Rev. Joseph Denison

Reverend Joseph Denison (Yale College, 1763) was the eldest son and second child of Nathan Denison, of Windham, Connecticut, and grandson of Joseph and Prudence (Minor) Denison, of Stonington, Connecticut. He was born in Windham on November 2, 1738. His mother was Ann, daughter of Deacon Eleazer and Lydia Cary of Windham; two classmates, the brothers Ripley, were his first cousins.

He was licensed to preach by the Windham Association of Ministers on May 15, 1764, and on February 28, 1765, was ordained over the parish (now town) of Middlefield, in Middletown, Connecticut. His career was cut short by his early death, which occurred there on February 12, 1770, at the age of 31.

He was married by the Reverend Samuel Bird, of New Haven, on March 27, 1765, to Rhoda Wilmot, the eldest child of Captain Thomas and Sarah (Mansfield) Wilmot, of New Haven, who was born on Febrruary 29, 1740. She probably died before her husband.