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Will Arnett

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George Taylor Denison

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Will Arnett — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 112 
  • Father:
  • John Denison 
  • Mother:
  • Sophia Taylor   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Dec 1783 
  • Birth Location:
  • Harwich, Essex, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Dec 1853 
  • Death Location:
  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • St. John's Cemetery on the Humber, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Esther Borden Lippincott
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Dec 1806 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada 
  • Child:

  Richard Lippincott Denison (Ahnentafel No:56 )

  • Notes: 

  • War of 1812 veteran - George Taylor Denison was captured by the Americans in April 1813 and was not paroled until the end of the war.

    He is said to have been the richest landowner in Canada West.

• Additional marriages for George Taylor Denison

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  • Spouse:
  • Maria Taylor
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1828

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Eleanor Caldwell
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1835

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Priscilla Coates
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1850

• Sources for George Taylor Denison

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/30/2020).
  • ² Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto: A Collection of Historical Sketches of the Old Town of York from 1792 until . . ., Toronto: J. Ross Robertson (1894), 111-113.
  • ³ The Canadian Journal of Science, Literature, and History, Vol. 13, Toronto: Copp, Clark and Co. (1873), 447.
  • ⁴ CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project, St John's Cemetery on the Humber / Denison Family Cemetery, York County, ON, Image of tombstone for son Col. Richard Lippincott Denison, (accessed 04/30/2020).
  • ⁵ Chambers, Capt. Ernest J., The Governor-General's Body Guard: A History of the Origin, Development and Services of the Senior Cavalry Regiment . . ., Toronto: E. L. Ruddy (1902), 28, 35, 109, 122.
  • ⁶ Denison, Robert Evelyn, A History of the Denison Family in Canada, 1792 to 1910, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada: n. p. (1910), 14-16.
  • ⁷ Gagan, David, The Denison Family of Toronto, 1792-1925, Toronto: University of Toronton Press (1973).
  • ⁸ Nelson, William, New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes ... (originally Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society Vol. IX), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1973, originally published 1916), 47.
  • ⁹ Olsen, Judith M., Lippincott: Five Generations of the Descendants of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, Woodbury, New Jersey: The Gloucester County Historical Society (1982), 117.
  • ¹⁰ Thompson, Samuel, Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the Last Fifty Years: An Autobiography, Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company (1884), 165-170.
  • ¹¹ United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, Loyalist Directory: Richard Lippencott, (accessed 04/30/2020).
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "George Taylor Denison", (accessed 04/30/2020).

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