. Margaret DENTON and Francis WARDE were married on 23 August 1627 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martha DENTON was born in 1681 in Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Samuel DENTON and Mary Rock SMITH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martha DENTON was born in 1706. Spouse: George JULIAN. Martha DENTON and George JULIAN were married in 1726. Children were: George JULIAN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary DENTON was born on 12 January 1822 in ,Harrison,Indiana. Parents: David DENTON and Elizabeth GWIN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Smith DENTON was born in 1668 in Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Samuel DENTON and Mary Rock SMITH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. John 1345 DENTON15,16 was born about 1352. She died Deceased. Spouse: John DENTON. Mrs. John 1345 DENTON and John DENTON were married.16 Children were: Thomas DENTON. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathaniel DENTON was born on 9 May 1628 in Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire, England. He died on 18 October 1690 in Jamaica, Queens Co., NY. Nathaniel was the first Town Clerk of Jamaica, L.I., NY: "Records ofthe Town of Jamaica, Long Island, vol. I, Page 1. A Town Meeting head of ye Town ye 18th of February 1656. Daniel Denton chosen to write & enter all acts and orders of public concernment of ye Town and is to have a daie's work a man for ye said employment. It is voted & concluded by ye Town y whosoever shall fell any trees in yue highwaysshall take both top and body out of ye highway. It is further voted and agreed upon by ye Town y whosoever shall kill a wolfe within ye boundary of yeTown shall have feiveteen shillings for every woolf. Likewise it is agreed uponby ye Town that whereas they have the Little plains by purchase and patent within their limits to maintaintheir rights & privileges in ye said place from any such as shall goe to deprive y off it & soe to make use off it as they shall se cause.These taken out of ye ould towne book by me, Nathaniel Denton, Clerk."Nathaniel applied for land at Elizabethtown, NJ in 1664 but probably died at Jamaica. Nathaniel was baptized later in life on March 9,1682. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Richard DENTON III and Helen "Eleanor" WINDEBANK.Spouse: Sarah SMITH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phebe DENTON was born on 29 September 1634. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Richard DENTON III and Helen "Eleanor" WINDEBANK. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phebe DENTON was born in 1745. Parents: Abraham DENTON and Mary ODELL. Spouse: William PLUMLEE. Children were: Isaac PLUMLEE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoebe DENTON was born in 1634. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Richard DENTON III. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoebe DENTON was born in 1679 in Hempstead, Nassau Co., NY. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Samuel DENTON and Mary Rock SMITH. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca DENTON was born in 1827 in ,Harrison,Indiana. She died on 5 September 1883 in ,,Indiana. Parents: David DENTON and Elizabeth GWIN. Spouse: Barnett STALCUP. Rebecca DENTON and Barnett STALCUP were married on 28 June 1845 in ,Crawford, Indiana. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca DENTON was born on 17 December 1841. Parents: Allen DENTON and Hannah ANDERSON. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca DENTON was born about 1849 in Ark.. Spouse: James William OFFIELD. Children were: Harriet Louisa OFFIELD, Henry Lee OFFIELD, Charlie F. OFFIELD, Robert OFFIELD, Edna OFFIELD, James OFFIELD, Ira OFFIELD, Nancy Ann OFFIELD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rebecca A DENTON was born in 1822 in ,Orange, Indiana. Parents: Andrew B DENTON and Rebecca OSBORN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard DENTON was born in 1517 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He died after 1561 in England. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Spouse: Gennett BANYSTER. Gennett BANYSTER and Richard DENTON were married on 10 September 1547 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Children were: John DENTON, Janet DENTON, Richard DENTON Jr., Samuelis DENTON. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard DENTON Jr. was born in 1557 in Worley, Yorkshire, England. He died on 8 December 1619 in Hertfordshire, England. Name Prefix: Sir Name Suffix: Jr. If interested in more generations, contact CalOwen@mediaone.net and I'll send you what you want Parents: Richard DENTON and Gennett BANYSTER. Spouse: Susan J SIBELLA. Susan J SIBELLA and Richard DENTON Jr. were married on 6 July 1581 in Halifax,Yorkshire,England. Children were: John DENTON, Thomas DENTON, Alice DENTON, Susan DENTON, Margaret DENTON, Richard DENTON III. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard DENTON III was born on 5 April 1603 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Unknown-Begin] [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Unknown-Begin] He died between 1662 and 1663 in Essex, England. He was in First Presbyterian Minister in US. Richard was in Presbyterian. Name Prefix: Rev. Name Suffix: III In 1623, Richard Denton was graduated from Cambridge University, andsettled in an established Church of England in Halifax, where heremained until 1630. While in Cambridge, Denton becameinterested inthe debate about church policy led by Cartwright. Denton did notleave the Church of England at the outset. However, his seven yearsin Halifax made it clear that he could no longer remain in the ordersof the Church of England. With followers from this church, Coley'sChapel in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, he started for New England inthe Puritan exodus of 1630-1640. They stopped first in Massachusetts,then moved to Weathersfield and Stamford. In 1643, a committee fromRev. Denton's settlement went to Long Island to spy out the land.They met with the Indian chiefs of Marsapeague, Mericock and Rockawayand received from them a conveyance of two-thirds of Great Plains, nowknown as Hempstead Plains. The above document is a 1740 copy of theagreement of November 18, 1643. Robert Fordham and John Carman arementioned in this document, as is MicahSmith. In 1644, Rev. RichardDenton led the migration from Stamford to Hempstead, Long Island, NY.November 13th, 1643. A graduate of Cambridge in 1623, andacknowledged by many as the founder of Presbyterianism in America,Rev. Richard Denton came to New England in 1635. Before coming he wasa preacher in Halifax England. From England, the CambridgeUniversity listing for Richard Denton says:"Sizar of St. Catherine'sEaster, 1621, b. 1603 in Yorks, B.A. 1622-3, priest 8June 1623.Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coleys Chapel,Halifax, for some years." ("Sizar" is defined as an undergraduatestudent.) In hisbook, "The History of the Clergy in the Middle Colonies" authorWeiss makes reference to the religious conflict of early Connecticutwhich resulted in Rev. Richard Denton moving on to Hempstead, LongIsland, NY in 1644. He settled there inthe midst of a large Dutchcolony. However, there were also many English settlers living in thearea without benefit of religious guidance. With these scatteredmembers for a beginning, Rev. Denton established the firstPresbyterian Church in America. This church was so successful thatsoon the Dutch neighbors were attending services there. History showssome controversy developed when Rev. Dentonbegan to baptize some ofthe younger children of the Dutch who did not agree with all thePresbyterian beliefs. The history of Hempstead, Long Island makes many references to theDentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active inthe local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellentmilitary experience that prepared them for officer commissions whenthey moved on to the Virginia frontier. From "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664" a letter to the Classisof Amsterdam from Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius datedAugust 5, 1657: "At Hempstead, about seven leagues from here, therelive someIndependents. There are also many of our own church, andsome Presbyterians. They have a Presbyterian preacher, Richard Denton,a pious, godly and learned man,who is in agreement with our church ineverything. The Independents of the place listen attentively to hissermons; but when he began to baptize the children of parents who arenot members of the church, they rushed out of the church." Fromanother letter dated Oct. 22, 1659 the same writers continue: "Mr.Richard Denton, who is sound in faith, of a friendly disposition, andbeloved by all, cannotbe induced by us to remain, although we haveearnestly tried to do this in various ways. He first went to Virginiato seek a situation, complaining of lack of salary, and that he wasgetting in debt, but he has returned thence. He is now fully resolvedto go to old England, because of his wife who is sickly will not gowithout him, and there is need of their going there on account of alegacy of four hundred pounds sterling lately left by a decea Parents: Richard DENTON Jr. and Susan J SIBELLA. Presbyterian Heritage Center at Montreat The Rev. Richard Denton (1603 - 1662) The Rev. Richard Denton was one of the first Puritan/Presbyterian ministers in the country. He was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1603. He graduated at Cambridge University in early 1623, and was ordained a Deacon at Peterborough, March 9, 1622/3, and a Priest June 8, 1823. By the intolerant spirit of the times which led to the Act of Uniformity, he felt compelled to relinquish his charge, and to emigrate to America. This was before 1638. Mr. Denton first came to Watertown, Massachusetts. Then he moved on to Wethersfield and in 1641 his name appears among the early settlers of Stamford, Conn. In 1644 he is recorded as one of the original proprietors of Hempstead, Long Island. A part of his flock accompanied him from England and also settled with him as their pastor. Thus a Puritan/Presbyterian Church was established in Hempstead, Long Island in 1644. Rev. Denton had some disputes with his congregation about its failure to pay him his due, and was in Middleboro (Newtown) Long Island, 1650-54, and then journeyed to Virginia to find more lucrative employment. By 1657 he had returned to Hempstead and served the church until 1659, when he returned to England, and spent the latter part of his life in Essex, where he died in 1662. He had five children, four sons and one daughter. Before Rev. Denton left Hempstead the church was troubled with sharp contentions among the congregation between Independents and Presbyterians/Puritans. In 1657 Governor Stuyvesant visited Hempstead, and used his influence to persuade Rev. Denton to continue his ministry there, his own Church affinities inclining him to favor the Presbyterian form of government. But the troubles increasing, Rev. Denton left, and the Independents gained control and had a stated supply for a number of years. Then through these continued dissensions, the large increase of Quakerism, and the establishment of Episcopacy under the English rule, the Presbyterian Church gradually declined and passed out of sight as an organized body. The Rev. Mr. Jenney writes, September, 1729: "A few Presbyterians at Hempstead have an unordained preacher to officiate for them, whom they could not support were it not for the assistance which they receive from their brethren in the neighboring parish of Jamica." * [2] Mildred Denton provides the following abstracts found while at the Guildhall Library, London, England. She does not cite the book titles. First book: "DENTON,RICHARD (1603-1663), divine, was born in 1603 in Yorkshire, and lived at Priestly Green. He took his B.A. degree at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, 1623. He became minister of the chapel of Coley, near Coley Hall, 'ancient seat of the tenure commonly called 'St. John of Jerusalem' (OLIVER HEYWOOD,iv.9). Here he remained about seven years when, finding the times hard, the bishops 'at their height' and the 'Book for Sports on the Sabbath-day' insupportable, he emigrated with a numerous family to New England. He settled at Wethersfield in 1640, but finding himself in disagreement with other ministers there on the subject of church discipline, he removed to Stamford in 1644, whence he departed not long after to Hempstead, Long Island, where he died in 1663 (SAVAGE, ii. 40). Cotton Mather, in his 'Magnalia', gives a high-flown description of his eloquence and powers of persuasion, which he contrasts with the smallness of his stature and the blindness of one of his eyes. 'His well-accomplished mind', says Mather, 'in his lesser body was an Iliad in a nutshell'. The same writer states that Denton wrote a system of divinity entitled 'Soliloquia Sacra', descriptive of the fourfold state, which does not seem to have been published. [Oliver Heywood's Autobiography,1885;Savage' Dict. of Settlers in New England; Mather's Magnalia, or Ecclesiastical Hist. of New England, B. iii. 95.] R.H." Second book: "DENTON,RICHARD. Matric. vicar from St. CATHARINE'S, Easter, 1621. B. 1603, in Yorkshire. B.A. 1623-4. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 9, 1622-3; priest, July 8, 1623. C. of Coley Chapel, Halifax, for some years. Went to New England c. Additonal Commentary: More Content: 1638. Preacher at Stamford, Conn.; and at Hempstead, Long Island, for 15 years. Returned to England, 1659. Said to have died at Hempstead, Essex, 1663. Author, 'Soliloquia Sacra'. [Fels 515; J.G.Bartlett;D.N.B.]" end of this biography [4] Additonal Commentary: Richard Denton 1603-1662 A graduate of St. Catherines, Cambridge in 1623, Rev. Richard Denton came to New England circa 1635. Before coming he was a preacher in Halifax England. The Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton says: "Sizar of St. Catherine's Easter, 1621-23-24, priest 8 June 1623, Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coley Chapel, Halifax, for some years." ("Sizar" is defined as an undergraduate student.) Coley's Chapel Images of Coley's Chaper in Halifax, Yorkshire, England ... http://bit.ly/1LRtIPF From New England Genealogical Reg. 11/241: Rev. Richard Denton came to America from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship "James". (Note: No ship record has been discovered.) He lived in Wethersfield and Stamford, Connecticut. The J.S. Denton papers show baptismal records