Has no ancestors but 52 descendants in this family tree.
1628 - 1690 (62 years)
| Birth |
26 Mrt 1628 |
| Christened |
Lancaster, Lancastershire, England  |
| Died |
18 Oct 1690 |
Jamaica, Queens, LI, NY |
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| Father |
Rev. Richard Denton |
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| Family |
Sarah Smith, b. 1628 |
| Children |
| | 1. Nathaniel Denton, Jr. |
| | 2. Samuel Denton |
| + | 3. Richard Denton, b. 1658, Jamaica, Queens, LI, New York, USA |
| | 4. Maria Denton |
| | 5. Phebe Denton |
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| Name |
Richard Denton |
| Prefix |
Rev. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Person ID |
I731299 |
Geneagraphie |
| Last Modified |
22 Mar 2018 |
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| Notes |
- Reverend Richard Denton was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. His parents are not known with certainty: see "disputed origins" section, below.
He emigrated to America between 1630 and 1638 "with a numerous family" but returned to England about 1659, leaving his children behind, and died in England between then and 1667, perhaps in Essex county, where there is a memorial to him.
The first Presbyterian minister in Colonial America, Rev. Denton came from the Parish of Owram, North England on the ship James c. 1633. (probably more like 1638). The general opinion among members of the Denton family is that all of the Dentons in the United States are his descendants. Notable descendants include the poet W. S. Merwin
The famous preacher Cotton Mather wrote of him: "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."
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 effulgent star.
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