Mary Denton

Not the daughter of Richard Brush & his wife Joanna Brush

Retrieved from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Denton-398 17 January 2025 and then edited

Samuel3 Denton, son of Nathaniel2 Denton (d. bef 1690) and his wife Sarah, was born 1655, probably at Hempstead on Long Island, current day New York. He died at Jamaica, Queens County, New York Colony between 13 March 1698/99 (date will made) and 19 May 1699 (date will proved).

Samuel Denton married Mary, daughter to James Clement, in 1671. (Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Page 235, (document attached).

Samuel Denton married Mary Brush in 1676, at Jamaica, New Netherland Colony (Long Island). (Is this the same person?)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brush-68 NOTE: Mary, the wife of Samuel Denton, is not the same as Mary Brush, the wife of John Conklin. It appears that it is not known where the name 'Brush' for her came from. She is fairly certainly not the daughter of Richard Brush and Joanna (Sammis) Brush.

Children of Samuel Denton and his wife Mary born on Long Island, New York Colony:

1. Samuel Denton, b. 1677; m. Martha. He d. 1718
2. Mary Denton, b. 1679; m. Joseph Field
3. Clement Denton (dau) b.ca.1681-2; m 1) Ebenezer Smith 2) John Gregory
4. Sarah Denton, b. 1679; m. Samuel Mills
5. Jacomiah Denton (son) b. 168t; m. Abigail Waters
6. Solomon Denton, b. 1686; . Athelena Clay
7. Hezekiah Denton, b. ca. 1698; m. Mary __

The will of Samuel Denton, of Jamaica, planter, aged about 43, 13 March 1698, mentions Wife Mary to have the estate till children are of age.[1]

Family

"Samuel3 Denton (Nathaniel2, Rev. Richard1) was born say 1655 [based on his will which gives his age as about 43] in Hempstead, Long Island. He is variously described as carpenter (JTR 2:315) and planter (his will).

Samuel married say 1676 Mary [Eardeley supplies a family name of "Brush" but cites no source; in his excellent account of the Long Island Brush family (REC. 66:201f.) Conklin Mann mentions no such marriage.] Mary appears in the records only twice: as "wife Mary" on Samuel's will, "to have use of the estate till the children come of age"; and in the following item dated 28 April 1704: "John Griss, of Queens County in relation to violations of the excise; affidavit of Mary, widow of Samuel Denton ... and warrant ... for the arrest of said widow Denton." (CEM 328)...

Samuel died in Jamaica in the spring of 1699. His will, drawn 13 March 1698/9 and proved only two months later, 19 May 1699 (QCDW A:140, REG. 65:248), lists his wife and his children by name, four sons and three daughters - all under age except for a married daughter. The executors were: Captain John Carpenter [his neighbor to the south (JTR 2:254)] and Lieutenant Thomas Smith, perhaps a close friend.

Children of Samuel and Mary (___) Denton, all born in Jamaica, Long Island:

• i. Sarah4, b. c1677; m. c.1693 [aged c.16] to Samuel Mills Jr.; he was a saddler of Jamaica, moved in 1712 to Greenwich, Conn., and was living there 1729. They had three children: Samuel, Clement, and Susannah (Lewis D. Cook, "A Documentary History of the Family of Mills" [typescript, 1939], pp. 24-7).
• ii. Samuel, Jr., b. say 1680 (not 21 in 1699).
• iii. Clement, b. say 1681-2 (not 18 in 1699); m. (1) c.1700 Ebenezer Smith of Norwalk, Conn., who d. Jamaica 1717, (2) John Gregory of Norwalk, Conn. She had 6 children by her first husband: Robert, John, Mary, Abraham, Ebenezer, and Samuel; and was still alive in 1734 (TAG 25:80).
• iv. Mary, b. say 1683, d. 1 Mar 1714 intestate, her eldest brother Samuel appointed to administer her estate at Jamaica (QCDW C:55, REC. 65:321).
• v. Jacamiah, b. say 1685.
• vi. Solomon, b. say 1690.
• vii. Hezekiah, b. sup. 10 March 1697/8."

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References

1. NYG&B Record. Krumm, Walter C. "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton." July 1989: Volume 120, issue 3, page 161. < link > 6. Samuel3 Denton (Nathaniel2, Rev. Richard1) (wife is Mary, no last name given)
2. See https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00comb
3. "Genealogy of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, Long Island For the First Five Generations." Prepared from manuscript notes of William A. D. Eardeley, deceased, by George D.A. Combes, 123 Lincoln Avenue, Rockville Center, NY, August 1936. page 14-15 < Archive.Org > 16. 2. Samuel3 born 1655 died 1699 Married 1676 Mary --
4. ibid. Family Page 23-24. < Archive.Org >
5. Birth possibly at Greenwich, New Haven Colony but more likely at Hempstead, Long Island
6. WikiTree contributors, "Samuel Denton (1655-1699)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Denton-398 : accessed 17 January 2025).
   1. Frank J Doherty, Settlers of The Beekman Patent Dutchess County, NY:(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). (NSHGS $$) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB409/i/12174/239/137593057; specifically, Vol IV, Page 235-236. < AmericanAncestors >
   2. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) ; Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.
   3. Edmund West, comp; Family Data Collection - Births
   4. Yates Publishing; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
7. Removed birth date of March 31, 1655, no citation seen
8. Removed death date of 04/28/1704, no citation seen
9. Frank J Doherty, Settlers of The Beekman Patent Dutchess County, NY:(Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). (NEHGS $$) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB409/i/12174/239/137593057; specifically, Vol IV, Page 235-236. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached).
10. https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/knowledgebase/queens-county-ne... Queens is one of the twelve original counties formed out of the English colony of New York in 1683.