Sybilla Denton, b. ca. 1776 in Shenandoah Co., VA

Father: John Denton Jr., b. 1738 in Frederick Co., VA, d. 1787 in Shenandoah Co., VA
Mother: Ann Margaret Weaver, b. ca. 1744 in Germany, d. 1807 in Shenandoah Co., VA

Spouse: William Cunningham, b. ca. 1777 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. in Edgar Co., IL, m. Nancy Dawson, 20 April 1824 in Mercer Co., KY

There are two or three other possible children. John may have been the name of one.
Married 27 February 1798 in Shenandoah Co., VA.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Isaac Cunningham, b. November 1798 in Virginia, m. Esther M. Wright, 9 January 1826 in Mercer Co., KY, d. 14 April 1869 in Holt Co., MO; 10 grandchildren
  • Elizabeth Cunningham, b. ca. 1802 in Sullivan Co., TN, m. Samuel Lyons, 31 July 1828 in Mercer Co., KY
  • Alexander Cunningham (1), b. ca. 1808 in Fauquier Co., VA, m. Elizabeth James, 22 November 1831 in Edgar Co., IL, m. Mary Ann Long, 2 September 1858 in Edgar Co., IL, d. 12 November 1864 in Edgar Co., IL
  • Sarah Ann Cunningham, b. ca. 1810 in Virginia, m. Clarkson Cannon, 4 July 1848 in Edgar Co., IL, d. ca. 1881

John Denton Jr., b. 1738 in Frederick Co., VA, d. 1787 in Shenandoah Co., VA

Father: John "John Jun" Denton, b. 1713 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. 1765 in Frederick Co., VA
Mother: Sarah O'Dell, b. 1712 in New York, d. 1810 in Cocke Co., TN

Spouse: Ann Margaret Weaver, b. ca. 1744 in Germany, d. 1807 in Shenandoah Co., VA

Father: Johan Georg Waber, b. 1715 in Germany, d. February 1784 in Augusta, VA, changed name to John George Weaver ca. 1749 due to He moved to America.
Mother: Christiana ?
On September 7, 1748, Margaret arrived in Philadelphia from the Palatinate, Germany, aboard the ship "Hampshire" with her parents. This information orginally came from a book, "John George Weaver Family, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia" by Dorothy L. Weaver published in 1980.
Married ca. 1757.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Christiana Denton, b. 3 May 1762 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. 7 July 1845 in McNairy Co., TN
  • George Denton, b. ca. 1765 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • John Denton (4), b. ca. 1766 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Phebe Denton, b. ca. 1768 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. 22 February 1853 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Mary Denton, b. ca. 1769 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Benjamin Denton, b. 9 April 1769 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. 11 October 1814 in Boutetourt Co., VA
  • Martha Denton, b. ca. 1771 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Margaret Denton, b. ca. 1774 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Sybilla Denton, b. ca. 1776 in Shenandoah Co., VA, m. William Cunningham, 27 February 1798 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Isaac Denton, b. ca. 1777 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Jacob Denton Jr., b. ca. 1778 in Shenandoah Co., VA

John "John Jun" Denton, b. 1713 in Shenandoah Co., VA, d. 1765 in Frederick Co., VA

Father: Jonas Denton (2), b. 1677 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, d. 1750
Mother: Jane Hardenbrock, b. 25 September 1691

Spouse: Sarah O'Dell, b. 1712 in New York, m. William Thorne, ca. 1730, d. 1810 in Cocke Co., TN

Father: Isaac O'Dell, b. 1696 in Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY, d. 1763 in Eastchester, Westchester Co., NY
Mother: Sarah Hoyt
Married 1735 in New York.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Thomas Denton, b. ca. 1736 in New York, d. 1807 in Jefferson Co., TN
  • John Denton Jr., b. 1738 in Frederick Co., VA, m. Ann Margaret Weaver, 26 August 1764, d. 1787 in Shenandoah Co., VA;
  • Isaac Denton (2), b. ca. 1738 in Frederick Co., VA
  • Samuel Denton, b. ca. 1739 in Frederick Co., VA
  • Jonas Denton, b. ca. 1741 in Frederick Co., VA
  • James William Denton Sr., b. ca. 1742 in Frederick Co., VA

