Joseph Dennis

Male 1689 - 1759  (70 years)


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  • Name Joseph Dennis 
    Born 25 May 1689  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 1759  [1
    Person ID I22380  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Robert DENNIS,   b. Abt 1630,   d. 5 Jun 1691, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Sarah HOWLAND,   b. 1645, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1712, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1672  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • HOWLAND Sarah, Duxbury, to Robert Dennis, Portsmouth, Nov. 19, 1672 (recorded at RI Monthly Meeting of Friends, Portsmouth).

      Robert & Sarah were married "att the house of Joshua Coggeshall of Portsmouth before the people of God." (source: Descendants of Robert Dennis of Portsmouth, RI by Otis M. Humphrey, NE Historic and Genealogical Register Vol 49 p 441)
    Family ID F08486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Durfee,   b. 1 Mar 1692/93,   d. 21 Apr 1759  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 20 Apr 1721  [1
    Children 
     1. Sarah Dennis,   b. 1725
     2. Robert Dennis,   b. 27 Sep 1727,   d. 4 Dec 1811  (Age 84 years)
     3. Joseph Dennis,   b. 1730
     4. Anna Dennis,   b. 1731
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F09220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joseph inherited house and land from his father.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012496] Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, John O. Austin, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978), 65.

    2. [S013084] RI Friends' Records, (James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI).