Jabez DENISON, Sr. (1698-1788)
* father: Captain, John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700) is born in Stonington, (New London), Connecticut, USA.
* mother: Ann (Mason) (Denison) COGSWELL (c.1669-1753) is born in Stonington, Connecticut, and her English-colonial fathers make for a gruesome history fighting Native Americans.
Ann is a granddaughter of English Army, Major, John MASON, Sr. (c.1600-1672) who is a co-founder of Windsor, Old Saybrook, and Norwich, Connecticut, and later becomes Deputy Governor of Connecticut. MASON is a military leader during the Pequot War (1636-1638), and on May 1, 1637, the General Court of Connecticut appoints Major MASON command of ninety men to apprehend the Pequot natives who had killed settler John Oldham in the previous year. In the weeks that follow, the Pequot refuse to surrender any of their tribe for Oldham's death; then, MASON brings fire and the sword. MASON bolsters his forces with 100 Mohegan natives led by Chief Uncas, twenty English militia led by Captain John Underhill of Fort Saybrook, and 200 Narragansett and Niantic warriors. The Pequot warriors, led by Chief Sassacus, takes his warriors west to raid Hartford. On the night of May 26/27, 1637, MASON leads his 380 to the Pequot wooden palisade fortress on Mystic River (near present-day Groton). Pequot Chief Sassacus had led their warriors away from this main camp weeks ago to organize a raid on Hartford. MASON's men surround the fort and guard its two exits while the Major and Captain Underhill set fire to Pequot wigwams and corn. Trapped in the burning walls are six to seven hundred Pequot, mostly women and children and elders. Any attempting to escape the exits or over the burning walls are shot by the English or run-down by the Narragansett. Only seven Pequot make it out alive. Of MASON's men, two English die and twenty are wounded.
In 1889, a statue of Major John MASON is made and placed in Mystic, Connecticut. In 1999, MASON's statue is relocated to Windsor, Connecticut, following protests by Pequot descendants. Mason Island in Stonington, Connecticut, is also named after Major MASON.
of mixed regard for his overseeing the "Mystic Massacre." May 1, 1637, Major MASON led a militia of ninety colonials Mohegan and Narrangansetts tribes against the Pequot tribe.
Ann is a daughter of English Army, Captain, John MASON, Jr. (c.1646-1675) who is mortally wounded in battle at the "Great Swamp Fight" where three English colonies (Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut) face the Narragansett Indian tribe led by Chief Metacomet, a.k.a. "King Philip," during King Philip's War (1675-1678).
m1. Captain John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700), m2. Samuel COGSWELL, Jr. (1677-1752)
* John, Jr. & Ann have seven children on record, most born in Saybrook, (Middlesex), Connecticut, USA:
1.) Sarah DENISON (1691-unknown)
2.) John Denison, III (1692-1732), unmarried
3.) Daniel Denison (1693-1785), marries Mehitabel Foster
4.) James Denison (1695-1717), unmarried
5.) Abigail Denison (1696-1756), marries Deacon Ebenezer Pratt, no children
6.) Jabez DENISON, Sr. (1698-1788), marries Dorothy (maiden name possibly (1701-1783)
7.) born in Stonginton?, Elizabeth Denison (1698-unknown)
* 1726; New London, (New London), Connecticut, USA
Jabez, age 28, marries Dorothy (Lay or Cogswell) DENISON, age 25.
Note: some sources list Dorothy's maiden name as Lay, and other sources list her maiden name as Cogswell.
They have six children:
1.) James Denison (1730-unknown)
2.) Abigail Denison (1732-1794)
3.) Captain John Denison, Sr. (1734-1789), marries Mary Post (1738-1809)
4.) Dorothy Denison (1740-1792)
5.) Jabez Denison, Jr. (1740-1821), marries Mary/Mercy Wheeler
6.) Robert Denison, Sr. (1745-1813), marries Elizabeth Pelton
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* father: Captain, John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700) is born in Stonington, (New London), Connecticut, USA.
