Generation 1

JOHN DENISON 1 (d. 1683) of Ipswich

Parents: Unknown

John died in 1683 leaving a widow Priscilla, who died in 5 Feb 1692 [Ref says 15 Feb] in Ipswich. [Ref] [There is an Ipswich record for a death of John on 9 Jan 1690. [Ref]]

John was granted six acres of marsh on 7 Feb 1647. [Ref] He is on a 19 Dec 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. [Ref]

In his will, John named his son John; his daughters Ruth, Sarah Perkins and Priscilla Persons; his granddaughter Sarah Pritchett. [Ref]

Children of John:

1. John Denison 2 died on 12 Aug 1725 in Ipswich. He married first Ruth Ayer. He married second Elizabeth Unknown.
2. Ruth Denison
3. Sarah Denison married Tobijah Perkins. [Ref]
4. Priscilla Denison married Thomas Persons [Ref] on 9 Oct 1666 in Ipswich. [Ref]
5. Unknown Denison married John Pritchett. [Ref]

Generation 2

JOHN DENISON 2 (d. 1725/7) of Ipswich

Parents: John Denison 1

John Denison of Ipswich died on 12 Aug 1725 in Ipswich. [Ref] He married first Ruth Ayer. She died on 2 Feb 1694/5 and he married second Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref]

John was a weaver. [Ref]

John received the covenant of the church on 25 Jan 1673/4. [Ref]

John signed his will on 24 Jul 1725; it was proved on 22 Jan 1726/7. [Ref] In his will he mentions his wife Elizabeth; his sons John, George and Daniel; his daughters Ruth and Hannah Kingsbury; his aged sister Smith. [Ref]

Children of John Denison and Ruth Ayer:

1. Ruth Denison was born on 9 Aug 1684 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref] She died on 15 Aug 1685 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref]
2. Ruth Denison was born on 7 Jun 1686 in Ipswich. She died on 2 Feb 1694/5. She married Capt. Joseph Kingsbury 2.
3. John Denison was born on 28 Apr 1692. [Ref] He died on 4 May 1761 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref] In his will of 18 Jan 1754, he mentions his two sisters Ruth and Hannah Kingsbury. [Ref]
4. Hannah Denison died on 14 May 1772 in Andover and is buried in the Andover burying ground. She married Nathaniel Kingsbury of Norwich after 2 Apr 1709, when they published their intention in Ipswich. [Ref]
5. John Denison was born on 28 Apr 1692 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref] He died on 4 May 1761 in Ipswich. [Ref] He may be the John who married Rebecca Wallis after 12 Aug 1727, when they publised their intention in Ipswich. [Ref] Rebecca died on 4 May 1752 in Ipswich. [Ref]
6. Priscilla Denison was born on 14 Jan 1694/5 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref] She died on 30 Jan 1694/5 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref]

Children of John Denison and Elizabeth Unknown:

1. George Denison was born on 6 Oct 1700 in Ipswich. [Ref] He was of Ipswich. [Ref]
2. Daniel Denison was born on 9 Nov 1702 in Ipswich. [Ref] He moved to Windham, Windham, CT. [Ref]

Generation 3

RUTH DENISON (1686 - 1779)

Parents: John Denison 2 and Ruth Ayer

Ruth Denison was born on 7 Jun 1686 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref] She died on 6 May 1779 and is buried in the Franklin Burying Ground in Franklin, New London, CT. [Ref] She married Capt. Joseph Kingsbury 2. Click here to see a photo of Ruth's grave on the Findagrave website.

Her father mentions his daughter Ruth Kingsbury in his will. [Ref]

Ruth was admitted by profession of faith to the church in West Farms on 22 Mar 1719. [Ref] Her gravestone says that "she left five children, 61 grandchildren, 152 great grandchildren, 15 great great grandchildren." [Ref]

References:

De Forest, Louis Effingham, Moore and Allied Families: the ancestry of William Henry Moore, New York, De Forest Pub., 1938.

Kingsbury, Frederick John, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass., Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Press : Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1905, Ancestry.com.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Wait, Luther, trans., "Ipswich Proceedings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1848, 50-53.