James Denny

1715 - 1795  (75 years)    Has no ancestors but 50 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	James Denny
  Birth	1715	Éire
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1790 and 1795	Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I258211	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2001

  
  

  Family	Agnes Tallon,   b. 1718, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1770, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	Between 1734 and 1759
  Children	1. Mary Denny   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ann Denny   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jane Denny   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Agnes Denny,   b. 1757, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA d. 1839, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 82 years)   5. Elizabeth Denny,   b. 25 Feb 1762   d. 7 May 1847, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 85 years)   6. Hannah Denny   d. Yes, date unknown   7. George Denny, Sr.,   b. 1745, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA d. 15 Jan 1816, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 71 years) + 8. Mary Ann Denny,   b. 1750, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Nov 1833, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 83 years)   9. James Denny,   b. 1759, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA d. 8 Mar 1816, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA (Age 57 years)   10. William Denny   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F104433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2001

  
  

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• Notes

  From "The Guilford Genealogist" vol 15, #1 The pioneer Dennys to the Guilford County area were the brothers James, William and their sister, Elizabeth. All three were born in Ireland and came to the Guilford County section of then Rowan County from Lancaster County, PA. It is not known if these Dennys were a part of the Nottingham Company of Presbyterian Colonists for whom an area of land had been prearranged, although they came from the same area of PA, apparently knew the colonists and obtained lands to homestead at the same time as the known colonists. Further they became a part of the Buffalo Presbyterian Church community. In 1762, James obtained a 650 acre tract from John Nicks, which Nicks, also a colonist of the Nottingham group, had obtained from the Earl of Granville, Dec. 4, 1753. The tract was located east of the site of Buffalo Presbyterian Church, and the north side of Buffalo Creek, in Rowan County. On Oct. 2, 1761, James signed for a grant of 375 acres from the Earl, lying on Pea Creek, on the waters of the Eno River, in Orange County. This action is recorded as Grant number 35 (for that year in Orange County). James' will, dated Dec 10, 1790, was probate Feb. 1795, and is recorded in Guilford County Will book A, page 94, Courthouse Greensboro, NC. The will is silent concerning any division of lands, so it is assumed that land had already been given his sons.