* mother: Ann (Mason) (Denison) COGSWELL (c.1669-1753) is born in Stonington, Connecticut, and her English-colonial fathers make for a gruesome history fighting Native Americans.
Ann is a granddaughter of English Army, Major, John MASON, Sr. (c.1600-1672) who is a co-founder of Windsor, Old Saybrook, and Norwich, Connecticut, and later becomes Deputy Governor of Connecticut. MASON is a military leader during the Pequot War (1636-1638), and on May 1, 1637, the General Court of Connecticut appoints Major MASON command of ninety men to apprehend the Pequot natives who had killed settler John Oldham in the previous year. In the weeks that follow, the Pequot refuse to surrender any of their tribe for Oldham's death; then, MASON brings fire and the sword. MASON bolsters his forces with 100 Mohegan natives led by Chief Uncas, twenty English militia led by Captain John Underhill of Fort Saybrook, and 200 Narragansett and Niantic warriors. The Pequot warriors, led by Chief Sassacus, takes his warriors west to raid Hartford. On the night of May 26/27, 1637, MASON leads his 380 to the Pequot wooden palisade fortress on Mystic River (near present-day Groton). Pequot Chief Sassacus had led their warriors away from this main camp weeks ago to organize a raid on Hartford. MASON's men surround the fort and guard its two exits while the Major and Captain Underhill set fire to Pequot wigwams and corn. Trapped in the burning walls are six to seven hundred Pequot, mostly women and children and elders. Any attempting to escape the exits or over the burning walls are shot by the English or run-down by the Narragansett. Only seven Pequot make it out alive. Of MASON's men, two English die and twenty are wounded.
In 1889, a statue of Major John MASON is made and placed in Mystic, Connecticut. In 1999, MASON's statue is relocated to Windsor, Connecticut, following protests by Pequot descendants. Mason Island in Stonington, Connecticut, is also named after Major MASON.
of mixed regard for his overseeing the "Mystic Massacre." May 1, 1637, Major MASON led a militia of ninety colonials Mohegan and Narrangansetts tribes against the Pequot tribe.
Ann is a daughter of English Army, Captain, John MASON, Jr. (c.1646-1675) who is mortally wounded in battle at the "Great Swamp Fight" where three English colonies (Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut) face the Narragansett Indian tribe led by Chief Metacomet, a.k.a. "King Philip," during King Philip's War (1675-1678).
m1. Captain John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700), m2. Samuel COGSWELL, Jr. (1677-1752)
* John, Jr. & Ann have seven children on record, most born in Saybrook, (Middlesex), Connecticut, USA:
1.) Sarah DENISON (1691-unknown)
2.) John Denison, III (1692-1732), unmarried
3.) Daniel Denison (1693-1785), marries Mehitabel Foster
4.) James Denison (1695-1717), unmarried
5.) Abigail Denison (1696-1756), marries Deacon Ebenezer Pratt, no children
6.) Jabez DENISON, Sr. (1698-1788), marries Dorothy (maiden name possibly (1701-1783)
7.) born in Stonginton?, Elizabeth Denison (1698-unknown)
* 1726; New London, (New London), Connecticut, USA
Jabez, age 28, marries Dorothy (Lay or Cogswell) DENISON, age 25.
Note: some sources list Dorothy's maiden name as Lay, and other sources list her maiden name as Cogswell.
They have six children:
1.) James Denison (1730-unknown)
2.) Abigail Denison (1732-1794)
3.) Captain John Denison, Sr. (1734-1789), marries Mary Post (1738-1809)
4.) Dorothy Denison (1740-1792)
5.) Jabez Denison, Jr. (1740-1821), marries Mary/Mercy Wheeler
6.) Robert Denison, Sr. (1745-1813), marries Elizabeth Pelton
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Jabez DENISON, Sr. (1698-1788)
* father: Captain, John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700) is born in Stonington, (New London), Connecticut, USA.
