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He m. Apr. 1641, Elizabeth wid. of deac. George Alcock, and d. of apoplexy, 8 Dec.
1645, as Roxbury ch. rec. tells.

    DENHAM, THOMAS, Rye, in Conn. jurisdict. in 1681 was 60 yrs. old. In
1677 he had preach. at R. and the Gen. Ct. vot. �10. to encourage his settlem. But
no more is kn. In Mather�s Hecatompolis he is not seen.

    DENISON, DENYSON, � * || DANIEL, Cambridge 1633, s. of William of Roxbury,
b. in Eng. a. 1612, freem. 1 Apr. 1634, m. Patience, d. of Gov. Thomas Dudley, wh.
surv. and was extrix. of his will; rem. to Ipswich with its early planters,
and was its rep. 1635, and seven yrs. after, speaker 1649, and 51, and 2,
ar. co. 1660, and in every rank of the milit. to the highest in 1660, an
Assist. from 1654 till d. 19 Sept. 1682, aet. 70. His wid. d. 8 Feb. 1690. Of
ch. I find not ment. of any but John and Elizabeth w. of John Rogers, Presid. of
H. C. His will of 18 July 1673, with codic. of 28 Feb. 1679, and ano. of 22
Dec. 1680, giv. names of his gr.ch. is in Geneal. Reg. VIII. 23. EDWARD,
Roxbury, br. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. 20 Mar. 1641, Elizabeth d. of Joseph
Weld
, had Elizabeth b. 8 Aug. 1642; John, 14 May 1644, d. at 4 mos.; Edward, wh.
d. 6 Oct. 1646; Jeremiah, 6 Dec. 1647, bapt. 9 Jan. foll. d. May 1649; Joseph,
bapt. 8 Apr. 1649, d. next mo.; Margaret, b. 15, bapt. 19 Dec. 1650; Mary,
bapt. 27 Mar. 1654; Hannah, b. 10, bapt. 16 Sept. 1655; Sarah,4 Nov. bapt. 6
Dec. 1657, wh. m. Thomas Robinson; Deborah, 16, bapt. 23 Sept.
1660, d. in 1663; one, without name, bur. as soon as b. 2 June 1663; William,
b. 18 Sept. 1664, H. C. 1681; and Deborah, again, 30 Oct. 1666, d. next yr.
and he d. 26 Apr. 1668. He had been among the friends of Wheelwright,
disarm. in 1637, yet dignif. as Mr. but was made freem. 1648, and was rep.
in 1652 and 5. His wid. Elizabeth d. 5 Feb. 1717. The s. William, and two ds. were
the only ch. of this large number, that surv. him. GEORGE, Roxbury, br. of
the preced. b. in Eng. a. 1620, or perhaps earlier, m. May 1640, Bridget
Thomson
, had Sarah, bapt. 20 Mar. 1642; and Hannah, b. 20, bapt. 21 May
1643. In Aug. foll. his w. d. and he went to Eng. serv. in the Parliament's
army, there found sec. w. Ann, d. of John Borrodell, or Borrowdale, wh.
gave her a house in Cork, Ireland; but he came back to R. had John, b. 14
June 1646; Ann, 20 May 1649; was freem. 1648, and some two or three yrs.
after went to Pequot, as New London was call. there had George, 1652;
William, 1655; Borrodell, 1657; Margaret, 1660; and Mary, 1670, who. d. 1671;
all bapt. 1670; was a capt. 1653, and much disting. in Philip's war as a
skilful and enterpris. commander. He d. 23 Oct. 1694, at Hartford; in his
will of 20 Nov. 1693 names John, George, William, beside ds. Sarah, w. of
Thomas Stanton, Hannah, w. of Joseph Saxton, Ann, w. of Gershom Palmer,
Margaret Brown, and Borrodell, w. of Samuel Stanton. His wid. d. 26 Sept.
1712, aged 97 by the gr.stone. GEORGE, Stonington, or Westerly, s. of |the
preced.
m. Mary or Mercy, d. of John Gorham of Barnstable, had Edward, and