of Nathaniel and Timothy sons of Rev. Richard Denton "in Parish Church of Bolton, England." The famous preacher, Cotton Mather, born 1663, speaks of Rev. Denton in his early memoirs: "Rev. Denton was a highly religious man with strong Presbyterian beliefs. He was a small man with only one eye, but in the pulpit he could sway a congregation like he was nine feet tall." [Editor's Note] Cotton Mather (1663-1728) image and biography ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather From "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664" a letter to the Classis of Amsterdam from Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius dated August 5,1657: "At Hempsted, about seven leagues from here, there live some Independents. There are also many of our own church, and some Presbyterians. They have a Presbyterian preacher, Richard Denton, a pious, godly and learned man, who is in agreement with our church in everything. The Independents of the place listen attentively to his sermons; but when he began to baptize the children of parents who are not members of the church, they rushed out of the church." From another letter dated Oct. 22, 1657 the same writers continue: "Mr. Richard Denton, who is sound in faith, of a friendly disposition, and beloved by all, cannot be induced by us to remain, although we have earnestly tried to do this in various ways. He first went to Virginia to seek a situation, complaining of lack of salary, and that he was getting in debt, but he has returned thence. He is now fully resolved to go to old England, because of his wife who is sickly will not go without him, and there is need of their going there on account of a legacy of four hundred pounds sterling lately left by a deceased friend, and which they cannot obtain except by their personal presence." The history of Hempstead, Long Island makes many references to the Dentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active in the local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellent military experience that prepared them for officer commissions when they moved on to the Virginia frontier. He married and had the following children: Sarah DENTON Daniel DENTON Timothy DENTON Nathaniel DENTON Richard III DENTON Samuel DENTON John DENTON (For more documented information about Rev. Richard Denton and his family, please see the articles by Dr. Walter Krumm in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 117, numbers 3 and 4.) * [4] Additonal Commentary: Click here for a pictorial review of Richard Denton's Yorkshire countryside and his church-associations; http://www.dentongenealogy.org/places.htm This site created by Sue Montgomery (1942-2006)... a devoted Denton researcher and author of the "Denton Family Genealogy" - http://www.dentongenealogy.org/index.htm * [10] Additonal Commentary: Sources cite his bithplace and christening place to be "Worley, Halifax, England", however further research suggests that its correct geographical name should read, "Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England". DAH * [11] Additonal Commentary: HISTORY AND VITAL RECORDS OF CHRIST'S FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN DEAN FISH, The history of the Church of Christ in Hempstead may be said to have begun in the year 1644, when the charter or patent for the town was obtained from the Dutch Governor at New Amsterdam, William Kieft, granting to Robert Fordham, John Stickland, John Ogden, John Carman, John Lawrence and Jonas Wood, their associates and successors, full power and authority to build a town, with fortifications, with temples to exercise the reformed religion, to nominate magistrates, and establish courts. Many families who were already associated together in Church fellowship immediately commenced coming across the Sound from Stamford, Conn., and settled upon the newly granted territory. From this beginning in 1644, the history of the Church may be divided into three distinct stages or periods. The first period lasted from the settlement of the town until the year 1704, during which time the management of the Church's affairs was ordered upon the lines of the Congregational or Independent Churches of New England. The second stage of the Church's history commenced when in December, 1704, under authority of a law of the New York Provincial Assembly, passed in 1693 at the instigation of Governor Fletcher, constituting the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay as one parish, the new Governor, Lord Cornbury caused the Rev. John Thomas to be inducted over the parish, and put him in possession of the meeting house, the parsonage and the ministry lands. This was a period of sifting and separation, out of which grew two independent churches-the Presbyterian and the Church of England. This period terminated for the Presbyterians before 1722, when they had built for themselves a meeting house, and secured their own minister: and for the Episcopalians in 1734, when they likewise secured their own church building, and were organized under a charter from King George. The third period of Church history is not yet ended, but after living side by side for two centuries, the two Churches, Presbyterian and Episcopal, are now more active, prosperous and useful than ever before. There was, however, a preliminary period and a series of events greatly affecting the organization of the Church in Hempstead, which must not be ignored. The Rev. Richard Denton, its first pastor, was an Englishman who came from Halifax in Yorkshire in 163o. He had been educated in Cambridge University, where the principles of Presbyterianism had been instilled into his mind firmly and aggressively. For seven years thereafter he was the settled minister of Coley Chapel in Halifax. His inability to conform to the requirements of king and bishop drove him with thousands of other conscientious men to the shores of New England. At first he was settled at Watertown, Mass., as a teacher of the Church there. He was in Watertown in 1634. But, the firmness of his convictions-his democratic or Presbyterian opposition to the oligarchic rule of the New England Divines-again led him, in the year 1635, to depart from Watertown for the purpose of establishing a new settlement at Wethersfield in Connecticut. In this move he was joined by several of the Watertown planters. The names of six of the Watertown Church members are preserved in the Colonial records, four of whom are on the list of the Original Proprietors of Hempstead in 1647. The plantation of Wethersfield, of which Mr. Denton was the leader, as well as the minister of the Church, was prosperous, and its numbers greatly increased. But, in 1641, another conflict for democratic rule caused some twenty-five families, led by Mr. Denton, to make another move. This brought them to Stamford, within the boundaries of the Colony of New Haven. Of the twenty-five families who came with Denton to Stamford, the names of eighteen are found later in the Hempstead list of 1647. Again at Stamford, Mr. Denton's uncompromising democracy, or Presbyterianism, came in conflict with the New Haven rules that none but church members should vote in town meetings.' In 1643, representatives were sent out to investigate the land and the conditions across the Sound, on Nassau Island, as it was then known, within the jurisdiction of