* mother: Ann (Mason) (Denison) COGSWELL (c.1669-1753) is born in Stonington, Connecticut, and her English-colonial fathers make for a gruesome history fighting Native Americans.
Ann is a granddaughter of English Army, Major, John MASON, Sr. (c.1600-1672) who is a co-founder of Windsor, Old Saybrook, and Norwich, Connecticut, and later becomes Deputy Governor of Connecticut. MASON is a military leader during the Pequot War (1636-1638), and on May 1, 1637, the General Court of Connecticut appoints Major MASON command of ninety men to apprehend the Pequot natives who had killed settler John Oldham in the previous year. In the weeks that follow, the Pequot refuse to surrender any of their tribe for Oldham's death; then, MASON brings fire and the sword. MASON bolsters his forces with 100 Mohegan natives led by Chief Uncas, twenty English militia led by Captain John Underhill of Fort Saybrook, and 200 Narragansett and Niantic warriors. The Pequot warriors, led by Chief Sassacus, takes his warriors west to raid Hartford. On the night of May 26/27, 1637, MASON leads his 380 to the Pequot wooden palisade fortress on Mystic River (near present-day Groton). Pequot Chief Sassacus had led their warriors away from this main camp weeks ago to organize a raid on Hartford. MASON's men surround the fort and guard its two exits while the Major and Captain Underhill set fire to Pequot wigwams and corn. Trapped in the burning walls are six to seven hundred Pequot, mostly women and children and elders. Any attempting to escape the exits or over the burning walls are shot by the English or run-down by the Narragansett. Only seven Pequot make it out alive. Of MASON's men, two English die and twenty are wounded.
In 1889, a statue of Major John MASON is made and placed in Mystic, Connecticut. In 1999, MASON's statue is relocated to Windsor, Connecticut, following protests by Pequot descendants. Mason Island in Stonington, Connecticut, is also named after Major MASON.
of mixed regard for his overseeing the "Mystic Massacre." May 1, 1637, Major MASON led a militia of ninety colonials Mohegan and Narrangansetts tribes against the Pequot tribe.
Ann is a daughter of English Army, Captain, John MASON, Jr. (c.1646-1675) who is mortally wounded in battle at the "Great Swamp Fight" where three English colonies (Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut) face the Narragansett Indian tribe led by Chief Metacomet, a.k.a. "King Philip," during King Philip's War (1675-1678).
m1. Captain John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700), m2. Samuel COGSWELL, Jr. (1677-1752)
* John, Jr. & Ann have seven children on record, most born in Saybrook, (Middlesex), Connecticut, USA:
1.) Sarah DENISON (1691-unknown)
2.) John Denison, III (1692-1732), unmarried
3.) Daniel Denison (1693-1785), marries Mehitabel Foster
4.) James Denison (1695-1717), unmarried
5.) Abigail Denison (1696-1756), marries Deacon Ebenezer Pratt, no children
6.) Jabez DENISON, Sr. (1698-1788), marries Dorothy (maiden name possibly (1701-1783)
7.) born in Stonginton?, Elizabeth Denison (1698-unknown)
* 1726; New London, (New London), Connecticut, USA
Jabez, age 28, marries Dorothy (Lay or Cogswell) DENISON, age 25.
Note: some sources list Dorothy's maiden name as Lay, and other sources list her maiden name as Cogswell.
They have six children:
1.) James Denison (1730-unknown)
2.) Abigail Denison (1732-1794)
3.) Captain John Denison, Sr. (1734-1789), marries Mary Post (1738-1809)
4.) Dorothy Denison (1740-1792)
5.) Jabez Denison, Jr. (1740-1821), marries Mary/Mercy Wheeler
6.) Robert Denison, Sr. (1745-1813), marries Elizabeth Pelton
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* father: Captain, John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700) is born in Stonington, (New London), Connecticut, USA.
* mother: Ann (Mason) (Denison) COGSWELL (c.1669-1753) is born in Stonington, Connecticut, and her English-colonial fathers make for a gruesome history fighting Native Americans.
