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Descendants of RICHARD Denton
(Gen. A). Richard Denton b. 1517 in Yorkshire  M. Gennett Banyster b.1527

Generation No. 1

1.  SR RICHARD1 DENTON  (RICHARDA) was born 1557 in Worley, Yorkshire,  England, and died December 09, 1619 in Worley, Yorkshire,  England.  He married SUSAN SIBELLA 1582 in WORLEY, HALIFAX, ENGLAND.  She was born 1563 in ENGLANd, and died in Worley, Yorkshire, England.

Marriage Notes for RICHARD DENTON and SUSAN SIBELLA:
	Richard Denton, Sr, our first proven Denton ancestor was born about 1557 at Worley Yorkshire, England. He married Susan Sibella and they were the parents of Rev. Richard Denton who is the progenitor of our Denton Family in America.  Richard Denton, Sr. died December 9, 1619 in Worley.
	
Children of RICHARD DENTON and SUSAN SIBELLA are:
	i.	SUSAN2 DENTON, b. September 22, 1588, WORLEY, HALIFAX, ENGLAND.
2.	ii.	JR REV RICHARD DENTON, b. April 10, 1603, WORLEY, HALIFAX, ENGLAND; d. March 1661/62, ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND.
	iii.	JOHN DENTON, b. July 16, 1582.
	iv.	THOMAS DENTON, b. 1584.
	v.	ALICE DENTON, b. November 14, 1585.
	vi.	MARGARET DENTON, b. January 10, 1587/88.

Generation No. 2

2.  JR REV RICHARD2 DENTON (RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born April 10, 1603 in WORLEY, HALIFAX, ENGLAND, and died March 1661/62 in ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND.  He married HELEN WINDLBANK 1624 in Marden Parish, Wiltshire, England.  She was born in ENGLAND, and died in ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND.

Marriage Notes for REV DENTON and HELEN WINDLBANK:
	Rev. Richard Denton was the son of Richard Denton and Susan Sibella, born in Worley, Halifax, Yorkshire, England and baptized there April 10, 1603. Rev. Richard married Helen Windlbank in 1625 at Marden Parish, Wiltshire. 
	Richard Denton attended the University of Cambridge where he graduated from Catherine's Hall in 1623/4. The next mention of him, found in the baptismal records of his son, Tymothie Denton, baptized July 23, 1627, when he was pastor of Turton.  His second son, Nathaniell Denton was baptized there March 9, 1628/9.
	The next baptisms show that by 1631 the family had moved to Coley Chapel in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire and the next three children were baptized there:
	 Samuel, son of Richard Denton, Minister of Coley, May 29, 1631
	Daniel, son of Richard Denton, Curate of Coley, July 10, 1632
	Phoebe, dau. of Richard Denton, minister of Coley, November 30, 1634
Timothy and Phoebe are never heard of again, they may have died young.
	In 1629, the Puritans had obtained a grant from King Charles I for settlement in New England; and in 1630, one thousand Puritans reached America, our Rev. Richard Denton among them with his family as well as John Winthrop, Governor of the Colonists, landed at Salem, Massachusetts on June 11, 1630, aboard the ship "Arbella".  The New England Genealogical Register says the Rev. Richard arrived on the ship "James"; however this is refuted at the New York State Library at Albany which lists the "Arbella".
	The writer, Jeanne Majdalany, in her book "The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut" states: 'The Reverend Richard Denton came from Owram, Yorkshire with Matthew Mitchell, arriving in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1634. He was in Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1635.'  Rev. Denton and Rev. Sherman were probably the first ministers of the Gospel and conduct services in Watertown.  There was much church dissension and Rev. Denton took his followers to Wethersfield and by 1640 Rev. Denton separated in one body, from its jurisdiction and brought his followers to Toquams, which was christened Stamford in 1642.
	On Sunday the chores were laid aside and all assembled to hear the Word of God as expounded by Rev. Denton.  He was a man of great soul and strong persuasive powers, though he was small of body and blind in one eye.  He was clearly a man of power and influence in the community.
	In the fall of 1641, five men were chosen to handle the local affairs of Stamford: these were Rev. Denton, Matthew Mitchell, Andrew Ward, Thurston Raynor and Richard Crab.  
	During the year 1644 a really surprising event occurred. In a seemingly well-established little community all was not well. The three principal leaders, the Rev. Denton, Matthew Mitchell and Thurston Raynor, presumably recognizing once again that differences were irreconcilable, decided to accept the proposal of the Dutch to resettle across Long Island Sound on a beautiful piece of land to be called Hempstead.  In all, about twenty-three families followed their religious leader to Long Island, in this group was John Seaman and in the second group to leave was the two John Smiths.
	Here Rev. Richard Denton established the first Presbyterian Church in America at Hempstead, New York.  Today in the Christ Episcopal Church of Hempstead hangs a plaque, which reads:

		CHRIST'S FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH		
			HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.
	THIS CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1644, WHEN REVEREND RICHARD DENTON and FOLLOWERS CAME FROM HALIFAX, ENGLAND TO AMERICA BY WAY OF PLYMOUTH COLONY and STAMFORD CONNECTICUT TO SECURE CIVIL and RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. IT's of PURITAN PRESBYTERIAN ORIGIN and is THE OLDEST OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES in THE UNITED STATES.
	THE FIRST BUILDING WAS USED as a STOCKADE FOR PROTECTION FROM INDIANS.
	THE FOURTH BUILDING WAS on THIS SITE and WAS TAKEN BY the BRITISH TROOPS in REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS a STOREHOUSE and BARRACKS.  IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE in 1803.
	THE FIFTH BUILDING WAS ERECTED on THIS SITE IN 1803 and WAS USED as the CHURCH UNTIL 1845, WHEN IT WAS MOVED TO the CORNER of FULTON AVENUE and WASHINGTON STREET and MADE THE MANSE.
	THE PRESENT, the SIXTH BUILDING, WAS ERECTED IN 1846 on THIS SITE and REMODELED
in 1908.