the more liberal Dutch government. This resulted in their obtaining in the following year, from Governor Kieft, the patent for the town of Hempstead. * [12] Additonal Commentary: Hey cuz, I was doing more digging on the Dentons as promised. Below is some stuff I found: I found this "story" (as ancestry calls them) posted by user RichardMarcDenton76: Source 1-1956-1957: Text has been extracted from a personal letter composed by Dwight W. Denton and is found on the Denton Family Genealogy Website. "You asked about the name of Denton. It is an English word and is a “place” name. Many other names are place names, a profession or their work name such as Carpenter, Miller, Shipman etc. Den means valley or vale and ton is Anglo-Saxon for town, hence Valley-Town-Denton. "The first records I've ever seen of Dentons coming to America, I found in the Virginia Land Company records in the Ohio State and Richmond, Va. Libraries. These two were Adam Denton, Merchant and his cousin Thomas Denton who came to Jamestown Va on the “goode ship Margarite” in 1619. I haven't been able to trace any Dentons after 1619 (descendants of these two) but I have their (Adam and Thos) lineage back for 20 generations to the eleventh Century. The name back there originated with one Baron of Benth Castle who named a son Denton after the place where they had Benth Castle. I dont know of any coming over from England between 1619 and 1630 but in the latter year, one Rev. Richard Denton and six sons came over from England on the good ship “Arabella” in company with John Winthrop, later governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Rev Rich. was b 1586 in England and returned there in 1659 where he died about 1662. He was a graduate of Cambridge University in 1623. He was a “settled” minister at Coley Chapel in Halifax in England. His six sons were John born 1618, Timothy born 7-23-1627, Richard baptised 1622, Nathaniel b. 3-9-1628, Daniel b. 7-10-1632, Samuel b. 5-29-1631, and Phebe b 9-20-1634. Daniel wrote and published the first “Historye of Newe Yorke”. I have seen and read this little booklet at Ohio State Library. Three of the above were born in America and the others were born in England. "All of his children stayed in America and most of the Dentons in America come from these six sons. They lived in N.Y., Conn., and Mass up until about 1700 then some of them came down thru the upper Shenandoah Valley in Va where they were living from at least 1710 thru the Revolutionaary War. After the War, Tenn. and Ky. were opened up and quite a few Dentons migrated to these two states as well as North Carolina." Source 2-1989: The following text has been extracted from The New York Genealogical And Biographical Record essay found in various volumes starting with January 1989, Vol. 120, Number 1, Page 10. The essay was written by Walter C. Krumm, Ph.D. and is titled, "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton." "When the Rev. Richard Denton sailed back to England in 1658, he must have felt discouraged; unable to live on his earnings on Long Island or to find better pay in Virginia, he and his wife were returning to England to receive a bequest of 400 [pounds] awaiting them there (Ecclesiastical Records, State of New York 1:411). Apparently he left in America little or no property for his sons to inherit, and he could expect never to see them again Yet the Presbyterian Church in America has regarded him as their first minister (Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church, ed. Alfred Nevin, 1884, p. 183-4), and his descendants number in the thousands. "It is possible to reconstruct much of Denton's immediate family from English records. As a subsidized university student he was almost certainly unmarried when he was graduated from Catharines's Hall, Cambridge in 1623/4. The next mention of him, found in the baptismal record of his son in July, 1627, identifies him, as "'preacher at Turton,'" a small chapelry in B olton Priory, Lancashire. This suggests that he married c. 1625 (no record has been found) and that his son was born a year or so later. St. Peter's Parish Church, Bolton, has only these two Denton entries (Lancashire Paris Register Society Publications 50:107, 114): Tymothie Denton, son of Mr. Denton, preacher at Turton baptised 23 July [1627]. Nathaniell Denton of Turton, son of Mr. Denton 9 March, baptised [1628/9]. Denton's predecessor at Turton, Gilbert Astley, was buried at Bolton on 27 Jan 1625/6 suggesting that his own term began there soon after. "The next baptisms show that by 1631 the family had moved to Coley Chapel in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, 25 miles east of Bolton (records compiled and anglicized by the West Yorkshire Archive Service): Samuel, son of Richard Denton, Minister of Coley, 29 May, 1631. Daniel, son of Richard Denton, Curate of Coley, 10 July 1632. Phoebe, dau. of Richard Denton, minister of Coley, 30 Nov. 1634 Christening usually took place within a few weeks after birth unless sickness postponed it or fear of imminent death hastened it. Tymothie and Phoebe are never heard from again, suggesting that they died young, or if Phoebe survived childhood, she may have married in an unrecorded ceremony in the New World. Between 1635 and 1640 the Dentons arrived in America although a record of their crossing is lacking; birth records of additional children, if any, have not survived. Later records in America do show that when the parents returned to England in 1658, three, possibly four, sons remained behind: Nathaniel, Samuel, Daniel, and maybe Richard, Jr., 1 in that order." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To further confuse the death place, I found this: https://archive.org/stream/historycolonyne02lambgoog#page/n214/mode/2up/search/Denton <https://archive.org/stream/historycolonyne02lambgoog> However, it is well known that these local books do get some things wrong, so for now, I am still going with the Cambridge Alumni book's death place. This book also backs up his return to England: https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_6199845_000#page/n145/mode/2up/search/Denton <https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_6199845_000> To save these entire books in PDF format, <https://ia801009.us.archive.org/12/items/ldpd_6199845_000/ldpd_6199845_000.pdf> and <https://ia700400.us.archive.org/7/items/historycolonyne02lambgoog/historycolonyne02lambgoog.pdf> There are lots of Denton mentions in this book: <https://archive.org/details/recordsoftownsof06hemp2> You can scroll down to choose your format. I find it easiest to do a search with the Denton Surname. A lot of Denton mentions in this book as well: <https://archive.org/details/recordsoftownsof07hemp>. Note that on page 52, it is talking about Samuel Denton's meadow and Epenetus Platt's meadow being by each other. Epenetus Platt is my 10th Great Grand Uncle. This case is interesting. It starts on Page 50. Peter Titus is suing Jonas Platt over land rights. You will have to copy and paste this link. For some reason it isn't posting as a URL. <https://archive.org/details/recordsoftownsof02hemp> Lots of Denton references here. There is a court action involving Samuel Denton in here. <https://archive.org/details/cu31924092207764> Lots of Dentons mentioned. Another lawsuit case involving Samuel here too. A few