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John Benjamin DENNIS Capt 1706–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Jun 1706

Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Robert Dennis

Mother: Susannah Briggs

Spouse(s): Hannah Wilbore

Children(s): Susannah Dennis, Shadrach Dennis, Robert Dennis, Thomas Dennis

John Benjamin DENNIS Capt was born in 1706 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Robert Dennis And Susannah Briggs. John Benjamin DENNIS Capt married Hannah Wilbore, and had children including Robert Dennis, Shadrach Dennis, Susannah Dennis, Thomas Dennis. John Benjamin DENNIS Capt passed away in 1789 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • John Benjamin DENNIS Capt was born in 1706 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Robert Dennis And Susannah Briggs.
  • John Benjamin DENNIS Capt married Hannah Wilbore, and had children including Robert Dennis, Shadrach Dennis, Susannah Dennis, Thomas Dennis.
  • John Benjamin DENNIS Capt passed away in 1789 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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John Capt's Ancestors

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John Capt
1706–1789
Birth Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Robert Dennis
1677–1730
Susannah Briggs
1681–1744
Grandparents
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Capt's Descendants

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John (Benjamin DENNIS) Capt (24 Jun 1706–1789) m. Hannah Wilbore (9 February 1709–19 Nov 1767)
  1. 1. Susannah Dennis 1737–1778 m. Jacob (B) Taber 1735–1815
    1. 1. Humphrey (B) Taber 1770–1848 m. Comfort Cook 1771–1825
      1. 1. Comfort Taber 1808–1873 m. Zenas ((Baily)) Bailey 1809–1896
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Bailey 1840–1882 m. Franklin Sanford 1838–1917
        2. 2. Lucelia (V. "Celia") Bailey 1852–1874
        3. 3. James (A.) Bailey 1848–1875
        4. 4. Lucinda ("Cinda") Bailey 1846–1869
        5. 5. Leonard (Bacon) Bailey 1838–1879 m. Lydia (A.) Bailey 1836–1894
        6. 6. Isaac (Casterline) Bailey 1836–1868
        7. 7. Willard (Taber) Bailey 1834–1892
        8. 8. Cyrus (Gray) Bailey 1828–1881
        9. 9. Maria Bailey 1832–1892 m. Abraham Wyant 1826–1904
      2. 2. Lucinda (Cinderilla) Taber 1799–1835
      3. 3. Billings Taber 1801–
      4. 4. Eleazur (Cook) Taber 1795–
      5. 5. Humphrey (Dennis) Taber 1795–1863
      6. 6. Mary (Grinnell) Taber 1793–
      7. 7. Moses (Dennis) Taber 1809–1892
      8. 8. Otis Taber 1803–
      9. 9. Peleg Taber 1813–
      10. 10. Susannah (Dennis) Taber 1805–1879
      11. 11. Willard (Woodman) Taber 1797–1826
    2. 2. Drusilla (B) Taber 1767–1852
    3. 3. Jacob Taber 1778–1805
    4. 4. Paul Taber 1774–1826
    5. 5. Alice Taber 1765–1834
    6. 6. Infant (daughter) Taber 1763–
  2. 2. Shadrach Dennis 1743–1800
  3. 3. Robert Dennis 1732–1790
  4. 4. Thomas Dennis 1734–1813

John Capt's Timeline

2 Records

1706
24 Jun 1706
Birth of John Benjamin DENNIS Capt in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1789
1789
Age 83
Death of John Benjamin DENNIS Capt in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Jun 1706
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 277
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 277
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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