	(My husband and I had the honor of visiting this church in 1995 and being able to walk in the beautiful park of "Denton Green" named in honor of the Rev. Richard Denton, founder of Hempstead and first minister. The park is the site of an early burying ground where rest many of the early settlers.)
	It is said that Richard Denton was a small man, blind in one eye, but ready to face the devil, in any form, with the other one if his conscience so directed.  Whenever he preached, it was with fervour and conviction in his words.
	Richard Denton was pastor of the this church until 1659 and received a salary of 70 pounds, equal in our money to $350, which was paid in such articles as were most useful and comfortable.  His returning to England is involved in a mystery, as he left four sons behind him.  Some said his wife was very ill and he wanted to take her back to England.
	From letters written between Johannes Megapolensis and Samuel Drisius, called "Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664"  we find this letter dated October 22, 1657: "Mr. Richard Denton, who is sound in faith, of a friendly disposition, and beloved by all, cannot be induced by us to remain, although we have earnestly tried to do this in various ways. He first went to Virginia to seek a situation, complaining of lack of salary, and that he was getting in debt, but he has returned thence. He is now fully resolved to go to old England, because of his wife who is sickly will not go without him, and there is need of their going there on account of a legacy of four hundred pounds sterling lately left by a deceased friend, and which they cannot obtain except by their personal presence."
	In 1658 or 1659, Reverend Denton returned to the land of his birth.  He took a church in Essex and wrote "Soliloquia Sacra".  He died at Hempstead, Essex in 1662-3 at the age of seventy-six.  His monument bears the following inscription in Latin:		
				Here lies the dust of Richard Denton
				O'er his low peaceful grave bends
				The perennial cypress, fit emblem
				Of his unfading fame.
				On earth His bright example, religious, light
				Shone forth o'er multitudes.
				In heaven His pure rob'd spirit shines 
				Like an effulgent star.

	("The History of Ancient Wethersfield" by Sherman W. Adams & Henry R. Stiles; "The Early 	Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut" by Jeanne Majdalany;  "The New York Genealogical & 	Biographical Record;" "Genealogical Register First Settlers of New England;" "Narratives of 	New Netherland, 1609-1664," and "Some of Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton" by Edythe 	Whitley.)

	
Children of REV DENTON and HELEN WINDLBANK are:
	i.	TIMOTHY3 DENTON, b. July 23, 1627, Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire, England.
3.	ii.	NATHANIEL DENTON, b. March 09, 1627/28, Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire, England; d. October 18, 1690, JAMAICA, LONG ISLAD, NEW YORK.
4.	iii.	SAMUEL DENTON, b. May 29, 1631, HAlifax, Yorkshire, England; d. March 15, 1712/13, Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
5.	iv.	DANIEL DENTON, b. July 10, 1632, COLEY CHAPEL, HALIFAX, ENGLAND; d. March 13, 1694/95, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.
	v.	PHEBE DENTON, b. September 20, 1634, COLEY CHAPEL, HALIFAX, ENGLAND.
	vi.	JOHN DENTON, b. 1636, WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

Generation No. 3

3.  NATHANIEL3 DENTON (REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born March 09, 1627/28 in Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire, England, and died October 18, 1690 in JAMAICA, LONG ISLAD, NEW YORK.  He married SARAH SMITH 1652 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK, daughter of WILLIAM SMITH and MAGDALEN UNKNOWN.  

Marriage Notes for NATHANIEL DENTON and SARAH SMITH:
	Nathaniel Denton, son of Rev. Richard Denton was baptised at Turton, Bolton Priory, Lancashire, England, March 9, 1628/9.  In his childhood Nathaniel surely accompanied his father in the moves to Massachusetts, Connecticut and Long Island.  As the eldest son he probably married by 1653 in Hempstead, Long Island to a bride identified in 1664 and 1689 records only as Sarah.
	Nathaniel Denton's name first appears in America (along with that of his brother Daniel as a witness) on the deed of sale of land by Long Island Indians dated September 13, 1655.  Then on March 10, 1656 a petition by thirteen residents of "Heemsted" to the Provincial  Secretary in New Amsterdam asked for confirmation from Dutch authority for their purchase of a settlement six miles west of Hempstead and nine miles east of Manhattan named "Jamaica" by the English settlers.
	The settlers were allotted themselves each a lot for a home, ten acres of planting land and twenty acres of "meadowing."  Nathaniel lived out his life in Jamaica with his wife Sarah and five children and actively participated in the affairs of the community.   Things changed for the settlers when the English took control of New Netherland in 1664.  Nathaniel and Daniel Denton immediately petitioned for permission to purchase and settle a "plantation" on the Achter Kol, soon known as the Elizabethtown Patent, the present site of Elizabeth, New Jersey.  By 1683 only seven men held more land than Nathaniel Denton. 	
	Nathaniel Denton died on Jamaica, Long Island in 1690 before October 18.

	("The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.")
	
Children of NATHANIEL DENTON and SARAH SMITH are:
	i.	NATHANIEL4 DENTON, b. 1653, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. 1719, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; m. (1) DEBORAH ASHMAN, 1679; m. (2) ELIZABETH SMITH, 1700.
	ii.	SAMUEL DENTON, b. 1655, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. May 1699, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORL; m. MARY DENTON, 1676.
	iii.	RICHARD DENTON, b. 1658, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. 1699, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; m. MARY THURSTON, 1686.
	iv.	PHEBE DENTON, b. 1662, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; m. JOHN FOSTER.
	v.	MARIA DENTON, b. 1664, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.

4.  SAMUEL3 DENTON (REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born May 29, 1631 in HAlifax, Yorkshire, England, and died March 15, 1712/13 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.  He married MARY SMITH 1655 in HEmpstead, Long Island, New York, daughter of JOHN SMITH and MARY STRICKLAND.  She was born 1639, and died Aft. 1698 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

