Ancestry of
Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”

John Denison

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 330 
  • Father:
  • Edward Denison 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Hedge   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1703 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Nov 1777 
  • Death Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Denison Burying Ground, Mystic, New London, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Noyes
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 15 Sep 1721 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Edward Denison

  John Denison

  Ann Denison

  Denison

  Denison

  Mary Denison

  Ann Denison

  Jesse Denison

  Elisha Denison

  Mary Denison (Ahnentafel No:165 )

  • Notes: 

  • John Denison was also called Merchant John.

• Additional marriages for John Denison

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  • Spouse:
  • Anna Denison
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Nov 1720
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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  • Spouse:
  • Rebecca Noyes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Jul 1743
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Chesebrough
  • Marriage Date:
  • 3 Mar 1762
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut

• Sources for John Denison

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/27/2015).
  • 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), 321, 482, 784.
  • ³ Smith, H. Allen, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Conn., with Mention of . . ., Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers (1889), 85.
  • ⁴ 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), 341-342, 346-347.
  • ⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 114, 451-452.
  • ⁶ Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 168, 607.

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