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Sarah " Sally " Denny 1762–1841 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 March 1762

Birth Location: Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1841

Death Location: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States

Father: Benjamin Denny

Mother: SARAH LYON

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Daniel Turner

The story of Sarah " Sally " Denny began in 1762 in Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA. Sarah " Sally " Denny had children including Daniel Turner. Sarah " Sally " Denny passed away in 1841 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah " Sally " Denny began in 1762 in Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA.
  • Sarah " Sally " Denny had children including Daniel Turner.
  • Sarah " Sally " Denny passed away in 1841 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Denny
1738–1765
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
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SARAH LYON
1740–1765
Birth Location: Virginia Colony, British America
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Daniel Turner
1789–1854
Birth Location: Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
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Sarah Denny's Ancestors

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Sarah Denny
1762–1841
Birth Place: Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA
Parents
Benjamin Denny
1738–1765
Virginia, United States
SARAH LYON
1740–1765
Virginia Colony, British America
Grandparents
John (W Lyon) III
1697–1784
Dorchester, Virginia, United States
Jean Tankersley
1715–1784
Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
John LYON
1674–1703
MARY MARTIN
1674–1726
Richard Tankersley
1676–1744
Margaret Matthews
1676–1744
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Abigail Lyon
1654–1703
Thomas Jr.*
1629–1701
Reuben Tankersley
1640–1758
James Matthews-Rowland
1656–1676
Jeannette Matthews
1653–1723

Sarah Denny's Descendants

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Sarah (" Sally ") Denny (4 March 1762–1841)
  1. 1. Daniel Turner 1789–1854 m. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Hill 1791–1860
    1. 1. Mary (Ann Polly) Turner 1820–1893 m. George (William) Gillam 1816–1885
      1. 1. George (Wilson) Gilliam 1847–1922 m. Elizabeth (Priscilla) Payne 1850–1899
        1. 1. James (F) Gilliam 1873–1935 m. Evaline (Lucille) Lefler 1893–1971

Sarah Denny's Timeline

2 Records

1762
4 March 1762
Birth of Sarah " Sally " Denny in Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA
Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA
1841
1841
Age 79
Death of Sarah " Sally " Denny in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 March 1762
    Event Place: Albemarle, Sussex, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Amer, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
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