Benjamin Denton
1697 - 1780 (83 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Benjamin Denton was born in 1697 in Horseneck (Greenwich), Fairfield County, CT (son of Richard Denton and Mary Foster Thurston); died in July 1780. Benjamin married Rachel Wheeler in Dec 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Ann Denton was born on 14 Oct 1733 in Connecticut; died on 20 May 1776.
- Rachel Denton
Benjamin married Ruth Hopkins in 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Richard Denton was born in 1658 in Jamaica, Queens County, NY (son of Nathaniel Denton and Sarah (Smith) Ashman); died in 1699 in Hempstead, Nassau County, NY. Richard married Mary Foster Thurston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Foster Thurston Children:
- 1. Benjamin Denton was born in 1697 in Horseneck (Greenwich), Fairfield County, CT; died in July 1780.
Generation: 3
4. Nathaniel Denton was born on 9 Mar 1629 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England (son of Richard Denton); died on 18 Oct 1690 in Jamaica, Queens County, NY. Nathaniel married Sarah (Smith) Ashman in 1651. Sarah (daughter of Robert Ashman and Katrine Armitage) was born in 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Sarah (Smith) Ashman was born in 1630 (daughter of Robert Ashman and Katrine Armitage). Children:
- Samuel Denton was born in 1654; died in 1699.
- 2. Richard Denton was born in 1658 in Jamaica, Queens County, NY; died in 1699 in Hempstead, Nassau County, NY.
Generation: 4
8. Richard Denton was born in 1586 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1662 in Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Children:
- 4. Nathaniel Denton was born on 9 Mar 1629 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1690 in Jamaica, Queens County, NY.
10. Robert Ashman died after 1659 in Hempstead, Nassau County, NY. Robert married Katrine Armitage. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Katrine Armitage (daughter of Thomas Armitage and Susan Mitchell). Children:
- 5. Sarah (Smith) Ashman was born in 1630.