2. Sarah DENISON (George ) was christened 20 Mar 1641/1642 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 19 Dec 1701 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

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  Source: Montville.
  Montville: Sarah Denison, born 20 March 1641. Married _________ Stanton.

Sarah married Thomas STANTON Jr., son of Thomas STANTON and Ann LORD, on 1658 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Thomas was born 1638 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He died 11 Apr 1718 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

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3. Hannah DENISON (George ) was born 20 May 1643 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was christened 21 May 1643 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

THOMAS STANTON DESCRNDANTS, AN INCOMPLETE RECORD OF HIS DESCENDANTS, By John D. Baldwin of Worcester, Mass, Printed by Tyler & Seagrave, No. 442, Main St. 1882. page 25.

  Source: Montville.
  Montville: Hannah Denison, born 20 May 1643. Married _________ Saxton.

Hannah married (1) Nathaniel CHESEBROUGH, son of William CHESEBROUGH and Anna STEVENSEN, on 1659. Nathaniel was christened 25 Jan 1630 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He died 22 Nov 1675 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

THOMAS STANTON DESCRNDANTS, AN INCOMPLETE RECORD OF HIS DESCENDANTS, By John D. Baldwin of Worcester, Mass, Printed by Tyler & Seagrave, No. 442, Main St. 1882. page 25.

Hannah also married (2) Capt. Joseph SAXTON before 1681 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Joseph was born 9 May 1656 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died 18 Jul 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

4. John Borodell DENISON [scrapbook] (George ) was born 14 Jun 1646 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He died 1697 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 2.
    He was Ens, New London Co. Troop, Aug 1673. Departed for Stonington Oct 1694 and Oct 1695. Will Apr 26 1698 proved June 10 1698.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 83.
    John B. Denison, son of Capt. George and Ann (Borodell) Denison, was born July 14, 1646, and died in 1698. He served in King Philip's War of 1675/6 in the Narragansett and other campaigns. He married Nov. 26. 1667, Phebe, daughter of Robert Lay os Saybrook, CT, who died in 1699, age 49 years.

John married Phebe LAY [scrapbook], daughter of Robert LAY and Sarah FENNER, on 26 Nov 1667 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Phebe was born 5 Jan 1651 in Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She died 1699 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 2.

ANCESTORS OF ALDEN SMITH SWAN AND HIS WIFE MARY ALTHEA FARWELL, by Josephine C. Frost, The Hills Press, New York MCMXXII, page 83.
    He married Nov. 26. 1667, Phebe, daughter of Robert Lay of Saybrook, Ct., who died in 1699, age 49 years.
    Page 142.
    Phebe Lay, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Fenner) Lay, was born in Saybrook, CT, Jan 5, 1650, and died in Stonington, CT, in 1699 as the widow of John B. Denison, whom she married Nov. 26, 1667.

5. Ann DENISON (George ) was christened 20 May 1649 in Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died 17 Nov 1706 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 18 Nov 1706 in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Conn..

DENISON GENEALOGY, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 1, 2.

THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. XII, 1859, page 27.

WALTER PALMER OF CHARLESTOWN AND REHOBOTH, MA & STONINGTON CT, a 400-Year (1585-1985) Family History, Compiled, Edited, Typed and Partly Researched by Doris Palmer Buys. pages 106.
    Most published records give the year as 1694 as the year of the deathof Gershom's first wife, Ann, merely adding that he thereafter married the widow Mrs. Elizabeth (Peck) Mason. The Wheeler Chronology of families, page 461, in Stonington gives 30 Mar 1705 as the date of death of Elizabeth's husband, Jamor Samuel Mason and the year 1699 as the birthdate of her last child by him.
    Manasseh Minor's Diary records for 20 March 1704/5 'mr John masan departed." and also records for 17 November 1706 "Deaken pallmors wife dyed;" and on 18 November "She was buryed."
    page 109.
    The January 1859 publication for the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (the Register) had an article by J. D. Champlin, Jr., of Stonington entitled "Ancient Burial-Ground at Stonington" in which he set forth the inscriptions taken from some of the very early markers in the Wequetequock Burial Yard, pages 23 to 29. In addition to those of Thomas Miner and his wife, Grace Palmer Miner, those included some of particular interet to those descended from Deacon Gershom Palmer although his was not included:
    "A rough unhewn stone, about fourteen inches wide and six feet long, and nearly imbedded in the turf, is supposed to mark the resting palce of Ann, wife of Gershom Palmer, it is inscribed simply -- Ann Palmer

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Ann married Deacon Gershom PALMER, son of Walter PALMER and Rebecca SHORT, on 28 Nov 1667 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Gershom was born 16 Jun 1644 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He died 27 Sep 1718 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried 30 Sep 1718 in Wequetequock Burying Ground, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 509.