Marriage Notes for SAMUEL DENTON and MARY SMITH:
	Samuel Denton (my ancestor) was the son of Rev. Richard Denton and was baptised in Coley Chapel, Halifax, Yorkshire, England on May 29 1631 probably by his father.  In contrast to his brothers in Jamaica, Samuel lived out his long life in Hempstead, Long Island.  He married Mary Smith, daughter of John "Rock" Smith of Hempstead about 1656.
	Unlike Nathaniel and Daniel, Samuel seems not to have been civicly active, his consuming passion was the acquisition of real estate and other personal property.  In 1662 he accepted a grant of land from the Hempstead Town Meeting, provided they fence it.  There he established what came to be known as the Denton Homestead on the north side of town just west of an area still called Herricks.  His father-in-law, John "Rock" Smith lived nearby.  From this time until his death the town records attest to Samuel's ability as a dealer in land and farm animals.
	The records show that John "Rock" Smith sold land to his son-in-law, Samuel Denton, which reads: "Aprill 18th anno 1665 whar as I John Smith:r: of hamsteede have bargened and bouaitte of ambrose sutton the seller and seller Loote that was hes and sumtimes Edmon Wodes and all his writt and Tittall of Lands one (on) the plaines I the a fors'd John Smith have sold on to my suninlaw Samuel Denton" etc., etc.
	It should also be noted on February 3, 1663, he was elected a "Townsman" per Hempstead Town Records.
	Testimony in 1685 states that Samuel, with his brothers, was financially involved in the Elizabethtown, New Jersey, land speculation.
	On "agust ye 31 - 1698" a local census was taken, the first one the English are known to have made. Samuel and his family are listed together: samuell Denton, may Denton, abraham Denton, Jonas Denton, martha Denton, Elizabeth Denton, Roger Oburne, Samuel Denton, adegall Denton,  samuel Denton, Jonathan Rawlin (stepson), abegall Rowlin (stepdaughter), Ruth Denton, martha Denton and mary Denton.
	The St. George's Parish Records of Hempstead, shows that Samuel Denton was a vestryman there in 1702/3.
	Samuel Denton, Senior, died about 1713/14. March th fifteenth day of 1713/14, a true inventory was taken of all and singular the goods chattels credits.  The sum of all the inventory was over 275 pounds.
	The Hempstead records show "To all to whom these presents shall come or may in anywise concern Greeting, Know ye that I, Mary Denton ye widdow and Relict of Samuel Denton, late of Hempstead in Queens County, Doroit for divers good causes and consideration mo--- herunto Moveing Doe by these presents refuse to take upon me ye burthon office Administration of the Estate of my said late husband Samuel Denton, deed, and ye same and sollm right and title thereto to all Intents and purposes of Law do hereby relinquish and Renounce and do desire that Administration of the Estate of my said late husband Samuel Denton, Deceased, be granted to Samuel Denton and Jonas Denton sons of my said late husband, Samuel Denton. Witness my hand and Seal this Twentieth day of March amno Dom. 1713 in ye Thireseenth year of her Majesties reigme,  Sealed and Delivered in ye presents of Jacob Smith, John Spraggs, Signed by mark  Mary Denton."

Children of SAMUEL DENTON and MARY SMITH are:
	i.	JANE4 DENTON, b. 1659, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; m. JOSEPH ROBINSON.
	ii.	DINAH DENTON, b. 1661, Hempstead Long Island, New York.
	iii.	BENJAMIN DENTON, b. 1663.
6.	iv.	JR SAMUEL DENTON, b. 1663, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. May 27, 1719, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.
7.	v.	MARY DENTON, b. 1668, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. April 05, 1690.
8.	vi.	JAMES DENTON, b. 1670, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. February 03, 1722/23, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK.
9.	vii.	HANNAH DENTON, b. 1673, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. August 17, 1748, SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK.
10.	viii.	ABRAHAM DENTON, b. 1675, Hempstead, Long Island, New York; d. 1729, Orange County, New York.
11.	ix.	JOHN/JONAS DENTON, b. 1677, Hempsted, Long Island, New York; d. 1756, Frederick County, Virginia.
12.	x.	PHEBE DENTON, b. 1679, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. 1728.
	xi.	MARTHA DENTON, b. 1681, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. 1698; m. EZEKIEL SMITH.
13.	xii.	ELIZABETH DENTON, b. 1684, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. 1748, New Hempstead, Orange County, New York (now Rockland Co.).

5.  DANIEL3 DENTON (REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born July 10, 1632 in COLEY CHAPEL, HALIFAX, ENGLAND, and died March 13, 1694/95 in JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.  He married (1) ABIGAIL STEVENSON DENTON 1659, daughter of EDWARD STEVENSON and ANNE UNKNOWN.  She was born 1640 in NEWTOwn, Long Island, New York, and died October 15, 1717 in JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.  He married (2) HANNAH LEONARD April 24, 1676.  

Marriage Notes for DANIEL DENTON and ABIGAIL DENTON:
	Daniel Denton was the son of Rev. Richard Denton and Helen Windlbank, who was baptised July 10, 1632 at Coley Chapel, Halifax, England. Daniel came with his parents to Massachusetts, then to Connecticut and in 1644 to Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
	In 1650 he was already performing the duties of Hempstead Town Clerk. In 1655/6 Daniel and his brother, Nathaniel joined others in founding Jamaica, Long Island, where for many years at various times both men served as Town Clerk.  On the town records his name appears most frequently on items wherein town policy was formulated.
	Daniel Denton married about 1659/60 Abigail Stevenson from nearby Newtown. Abigail was born 1642 in Newtown, the daughter of Edward and Anne Stevenson.
	Daniel was particularly active when English authority replaced that of the Dutch in 1664. He was chosen to be one of the two delegates to the "Hempstead Convention" to present their claims to Governor Nicolls.
	His father, Rev. Richard Denton, had died in Essex, England and Daniel had been appointed his administrator of his estate and he went to England to take care of this. When Daniel left Jamaica for England he and Abigail had two children, but his absence from home cost him his marriage; he discovered that Abigail was pregnant.  She had to admit her infidelity, naming Daniel Whitehead of Jamaica.  Presented by the constable and overseers at the Court of Sessions in June 1672, she stood "accused for her committing adultery in y' absence of her husband, then about his occasions in Europe."
With the evidence against her, Abigail confessed. The lower court sent the case up to Governor Francis Lovelace and his Council, from whom Daniel obtained a bill of absolute divorce on June 16, 1672.
	Daniel left Long Island with his two children, going first to Piscataway, New Jersey and in 1675 he removed to Springfield, Massachusetts. On April 24, 1676 he remarried, this time to Hannah Leonard, the 17-year old daughter of John and Sarah Leonard.  Daniel quickly became as much a part of the community of Springfield as he had been of Jamaica.
	Daniel Denton brought his family back to Long Island in 1682 and once again he was appointed Town Clerk of Jamaica. But the joys of returning to Long Island must have been tempered by the early deaths of his first two children by Abigail. 
	The exact date of Daniel's own death is unrecorded, but this item from the Jamaica Town Records: "13 March 1695/6 Daniel Denton, late of Jamaica Seanor now deseast..."  Like his brothers he, too died intestate and there was no administration on his estate.

	(Abigail Stevenson Denton was my 8th Great Aunt on my maternal side  When she married Major Daniel Whitehead of Jamaica in 1672, who was a man of wealth and enterprise, a magistrate, patentee of Jamaica, representative in Colonial Assembly and trustee of the Parish Church, she became my 8th Great Grandmother on my paternal side. Abigail and Daniel Whiehead had eight children, Daniel Whitehead made his will November 13, 1703 and died October 1704.  Abigail died October 15, 1717.)
	This is my most unusual story working on my genealogy.  My Anderson, Denton, and Whitehead families were on Long Island, New York by 1650 and it was 275 years later, my mother and father meet in Gilmer County, Georgia and were married in 1925.
	
Children of DANIEL DENTON and ABIGAIL DENTON are:
	i.	JR DANIEL4 DENTON, b. 1661, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. 1690; m. DEBORAH LEONARD, 1681.
	ii.	ABIGAIL DENTON, b. 1663, JAMAICA, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. August 04, 1689; m. BENJAMIN STEBBINS, October 09, 1682; b. April 11, 1658; d. October 12, 1698.
	