Ann is a granddaughter of English Army, Major, John MASON, Sr. (c.1600-1672) who is a co-founder of Windsor, Old Saybrook, and Norwich, Connecticut, and later becomes Deputy Governor of Connecticut. MASON is a military leader during the Pequot War (1636-1638), and on May 1, 1637, the General Court of Connecticut appoints Major MASON command of ninety men to apprehend the Pequot natives who had killed settler John Oldham in the previous year. In the weeks that follow, the Pequot refuse to surrender any of their tribe for Oldham's death; then, MASON brings fire and the sword. MASON bolsters his forces with 100 Mohegan natives led by Chief Uncas, twenty English militia led by Captain John Underhill of Fort Saybrook, and 200 Narragansett and Niantic warriors. The Pequot warriors, led by Chief Sassacus, takes his warriors west to raid Hartford. On the night of May 26/27, 1637, MASON leads his 380 to the Pequot wooden palisade fortress on Mystic River (near present-day Groton). Pequot Chief Sassacus had led their warriors away from this main camp weeks ago to organize a raid on Hartford. MASON's men surround the fort and guard its two exits while the Major and Captain Underhill set fire to Pequot wigwams and corn. Trapped in the burning walls are six to seven hundred Pequot, mostly women and children and elders. Any attempting to escape the exits or over the burning walls are shot by the English or run-down by the Narragansett. Only seven Pequot make it out alive. Of MASON's men, two English die and twenty are wounded.
In 1889, a statue of Major John MASON is made and placed in Mystic, Connecticut. In 1999, MASON's statue is relocated to Windsor, Connecticut, following protests by Pequot descendants. Mason Island in Stonington, Connecticut, is also named after Major MASON.
of mixed regard for his overseeing the "Mystic Massacre." May 1, 1637, Major MASON led a militia of ninety colonials Mohegan and Narrangansetts tribes against the Pequot tribe.
Ann is a daughter of English Army, Captain, John MASON, Jr. (c.1646-1675) who is mortally wounded in battle at the "Great Swamp Fight" where three English colonies (Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Connecticut) face the Narragansett Indian tribe led by Chief Metacomet, a.k.a. "King Philip," during King Philip's War (1675-1678).
m1. Captain John DENISON, Jr. (1669-1700), m2. Samuel COGSWELL, Jr. (1677-1752)
* John, Jr. & Ann have seven children on record, most born in Saybrook, (Middlesex), Connecticut, USA:
1.) Sarah DENISON (1691-unknown)
2.) John Denison, III (1692-1732), unmarried
3.) Daniel Denison (1693-1785), marries Mehitabel Foster
4.) James Denison (1695-1717), unmarried
5.) Abigail Denison (1696-1756), marries Deacon Ebenezer Pratt, no children
6.) Jabez DENISON, Sr. (1698-1788), marries Dorothy (maiden name possibly (1701-1783)
7.) born in Stonginton?, Elizabeth Denison (1698-unknown)
* 1726; New London, (New London), Connecticut, USA
Jabez, age 28, marries Dorothy (Lay or Cogswell) DENISON, age 25.
Note: some sources list Dorothy's maiden name as Lay, and other sources list her maiden name as Cogswell.
They have six children:
1.) James Denison (1730-unknown)
2.) Abigail Denison (1732-1794)
3.) Captain John Denison, Sr. (1734-1789), marries Mary Post (1738-1809)
4.) Dorothy Denison (1740-1792)
5.) Jabez Denison, Jr. (1740-1821), marries Mary/Mercy Wheeler
6.) Robert Denison, Sr. (1745-1813), marries Elizabeth Pelton
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In Memory of M.
Jabez Deneson
Who died June 4th
[in the photo, another line
appears to be engraved, but it is buried.
Prior to seeing this photo,
this FindAGrave memorial
listed the inscription as:]
In ye 90th year of his age
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