Hannah Denton

Hannah Leonard

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• Birth:  19 Dec 1659 - Hampden, USA
• Marriage:  24 Apr 1676 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
• Death:  Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
• Parents:  John Leonard, Sarah Heath [sic: Heald]
• Spouse:  Daniel Denton

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According to George D. A. Combes, from the notes of William A.. D. Eardeley, the following is a list of the possible children of Rev. Richard Denton:

2. Daniel Denton, born 1626, died 1703, married first 1659 to Abigail Stevenson, daughter of Edward and Anne Stevenson, divorced June 26, 1672; they had two children. She married second to Daniel Whitehead.

He married second April 24, 1876 at Springfield, Mass. to Hannah Leonard, born Dec. 19, 1659, daughter of John and Sarah (Heath) Leonard.

Daniel taught school and was Town Recorder. In 1684 he returned to Jamaica, where he was once more Town Clerk. On Dec. 20, 1689 he was commissioned County Clerk of Queens County. He died about 1703, leaving no will of record.

family

Daniel Denton and Hannah Leonard had six children

• 3. Hannah Denton, born Aug. 5, 1677 at Springfield, Mass., married first in 1697 to John Seaman (the 1698 Hempstead Census shows John Seaman, wife Hannah, and her sister Alice), married second in 1699 to Samuel Smith(probably the son of Samuel who was the son of Thomas who was the son of William and Magdalen of Jamaica).
• 4. Samuel Denton, born Sept. 29, 1879 at Springfield, Mass., died about 1721, married about 1700 to the daughter of Jonas and Deborah (possibly Deborah Wiltsie) Wood.
• 5. Sarah Denton, born about 1681
• 6. Elizabeth Denton, born about 1683
• 7. Thomas Denton, born about 1685 (possibly he married Phebe Skidmore, the daughter of Samuel Skidmore).
• 8. Alice Denton, born about 1687, lived in Jamaica, N. Y., married at Newtown Presbyterian Church on Dec. 26, 1709 to Thomas Thurston.

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Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

• BIRTH, MARRIAGE & DEATH View Image
• NAME:  Hannah Leonard
• SPOUSE:  Daniel Denton
• MARRIAGE:  24 Apr 1676 - Springfield, Massachusetts
• VITAL:  24 Apr 1676 - Springfield, Massachusetts

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