Robert Dennis Denis

1647 - 1691  (44 years)

• Name	Robert Dennis Denis
  Born	1647	Portsmouth,Newport,RI
  Gender	Male
  Died	05 Jun 1691	Portsmouth,Newport,RI
  Person ID	I238	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Howland,   b. 1645, of Duxbury,Plymounth Co,MA ,   d. 02 Oct 1712, Portsmouth,Newport,RI  (Age 67 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1672	Portsmouth,,RI
  Notes	The Howlands of America, by Franklyn Howland, pub. 1885, page 69: v. SARAH, b. --; d. --; m. 16.11.1672, Robert Dennis, of Portsmouth, RI, "att the house of Joshua Coggeshall before the people of God." Her brother John signed as a witness to the marriage.
  Children	1. Mary Dennis,   b. 20 Sep 1673, Portsmouth,Newport,RI  [natural]
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RHODE ISLAND FAMILIES, VOL 1. page 416-7 --- includes brief genealogy of this family. Note in the History of the MILK - MILKS Family, by Grace Croft, Author, Compiler and Editor-in-Chief, 1235 E. Aspen Ave., Provo, Utah. Published 1st -1952, 2nd - 1956. "Robert Dennis was b. 1647, son of Robert and Mary Dennis of Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA. Robert Dennis Jr. , who d. 5 June 1691, left in his Will twelve shillings to his grandchild Ruth Lawton to buy a Bible. He deeded land for a Quaker burying place "for the love I bear to the truth and the people of God which are in scorn called Quakers." (Genealogical Dictionary of RI, Austin). On the 19 Nov. 1672 he m. Sarah, dau. of Henry and Mary (Newlands) Howland of Duxbury, MA.. "att the house of Joshua Coggeshall of Portsmouth before the people of God." (Quakers) (New England Historical and Genealogical Record, vol. 49).