Children of DANIEL DENTON and HANNAH LEONARD are:
	iii.	SARAH4 DENTON, b. 1681; d. November 1681.
	iv.	HANNAH DENTON, b. August 05, 1677, SPRINGFIELD, MASS; m. (1) JOHN SEAMAN, 1697; m. (2) SAMUEL SMITH, 1699.
	v.	SAMUEL DENTON, b. September 26, 1679, SPRINGFIELD, MASS; d. 1721; m. DEBORAH WOOD, 1700.
	vi.	ELIZABETH DENTON, b. 1685.
	vii.	THOMAS DENTON, b. 1686.
	viii.	ALICE DENTON, b. 1687; m. THOMAS THURSTON, December 26, 1709, Newtown Presbyterian Church, Newtown, New York.

Generation No. 4

6.  JR SAMUEL4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1663 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died May 27, 1719 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.  He married (1) MARY SMITH, daughter of JOHN SMITH and ANNA GILDERSLEEVE.    He married (2) ABIGAIL BARLOW 1693 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.  She was born 1671.
	
Child of SAMUEL DENTON and MARY SMITH is:
	i.	JR SAMUEL5 DENTON, b. October 14, 1687, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. Bef. February 14, 1716/17, Hempstead Long Island, New York; m. SINGLE.
	
Children of SAMUEL DENTON and ABIGAIL BARLOW are:
	ii.	BETSI5 DENTON, b. November 10, 1693.
	iii.	(TWIN) MARTHA DENTON, b. January 09, 1696/97, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; m. JONAH HALSTEAD, December 04, 1719, TAPPAN, ROCKLAND, NEW YORK.
	iv.	(TWIN) MARY DENTON, b. January 09, 1696/97, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; m. BENJAMIN SMITH.
	v.	JOHN DENTON, b. January 12, 1698/99; d. Bef. 1717.
14.	vi.	DEBORAH DENTON, b. September 18, 1701, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.
	vii.	TWIN DAUGHTERS DENTON, b. April 21, 1704, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK; d. April 21, 1704.
15.	viii.	JOSEPH DENTON, b. May 09, 1705, Hempstead Long Island, New York; d. 1744.
	ix.	CEZIAH DENTON, b. July 12, 1707; d. Bef. 1717.
	x.	JEMIMA DENTON, b. August 05, 1709.
	xi.	ANN DENTON, b. April 27, 1712; m. JOHN FAYRWEATHER.

7.  MARY4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1668 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died April 05, 1690.  She married (1) PETER SMITH April 1683 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.  He died 1689.  She married (2) JONATHAN NOSTRAND 1689 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.  
	
Child of MARY DENTON and PETER SMITH is:
	i.	PETER5 SMITH, b. July 23, 1687, Hempstead Long Island, New York; m. ESTER MITCHELL.
	
Children of MARY DENTON and JONATHAN NOSTRAND are:
	ii.	ABIGAIL5 NOSTRAND, b. October 19, 1689.
	iii.	JONATHAN NOSTRAND, b. January 26, 1689/90.

8.  JAMES4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1670 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died February 03, 1722/23 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK.  He married JEANE JANE TITUS 1695, daughter of EDMOND TITUS and MARTHA WASHBURNE.  She was born April 1670.
	
Children of JAMES DENTON and JEANE TITUS are:
	i.	JR JAMES5 DENTON, b. 1699, Hempstead Long Island, New York; d. November 1723, Hempstead Long Island, New York; m. ELIZABETH CORNELL, 1720, Hempstead, Long Island, New York; b. Hempstead Long Island, New York.
	ii.	JOANE/JANE DENTON, b. 1697.

9.  HANNAH4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1673 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died August 17, 1748 in SMITHTOWN, NEW YORK.  She married THOMAS TREDWELL Bef. 1695 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, son of JOHN TREDWELL and ELIZABETH STARR.  He was born 1670 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK, and died May 22, 1722.
	
Children of HANNAH DENTON and THOMAS TREDWELL are:
	i.	JOHN5 TREDWELL, b. 1696, Hempstead Long Island, New York; d. 1740; m. MARY MOTT, 1718, Hempstead, Long Island, New York.
	ii.	ELIZABETH TREDWELL, b. 1698, Hempstead Long Island, New York; m. (1) JONATHAN SMITH; m. (2) JOSEPH HALSTEAD, May 15, 1736.
	iii.	CHARITY TREDWELL, b. 1700; d. 1730; m. BENJAMIN SMITH.
	iv.	BENJAMIN TREDWELL, b. September 27, 1702; m. PHOEBE PLATT, August 25, 1727.
	v.	SAMUEL TREDWELL, b. 1704; d. 1747; m. MARGARET THOMAS, 1730.
	vi.	THOMAS STARR TREDWELL, b. 1706, Hempstead Long Island, New York; m. ELIZABETH LYON.
	vii.	HANNAH TREDWELL, b. 1709; d. January 18, 1760; m. EDWARD SANDS, December 29, 1732; b. January 17, 1710/11; d. October 21, 1778.
	viii.	TIMOTHY TREDWELL, b. 1713, Hempstead Long Island, New York; d. November 06, 1749; m. MARY PLATT, December 14, 1738.

10.  ABRAHAM4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1675 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, and died 1729 in Orange County, New York.  He married MARTHA THORNE.  She was born 1675 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died 1729 in ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
	
Child of ABRAHAM DENTON and MARTHA THORNE is:
16.	i.	JR ABRAHAM5 DENTON, b. 1700, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK; d. 1774, TOM'S BROOK PLATAT, SHANANDOAH, VIRGINIA; Stepchild.

11.  JOHN/JONAS4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1677 in Hempsted, Long Island, New York, and died 1756 in Frederick County, Virginia.  He married JANE SEAMAN 1699 in HEmpstead, Long Island, New York, daughter of JONATHAN SEAMAN and JANE.  She was born 1679 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, and died in FRederick County, Virginia.

