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Subject: [Ma-Bay-Colony] Freemen of Mass,1630-1691.............DENNET/DENNETT/ various spelling Dennell/Dennel ?
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 22:47:58 +0000

Ron:
It's possible as spelling was not standard in the early days of
US....Dennell may be worth checking into before tossing it aside.
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Here are some early Dennett (various spellings)names you could check out;
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** PIONEERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE; Pope, Boston,1908

DINALL: John of Portsmouth (NH), took oath of fidelity in court 1659
(Dinall sounds similiar to Dennell)
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DENNET/DENNETT:
*John of Portsmouth,NH (carpenter), may have come early as 1660; freeman of
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 15 May 1670 (as of Portsmouth}; wife Amy,
children were John 1675; Amy 1679 (mar.John Adams); Joseph 1681; Emphriam
b.1689. John died May 1,1709,"ae.63 years". ALEXANDER DENNETT who settled
about 1670 at Newcastle (also NH) is believed to be brother of John.
Will signed "John Dennet",March 17 and proved Aug 1,1709; wife,"Ammi",sons
John,Joseph,and Emphriam,and daughters, "Ammi"Adams; great granddau. Margaret
Adams; great dau. Mary Dennett "who is blind".
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FYI: Newcastle is an island just off shore near Portsmouth...lovely area...
Portsmouth is 14 miles from Maine....so would think these families are worth
checking out.
Am wondering if these early Dennett/Dennet are related to your Thomas in
spite of them being in New Hampshire.
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Book: Directory of the Heads of New England Families,1620-1700, Frank Holmes,
New York,1923:

*DENNETT:
1. Alexander,b.1639, was at Portsmouth,NH 1670
2. John,carpenter,brother of Alexander,was at Portsmouth,1670
(NO Dennel/Dennell listed)
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book: RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH (NH); Charles Brewster,Portsmouth,1869

* "old land proprietors" the families that kept the original localities (in
1869) are:

Odiorne Pickering Seavey
March Pierce Moses
Whidden Langdon DENNETT
Jackson Drake Johnson
Berry Weeks Haines
Packer Brackett Rand
and others............
No Dennell/Dennel
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same book: Rambles in Portsmouth:
1806 a Capt.WIlliam DENNETT sold land to the United States for an
establishment of a navy yard for $5,500
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Hope this helped.....

Cynthia


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> Cynthia: Could the Thomas Dennell in column one really be Thomas Dennett?
> I have Dennett family going back to York county in the 1640s. Curious about
> this. Thanks. Ron Valliere
>
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> Subject: [MEYORK] Freemen of Mass,1630-1691.............1652 at Accomenticus
> or Gorgeana
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> > List of Freemen of Massachusetts 1630-1691,Lucius R.Paige, New England
> > Historical Genealogical Register,Boston,1849
> > --------
> > FYI: Accomenticus or Gorgeana:(old names for what is now YORK,MAINE)
> >
> > Godfrey,Edward Crocket,Thomas Alcocke,Jn
> > Dixon,William Codogan, Richard Parker,George
> > Evered,Andrew Knight,Robert Rogers,William
> > Alcocke,Samuel Alcocke, Joseph Wjer[Wier],Peter
> > Addams,Phillip Raines,ffrauncis Ed____,Robert
> > Hatch,Philip Davis,Jn Bond,Niccolas
> > Johnson,Edward Gajle[Gale/Gail],Hugh Garnesey,Wm
> > Banckes,Richard Wentom,Edward Brancen,George
> > Topp,Mary Hilton,William Moore,William
> > Donell, Henry Stirt,Edward Young,Rowland
> > Parker,Jn Bragdon,Arthur Ellingham,William
> > Tuisdale,Jn,jr Courteous,Thom. Stover,Silvester
> > Dennell,Thomas Rushworth,Edward Harker,jn
> > Davis,Niccolas Angier, Sampson Norton,Henry
> > Hetherse,Robert ffreathy, William Davis,Jn
> > Tuisdall,Jn [sr] Preble, Abraham Couch,Jn
> > Whelewright[WHEELWRIGHT],Thomas---------------------------
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