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Robert Dennis

Male 1727 - 1811  (84 years)


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  • Name Robert Dennis 
    Born 27 Sep 1727  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Dec 1811  [1] 
    Person ID I17530  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph Dennis,   b. 25 May 1689,   d. 24 Oct 1759  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Sarah Durfee,   b. 1 Mar 1692/93,   d. 21 Apr 1759  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 20 Apr 1721  [2] 
    Family ID F09220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Coggeshall,   b. 3 May 1731,   d. 22 Nov 1811  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1750  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Gideon Dennis
     2. Robert Dennis
     3. George Dennis
     4. Moses Dennis
     5. Thomas Dennis
     6. Hannah Dennis
     7. Mary Dennis
     8. Jonathan Dennis,   b. 15 Jan 1767,   d. 17 Sep 1850  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F06706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He was probably the Robert Dennis who was Town Clerk of Portsmouth in the mid-1700s. He recorded the ear mark of my ancestor Joseph Remington's creatures, 18 June 1754.

      The will of Robert Dennis of Portsmouth, dated 24 June 1799 and proved 16 Apr 1811, mentions wife Hannah; sons Gideon, Robert, Jonathan, George, Moses, and Thomas; and dtrs Hannah Hall & Mary Sisson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012646] Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. I, (Family Tree Maker CD 180), 418.

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