Marriage Notes for JOHN/JONAS DENTON and JANE SEAMAN:
	Jonas (John) Denton, our ancestor,  was the son of Samuel Denton and Mary Smith.  He was born 1677 in Hempstead Long Island, Queen's County, New York.  Jonas was still living with his parents, at home and unmarried, in the 1698 Hempstead census.
	Jonas Denton married about 1700,  Jane Seaman, the daughter of Jonathan and Jane Seaman, who was born about 1679 in Hempstead, also.
	On February 11, 1706/7, Jonas was assigned a cattle mark, an indication that by this time he may have been at least 21 years old. When his father, Samuel Denton died, his brother, Samuel, Jr. and Jonas administered the distribution, a cash allotment to each heir.  When Samuel, Jr. died only five years later, Jonas was named his executor. Another record shows that in 1715 "Jonah Denton" was clerk of Capt. Thomas Tredwell's Train Band of Hempstead, which included his nephews James and Samuel Denton among its 58 "Souldiers."
	Jonas moved his family to Orange County, New York, but by November 21, 1735 suggests that Jonas had already left the province.  Jonas, now approximately 58, had removed from Orange County, New York  to the Province of Virginia. By March 26, 1735, Jonas and his son John, now an adult, along with one Thomas Palmer for 200 pounds bought from Jost Hite a 3100-acre tract of land on the North Branch of the Shenandoah River in Shenandoah County, Virginia.  Many legal problems grew out of this transaction because the area was incompletely surveyed and the land title was not clear.
	Jonas and his family were some of the very first settlers in this region of Virginia and their names appear on the earliest records.  Jonas divided some of the land amongst his sons, Capt. John Denton received 417 acres.   Jonas' final problem of record was the complaint of Jane Denton "against her Husband Jonah Denton" for separate maintenance. 
	Jonas left no will and probably died about 1756 in Frederick County, Virginia,  all his children were born in Hempstead or in Orange County, New York.  
	
Children of JOHN/JONAS DENTON and JANE SEAMAN are:
17.	i.	SAMUEL5 DENTON, b. 1698, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK; d. April 1717, Jamaica, Long Island, New York.
18.	ii.	SR CAPT JOHN DENTON, b. 1700, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK; d. 1765, FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
19.	iii.	JOSEPH DENTON, b. 1702, Hempstead Long Island, New York; d. 1734, Greenwich, Connecticut.
	iv.	MARY DENTON, b. 1704, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK.
	v.	BENJAMIN DENTON, b. 1705, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK.
	vi.	ROBERT DENTON, b. 1706, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK.
	vii.	JONATHAN DENTON, b. 1707, HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK.
	viii.	HANNAH DENTON, b. 1711, ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.

12.  PHEBE4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1679 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died 1728.  She married (1) RICHARD THORNE August 29, 1699 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, son of WILLIAM THORNE and WINIFRED LININGTON.  He died 1707.  She married (2) ROBERT MITCHELL March 19, 1706/07.  He was born 1670.
	
Children of PHEBE DENTON and RICHARD THORNE are:
	i.	RICHARD5 THORNE, b. 1701; m. ALICIA VAN WYCK, May 06, 1725.
	ii.	HANNAH THORNE, b. 1703; m. CORNELIUS VAN WYCK.
	iii.	MARY THORNE, b. 1705; m. JOHN PUDNEY, 1722.
	iv.	PHOBE THORNE, b. 1707; m. MICAH SMITH, May 07, 1725.
	
Children of PHEBE DENTON and ROBERT MITCHELL are:
	v.	JACAMIAH5 MITCHELL, b. 1710; m. ELIZABETH JONES, May 30, 1730.
	vi.	JOHN MITCHELL, b. December 27, 1716; m. DEBORAH PRINCE.
	vii.	URIAH MITCHELL, b. 1714; m. SUSAN HUBBS, February 27, 1735/36.

13.  ELIZABETH4 DENTON (SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1684 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died 1748 in New Hempstead, Orange County, New York (now Rockland Co.).  She married JONATHAN SEAMAN, JR 1709 in HEmpstead, Long Island, New York, son of JONATHAN SEAMAN and JANE.  He was born in Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York, and died Abt. October 16, 1755 in New Hempstead, Orange County, New York (now Rockland Co.).
	
Children of ELIZABETH DENTON and JONATHAN SEAMAN are:
	i.	NEHEMIAH5 SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York.
	ii.	HANNAH SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; m. WILLIAM COE; b. September 23, 1724, Newtown, Queen's County, New York; d. November 25, 1774, Hudson River, New York.
	iii.	JOHN SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York.
	iv.	MARTHA SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; m. MICHAEL VANDER VOORT, October 03, 1748, HEmpstead, Long Island, New York.
	v.	PHEBE SEAMAN, b. Bef. March 26, 1717, Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; d. April 04, 1759, New Hempstead, Orange County, New York (now Rockland Co.); m. SAMUEL COE; b. March 26, 1718, Newtown, Queen's County, New York; d. New Hempstead, Orange County, New York (now Rockland Co.).
	vi.	JACOMIAH SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; m. RACHEL SECOR.
	vii.	JANE SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York.
	viii.	ELIZABETH SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; m. JOHN PALMER.
	ix.	JONATHAN SEAMAN, b. July 31, 1722, Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; d. Bef. November 11, 1743, Frederick County, Virginia; m. ELIZABETH ANDERSON; d. Frederick County, Virginia.
	x.	EARNIE SEAMAN, b. Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York.
	xi.	JONAS SEAMAN, b. August 03, 1720, Hempstead, Long Island, Queen's County, New York; m. JANE D. MOSS.

Generation No. 5

14.  DEBORAH5 DENTON (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born September 18, 1701 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLND, NEW YORK.  She married JOSEPH CARMAN 1721.  He was born 1705.
	
Children of DEBORAH DENTON and JOSEPH CARMAN are:
	i.	SAMUEL6 CARMAN, b. September 21, 1722.
	ii.	JOHN CARMAN, b. August 25, 1724.

15.  JOSEPH5 DENTON (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born May 09, 1705 in Hempstead Long Island, New York, and died 1744.  He married ELIZABETH SMITH February 14, 1727/28 in St. George's Church, Hempstead Long Island, New York, daughter of JOHN SMITH and ISABEL.  She was born December 27, 1707.
	
Child of JOSEPH DENTON and ELIZABETH SMITH is:
	i.	SAMUEL6 DENTON, b. December 29, 1731, Hempstead Long Island, New York; m. MARY HALSTEAD, March 29, 1755, St. George's Church, Hempstead Long Island, New York; b. December 12, 1731.

16.  JR ABRAHAM5 DENTON (ABRAHAM4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1700 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, and died 1774 in TOM'S BROOK PLATAT, SHANANDOAH, VIRGINIA.  He married MARY ODELL 1725 in Orange County, New York, daughter of SAMUEL ODELL and PATIENCE ODELL.  She was born 1700 in FORDHAM MANOR PLAT, WESTCHESTR, NEW YORK, and died 1778 in TOM'S BROOK PATAT, SHANANDOAH, VIRGINIA.
	
Children of ABRAHAM DENTON and MARY ODELL are:
	i.	MARTHA6 DENTON, m. JOHN TIPTON, 1777.
	ii.	JAMES DENTON, Stepchild; m. ELIZABETH HARPER.