mentions of Richard. I happened to see a mention of John Rock Smith too, so you may want to check all these books for him as well. <https://archive.org/details/cu31924092207806> This one mostly seems to mention Samuel's land and Isaac Denton. The same with this one: <https://archive.org/details/cu31924092207798> <https://archive.org/details/cu31924092207780> Various Dentons mentioned in here. <https://archive.org/details/recordsoftownsof08hemp> Various Dentons here as well. <https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofhe00moor> Mentions of Richard and his sons. <https://archive.org/details/cu31924029771726> This one you will definitely find interesting. It has Wills of the Smith family, including your Smith family. The Dentons and the Smiths seem to be very closely tied in together. <https://ia600509.us.archive.org/23/items/genealogyofbranc00weav/genealogyofbranc00weav.pdf> This book is a genealogy book relating to an allied family. Appendix B talks about Richard and family. This is the only book I have seen that mentions the 1586 birth year. It tells where that birth year came from. However, those records are not official. Interesting nevertheless. It also has the paragraph Cotton Mather wrote about Richard. <https://archive.org/details/historyofancient11adam> This book has quite a bit about Richard. <https://archive.org/details/historyofstamfor00hunt> Has stuff about Richard <https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo01trum> This book says; " Wethersfield, the oldest town in Connecticut, received from Watertown its first considerable emigration in 1634. Pyquaug, its Indian name, was changed in 1635 to Watertown, and later to Wethersfield. . . . May 29, 1635, the following Watertown men went to Wethersfield : Rev. Richard Denton, Robert Reynolds, John Strickland, Jonas Weede, Rev. John Sherman, Robert Coe, and Andrew Ward." Andrew Ward is also my ancestor on my dad's side! <https://archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo02trum> A few small mentions of Richard and Benjamin Denton <https://archive.org/details/glastenburyfortw1853chap> This books talks about the relocations of Richard. It also mentions my ancestor Peter Prudden (who I was talking about the other day) <https://archive.org/details/rocksmithfamilyt00smit> This book is not actually able to be seen but I wanted to make you aware of it. It says it is available through the Internet Archive Lending Library. It is about your ancestor Rock Smith. It mentions Richard Denton according to the American Genealogical-Biographical Index <https://archive.org/details/acataloguenames02hinmgoog> Mentions Richard <http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066044512;view=1up;seq=1> This is a copy of a book about Richard Denton that was published in McMinnville! Can you believe that lol. It has a lot of the same stuff we have seen elsewhere, including errors but nice nevertheless. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I found this event on ancestry.com: · Bequest <http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/28284883/person/12161288140/fact/40029701741> 1631 Age: 28 Coley Chapel, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, Kingdom of England "...a Thomas Whitley of Sinderhills bequeathed to "'Mr. Denton,'" then preacher at Chapel of Coley, forty shillings..." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The entires below comes from Ancestry.com records: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III; Mrs. Robert Bruce Ricketts William Champion Reynolds was married, at Plymouth, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1832, by the Reverend Nicholas Murray, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, to Jane Holberton Smith, born at Plymouth, April 3, 1812, third child of John and Frances (Holberton) Smith, of Plymouth, granddaughter of Lieutenant Abraham and Sarah (French) Smith, of Derby, New Haven county, Connecticut; great-granddaughter of Robert and Judith Smith, and great-granddaughter of Ebenezer Smith of Jamaica, Long Island, who died there, October, 1717, and his wife Clemont Denton, daughter of Samuel and Mary Denton and great-granddaughter of the Rev. Richard Denton, who graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1623, and emigrated to Wethersfield, Connecticut, prior to 1640, and settled at Hempstead, Long Island, in 1646. Connecticut Puritan Settlers, 1633-1845 Appendix, Containing Additions and Corrections. Denton, Rev. Richard, was from Yorkshire, in England, and had preached at Halifax before he left his native country. After his arrival in New England, he preached for a time as an unsettled minister, at Wethersfield. At this time seven members constituted the church there, among whom a severe contest had arisen. The division was three and four, and it became necessary to make peace in the church--that one party or the other should remove. After some controversy, who should remove, the four members consented to yield to the minority, viz. Matthew Mitchell, Thurston Rayner, Andrew Ward and Robert Coe, when they united with Mr. Denton and others in purchasing the town of Stamford, in 1640. Mr. Denton soon organized his church, and remained in Stamford until '43 or '44, when he removed with a part of his church to Hempsted, L. I. He appears to have been a pioneer in the settlement of many towns. Rev. Cotton Mather says of him, "he was small in stature, and blind with one eye--but was an Iliad in a nut-shell." He was educated at Catherine Hall, in England, in 1623. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regarding the supposed Richard Denton and Susan Sibella marriage. I cannot find any record of this. However, I did find a marriage record for a Richard Denton and Susan Denton on 12 March 1589 in Halifax, Yorkshire. <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVHM-RWB> In fact, on Family Search, I searched the whole UK for only people with the surname (or a variant of it) Sibella. The only thing that came up was 44 people with the surname of Sybill (or a variation of that),none of which married a Denton. There was a marriage for a Richard Denton and Sibbell Veevers but it was on 27 Nov 1603 in Royston, Yorkshire, so that puts it too late to be the parents of Rev. Richard and the location is not correct. <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLDK-C3B> There was a marriage record for a Richard Denton and Sibella Denton on 19 July 1585. It took place in Ellend, Yorkshire at St. Mary's church. It isn't the right location but it isn't far at all from Halifax. I found this record on Ancestry.