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Sarah Denton (Smith?)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: England
Death: 1690 (61-62)
Jamaica, Long Island, NY
Place of Burial: Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Smith, of Jamaica and Magdalen Olmstead
Wife of Nathaniel Denton
Mother of Nathaniel Denton, Jr.; Samuel Denton; Richard Denton, of Jamaica, Sr.; Maria Denton and Phebe Foster
Sister of Thomas Smith, Sr., of Jamaica; Benjamin Smith, of Milford; Joseph Smith, of Jamaica; Ruth Smith; Nehemiah Smith, of Jamaica and 3 others

Occupation: Married 1652
Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
Last Updated:

About Sarah Denton

4. Nathaniel Denton, born 1629, died Oct. 18, 1690, married about 1652 to Sarah (possibly Sarah Smith; if so, she would seem to be the daughter of William and Magdalen Smith, who were early at Hempstead and Newtown.)

not listed as a child in The Great Migration Project

Children of Nathaniel Denton and Sarah are:

  1. Nathaniel Denton, born about 1653 at Hempstead, Long Island. In his will he named "brother Foster," and Richard "brother . . . John Foster," as overseer.[1]died in Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York; married (1) Deborah Ashman 1679; married (2) Elizabeth Smith 1690.[citation needed]
  2. Samuel Denton, born 1655 at Hempstead,[1]died 1699; married Mary Clement 1676; born 1656.[citation needed]
  3. Richard Denton, born 1658 in Jamaica, Long Island;[1]died Aft. Apr 16, 1699 in Hempsted, Long Island, New York; married Mary Jane Thurston 1686 in Hempsted, Long Island, New York.[citation needed]
  4. Phebe Denton, born 1662; married John Foster[1]
  5. Maria Denton, born about 1664 and baptized at Jamaica on June 18, 1664.[1]

References

  1. Dr. Walter C. Krumm. "Descendants of the Rev. Richard Denton" October (1986). New York Genealogical Biographical Register Vol. 120, # 1 pp. 10-14. membership required.
  2. Combes, George Dawson Aylesworth, 1889-1941.Genealogy of the descendants of Rev. Richard Denton of Hempstead, Long Island, for the first five generations. Prepared from manuscript notes of Wm. A. D. Eardeley, deceased, by George D. A. Combes. (1936). page 14-15 < Archive.Org >
  3. 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).
  4. http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/DENTON/1998-04/0893734762 (dead link)
  5. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelott... (dead link)
  6. WikiTree contributors, "Nathaniel Denton (1629-bef.1690)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Denton-142 : accessed 18 January 2025).
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Sarah Denton's Timeline

1628
1628
England
1652
1652
Jamaica,Queens,New York,USA
1655
1655
Probably, Jamaica, (Long Island), New Netherland Colony
1658
1658
Jamaica, Queens Co, NY
1660
1660
New York, NY, United States
1662
1662
New York, NY, United States
1690
1690
Age 62
Jamaica, Long Island, NY
????
Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States