17.  SAMUEL5 DENTON (JOHN/JONAS4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1698 in ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK, and died April 1717 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York.  He married MERCY SEARING 1716.  
	
Child of SAMUEL DENTON and MERCY SEARING is:
	i.	RUTH6 DENTON, b. 1717.

18.  SR CAPT JOHN5 DENTON (JOHN/JONAS4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1700 in HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAN, NEW YORK, and died 1765 in FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA.  He married SARAH ODELL, daughter of ISAAC ODELL and SARAH HOYT.  She was born 1727 in Rye, Westchester, New York, and died 1796 in WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

Marriage Notes for CAPT DENTON and SARAH ODELL:
	Captain John Denton, our ancestor,  was the son of Jonah Denton and Jane Seaman. He was born 1710 In Hempstead, Long Island, New York.  He married Sarah Odell, the daughter of Isaac and Sarah Hoyt Odell, who was born in Rye, Westchester County, New York.
	John Denton left Orange County, New York with his father and came to Dunmore County, Virginia, where in 1735, Jonah Denton, John Denton and Thomas Palmer purchased a tract of land containing 3100 acres situated lying and being on the north river of Shenandoah, then in the County of Dunmore, now Shenandoah County, Virginia.
	John Denton and his father, Jonah were among those who signed the petition to form Frederick County from Orange County in 1739.  He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace August 27, 1751.  In the book "Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774"  states that "Capt. John Denton was militia captain for the Shenandoah area during the French and Indian War."
	In the Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book, we find a deed, where Jonah Denton leaves his son, John Denton, 417 acres of land, BK G, pg 462 on October 20, 1750.
	Captain John Denton made his will October 13, 1755.  He names his three sons, Jonah, Samuel (our ancestor), and Thomas Denton and states he has a daughter, but does not name her.  She could be Abigail Denton that married David Jobe, November 24, 1772, in Dunmore County, Virginia.  His will was probated August 4, 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia.
	Item 2 of his will states: "I give unto my beloved son, Samuel Denton, one hundred twenty acres of land joining the said Jonah's land and running the said survey length.
	After the death of Captain John Denton, his wife, Sarah Odell Denton married her cousin, John Odell, as proven, when Captain John Denton's will was probated, it states.  "John Odell who since the death of the said John Denton hath intermarried with Sarah, his widow."
	When Sarah's son removed to Washington County, Tennessee, she and John Odell went with them.  Sarah died in Washington County, Tennessee in 1796.
	
Children of CAPT DENTON and SARAH ODELL are:
20.	i.	JONAH/JONAS6 DENTON, b. SHENANDOAH VALLEY, FREDERICK, VIRGINIA; d. TENNESSEE.
21.	ii.	SR SAMUEL DENTON, b. Bet. 1745 - 1750, FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA; d. 1811, Pendleton District, South Carolina.
	iii.	THOMAS DENTON, b. Abt. 1741, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA.
22.	iv.	ABRAHAM DENTON, d. 1774, Augusta County, Virginia.

19.  JOSEPH5 DENTON (JOHN/JONAS4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born 1702 in Hempstead Long Island, New York, and died 1734 in Greenwich, Connecticut.  He married ATHALENA CLAY DENTON 1728.  
	
Child of JOSEPH DENTON and ATHALENA DENTON is:
	i.	SAMUEL6 DENTON, b. 1729.

Generation No. 6

20.  JONAH/JONAS6 DENTON (CAPT JOHN5, JOHN/JONAS4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born in SHENANDOAH VALLEY, FREDERICK, VIRGINIA, and died in TENNESSEE.  He married (1) HANNAH DENTON in VIRGINIA.    He married (2) LEAH MCKAY ODELL January 03, 1782 in SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA, daughter of JEREMIAH ODELL and LEAH MCKAY.  She was born 1755 in FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
	
Children of JONAH/JONAS DENTON and HANNAH DENTON are:
	i.	ELIZABETH BETTY7 DENTON, m. JAMES ENGLISH.
	ii.	JOHN DENTON, d. WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS; m. JANE FRENCH, 1793, ,, KENTUCKY.
	iii.	HANNAH DENTON, m. CHARLES CLARK.
	
Children of JONAH/JONAS DENTON and LEAH ODELL are:
	iv.	JONATHON7 DENTON, d. CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON, TENNESSEE.
	v.	JONAS DENTON, d. ALABAMA.
	vi.	LEAH DENTON, b. 1795; m. THOMAS J EVANS.
	vii.	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DENTON, b. 1797, TENNESSEE; d. January 08, 1864, MARION COUNTY, ARKANSAS; m. SARAH DENTON, TENNESSEE; b. 1801, TENNESSEE.

21.  SR SAMUEL6 DENTON (CAPT JOHN5, JOHN/JONAS4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) was born Bet. 1745 - 1750 in FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, and died 1811 in Pendleton District, South Carolina.  He married JAMIMA ELIZABETH DENTON September 1768 in Dunmore County, Virginia.  She was born 1749 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1811.

Marriage Notes for SAMUEL DENTON and JAMIMA DENTON:
	Samuel Denton, Sr, our ancestor, was the son of Captain John and Sarah Odell Denton. He was born 1745/50 in Frederick County, Virginia.  He married Jamima, last name unknown, in 1768 Dunmore County, Virginia.
	Samuel and Jamima Denton left the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and came to Washington District, Tennessee by late 1774. Samuel obtained a Land Patent of the Wataugah Purchase of 320 acres on November 19, 1775, which I have a copy of.  That same year, John, James, Jonathan, Joseph and Samuel Denton, signed the Petition of Inhabitants of Washington District to be made a County of North Carolina.
	We have a copy of the warrant authorizing the survey for 529 acres, entry date May 3, 1779, and it states: "including the plantation where the said Denton now lives."  Samuel was living on a manor plantation when the warrant was issued. 
	On the tax list of 1779, Samuel is shown with 529 acres and also a Samuel, Jr. as a single man, no land.  In the 1787 Tax Assessment for Samuel Denton: 250 acres of land, 3 male infants, 1 feme covert.  On November 8, 1788, Samuel Denton, sales 162 acres on Sinking Creek to Joseph Tipton.
	Samuel Denton, Sr. was a Revolutionary War Patriot, in the August Court of 1778, Samuel Denton, James Denton, Thomas Little and John Odell are recorded as taking the Oath of Allegiance in Washington County. 	
	Samuel Denton moved his family once more, this would be his final move here on earth, to South Carolina in 1779.  On August 6, 1789, John Calliham of Greenville County, South Carolina sells Samuel Denton 150 acres on the south side of Nob Creek. The records show that on February 4, 1791, Samuel purchases 100 more acres on south side of Nob Creek from John Thomas.
	Samuel Denton died in Pendleton District, South Carolina in 1811. He did not leave a will. When Samuel moved to South Carolina he did not sell all his property in Washington County, Tennessee.  After his death on August 17, 1811, the heirs of Samuel Denton, sold the remaining 127 acres of his property in Washington County to Nathaniel Taylor and Jeremiah Campbell.  Samuel's wife, Jemima and all his children (or the daughters, spouses) signed on this deed.  Jamima, two of Samuel's sons and two of his daughters married Rev. John Chastain's children. Therefore John Chastain, signed for Jermima Denton Chastain and Benjamin Chastain, signed for Rebecca Denton Chastain, our ancestor.  It is not known when Jamima deceased.