Jonas Denton (2), b. 1677 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, m. Jane Seaman, 1698, d. 1750

Father: Samuel Denton (2), b. 29 May 1631 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, d. 20 March 1713 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
Mother: Mary Rock Smith, b. 20 July 1640 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, d. 15 March 1713 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
Jonas, his family and cousin, Jonathan Seaman, moved west along an old trail from New York through Carlisle, PA, crossing the Potomac River near where Peter Stephens ran a ferry. Later, Robert Harper established Harper's Ferry there. From this point, the Dentons skirted over to Winchester. Jonas bought three thousand, one hundred acres from Joist Hite on March 26, 1735. The new home was near the Great Road from the Carolinas to Philadelphia (now U.S. Highway 11), cut out by the Indians years before.

Spouse: Jane Seaman, b. 1679

Married ca. 1694.

Children:

  • Robert Denton, b. 1695
  • Samuel Denton (3), b. ca. 1702
  • John Denton (5), b. ca. 1703
  • Joseph Denton, b. ca. 1705 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • William Denton, b. ca. 1706 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • Mary Denton (2), b. ca. 1707

Spouse: Jane Hardenbrock, b. 25 September 1691

Married 1711.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Samuel Denton (4), b. aft. 1711
  • Elizabeth Denton (2), b. ca. 1712
  • John "John Jun" Denton, b. 1713 in Shenandoah Co., VA, m. Sarah O'Dell, 1735 in New York, d. 1765 in Frederick Co., VA
  • Benjamin Denton (3), b. ca. 1714
  • James Denton (2), b. ca. 1716

Samuel Denton (2), b. 29 May 1631 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, d. 20 March 1713 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY

Father: Rev. Richard Denton, b. 5 April 1603 in Yorkshire, England, d. 1662 in Essex, England
Mother: Helen Windlbank
From the inventory of Samuel's estate, dated March 15, 1713, and taken by Obadiah Volentine and James Serion: "March 10, 1713, Hemstead. Mary Denton ye widdow and Relict of Samuel Denton, late of Hemstead in Queens County, doth for divers good causes and consideration hereunto moving, refuses to administer upon the estate of her deceased husband, Samuel Denton." The administration was granted to Samuel and Jonas Denton, sons of the deceased. The chief item was a Negro boy and girl (90 pounds) and a Negro man listed as "worth nothing".

Spouse: Mary Rock Smith, b. 20 July 1640 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, d. 15 March 1713 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY

Father: John Rock Smith Sr., d. April 1706 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
Mother: Elizabeth Wood (2), d. bef. 1706
Married 1656 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Benjamin Denton (2), b. ca. 1660 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Mary Smith Denton, b. 1662 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Jane Elizabeth Denton, b. 1664 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Samuel Denton II, b. 1665 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Elizabeth Denton, b. 1666 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • James Denton, b. 1670 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Hannah Denton, b. 1672 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, m. Thomas Treadwell
  • Phoebe Denton, b. 1674 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Martha Denton (2), b. 1676 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Abraham Denton Sr., b. ca. 1677 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Jonas Denton (2), b. 1679 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, m. Jane Seaman, ca. 1694, m. Jane Hardenbrock, 1711, d. 1750

Rev. Richard Denton, b. 5 April 1603 in Yorkshire, England, d. 1662 in Essex, England

Father: Richard Denton, b. 1565 in Worley, Yorkshire, England, d. 9 December 1619 in Hertfordshire, England
Mother: Susan (Sibella)
Richard was a Sizar (undergraduate student) of St. Catherine's Easter, Cambridge University, from 1621 to 1624. He is acknowledged by many as the founder of Presbyterianism in America. He was a deacon at Peterborough, 9th of March, 1622/23 and became a priest the 8th of June, 1623. He was the Curate of Coley Chapel, Halifax, England, for some years before going to New England around 1635. He came to America from the parish of Owram, North England, on the ship, "James" (No ship record has been discovered. Some sources say the ship was The Arabella). -from The New England Genealogical Register, 11/241

The famous preacher, Cotton Mather, born in 1663, speaks of Rev. Denton in his early memoirs: "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."