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the records I have seen, it looks as if there were at least a few Richards born in the same time frame. I don't think we will be able to definitely sort them out without wills. I have converted the files into PDF and attached them as well. In the file named "Richard Denton Appoints Attorney", I merged 3 pages together since it was from the same book. A very interesting note about that is that the man he is taking action against (Robert Lockwood) is also my ancestor (through his son Jonathan who is also mentioned)! Robert Lockwood and his wife Susannah Norman are my 11th great grandparents. You will see it mentions that she remarries Jeffery Ferris.. well he is also my 11th great grandfather! Jonathan Lockwood (son of Robert and Susannah), married Jeffery's daughter, Mary. This must be how Jonathan and Mary Ferris ... because they were step-siblings, which is kind of creepy but anywho lol. I just though it was interesting to see all these ancestors of mine tangled up together. Well I hope you enjoy what I have found. I have worked the entire day since we got off the phone. now I must go start dinner. Let me know what you think. Love, Stef * [13] More Content: The Presbyterian Page More than You probably want to know about the Presbyterian Church in the USA The Presbyterian Church is a Church based on the example of the early Church described in the Book of Acts. Presbuteros, the Greek word meaning elder, is used 72 times in the New Testament. It provided the name for the Presbyterian family of churches, which includes the Reformed churches of the world. Both Presbyterian and Reformed are synonymous with churches of the Calvinist tradition. The church is governed by Elders chosen by God through the voice of the congregation. Together with the pastor, the Elders oversee the Spirital needs of the Church. Some Presbyterian Churches also have Deacons who oversee the charity and material needs of the Church. Presbyterian Church History The earliest Christian church consisted of Jews in the first century who had known Jesus and heard his teachings. It gradually grew and spread from the Middle East to other parts of the world, though not without controversy and hardship among its supporters. During the 4th century, after more than 300 years of persecution under various Roman emperors, the church became established as a political as well as a spiritual power under the Emperor Constantine. Theological and political disagreements, however, served to widen the rift between members of the eastern (Greek-speaking) and western (Latin-speaking) branches of the church. Eventually the western portions of Europe, came under the religious and political authority of the Roman Catholic Church. Eastern Europe and parts of Asia came under the authority of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In western Europe, the authority of the Roman Catholic Church remained largely unquestioned until the Renaissance in the 15th century. The invention of the printing press in Germany around 1440 made it possible for common people to have access to printed materials including the Bible. This, in turn, enabled many to discover religious thinkers who had begun to question the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. One such figure, Martin Luther, a German priest and professor, started the movement known as the Protestant Reformation when he posted a list of 95 grievances against the Roman Catholic Church on a church door in Wittenburg, Germany in 1517. Some 20 years later, a French/Swiss theologian, John Calvin, further refined the reformers' new way of thinking about the nature of God and God's relationship with humanity in what came to be known as Reformed theology. John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland, took Calvin's teachings back to Scotland. Other Reformed communities developed in England, Holland and France. The Presbyterian church traces its ancestry back primarily to Scotland and England. Presbyterians have featured prominently in United States history. The Rev. Francis Mackemie, who arrived in the U.S. from Ireland in 1683, helped to organize the first American Presbytery at Philadelphia in 1706. One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. John Witherspoon, was a Presbyterian minister. The Rev. William Tennent founded a ministerial "log college" in New Jersey that evolved into Princeton University. Other Presbyterian ministers, such as the Rev. Jonathan Edwards and the Rev. Gilbert Tennent, were driving forces in the so-called "Great Awakening," a revivalist movement in the early 18th century. The Presbyterian church in the United States has split and parts have reunited several times. Currently the largest group is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which has its national offices in Louisville, Kentucky. It was formed in 1983 as a result of reunion between the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS), the so-called "southern branch," and the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA), the so-called "northern branch." Other Presbyterian churches in the United States include: the Presbyterian Church in America, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Some Interesting Dates in the Church's History In 1562 French Huguenots, first Protestants in America, arrive in Florida and South Carolina. In 1629 Presbyterian puritan colony arrives at Massachusetts Bay. Additonal Commentary: In 1630 the first Presbyterian minister reaches America: the Rev. RICHARD DENTON settles in Wethersfield, Conn. * [14] Additonal Commentary: it is not clearly cited where "Peterborough" was located, however, Peterborough Cathedral is an excellent candidate as it is located near the University of Cambridge. Click on this link to view its images, location & history ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_Cathedral * Additonal Commentary: Curate: a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest. Images of Coley's Chaper in Halifax, Yorkshire, England ... http://bit.ly/1LRtIPF * "Commentary on Our Founding Fathers" William Bradford (c.1590 - 1657) was an English Separatist leader who grew up in Yorkshire, and later moved to Leiden, Holland, and helped found the Plymouth Colony. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact while aboard the Mayflower in 1620. He served as Plymouth Colony Governor five times covering about thirty years between 1621 and 1657. "Of Plymouth Plantation", Written over a period of years by William Bradford, the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is regarded as the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. Written between 1630 and 1651, the journal describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in the Dutch Republic on the European mainland through the 1620 Mayflower voyage to the New World, until the year 1647. The book ends with a list, written in 1651, of Mayflower passengers and what happened to them. It is thrilling to think that these ancestors, Reverend Richard Denton and Reverend William Walton, probably fellowed with William Bradford, and all of whom shared in the formation of our infant Nation. They, in turn, strove with ecclesiastical luminaries and other noted Puritan-Calvinists, i.e., Increase Mather...DAH Increase Mather (June 21, 1639 O.S. - August 23, 1723 O.S.) was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay (now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). He was a Puritan minister who was involved with the government of the colony, the administration of Harvard College, and most notoriously, the Salem witch trials. He was the son of Richard Mather, and the father of Cotton Mather, both influential Puritan ministers. Click here to view more history for Increase Mather and the "Calvin Movement" ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increase_Mather * [11, 15, 16, 17, 18] Denton Family History Rev. Richard Denton, III and Helen Windebank(disproven) Denton was a crucial element in the early development of religious pluralism in colonial