Children of SAMUEL DENTON and JAMIMA DENTON are:
	i.	JEMIMA7 DENTON, b. 1770, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; d. 1863, Pickens County, South Carolina; m. JR JOHN CHASTAIN, 1788, PENDLETON DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA; b. 1766, BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA; d. 1845, Pickens County, South Carolina.

Marriage Notes for JEMIMA DENTON and JOHN CHASTAIN:
	John Chastain, Jr., son of Rev. John Chastain and his first wife Mary O'Bryan, was born ca. 1766, Buckingham County, Virginia; died after 1844 in Pickens County, South Carolina.  He came "over the mountains" area of North Carolina with his father and family between 1776-1780; later moved to Pickens County, South Carolina sometime before 1788.
	He married Jemima Denton ca. 1788 in Pendleton District, South Carolina.  She was the daughter of Samuel and Jemima Denton born in 1770 in Dunmore County, Virginia.
	John Chastain, Jr. was in 1790 census of Pendleton District, South Carolina and remained in the same general area for the next 40 years.  He and his brother, Edward, were administrators of his father's estate.  His father died in 1805 and John, Jr. received "half the mill and seed that is on my land with half of all the working tools."  John Chastain, Jr. was sometimes known as "Blind John."
	Researchers have disagreed about time of his death, but it is known that he was dead by January 17, 1848, when his estate was settled: James and Martha Allen were paid $32.00 as their share; Friendly Chastain and wife were paid $32.00; William and Rebecca Adams were paid $32.00; James and Elizabeth Allen were paid $32.00; Edward Chastain paid $3.00 on old account; Maxwell Chastain paid $19.00 on old account.  On April 30, 1847, John c., James, Matilda, Nancy Allen, Ervin Simmons of Habersham County, Georgia appointed Nolen L. Meroney their attorney to receive their part of John Chastain's estate in Pickens County, South Carolina.
	Jemima died in 1863 in Pickens County, South Carolina and they are buried in Chastain Cemetery #1.

	ii.	JONATHAN DENTON, b. December 28, 1773, DUNMOORE COUNTY, VIRGINIA; d. September 29, 1828, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS; m. SUSANNAH CONLEE, 1795, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE; b. September 19, 1775.

Marriage Notes for JONATHAN DENTON and SUSANNAH CONLEE:
	Jonathan Denton, the son of Samuel and Jamima Denton, Sr., was born December 28, 1773 in Dunmore County, Virginia. He married in 1795 in Washington County, Tennessee, Susannah Conlee, who was born 19 September 1775.  She was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Conlee.  They moved to Barren County, Kentucky in 1810, then to Madison County, Illinois in 1820 and then to Shelby County, Illinois in 1830.  Jonathan died their September 29, 1828.

	iii.	JR SAMUEL DENTON, b. 1775, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE; d. Aft. July 23, 1818, Probably, Haywood County, North Carolina; m. ELIZABETH CHASTAIN, Abt. 1792, PENDLETON DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA; b. 1777, BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA; d. Aft. June 1850, Union County, Georgia.

Marriage Notes for SAMUEL DENTON and ELIZABETH CHASTAIN:
	Samuel Denton, Jr. was born in Washington County, Tennessee 1775.  He married Elizabeth Chastain was was born in Virginia in 1777.  She was the daughter of Rev. John and Mary O'Bryan Chastain.  They moved with Elizabeth's family to Pendleton District, South Carolina.
	By 1809 they were in Haywood County, North Carolina, where four land deed records are found:
	25 Dec 1809 Samuel Denton, 100 acres on Caney Fork joining Edward Hyiatt and up Sugar Ck.
	29 Jan 1810 Richard Morrow to Samuel Denton on both sides of Caney Fork Creek.
	25 Mar 1811 Samuel Denton, 100 acres in Jacks Cove on south side of Caney Fork.
	23 Jul 1818 Samuel Denton to Elijah Chastain, Caney Fork. (We have copy of deed.)  Samuel is buried in Hooper Cemetery in Cullowhee, NC just off Caney Fork Road.  We have a picture of the marker.  There is no date.
	It is not known when Samuel died, but  when the Chastains came to Georgia, some of the Denton children came too and Elizabeth came with them.  Elizabeth was listed in the 1850 census in Towns Co, GA, Jonathan’s home. She died in Towns County, Georgia  June 1859.  Listed on the Towns County Mortality schedule for Towns Co. GA.

							Generation 7

	Children of Samuel, Jr. and Elizabeth Chastain Denton are:

		1
1.	JONAS b. July 23, 1793 in Pendleton District, SC  Married Charity Middleton
2.	JONATHAN  b. 1795 in Pendleton District, SC Married Agnes McConnell
3.	JEMIMA b. Dec. 12, 1796 Married John Middleton b. Oct. 7, 1797
4.	ELIJAH b. 1798  Married Jane Coward
5.	CHLOE  b. 1800 Married James Coward  Daughter Elizabeth I. 
Coward married William Chastain.  Daughter Mahulda J. Coward (Hulda) 
6.	GEORGE b. May 30, 1813  Died 1881 in Towns Co., GA  Married Catherine Wood b. Nov. 12, 1818 in Buncombe Co., NC
7.	HULDA  b.  Aug. 7, 1805  Married Mark Burrell b. Oct 22, 1806 
8.	WILLIAM E. b. 1807  Married Elizabeh Chastain, daughter of Jehu Chastain (3 sons: James b. 1827, Byron, 1829, and John b. 1831
9.	JOHN N.. b.1808 In Pendleton Dist. SC Married Hannah McCord
10.	ISAAC b. 1808
11.	SAMUEL III b. 1810  Married Elizabeth Headen
Based on court, jury, road, and census records this is the only Denton family in Haywood Co., NC between 1808 and 1834.  Records show a family of 8 children.  They were landowners in NC.  After Samuel’s death his wife went to Union Co., GA.  She died in 1850
Towns Co. GA.

