Name/Title
Denizens: A Narrative of Captain George Denison and his New England ContemporariesEntry/Object ID
2017.155Description
True stories of Captain George Denison and his contemporaries during the formative years of New England. Built upon research conducted by the author who is a descendant of many Stonington families. Biographical, genealogical and family legend material is presented.
Chapters are as follows:
1. Fireside Tales
2. Becoming Massachusetts Bay Colony Denizens
3. The English Origins of the Denison Family
4. Roxbury Roots
5. Religious Trials and Tribulations in Winthrop's City upon a Hill
6. Pious Pairs: Marriage and Family in Early Colonial New England
7. The Making of George Denison
8. Massachusetts Bay Men Fighting in the English Civil War
9. Going into Battle with George Denison: Revisiting the English Civil War Battlefields of Marston Moor and Naseby
10. The Courtship and Marriage of Ann Borodell
11. My Borodell Family Tree
12. The Lives and Legacies of Alice (Freeman) Thompson and Robert Parke
13. The Pequot War: A Source of Inspiration for the Eliot Bible
14. The Bay Psalm Book
15. Margaret Borodell and Her Ministers
16. Defensive Structures in Early Colonial New England: Palisades, Blockhouses, and Garrison Houses
17. Denisons and Their Fellow Denizens in King Philip's War
18. Shepherds, Mitchells, Sewalls and the Salem Witch Trials
19. The Roots of Slavery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
20. The Voyages of Captain William Pierce
21. Captain George Denison's New England Land Holdings
22. Marriages and Magistrates: Trouble for Captain George Denison
23. Educating Native American Interpreters
24. The Misdeeds and Misdemeanors of John Ashcroft and John Carr
25. Tales from the Tavern
26. Massachusetts Bay Colony Denisons and Dennisons
27. Where There Be Winthrops
28. Different Groton Experiences
29. Finding Feakes, Winthrop Women, and Shining Sands in Old Greenwich
30. Summer Beams and Saw Mark Stories: First Period Houses and Homesites in Southern New England
31. The Founding Fathers of Stonington, Connecticut
32. A Denizen for All Seasons: Major-General Daniel Denison
33. Commemorating Denizens
34. Family Crests and Coats of Arms
35. Captain George Denison's Will
36. Captain George Denison and the Narragansett Colony
37. Ancestral Apples, Lilacs, and Roses
38. Westward Migrations
39. Topography and Genealogy
40. Conclusion: Deciphering Denizens
Physical Description: paperback 6 x 9" cover features painting of Captain George Denison on horseback engaged in battleBook Details
Author
Katherine DimancescuEdition
1Publisher
Katherine DimancescuDate Published
2017Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
920 Denison