Richard Denton, I

Male 1517 - 1561  (~ 44 years)


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  • Name Richard Denton 
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    Birth ~1517  Halifax, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Aug 1561  (Halifax, Yorkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I27228  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2019 

    Father James Denton, II,   b. 1492, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1548, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Margaret Spencer,   b. ~1492, (Halifax, Yorkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (Halifax, Yorkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage (Halifax, Yorkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Family ID F11648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gennett Banyster,   b. ~ 1527, Ovenden, Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1561, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Marriage 10 Sep 1547  (Halifax, Yorkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Children 
     1. Sir Richard Denton, II, Knight,   b. 1565, Warley Town, West Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1619, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F9769  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - ~1517 - Halifax, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Sep 1547 - (Halifax, Yorkshire) England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • About Richard Denton, I

      Richard Denton (1517-10 Aug 1561) West Riding, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He was a lawyer to Henry VI and Mary Tudor.

      Parents: James Denton (1482-?) and Margaret ?. Married: Gennett Banyster (1527-3 Aug 1561)

      Children:

      John b. 29 Sept 1548 d. 1550 West Riding, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
      Janet b. 1549 West Riding, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
      Richard b. 1557 d. 9 Dec 1619 Wortley, Yorkshire, England.
      Samuelis b. 3 Aug 1561 West Riding, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

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    • 24 Jul 2007

      Surname: Denton

      This name is of English locational origin from any of the various places thus called. The Yorkshire Dentons hail from Denton in the parish of Otley in the west Riding, first recorded as Dentun in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles c.972. Other places so named, are in Kent, Lancashire, Cumberland, Durham, Lincolnshire etc.. The name, in all cases derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century element "denu" meaning a valley, plus "tun" a farm or settlement. Hence "the settlement in the valley". The surname from this source is first recorded in the latter half of the 10th Century, (see below). One, William de Denton is recorded in the 1271, Fine Court Rolls of Lincolnshire and a Richard Denton appears in Yorkshire Records (1403). On August 21, 1635, one, Jacob Denton embarked from London on the ship "Thomas" bound for Virginea. He was one of the earliest recorded namebearers to enter America. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aelfweard aet Dentune. which was dated 972, The Anglo - Saxon Chronicles. during the reign of King Edgar (of England) 959 - 975. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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