WALTER PALMER OF CHARLESTOWN AND REHOBOTH, MA & STONINGTON CT, a 400-Year (1585-1985) Family History, Compiled, Edited, Typed and Partly Researched by Doris Palmer Buys, pages 103-4.
    Following the path of his parents, brothers and sisters, Gershom was devoutly religious and he and his wife, Ann, were admitted 19 Aug 1677 to the First Congregational Church at Stonington (known as "The Road Church") according to the church records.
     In 1675 Gershom Palmer, then aged theiry-one years, particiated in King Philip's War and served as a lieutenant of a Stonington company. The Pyron Plamer typescript manuscripts, page 997, "His name appears as a soldier in that war on the records of the town of Voluntown, which town was given by the General Court of Conn. to the soldiers of that war."
    The comprehensive account of that conflict was written by George Madison Bodge, A.B. in his book entitled "Soldiers in King Philip's War" reprinted in 1976 by Genealogical Publishing Co., of Baltimore, Maryland. In a chapter headed "The Narraganset Townships, Grantees and Claimants" page 406, is recorded on 10th December 1675 a proclamation was made to the soldiers, in the name of the Governor of the Mass. Colony that "if they took the fort and drove the enemy out of the Narraganset country, . . . they should have a gratuity of land, besides their wages."
    On 4 June 1685 (ten years later) a petition was presented to the General Court in session at Boston for the grant of land which had been promised byt many years passed before this was accomplished.
    On 5 June 1684 Gershom received from his brothers Nehemiah, Moses and Benjamin, 500 acres of land in Stonington as part of their father's estate. (Town Records, Vol. 1, page 129).
    
ELDRED AND ASSOCIATED FAMILIES, Researched by: Catherine Matson & Clarice McNiven, Compiled by: Carol & Susan Matson, pp. 102.
    Gershom Palmer on 5 Jun 1684 received from his brothers, Nehemiah, Moses and Benjamin 500 acres of land in Stonington, CT as a part of their partent's estate. Also on 3 May 1693 was laid out to Lt. Gershom 50 acres, then 100 acres, and then another 50 acres. On 23 Dec 1708, he have his sons George and Walter all his farm, they to allow him, for the rest of his natural life, one-third of the produce of the land, to dwell in the east end of the new dwelling house, and they were to fulfill the agreement he made his new wife, Elizabeth, before their marriage. This agreement was drawn up 1 Nov 1707, but on 16 Jun 1718 he made another deed, in which he states that he had, before marriage, agreed to give his wife 20 pounds before his own deceased and that he had ordered his sons to pay this, but since he had been boarding his wife's 2 daughters for some time he had caused different arrangements to be made. Ann (Borodell) Denison's mother, Mrs. Ann Denison, was of a fine old family and from her, young Ann inherited such stately and gracious manners that she was commonly called "Lady Ann."

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6. Borodell DENISON (George ) was born about 1651 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 11 Jan 1702 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Borodell married Samuel STANTON, son of Thomas STANTON and Ann LORD, on 15 Jun 1680 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Samuel was born 1657 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1702.

m. Borodell Denison June 16, 1680

7. George DENISON (George ) was born about 1653 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 27 Dec 1711 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

WESTERLY & ITS WITNESSES, by Rev. Frederick Denison, A.M., Providence, Published by J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1878. Page 282.

George married Mercy GORHAM, daughter of Capt. John GORHAM and Desire HOWLAND, before 1678. Mercy was born 20 Jan 1658 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. She died 24 Sep 1725 in Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

WESTERLY & ITS WITNESSES, by Rev. Frederick Denison, A.M., Providence, Published by J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1878. Page 282.

8. Lt. William DENISON (George ) was born about 1655 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 26 Mar 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Denison Genealogy, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 1 & 3.
    Lived in Denison Homestead. His will inh B & G Gen. He Ens Train Band, Stonington, Oct 1698. Lt. May 1705.

William married Sarah STANTON, daughter of Thomas STANTON and Ann LORD, on May 1686 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Sarah was born 1655/1656 in Pequot, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 7 Aug 1713 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

HISTORY OF STONINGTON CT, by Wheeler, page 543.

9. Margaret DENISON (George ) was born about 1657 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 5 May 1741 in Barrington, Massachusetts.

Denison Genealogy, by Denison, Peck & Jacobus, page 3.
    Died in Barrington then MA now RI

Margaret married Jes BROWN Jr., son of Jes BROWN and Elizabeth HOWLAND, on 5 Jun 1676. Jes was born 21 May 1655 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He died 15 May 1718 in Barrington, Massachusetts.