an unnamed BRADLEY

ABT 1500 - ____

Family 1 : John FONES
  1. +John FONES

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Isabelle CASSEY (or KASSEY)

ABT 1263 - ____

Family 1 : John de Dufford WASHBOURNE
  1. +Roger WASHBOURNE

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Richard DENTON

[152]

1586 - 28 OCT 1658

Father: Richard DENTON
Mother: Susan Sibella UNKNOWN

Family 1 : Helen WINDLBANK
  1. +Nathaniel DENTON

                          _Richard DENTON _____
                         | (1517 - ....) m 1548
 _Richard DENTON ________|
| (1560 - 1619) m 1582   |
|                        |_Gennett BANYSTER ___
|                          (1527 - ....) m 1548
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|--Richard DENTON 
|  (1586 - 1662)
|                         _____________________
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|_Susan Sibella UNKNOWN _|
  (1564 - ....) m 1582   |
                         |_____________________
                                               

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There is some dispute about Rev. Denton's wife. Some say it was a "Susan" and many believe that it definitely was not Helen Windlebanks. A graduate of Cambridge in 1623, and acknowledged by many as the founder of Presbyterianism in America, Rev. Richard Denton came to New England in 1635. Before coming he was a preacher in Halifax England. He may have been married twice. (note: Mrs. Edith Whitley, Historian, 710 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN, 1958) From England, the Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton says: "Sizar of St. Catherine's Easter, 1621, b. 1603 in Yorks, B.A. 1622-3, priest 8 June 1623. Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coley Chapel, Halifax, for some years." ("Sizar" is defined as an undergraduate student.) From an unnamed history of the Denton family: The general opinion among members of the Denton family is that all of the Dentons in the United States are descendants of Rev. Richard Denton. Our research seems to substantiate this, for we have found only two instances where other Dentons lived in America and neither of these left heirs named Denton. From New England Genealogical Reg. 11/241: Rev. Richard Denton came to American from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship "James." He lived in Wetheresfield and Stamford, CT. The J.S. Denton papers show baptismal records of Nathaniel and Timothy sons of Rev. Richard Denton "in Parish Church of Bolton, England." (Note: Some say his ship was the "Arbella.") Rev. Richard worked first with the famous preacher, Cotton Mather. Rev. Mather speaks of Rev. Denton in his early memoirs: "Rev. Denton was a highly religious man with strong Presbyterian beliefs. He was a small man with only one eye, but in the pulpit he could sway a congregation like he was nine feet tall." In his book, "The History of the Clergy in the Middle Colonies" author Weiss makes reference to the religious conflict of early Connecticut which resulted in Rev. Richard DENTON moving on to Hempstead, Long Island, NY in 1644. He settled there in the midst of a large Dutch colony. However, there were also many English settlers living in the area without benefit of religious guidance. With these scattered members for a beginning, Rev. Denton established the first Presbyterian Church in America. This church was so successful that soon the Dutch neighbors were attending services there. History shows some controversy developed when Rev. Denton began to baptize some of the younger children of the Dutch who did not agree with all the Presbyterian beliefs. The history of Hempsted, Long Island makes many references to the Dentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active in the local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellent military experience that prepared them for officer commissions when they moved on to the Virginia frontier. From "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664" a letter to the Classis of Amsterdam from Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius dated August 5, 1657: "At Hempsted, about seven leagues from here, there live some Independents. There are also many of our own church, and some Presbyterians. They have a Presbyterian preacher, Richard Denton, a pious, godly and learned man, who is in agreement with our church in everything. The Independents of the place listen attentively to his sermons; but when he began to baptize the children of parents who are not members of the church, they rushed out of the church." From another letter dated Oct. 22, 1657 the same writers continue: "Mr. Richard Denton, who is sound in faith, of a friendly disposition, and beloved by all, cannot be induced by us to remain, although we have ernestly tried to
do this in various ways. He first went to Virginia to seek a situation, complaining of lack of salary, and that he was getting in debt, but he has returned thence. He is now fully resolved to go to old England, because of his wife who is sickly will not go without him, and there is need of their going there on account of a legacy of four hundred pounds sterling lately left by a deceased friend, and which they cannot obtain except by their personal presence."He came to Long Island, NY in 1644. or He came to Boston on the "Arabella" with Gov. Winthrop in 1630.

His tombstone bears the following inscription in Latin: "Here lies the dust of Richard Denton. O'er his low peaceful grave bends the perennial cypress, fit emblem of his unfading fame. On earth his bright example, religious light, shown forth o'er multitudes. In heaven his pure rob'd spirit shines like an efulgent star."

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or on 16 Nov 1611 at Southwark Savior.

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Johann ENTRINGER (Sr.)

1443 - APR 1546

Family 1 : an unnamed HOESCHLIN
  1. +Johann ENTRINGER

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Juliana Elisabetha HAPPEL

1 MAR 1657 - 21 DEC 1701

Father: Balthasar APPEL
Mother: Maria CONRAD

Family 1 : Johannes Heinrich FLEISCHER
  1. +Balthasar FLEISCHER

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 _Balthasar APPEL ____|
| (1610 - 1658) m 1650|
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|--Juliana Elisabetha HAPPEL 
|  (1657 - 1707)
|                      __
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|_Maria CONRAD _______|
  (1612 - 1701) m 1650|
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Elizabeth MAYNARD

26 MAY 1649 - 5 JUN 1676

Father: John MAYNARD
Mother: Mary Starr AXTELL

Family 1 : Joseph GRAVES
  1. +Richard GRAVES

                       _John MAYNARD _______
                      | (1575 - ....)       
 _John MAYNARD _______|
| (1598 - 1672)       |
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|--Elizabeth MAYNARD 
|  (1649 - 1676)
|                      _Comfort STARR ______+
|                     | (1589 - 1659)       
|_Mary Starr AXTELL __|
  (1620 - 1659)       |
                      |_Elizabeth MITCHELL _
                        (1590 - 1658)       

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Nedgar Gaines PARKER

[166]

1823 - BET 1881 AND 1899

Father: an unnamed PARKER

Family 1 : Catherine OGG
  1. +Augusta D. PARKER

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|--Nedgar Gaines PARKER 
|  (1823 - 1881)
|                      __
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[166]
near the post office of Dunlap, OH.

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