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Holder Dennis

Male 1816 - 1901  (85 years)


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  • Name Holder Dennis 
    Born 21 Feb 1816  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Jul 1901  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I00929  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father John DENNIS,   b. 18 Aug 1775, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1850 and 1860  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Robena "Roby" SOULE,   b. Abt 1780, Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1860, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1799  Westport, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • 1799 DENNIS, John of Tiverton, RI, and Roba Sowle, 29 Dec 1799, Marriage Westport (NEHGS website, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 database)
    Family ID F00363  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Betsey Jane Manchester,   b. Aug 1820, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1857, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Married Abt 1845  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward M. Dennis,   b. 10 Jul 1846, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1914, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Abby S. Dennis,   b. 1849
     3. Daniel Dennis,   b. 31 Jul 1855, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1864, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lydia Ann Macomber,   b. Abt 1829, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1870  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1858  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel D. Dennis,   b. Abt 1859, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Frank Alden Dennis,   b. Sep 1862, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John Dennis,   b. Abt 1864, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1864, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. James H. Dennis,   b. Abt 1865, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04596  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The 1850 Federal Census at Tiverton, RI, shows Holder Dennis, age 34, a sailor, living with Betsey Dennis 30 and son Edward M., age 4. The family is living right near Betsey's parents, Philip & Abby Manchester, and some of their children.

      The 1860 Federal Census at Tiverton shows Holder Dennis, farm laborer age 44, living with Lydia A. Dennis 35 or 38, Edward M. 13, Abby S. 10, Daniel 5, and Nathaniel 1. These two are obviously the same individual. Holder's first wife, Betsey Manchester, died in 1857, after which he must have married Lydia.

      In 1870 Holder is age 53 and Lydia A. is age 40, still living at Tiverton, RI Three children are in the household: Nathaniel 11, Frank 7, & James 5.

      In 1880 Holder & Lydia A. Dennis, ages 62 & 50, are still at Tiverton. In the household are their son James H. age 14, and Holder's brother Bradford C. Dennis, age "about 55."

      In 1900 Holder is age 84, living in Little Compton with son Frank and family.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012440] Federal Census of 1 June 1860, Tiverton, RI.

    2. [S012438] Federal Census of 1 June 1850, Tiverton, RI.

    3. [S012417] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 12, 216.

    4. [S012807] Email from John Redfern, 13 August 2003.

    5. [S013325] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.