America and in American Presbyterianism, specifically. I thought some of you might benefit from his story. Richard Denton was born in Warley, West Yorkshire, England to a father of the same name and an unknown mother. He was baptized April 10, 1603 at the parish church in nearby Halifax. Denton matriculated from St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge. He was ordained a Deacon in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire on March 9, 1623 and a Priest on June 8, 1623. He first became pastor in Turton, Lancashire and later Curate of Coley Chapel in Halifax, West Yorkshire. It is not known exactly when or why Denton split from the Church of England to profess and preach Reformed theology, but it was at a time of much religious upheaval. It may have had something to do with the “Book of Sports” controversy. The “Great Migration” of the Puritans to New England had been underway for several years when Richard Denton and his young sons led a large group of Presbyterians to Massachusetts circa 1635, possibly on the ship “James.” He first preached at Watertown, Mass., later removing to Weathersfield, Connecticut and even later to Stamford in 1641, probably due to friction with local Puritans. This friction may have been political, rather than religious, in nature. As early as 1644, Denton relocated his congregation to Hempstead, Long Island, situating themselves under Dutch rule and law. All inhabitants were allowed to vote in New Netherland, and the Denton congregation made it a requirement to do so; they were likely barred from voting in Puritan territory. However, this was not the end of Denton’s interactions with his own people, for he is said to have preached to English soldiers at the military fort in New Amsterdam during the Indian wars. Denton was well received in New Netherland, as evidenced by two letters sent to Holland by Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius, the former being the leader of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Netherland and the latter being a pastor who could minister in French as well as Dutch. These letters also inform us that the Puritan Independents in Hempstead attended Denton’s services, but left his church when he baptized children of parents who were not members. Nonetheless, he was respected by prominent Congregationalists – notably, Cotton Mather – for his theological treatise “Soliloquia Sacra.” From an unnamed history of the Denton family: The general opinion among members of the Denton family is that all fo the Dentons in the United States are descendants of Rev. Richard Denton. Our research seems to substantiate this, for we have found only two instances where other Dentons lived in America and neithers of these left heirs named Denton. From New England Genealogical Register 11/241: Reverend Richard Denton came to America from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship “James”. (Note: Some say his ship was the “Arabella”) In 1630 the first Presbyterian minister reaches America: the Rev. Richard Denton settles in Wethersfield, Conn.More than You probably want to know about the Presbyterian Church in the USA The Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton says: “Sizar of St. Catherine’s Easter, 1621, b. 1603 in Yorks, B.A. 1622-3, priest 8 June 1623. Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coleys Chapel, Halifax, for some years.” (“Sizar” is defined as an undergraduate student.) The plantation of Wethersfield, of which Mr. Denton was the leader, as well as the minister of the Church, was prosperous, and its numbers greatly increased. But, in 1641, another conflict for democratic rule caused some twenty-five families, led by Mr. Denton, to make another move. This brought them to Stamford, within the boundaries of the Colony of New Haven. Of the twenty-five families who came with Denton to Stamford, the names of eighteen are found later in the Hempstead list of 1647. Again at Stamford, Mr. Denton’s uncompromising democracy, or Presbyterianism, came in conflict with the New Haven rules that none but church members should vote in town meetings.’ In 1643, representatives were sent out to investigate the land and the conditions across the Sound, on Nassau Island, as it was then known, within the jurisdiction of the more liberal Dutch government. This resulted in their obtaining in the following year, from Governor Kieft, the patent for the town of Hempstead. The settlers promptly formed a central community, which was called the “Town Spot,” and which developed into what is now the village of Hempstead. There they constructed a “Fort,” and the meeting house was built within it. As was the custom in New England, this meeting house was built upon the town’s “common land,” at the public expense, and as authorized by vote in the town meeting. It was used not merely as a place of worship on Sundays, but was also the place for holding town meetings, and for conducting the business of the magistrates. The minister was chosen by the town vote, and his salary was fixed and raised by a rate assessed upon all the inhabitants. It was, doubtless, in this little first meeting house that the first legislative Assembly of the Province of New York was held in 1665, called together by Col. Nickol, after Charles II had granted this territory to his brother, the Duke of York. This Assembly was composed of delegates from New York, from Westchester and the towns of Long Island. The celebrated code, known as the “Duke’s Laws,” was enacted here. During the sixty years which constituted the first period of the history of Hempstead’s Church, there were three ministers duly chosen and resident in the town. The first of these, the Rev. Richard Denton, who brought the people here, and exercised a large influence in the formative years of the settlement, remained with them until 1658, when he resigned. The last mention of Mr. Denton’s name upon the Town books is on March 4, 1658, when a rate was made for the payment of his salary, at the rate of f174os. per quarter. Shortly afterwards he returned to England where he died in the year 1662. History of Christ’s First Presbyterian Church of Hempstead, Long Island, New York An account from Richard Denton, Oroville, CA: I have read that all the Dentons in the USA (c. 32,000) are descendants of Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He came to this country in 1635, disagreed with those in power in Boston & migrated to Conneacticut, then to Long Island (which was then Dutch) in the early 1640s. He had 11 or so children, all who remained in this country & had many sons. He & his wife went back to England during the Civil War and died there. His wife was Helen Windlbank. Her sister, Mildred, was the great-great-grandmother of George Washington; her father was bearer of the signet ring for Queen Elizabeth I. Her mother’s last name was Dymoke & was a direct descent of Henry Hot-Spur Percy, Earl (famous in Shakespeare’s plays) & his wife, Isabella, who was a great-granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Nothing remarkable as half of England is descended from him. My line of Dentons stem from Abraham the Younger (his great-grandfather) who, after conflict with the authorities in New York, moved with some of his Denton cousins to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the second quarter