Person ID: I25711 |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025
William Dennis
1595 - 1649 (Age 54)
Birth
1595
England
Died
16 Feb 1649
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Buried
Men of Kent Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Family
Jane Scarlet b. 1598, England
Children
1. William Dennis b. Abt 1615, England
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2. Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
3. Judith Dennis b. Abt 1620, England
Jane Scarlet
1598 - 1650 (Age 52)
Birth
1598
England
Died
1650
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Buried
Men of Kent Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Family
William Dennis b. 1595, England
Children
1. William Dennis b. Abt 1615, England
+
2. Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
3. Judith Dennis b. Abt 1620, England
William Dennis
Abt 1615 - Aft 1640 (> Age 26)
Birth
Abt 1615
England
Died
Aft 1640
England
Father
William Dennis b. 1595, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Jane Scarlet b. 1598, England
Relationship
natural
Judith Dennis
Abt 1620 -
Birth
Abt 1620
England
Father
William Dennis b. 1595, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Jane Scarlet b. 1598, England
Relationship
natural
Family 1
Lawrence Litchfield
Family 2
Gerald James Parsons
Mary Island
1621 -
Birth
1621
Rhode Island, USA
Family
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Married
1642
Children
1. Robert Dennis, Jr
2. Jonathan Dennis b. Bef 1635, England
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3. John Dennis b. 1640, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
4. Elizabeth Dennis b. Est 1641, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
5. Samuel Dennis b. Est 1644, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
6. Mary Dennis b. 19 Sep 1649, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
7. Joseph Dennis b. Est 1650, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Dennis, Jr
- 1691
Died
1691
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
Family
Sarah Howland b. 1645
Married
**EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**
Jonathan Dennis
Bef 1635 - 1720 (> Age 85)
Birth
Bef 1635
England
Died
Sep 1720
Cohansey, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
Family
Living
John Dennis
1640 - 1689 (Age 49)
Birth
1640
Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Died
8 May 1689
Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Buried
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
Family
Sara Bloomfield b. 30 Dec 1643, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Married
18 Dec 1668
Children
1. John Dennis b. 9 Sep 1669, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
2. Maria Dennis b. 1671, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
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3. Sarah Dennis b. 18 Jul 1673, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
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4. Elizabeth Dennis b. 1 Jan 1674/75, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Elizabeth Dennis
Est 1641 -
Birth
Est 1641
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
Samuel Dennis
Est 1644 - Abt 1716 (Age 72)
Birth
Est 1644
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Died
Abt 1716
New York, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
Family 1
Sarah ??
Married
Bef 1683
Family 2
Mary Lothrop b. Est 1720
Married
14 Apr 1689
Mary Dennis
1649 -
Birth
19 Sep 1649
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
Joseph Dennis
Est 1650 -
Birth
Est 1650
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Father
Robert Dennis b. Abt 1617, England
Relationship
natural
Mother
Mary Island b. 1621, Rhode Island, USA
Relationship
natural
Married
1642
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No consensus has formed to describe what appear to be three 17th-century men named Robert Dennis, at least one of whom was an immigrant from England (and maybe one from Wales), at least two of whom were in Massachusetts for a time, at least on in Rhode Island and two in New Jersey. One may be the son of an immigrant William Dennis, and there are brothers named John and Jonathon. I'm using this version not because I'm sure it is the most accurate or captures the most points, but because it seems to have the most comprehensive plausible explaination, by Hornor, William Stockton, in This old Monmouth of ours : history, tradition, biography, genealogy, and other anecdotes related to Monmouth County, New Jersey, available on FamilySearch. That is:
Robert Dennis, born about 1617 in England, immigrated to Tiverton, RI in 1635, settled in Yarmouth MA, and then moved to Woodbridge , NJ as one of a group of men from New England would who bought land in New Jersey and subdivided it to form the towns of Woodbridge and Piscataway. Three of his sons were
Robert, who died in Rhode Island,
Jonathan, who died in Cumberland Co, NJ, and
John, who along with this father, settled in Woodbridge, NJ, married Sarah Bloomfield, and whose daughter. Sarah Dennis, married Benjamin Fitzrandolph.
2
. Jonathan Dennis (ID:I32549)(Age > 85) b. Bef 1635, England d. Sep 1720, Cohansey, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA(Age > 85)
3
. John Dennis (ID:I21992)(Age 49) b. 1640, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA d. 8 May 1689, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA(Age 49)
Robert Dennis Identity & Immigration(1617 - 1685) Author: Cheryl Harmon Bills cherylb@ida.net Title: Cheryl Harmon Bills File, and first uploaded to Ancestry.com by RobertMeggs66 in 2012 as a .txt file
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
Text: Name: Robert Dennis
Arrival Year: 1656
Arrival Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Source Publication Code: 1262
Primary Immigrant: Dennis, Robert
Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
Source Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p.
Page: 88
[S373] Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890S
Page: Name: Robert Dennis. Birth year: 1617; Birth city: Yarmouth; Birth state: MA
Text: Name: Robert Dennis
Spouse: Dennis Mary
Parents: Scarlett William, Jane
Birth Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA
Birth Date: 1617
Marriage Date: 1642
Death Date: 1685
[S372] New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, by Robert Charles Anderson, et at SCI
Details:
Name: New England Historicl and Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, MA; Date: 1995-2009;
Citation:
Page: The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, vol 2, p.572
Text: On 3 Oct 1654, "Robert Dennis, in the behalf of Will[i]am Chase, of Yarmouth, tndereth to make satisfaction for the debt demanded upon bill by John Hoare, in the behalf of Will[i]am Francklen, of Boston" [PCR 7:72].
Text: [[Brief bigraphical sketches of immigrant Robert Dennis (arrived in Tiverton, Rhode Island, in 1695), his sons, some grandsons, and a couple of great-grandsons. The descendancy continues on two additional pages.]]