From naratives of New Netherland, 1609 to 1664, in a letter dated October 22, 1657, Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius write: "Mr. Richard Denton, who is sound in faith, of a friendly disposition, and beloved by all, cannot be induced by us to remain, although we have earnestly tried to do this in various ways. He first went to Virginia to seek a situation, complaining of lack of salary, and that he was getting in debt, but he has returned thence. He is now fully resolved to go to Old England, because of his wife who is sickly will not go without him, and there is need of their going there on account of a legacy of four hundred pounds sterling lately left by a deceased friend, and which they cannot obtain except by their personal presence."

The history of Hempstead, Long Island makes many references to the Dentons and their marriages and big families. The men were active in the local militias fighting the Indians and they developed excellent military experience that prepared them for officer commissions when they moved on to the Virginia frontier.

Spouse: Helen Windlbank

Married 1618 in Marden Parish, Wiltshire, England.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Sarah Denton, b. ca. 1623 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  • Daniel Denton, b. ca. 1625 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  • Timothy Denton, b. 23 July 1627 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  • Nathaniel Denton, b. ca. 1628 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  • Richard Denton III, b. ca. 1630 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  • Samuel Denton (2), b. 29 May 1631 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, m. Mary Rock Smith, 1656 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, d. 20 March 1713 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Phebe Denton (2), b. 29 September 1634 in Yorkshire, England, d. 18 October 1658 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • John Denton, b. ca. 1635 in Yorkshire, England

Richard Denton, b. 1565 in Worley, Yorkshire, England, d. 9 December 1619 in Hertfordshire, England

Father: Richard Denton (2), b. 1517 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Mother: Gennett Banyster, b. 1527 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Spouse: Susan (Sibella)

Married 1581 in Worley, Yorkshire, England.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Alice Denton
  • John Denton (2)
  • Margaret Denton (2)
  • Susan Denton
  • Thomas Denton (2)
  • Rev. Richard Denton, b. 5 April 1603 in Yorkshire, England, m. Helen Windlbank, 1618 in Marden Parish, Wiltshire, England, d. 1662 in Essex, England

Richard Denton (2), b. 1517 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Spouse: Gennett Banyster, b. 1527 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Married 10 September 1547 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Janet Denton
  • John Denton (3)
  • Samuelis Denton
  • Richard Denton, b. 1565 in Worley, Yorkshire, England, m. Susan (Sibella) , 1581 in Worley, Yorkshire, England, d. 9 December 1619 in Hertfordshire, England; 6 grandchildren

Johan Georg Waber, b. 1715 in Germany, d. February 1784 in Augusta, VA, changed name to John George Weaver ca. 1749 because he moved to America.

Spouse: Christiana ?

Married 1740 in Virginia.

Children and grandchildren:

  • Andrew Weaver, b. 1741 in Augusta, VA
  • Ann Margaret Weaver, b. ca. 1744 in Germany, m. John Denton Jr., 26 August 1764, d. 1807 in Shenandoah Co., VA
  • John Peter Weaver, b. 1745 in Augusta, VA
  • John Weaver, b. 1747 in Augusta, VA
  • George Philip Weaver, b. 1749 in Augusta, VA, d. 28 February 1814 in Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., KY
  • Mary Weaver, b. 1751 in Augusta, VA
  • Elizabeth Weaver, b. 1759 in Augusta, VA

John Rock Smith Sr., d. April 1706 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY

John and Elizabeth may have had another son, Jeremiah, and a daughter, Elizabeth.

Spouse: Elizabeth Wood (2), d. bef. 1706

Married ca. 1629.

Children:

  • Mary Rock Smith, b. 20 July 1630 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, m. Samuel Denton (2), 18 April 1656 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, d. 15 March 1712 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • John Smith, b. ca. 1632 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, d. bef. 1695
  • Timothy Smith, b. ca. 1633 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Joseph Smith, b. ca. 1634 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Jonathan Smith, b. ca. 1636 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY
  • Hannah Smith, b. ca. 1637 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, m. John Tredwell
  • Martha Smith, b. ca. 1638 in Hempstead, Queens Co., NY, m. ? Chappelle, d. bef. 1695




Ancestor families report created by Gene 4.3.4, Sun, Jan 4, 2004

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