John DENNIS
1775 - 1860 (74 years)-
Name John DENNIS Born 18 Aug 1775 Tiverton, Newport Co., RI 
[1] Gender Male Died Between 1850 and 1860 Person ID I22399 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Obediah DENNIS, b. 7 Dec 1731, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. Aft 1790 (Age > 60 years) Mother Ruth FISH, b. Abt 1735, Dartmouth, MA , d. Between 1775 and 1782 (Age ~ 40 years) Married Abt 1756 Family ID F08491 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robena "Roby" SOULE, b. Abt 1780, Westport, MA , d. Aft 1 Jun 1860, Tiverton, RI (Age ~ 80 years) Married 29 Dec 1799 Westport, MA [2, 3] Notes - 1799 DENNIS, John of Tiverton, RI, and Roba Sowle, 29 Dec 1799, Marriage Westport (NEHGS website, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 database)
Children 1. Joseph Dennis, b. 19 Aug 1800, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI 2. Daniel Dennis, b. 1 Dec 1802, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI 3. Mary H. DENNIS, b. 7 Jun 1805, Tiverton, RI , d. 20 Apr 1866, Tiverton, RI (Age 60 years)4. Mercy Dennis, b. Abt 1808 5. William Dennis, b. Abt 1811 6. Holder Dennis, b. 21 Feb 1816, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. 30 Jul 1901, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI (Age 85 years)7. Ruth Dennis, b. 26 May 1818, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI , d. Abt 9 Nov 1887, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA (Age 69 years)8. Bradford C. Dennis, b. Between 1821-1823, Tiverton, RI , d. 4 Dec 1897, Westport, MA (Age ~ 74 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00363 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - In the 1850 Federal Census, John & Roby Dennis are living at Tiverton, Newport Co., RI. His age is given as 70, and hers is 65. He is a laborer. This census was taken at Tiverton on 20 Sept 1850. Obviously she was older than that, since her first son was born in 1800. Probably both of their ages have been estimated; she is more like 70 and perhaps he is 70 or older.
Please note that John's parentage as shown on this family tree has not yet been proven. More research is needed to confirm the data.
He is very possibly the son named John Dennis who was born to Obediah & Ruth (Fish, d/o Ebenezer) Dennis on 18 Aug 1775 at Tiverton, RI. (Obadiah, who married second to Phebe, was a son of Tabitha, who was a daughter of Robert & Susannah [Briggs] Dennis.) However, there was another John Dennis born at Tiverton 16 Apr 1767 to Robert & Joanna. This needs more research.
I tend to think that John was the son of Obediah & Ruth (Fish) Dennis, of Tabitha Dennis, of Robert & Susannah (Briggs) Dennis, of Robert & Sarah (Howland) Dennis.
If he is the older John, then he is son of Robert & Joanna (Hilliard) Dennis, of John & Hannah (Wilbor) Dennis, of Robert & Susannah (Briggs) Dennis, of Robert & Sarah (Howland) Dennis. If he is this particular John Dennis, then his age should be 83 in the 1850 census. For this reason I lean toward his being the son of Obediah.
I obtained the names of some of John & Roby's children from "Genealogy of a Part of the Wodell Family" by Eli Wodell p 67 (Google Books).
- In the 1850 Federal Census, John & Roby Dennis are living at Tiverton, Newport Co., RI. His age is given as 70, and hers is 65. He is a laborer. This census was taken at Tiverton on 20 Sept 1850. Obviously she was older than that, since her first son was born in 1800. Probably both of their ages have been estimated; she is more like 70 and perhaps he is 70 or older.
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