William Dennis: Robin's Roots Test

1595 - 1649 (54 years)

TNG Descendant Charts

Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person, but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page) They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print, but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart with more than three or four generations of data, you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF. On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF, but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes, wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart. (That's good news and bad news). In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling, and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width (albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
- The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
- When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense, and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all; they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.

Less detail

Generation: 1

William Dennis was born in 1595; died on 16 Feb 1649.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1642, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=16681171; image of his will

Family/Spouse: Jane Scarlet. Jane was born in 1598; died in 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. Robert Dennis was born about 1617; died about 1696.
3. Judith Dennis was born about 1620.
4. William Dennis was born about 1615; died after 1640.

Generation: 2

Robert Dennis

(1.William¹) was born about 1617; died about 1696.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Carpenter
Arrival: 1635, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; Master of the "True Love"
Residence: 1643, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Civil: 1654, Massachusetts, USA; Represented parties in a lawsuit
Residence: 1667, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

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.

Robert married Mary Island in 1642. Mary was born in 1621. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. John Dennis was born in 1640; died on 8 May 1689.
6. Jonathan Dennis was born before 1635; died in Sep 1720.
7. Mary Dennis was born on 19 Sep 1649.
8. Joseph Dennis was born est 1650.
9. Elizabeth Dennis was born est 1641.
10. Samuel Dennis was born est 1644; died about 1716.
11. Robert Dennis, Jr died in 1691.

3.	Judith Dennis (1.William¹) was born about 1620. Family/Spouse: Lawrence Litchfield. Lawrence died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Family/Spouse: Gerald James Parsons. Gerald died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

4. William Dennis (1.William¹) was born about 1615; died after 1640.
Notes:
Died:
Returned to England abt 1640

Generation: 3

John Dennis

(2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born in 1640; died on 8 May 1689.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1689, New Jersey, USA
Will: 3 Jun 1689
Residence: 1696, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Name:
Had a brother naed Jonathan

Buried:
GRid=48435163; no photo

John married Sara Bloomfield on 18 Dec 1668. Sara (daughter of Thomas Bloomfield and Mary Withers) was born on 30 Dec 1643; died on 5 May 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

12. Sarah Dennis was born on 18 Jul 1673; died on 22 Nov 1732.
13. John Dennis was born on 9 Sep 1669; died on 27 Mar 1703.
14. Maria Dennis was born in 1671; died in 1688.
15. Elizabeth Dennis was born on 1 Jan 1674/75; died in Nov 1744.

6. Jonathan Dennis (2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born before 1635; died in Sep 1720.
Notes:
Died:
In Salem county at the time

Jonathan married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Dennis (2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born on 19 Sep 1649.
8. Joseph Dennis (2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born est 1650.
9. Elizabeth Dennis (2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born est 1641.

10.	Samuel Dennis (2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born est 1644; died about 1716. Samuel married Sarah ?? before 1683. Sarah died after 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Samuel married Mary Lothrop on 14 Apr 1689. Mary was born est 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11. Robert Dennis, Jr (2.Robert², 1.William¹) died in 1691.
Robert married Sarah Howland on **EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**. Sarah was born in 1645; died in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 4

12.

Sarah Dennis

(5.John³, 2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born on 18 Jul 1673; died on 22 Nov 1732.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=45758284; no photos, no bio

Sarah married Benjamin Fitzrandolph on 16 Jul 1689. Benjamin (son of Edward Fitzrandolph and Elizabeth Blossom) was born on 4 Apr 1663; died on 5 Oct 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

16. Nathaniel Fitzrandolph was born on 11 Nov 1703; died in 1786.
17. Benjamin Fitzrandolph, Jr was born on 24 Apr 1699; died in Jan 1758.
18. Isaac Fitzrandolph was born on 10 Apr 1701; died on 13 May 1750.
19. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 14 Apr 1691; died on 28 Apr 1691.
20. Grace Fitzrandolph was born in 25 Jul 1692 or 3; died in 1705.
21. Ruth Fitzrandolph was born on 8 Apr 1695; died on 25 Sep 1780.
22. Hope Fitzrandolph was born on 12 Feb 1696/97; died in Aug 1741.
23. Elizabeth Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 4 Oct 1785.
24. Grace Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 26 Feb 1786.

13.

John Dennis

(5.John³, 2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born on 9 Sep 1669; died on 27 Mar 1703.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1696, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Will: 8 Jan 1702/03, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Probate: 27 Mar 1703, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Died:
grid=171366891

John married Rachel Hull on 8 Apr 1694. Rachel (daughter of Benjamin Hull, Sr and Rachel York) was born on 9 Jul 1676; died in 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

14. Maria Dennis (5.John³, 2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born in 1671; died in 1688.

15.

Elizabeth Dennis

(5.John³, 2.Robert², 1.William¹) was born on 1 Jan 1674/75; died in Nov 1744.

Elizabeth married John Manning on 4 Apr 1693. John (son of Geoffrey Manning and Hepsibah Andrews) was born about 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

25. Ephriam Manning was born on 29 Dec 1701; died in 1745.
26. Gershon Manning was born in 1694.
27. Elizabeth Manning was born in 1695.
28. John Manning was born in 1697.
29. Mary Manning was born in 1700.
30. Ruth Manning was born in 1703.
31. Martha Manning was born in 1705.