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From: "David Tourison" <>
Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - DENNIS
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:09:19 -0700


Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

DENNIS, page 133:

1715 July 27. Denis, Dennis, Jonathan, junior, of Cohansie, Salem
Co., weaver; will of. Wife Sarah, sole heiress and executrix of real and
personal estate, with legacies to daughters Rachel and Sarah. Witnesses
Noah Wheaten, Peter Fitchrandolph, Jane Fitzrandolph, John Roberts, Rebeckah
Denis. Proved August 16, 1715. Lib. 2, p. 32.
1715 Aug. 18. Inventory of the personal estate, 235.19.4 , incl. a
negro woman 22.10, and Dangerously dew to the Estate by accounts 36.10;
made by John Paine and John Firth.

[beginning page 134]
1702-3 Jan. 3. Dennes, John, of Woodbridge, carpenter; will of. Wife
Rachell, sole heiress and executrix of goods and chattels. Children spoken
of. Uncle Samuel Dennes and brother Nathaniel Fitz Randolph overseers.
Witnesses Edward Slater, Philipp Cox and Nicolas Munday junior. Proved
March 27, 1703. Middlesex Wills.
1702-3 Jan. 28. Inventory of the personal estate of (29.11.0); made
by John Langstaff and Benjamin Martin.

1719 Aug. 9. Dennes, Jonathan, of Cohansey, Salem Co., yeoman; will
of. Wife Rachel. Sons Phillep, Charles and Samuel. Real and personal
estate. Executors the wife and son Phillep. Witnesses Richard Brick,
Rachel Craven, Peter Fitchrandolph. Proved May 31, 1720. Lib. 2, p. 160.
1720 April 28. Inventory of the personal estate, 186.7; incl. 150
bushels of wheat 18.15; made by Thomas Craven and Enoch Moore.

1707 July 26. Dennes, Dennis, Samuel, of Woodbridge, East Jersey;
will of. Wife Mary. Children Samuel, sole executor, and Jonathan. Real
and personal estate. Witnesses Saml Shepherd, Tho: Davis, Geo. Ewbanck.
Proved June 10, 1708. Lib. 1, p. 202.
1707-8 Feb. 2. Dennes, Mr. Samuel, of Middlesex Co. Inventory of the
personal estate of, 107.2.9, incl. a Bible and other books 1.8.; made by
John Bishop, Thomas Pike and Noah Bishop.
1708 June 10. Letters testatmentary granted to Samuel Dennis, the
executor of the last will, etc.

1719 March 20. Dennes, Samuel, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman;
will of. Wife Mary. Children Sarah, Reliance, Elizabeth, Samuel. Real
and personal estate. Executors the wife and dau. Sarah with Edward
Freeman and Benjamin Bloomfield as overseers. Witnesses Yelverton
Crowell, Edward Crowell, Moses Rolph. Proved April 21, 1720. Lib. A, p.
175.

1698 April 14. Dennis, Charles, of Shrowsbery; will of. Wife Mary.
Sons John, Joseph and Philipp; the wife to take care of the orphaned
children of Franzis and Elisabeth Jackson. Real and personal estate. The
wife executrix with George Curlies and Nathaniell Slocum as assistants.
Witnesses Thomas Huitt (?), George Corleis and Remembrance Lippincott.
Proved January 9, 1698-9. N. J. Archives, XXI., p. 295, and Monmouth
Wills.

1689 June 3. Dennis, John, of Middlesex Co. Inventory of the [page
135] personal estate of (44.10.10); made by Nattll Fitch Randoll, Ephraim
Androws and Joseph Dole. (Copy).

1695 June 1. Dennis, John, senior, of Woodbridge, carpenter.
Administration on the estate of, granted to John Dennis. N. J. Archives,
XXI., p. 243.
1696 June 1. Bond of John Dennis of Woodbridge as administrator of
the estate. Samuel Dennis of the same place fellow bondsman.

1712 28th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Dennis, John, of Newton Township,
Gloucester Co.; will of. Wife ------. Daughter Rebecca, brother William
Dennis. Real and personal estate. Executors William Alberson and Simon
Breach. Witnesses Joseph Low, John Cock, James Cofey. Proved December
15, 1712. Lib. 1, p. 391.
1712-3 9th d. 11th m. (Jan.). Inventory of the estate, 167.16.8, of
which 50.00 stand for 550 acres of land and 64.00 as debts due by
Nathaniel Pool of Philadelphia, Thomas Brian and Henry Ballinger; made by
Thomas Sharp and John Mickle.
1715 29th d. 2d. m. (April). Account of the estate by the executors,
showing payments to Isaac Norris, Robert Yeldah, Samuel Holt, Elias Hugg as
executor to Abigaill Stanton, John Estaugh, John Cooper, Amos Ashead,
Charles Brockden and Thomas Smallwood.

1726 Dec. 10. Dennis, Denis, John, of Cohansey, Salem Co.; will of.
Wife Hannah, sole executrixx. Children Henry (under age), Hannah, Rachel
and Sarah. Real and personal estate. Witnesses Thomas Waithman, Peter
Fitchrandolph, Charles Dennes. Proved October 4, 1727.
1726-7 Jan. 9. Inventory of the personal estate, 164.18.3; made by
Ebenezer Smith and Enoch More. Lib. 2, p. 464, and Gloucester Wills.

