John Denman

Biography

From Denman Family History: From the Earliest Authentic Records Down to the ... By Harriet Newell Harris (1913) Page 26. < GoogleBooks >

John Denman, the only son of Christopher and Abigail, was born February 28, 1782, and died September 24, 1849. He was married, first to Rebecca High, July 5, 1801, who lived only a few years and left no children; and, second, in 1815, to Lockey, daughter of Capt. Isaac Marsh, who was born in 1792, and died in 1875, having outlived her seven sons. Her only daughter, Mary Rebecca, became the Mrs. Matthews of Newark, N. J., so widely known as a skillful and successful collector of genealogical records. This John Denman lived on the old Denman farm near Westfield, as a farmer; but he also served as a Government Contractor in getting out ship timber and transporting war supplies. He was a large man, energetic and. forceful, and much esteemed by all who knew him. The family of John Denman and Lockey Marsh embraced seven sons,—John Christopher, Isaac Marsh, Alvan Fox, Ralph Marsh, and three that died in infancy; and one daughter, Mary Rebecca.

References

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