Ancestry of
Rainn Wilson

TV and Movie Actor

Joseph Denison

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Rainn Wilson — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1698 
  • Father:
  • George Denison Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Gorham   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1681 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 14 Nov 1683 
  • Christening Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 18 Feb 1724/1725 
  • Death Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Prudence Minor
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Feb 1707 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joseph Denison

  Prudence Denison

  Borodell Denison

  Amos Denison

  Nathan Denison

  Joanna Denison (Ahnentafel No:849 )

  Elizabeth Denison

  Thankful Denison

  Anna Denison

• Sources for Joseph Denison

  • ¹ Baldwin, John Denison and William Clift, A Record of the Descendants of Capt. George Denison, of Stonington, Conn. . . ., Worcester: Printed by Tyler and Seagrave (1881), 175, 183-184.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 186.
  • ³ Sprague, Warren Vincent, Sprague Families in America, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, Printers (1913), 16.
  • ⁴ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 27, 114-115.

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