Ancestry of
Rainn Wilson

TV and Movie Actor

George Denison

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• • 10th Great-grandfather of Rainn Wilson — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6792 
  • Father:
  • William Denison 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Chandler   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 10 Dec 1620 
  • Christening Location:
  • Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 23 Oct 1694 
  • Death Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ann Borodell
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1644 
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  • Children:
  
  

  John B. Denison

  Ann Denison

  George Denison Jr. (Ahnentafel No:3396 )

  William Denison

  Margaret Denison

• Additional marriages for George Denison

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  • Spouse:
  • Bridget Thompson
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1640

• Sources for George Denison

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 30.
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine, 2007, Vol. 8.5, p. 39.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 329.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1902, Vol. 56, p. 153.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 314.
  • ⁶ 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), 6-7.
  • ⁷ Palmer, Lowell Mason, Palmer Groups: John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass., and His Descendants, Boston: Press of David Clapp and Son (1901-1905), 33.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#53 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Major Historical Figures Descended from Anne (Lloyd) (Yale) . . .", (accessed 11/29/2016).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#78 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Ten Further Hollywood Figures (or Groups Thereof)", (accessed 10/06/2014).
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 643.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 36, 49, 55, 57.
  • ¹² Wakefield, Robert S. and Ann Smith Lainhart, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23, Part 1, John Howland, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 17.
  • ¹³ Walworth, Reuben H., Hyde Genealogy; or the Descendants in the Female as well as in the Male Lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich (2 vols.), Albany, NY: J. Munsell (1864), 127.
  • ¹⁴ Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, From its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company (1900), 335-339, 509.
  • ¹⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 27.

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