1715 May 4. Dennis, Samuel, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co.; will of.
Children Samuel, Jacob, Abigail Leeds, Zibeah, Rachel; mentions Abigail
Lippincott as grandmother of the three daughters. Land Freehold, farm in
Shrewsbury. Personal property. Executor son Jacob. Witnesses Wm.
Brinley, John Corlies, Thomas Sutton. Proved August 6, 1723.

1720 1st d. 4th m. (June). Dennis, Thomas, of Newton Township,
Gloucester Co.; will of. Wife ----------. Children Thomas (married),
William, Mary and Hannah. Real and personal estate. Executor son Thomas.
Witnesses John Williams, Thomas Sharp, Abraham Alberson. Proved May 20,
1721. Lib. 2, p. 180.
1720 12th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Inventory of the personal estate, 38;
made by John Mickle and Tho: Sharp.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

DENES (DENNISS) - Jonathan
DENIS - Rachel, Rebeckah, Samuel, Sarah (DENNIS), Thomas, Unis.
DENNES - Charles, Elizabeth, Increas, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Mary (DENNIS),
Phillep, Rachel, Rachell, Rebeccah, Reliance, Sam. jun., Saml, Samuel,
Samuel junior, Sarah.
DENNIS - Barnt (?), Charles, Hannah (DENIS), Henry, Jacob, Jona., Jonathan,
Joseph, Martha, Mary, Mr., Philipp, Rachel, Rebecca, Robert, Saml, Samuel,
Samuel junior, Sarah, Thomas, William, Zibeah.
DENNISS - Jonathan, Samuel.

Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

DENNIS, beginning page 140:

1747, Jany. 9. Dennes, Charles, of Cape May Co., gentleman; will of.
Wife, Priscilla. Sons-in-law, John Cresse (minor) and Joseph Ludlam. Son,
Charles Dennis, to have plantation at Cohansey, Salem County, at the upper
end of the place called Beackens Neck, joining land of Nehemiah Craven and
land of Jonathan Strathem. Executors brother, Philip Dennis, and Charles
Davis. Witnesses Henry Young, John Mackey and Elizabeth Mackey. Proved
16 May, 1749. Letters granted to Philip Dennis in Cumberland Co. Lib. 6,
p. 223.
1749, May 15. Inventory, 136.13.9; made by Henry Young, Joseph
Ludlam.

1737, Aug. 26. Dennis, John, of Haddonfield, tailor. Int. Admx,
Sarah Norris, of Newton, Gloucester Co., dealer. Fellow bondsman Jonathan
Axford, of same County, yeoman.
1737, July 20. Renunciation of Mary, widow of John Dennis, as Admx.
Witnesses John Kay, Sarah Kay. Gloucester Wills, 219 H.
1737, Oct. 28. Inventory, 9.6.6; made by Jno. Hinchman, John
Kaighin.

1739, July 14. Dennis, John, of Elizabeth Town Point, Essex Co.,
inn-holder; will of. Wife, Mary, sole legatee. Real and personal [page
141] estate. Executors wife Mary, and friends Jonathan Hampton of Staten
Island, New York, yeoman, and Thomas Jackman of Elizabeth Town. Witnesses
Thomas Hall, Caleb Woodruff, Anne Cana. Proved Aug. 22, 1739. Lib. C, p.
289.
1739, Aug. 20. Jonathan Hampton and Thos. Jackman renounce
executorship. Witnesses Robert Drummond and Thos. Hill.

1735, March 31. Dennis, Samuel, of Salem Co., yeoman. Int. Admx,
Anne Dennis (widow). Bondsmen Joseph Test, John Bacon, all of same place.
Witnesses Danl. Mestayer, John Doe. Lib. 4, p. 1.
1735, March 17. Inventory (118.17.4) includes Bible, 6 cattle,
swine, surveyors compass, chain and dividers. Appraisers John Bacon,
Abiel Caril.
1736, June 14. Account. Monies paid Wm. H. Clement Hall, Peter
Turner, Saml. Fithian, Abiell Caril, Ananias Sayre, Wm. Watson, John Brick,
Edwd. Test, Saml. Clark, Ebenezer Miller, Noah Wheaton, Isaac Fithian, John
Loverin, Leonard Gibbon, Joseph Test, John Weckes.


1741, Nov. 3. Dennis, Samuel, of Shrewbury, Monmouth Co.; will of.
Wife, Anne. Children eldest son Samuel, Lewis, Anne, Mary and Margaret.
Executors brother, Jacob Dennis, and wife Anne. Witnesses John Hepburn,
Jr., David hildreth, Patrick Drugan and Mary Palmer. Proved Aug. 27, 1746.
Lib. D, p. 456.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

DENICE - Tunis
DENNIS - Anne, Charles, David, Elenor, Elizabeth, Henry, Jacob, James, John,
Jonathan, Joseph, Lewis, Margaret, Mary, Philip, Priscilla, Rachel, Robert,
Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Tunis, William, Mr.

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