Joseph Denman, Sr.

JOSEPH, the second son [of John Denman IV and Mary Elizabeth Williams], married a wife whose name is not on record, and had a family of five sons and four daughters, all born on his farm in Essex, Co., N. J., near Elizabethtown and Westfield. [Cranford, NJ.]

The date of his death is not known, neither that of his birth; nor are the dates of any of his brothers or sisters known, except in the case of the youngest, Christopher, of whom we have full records. [Joseph's] death occurred while our country was in the midst of the Revolutionary War; and it was sudden, apparently from apoplexy. He had gone out on his farm to cut firewood, and not coming home for dinner at the usual hour, search was made. He was found lying dead near a tree which he had begun to cut down. No signs of injury were visible, and apoplexy was the only explanation.

The names of his children were: Andrew, David, Abner, Joseph, Nathaniel, Mary, Sarah, Susan, and Elizabeth.

All of these persons except Andrew emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Abner and some others went to Mason Co., Kentucky, before it was safe to settle in Ohio, Kentucky having been settled earlier. Abner crossed over into Ohio in 1814. Andrew was twice married; first in New Jersey, to Susanna Marsh, who died April 1, 1814, aged 57, leaving children, only one of whose names is on record,—Charlotte, who died February 18, 1817, aged 22.

[Andrew] afterward married Mary, daughter of Moses Camp, and emigrated to central Ohio and settled on a farm near Columbus [Ohio].

Denman Family History by Harriet N. Harris (c.1913)