	iv.	JOHN DENTON, b. 1778, WASHINGTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA; m. CHOLE "CLEO" CHASTAIN; b. 1779, BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Marriage Notes for JOHN DENTON and CHOLE CHASTAIN:
	John Denton the son of Samuel and Jamima Denton was born Washington County, Tennessee in 1778.  John married Chole Chastain, the daughter of Rev. John Chastain and Mary O'Bryan, who was born 1779 in Buckingham County, Virginia.  The only information we have on this family, when Chole's father, Rev. John Chastain made his will, which was probated July 31, 1805 in Pickens County, South Carolina, Chole and John Denton's daughter, Polly, is the only grandchild that is mentioned in his will.
It states: "I leave to my beloved daughter, Cloe, what of my effects she has in custody at present during her life, then to fall to her daughter, Polly.

	v.	REBECCA DENTON, b. August 28, 1779, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. 1850, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, bur. Antioch Bapt. Cemetery; m. REV BENJAMIN CHASTAIN, January 30, 1798, PENDLETON DIST, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA; b. July 06, 1780, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE; d. 1845, GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, bur. Antioch Bapt. Cemetery.

Marriage Notes for REBECCA DENTON and BENJAMIN CHASTAIN:
	Benjamin Chastain, our ancestor, son of Rev. John Chastain and first wife Mary O'Bryan, was born July 6, 1780, Washington County, Tennessee and by 1790, he moved with his father's family to Pendleton District, South Carolina.  There he married Rebecca Denton, January 30, 1798, she was born August 28, 1779 in South Carolina, the daughter of Samuel and Jamima Denton, Sr.
	Benjamin Chastain was enumerated in 1800 Census of Pendleton District, South Carolina.  His Deed was recorded 1812, Anderson County, South Carolina when he sold 153 acres in Chasteens Mail Creek, fork of Saluda River, for $50.00 to William Allen.  This land left by his father, Rev. John Chastain, to his brother, Joseph Chasteen, was bounded by Edward Chasteen's land.  Dower right was signed by mark of Benjamin Chastain's wife Rebecca, April 3, 1819 and recorded February 1, 1822, South Carolina.
	As early as 1819, Benjamin Chastain had moved his family to Habersham County, Georgia and in 1821 Benjamin was sworn in as one of the Justices of the Peace.  While living in Habersham County he served in Georgia House of Representatives from 1826-34 and Justice of Inferior Court several years.
	In 1834 he moved his family to Gilmer County, Georgia and settled on the Toccoa River. Benjamin was an ordained preacher.   During the years of 1836 Benjamin served as an agent of Indian Affairs of North Georgia.   Benjamin died in Gilmer County in 1845 and was buried at Antioch Baptist Cemetery.  Rebecca died in Fannin County in 1872 and was buried by Benjamin.
	Benjamin and Rebecca Chastain must have raised their children to be aware of and active in their community, religious and political affairs.  One son was a preacher, two of their daughters married preachers; a third married the son of a preacher.  Three of their sons served in Senate and House of Representative of Georgia and two sons served their county in Seminole Indian War.

	vi.	MARTHA DENTON, b. 1785, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. Fannin County, Georgia.

22.  ABRAHAM6 DENTON (CAPT JOHN5, JOHN/JONAS4, SAMUEL3, REV RICHARD2, RICHARD1, RICHARDA) died 1774 in Augusta County, Virginia.
	
Child of ABRAHAM DENTON is:
i.	ABRAHAM7 DENTON.

					Generation 8

Our line is descended from Samuel (III) and his wife Elizabeth Headen. This Samuel and his wife Elizabeth Headen lived in Polk County Tenn in the 1860 Census.
They are listed as Samuel 52 b. NC, Elizabeth 48 b. SC All their children  at that time were born in Georgia. Children:  Jef. H 23, E. R. 21 (female), John 19, 5th child was Salina 14, Sarah 12, Hulda and Mary 11.  Mary married Elijah Rogers on Nov. 7th 1865.  She died Nov. 11, 1869.  Her whole name was Mary Caroline.  Elijah and Caroline had 2 children Ary Alice and Atty Jane Rogers.  Ary Alice Rogers married Daniel Larkin Lewis in 1881 and died in 1893.  Atty Jane b. 1868, married Joseph Peter Lewis in 1885..  Samuel and Elizabeth’s 9th child was  Martha 10, Charity 8, Mandy  6.

Samuel III and Elizabeth Headen Denton had 12 children:

1.	JEFFERSON H. b. 1836  CSA died of Typhoid 11-22-1861 in Warren Co.VA
2.	ELIZABETH Rosetta Denton  b. 1839 m. Robert Stinnett after 1870 Polk Co. TN
3.	JOHN HAMILTON CHASTAIN b. 1840 in GA d. 1913  Married Albertine Turner
4.	WILLIAM T.  b. 1842
5.	CELINA (Salina) b. 1844  d. 1917 Married Travis Elijah Rogers, Jr.
6.	SARAH E. b. 1845 called “Sallie” d. 1886 Had one son, Olie Denton
7.	MARY CAROLINE  b. 1846  Married Lige Rogers 1865 Had 2 daughters Ary Atty
8.	MARTHA J. b. 1847  Married Leander Dunn 
9.	CHARITY b. 1848 Married James Doogan
10.	MANDY b. 1852  Married John Baxter
11.	HULDA b. 1857 in Polk Co, TN Married Asahel Prather before 1885
12.	Samuel b. 1864  Listed as living with Robert and Rosetta Stinnett in 1880 census

John Hamilton Chastain (b. 1840 d. 1913 ) buried Snowbird Cemetery, Graham Co., NC married Albertine Turner b. 1843 d. 1912 buried at Snowbird (daughter of Jane Meroney  b. 5 June 1822 d. Jan27, 1911, buried Old Mother Cemetery, Robbinsville, NC) Jane was first cousin to Jefferson Davis, Pres. CSA.(source: Tennessee Cousins)
They had 9 children who lived to adulthood.  Charles Zachary Denton born in Polk County Jail where John worked as jailer and had a residence. Charles was 11 years old when his family moved to Graham Co, NC
(John Served with the 19th Tennessee Regiment in the Civil War.  He was captured at Vicksburg.)  Charles Z.married Vienna Harwood and had 5 children.  John and Albertine’s other children were John Llewellyn (Known as Cub), Chalmers Forrest, Arthur Ernest, Margaret (Maggie) Denton who married Dave Brown,Melissa Jane, Grover,  (Grover thought he killed a man and moved to Washington State.  He changed his name to Rube Wilson.  He married Bertha Tanner and had 3 children.)Clare Mabel (May) married Pearl Rice and had 6 children,