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Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”

Edward Denison

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 660 
  • Father:
  • George Denison Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Gorham   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1678 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 14 Nov 1683 
  • Christening Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 9 Dec 1726 
  • Death Location:
  • Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Hedge
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Nov 1701 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Edward Denison

  John Denison (Ahnentafel No:330 )

  Elisha Denison

  Mary Denison

  Desire Denison

  • Notes: 

  • Edward Denison drowned in 1726.

    No evidence has been found to support the claim that Edward Denison had a daughter named Abby.

• Additional marriages for Edward Denison

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  • Spouse:
  • Ann Denison
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Mar 1718
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

• Sources for Edward 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), 17.
  • 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 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), 339-340, 342.
  • ⁴ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 27, 113-114.
  • ⁵ 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), 607.

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