of the 1700s, then the frontier. From there, his descendants & descendants of his cousins who migrated with him to the frontier spread out through the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee & Kentucky, and all points west. Although I have no proof I would assume more Dentons spread into the West through the Hudson-Mohawk Valley and into the Old Northwest Territories (Ohio, Indiana, etc.). I am a great-grandson of a great-grandson of Joseph (one of Abraham’s sons), and most of them lived in Kentucky. Joseph served for a short time in the Continental Army, but left (deserted?) so he could protect his family against Indian raids — they were in the Carolina frontier. But they not only fought the Indians, they also bred with them. A number of Dentons (I have no idea how many) inter-bred with the great Native American tribes in the South — the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, so if you come from these regions with ancestors going back that far, there’s a good chance you have Native American blood. Rev. Richard Denton is one of the key Colonial colonists (I’ve heard there are only 40)who are responsible for being an ancestor of most of the Old Stock White Americans (those who came to this country before the Revolution), and probably a great percentage of African Americans. One other point, the Rev. Richard Denton was a prolific writer (although I don’t think much survives) and is credited as being the founder of Presbyterianism in this country. And one more thing. Listen to the old people in your family. They might know more than you think they do. When my father was alive he told me his grandfather fought for the union in the Civil war, but I thought sure, you were in Kentucky, all your people considered themselves Southern. Later I found out he was correct. He said his great-greatgrandfather was a preacher who lived to be 105. This is true – Rev. Isaac (1765-1870) and that his first ancestor was a preacher who settled in New England, but I was sure it was Virginia, All he said was true. He knew all this from his forefathers. Neither of his parents knew how to read or write, nor (I think) his grandparents, and he only had a 3rd grade education. A lot of family lore is truer than you would believe. Despite flourishing in Hempstead, Rev. Denton became dissatisfied with his salary and departed Long Island for Virginia in 1657 “seeking remedy.” Gov. Stuyvesant himself had appealed to Denton to stay in New Netherland, to no avail. Apparently no remedy was found in Virginia, for in 1658 he was again contracted to minister at Hempstead, the same place he had left one year earlier. This return to normalcy, however, would be short lived for Richard and his wife returned to England in 1659 to settle a deceased friend’s estate and collect a legacy of 400 Pounds Sterling. Richard Denton died in Essex, England in 1663. The church he founded and pastored in Long Island – Christ’s First Presbyterian – still exists at 353 Fulton Ave. His tombstone bears the following inscription in Latin: “Here lies the dust of Richard Denton. O’er his low peaceful grave bends the perennial cypress, fit emblem of his unfading fame. On earth his bright example, religious light, shown forth o’er multitudes. In heaven his pure rob’d spirit shines like an effulgent star.” [4] The history of Hempstead, Long Island makes many references to the Dentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active in the local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellent military experience that prepared them for officer commissions when they moved on to the Virginia frontier. Church of Christ, Hempstead, NY http://longislandgenealogy.com/firstPresHempstead/July1922.htm Children Sarah DENTON b: 1623 in Bolton, Yorkshire, England Daniel DENTON b: 1626 in Halifax, Yorkshire Co., England c: 10 JUL 1632 in Halifax, Yorkshire Co., England Timothy DENTON b: 23 JUL 1627 in Halifax, Yorkshire Co., England c: in Parrish Church of Bolton, Lancashire Co., England Samuel DENTON b: 29 MAY 1631 in Halifax, Yorkshire Co., England c: AFT 1631 in Coley Chapel, Halifax Co., England Nathaniel DENTON b: 9 MAY 1628 in Bolton, Lancashire, England c: 9 MAR 1628 in Parrish Church of Bolton, England Phebe DENTON b: 29 SEP 1634 in England John DENTON b: 1636 Richard DENTON b: 1620 in Bolton, Yorks, England Advertisements Report this ad Report this ad Share this: TwitterFacebook13Google 3 Comments to “Rev. Richard Denton, III and Helen Windebank” Brenda Ozog June 14, 2016 at 1:13 pm Do you have any sources that she is the sister of Mildred GGG Grandmother of George Washington Reply jfdenton June 14, 2016 at 3:02 pm Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5. 4th Edition (Published by Order of First Families of Virginia, 1987). The excerpt writes: Mildred Windebank , daughter of Thomas & Frances (Dymoke) Windebank , b. 21 Jul 1585, Hiene Hill, Berkshire, England; It further describes her marriage to Robert Reade and their first son, George Reade Esquire, he’s described as the namesake of the former president. Reply Brenda Ozog June 14, 2016 at 3:12 pm Thank you. I’m trying to submit to the Lady Godiva Society under her name. Leave a Reply Blog at WordPress.com. :) [19]

  
  

• Sources

  [S21623] Denton,Richard:Baptismal Record, St. John the Baptist Church, township of (Reliability: 3). [S6554] "Reverend Richard Denton, II (1603-1663) ", http://www.geni.com/people/Rev-Richard-Denton-II/4295150054050067693. [S21623] Denton,Richard:Baptismal Record, St. John the Baptist Church, township of. [S48316] http://www.dentongenealogy.org/revedento.htm. [S11371] "Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton", by Edythe Whitley,, p. 7 (Reliability: 3). [S42274] Richard Denton, Baptismal Record, St. John the Baptist Church, township of. [S44825] http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I131548&tree=00. [S6538] "Reverend Richard Denton (1583-1663) 3-Generation Pedigree", http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I1. [S13648] SIR RICHARD DENTON, II, Biography, https://dentonfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/denton-history/dentons/sir-richard-denton-i. [S48317] http://www.dentongenealogy.org/places.htm. [S30] David A. Hennessee, HENNESSEE Researcher & Compiler, 626 Biscayne Drive,West Palm Beach,FL 33401, 561.832.6612, info@c. [S5206] Christine Bess Cornett | Contributor| February 9, 2015 | homeinspect@blomand.net | http://longislandgenealogy.com/firstP. [S6579] "Richard Denton (1603-1666)" this exhaustive, sourced research with documents & associated commentary was submitted by S. [S5205] Christine Bess Cornett | Contributor| February 9, 2015 | homeinspect@blomand.net | http://woodlandheightschurch.com/Pres. [S49087] "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXC8-M5M : accessed 28 Apr 2013. [S8671] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increase_Mather. [S8672] "Of Plymouth Plantation", written by William Bradford (~1590-1657), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Plymouth_Plantation. [S8673] "William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor) (~ 1590-1657)", biography, abstracted December 4, 2015, by David A. Henness. [S12605] "Denton Family History", https://dentonfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/denton-history/dentons/rev-richard-denton-iii-and-hel.