Robert Dennis: Robin's Roots Test

Abt 1617 - Abt 1696 (79 years)

TNG Descendant Charts

Please note that you don't have to depend on these descriptions; you can quickly try out each of the chart types.

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a marvelous graphical format and show a fair amount of data for each person, but they generate so much whitespace that they tend to be wider than the screen (or a printed page) They tend to be hard to read and almost impossible to print if you generate more than three or four generations of data.
"Compact" charts have similar graphical layout, and are easier to read and print, but don't display any data other than each person's name.
Note that if you want to print a "Compact" chart with more than three or four generations of data, you should probably specify "Landscape" orientation when you print.
The "PDF chart" is kind of a cross between the standard and compact formats, generated as a PDF. On most computers, any web page can be printed as a PDF, but this PDF format handles page breaks for specific paper sizes, wheras PDF printouts of web pages just run the text through the page breaks

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll whell or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts follow a standard outline-style format that provides more (i.e. denser) data than the graphical charts do.
"Text+" charts are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They can display much more data in less space than graphical charts or the "Text" chart. (That's good news and bad news). In particular, they requires much less horizontal scrolling, and can accommodate large charts in one printed page width (albeit sometimes with legal-sized paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
However,
- The process of printing a Text+ chart can be a bit daunting, and
- When you are looking at just a few generations, and when enough data is visible on the screen, the graphical charts tend to be easier to read.
"Register" charts are detailed descriptive reports. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they aren't really 'charts' in the normal sense, and don't give this kind of overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Count" charts don't list descendants at all; they just show how many descendants a person has, broken out by generation.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Robert Dennis was born about 1617; died about 1696.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Carpenter
Arrival: 1635, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; Master of the "True Love"
Residence: 1643, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Civil: 1654, Massachusetts, USA; Represented parties in a lawsuit
Residence: 1667, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

No consensus has formed to describe what appear to be three 17th-century men named Robert Dennis, at least one of whom was an immigrant from England (and maybe one from Wales), at least two of whom were in Massachusetts for a time, at least on in Rhode Island and two in New Jersey. One may be the son of an immigrant William Dennis, and there are brothers named John and Jonathon. I'm using this version not because I'm sure it is the most accurate or captures the most points, but because it seems to have the most comprehensive plausible explaination, by Hornor, William Stockton, in This old Monmouth of ours : history, tradition, biography, genealogy, and other anecdotes related to Monmouth County, New Jersey, available on FamilySearch. That is:

Robert Dennis, born about 1617 in England, immigrated to Tiverton, RI in 1635, settled in Yarmouth MA, and then moved to Woodbridge , NJ as one of a group of men from New England would who bought land in New Jersey and subdivided it to form the towns of Woodbridge and Piscataway. Three of his sons were

Robert, who died in Rhode Island,

Jonathan, who died in Cumberland Co, NJ, and

John, who along with this father, settled in Woodbridge, NJ, married Sarah Bloomfield, and whose daughter. Sarah Dennis, married Benjamin Fitzrandolph.

Robert married Mary Island in 1642. Mary was born in 1621. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. John Dennis was born in 1640; died on 8 May 1689.
3. Jonathan Dennis was born before 1635; died in Sep 1720.
4. Mary Dennis was born on 19 Sep 1649.
5. Joseph Dennis was born est 1650.
6. Elizabeth Dennis was born est 1641.
7. Samuel Dennis was born est 1644; died about 1716.
8. Robert Dennis, Jr died in 1691.

Generation: 2

John Dennis

(1.Robert¹) was born in 1640; died on 8 May 1689.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1689, New Jersey, USA
Will: 3 Jun 1689
Residence: 1696, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Name:
Had a brother naed Jonathan

Buried:
GRid=48435163; no photo

John married Sara Bloomfield on 18 Dec 1668. Sara (daughter of Thomas Bloomfield and Mary Withers) was born on 30 Dec 1643; died on 5 May 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

9. Sarah Dennis was born on 18 Jul 1673; died on 22 Nov 1732.
10. John Dennis was born on 9 Sep 1669; died on 27 Mar 1703.
11. Maria Dennis was born in 1671; died in 1688.
12. Elizabeth Dennis was born on 1 Jan 1674/75; died in Nov 1744.

3. Jonathan Dennis (1.Robert¹) was born before 1635; died in Sep 1720.
Notes:
Died:
In Salem county at the time

Jonathan married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Mary Dennis (1.Robert¹) was born on 19 Sep 1649.
5. Joseph Dennis (1.Robert¹) was born est 1650.
6. Elizabeth Dennis (1.Robert¹) was born est 1641.

7.	Samuel Dennis (1.Robert¹) was born est 1644; died about 1716. Samuel married Sarah ?? before 1683. Sarah died after 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Samuel married Mary Lothrop on 14 Apr 1689. Mary was born est 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

8. Robert Dennis, Jr (1.Robert¹) died in 1691.
Robert married Sarah Howland on **EMPTY LEVEL1 RECORD**. Sarah was born in 1645; died in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

Sarah Dennis

(2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 18 Jul 1673; died on 22 Nov 1732.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=45758284; no photos, no bio

Sarah married Benjamin Fitzrandolph on 16 Jul 1689. Benjamin (son of Edward Fitzrandolph and Elizabeth Blossom) was born on 4 Apr 1663; died on 5 Oct 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

13. Nathaniel Fitzrandolph was born on 11 Nov 1703; died in 1786.
14. Benjamin Fitzrandolph, Jr was born on 24 Apr 1699; died in Jan 1758.
15. Isaac Fitzrandolph was born on 10 Apr 1701; died on 13 May 1750.
16. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 14 Apr 1691; died on 28 Apr 1691.
17. Grace Fitzrandolph was born in 25 Jul 1692 or 3; died in 1705.
18. Ruth Fitzrandolph was born on 8 Apr 1695; died on 25 Sep 1780.
19. Hope Fitzrandolph was born on 12 Feb 1696/97; died in Aug 1741.
20. Elizabeth Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 4 Oct 1785.
21. Grace Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 26 Feb 1786.

10.

John Dennis

(2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 9 Sep 1669; died on 27 Mar 1703.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1696, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Will: 8 Jan 1702/03, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Probate: 27 Mar 1703, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Died:
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John married Rachel Hull on 8 Apr 1694. Rachel (daughter of Benjamin Hull, Sr and Rachel York) was born on 9 Jul 1676; died in 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11. Maria Dennis (2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1671; died in 1688.

12.

Elizabeth Dennis

(2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 1 Jan 1674/75; died in Nov 1744.

Elizabeth married John Manning on 4 Apr 1693. John (son of Geoffrey Manning and Hepsibah Andrews) was born about 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

22. Ephriam Manning was born on 29 Dec 1701; died in 1745.
23. Gershon Manning was born in 1694.
24. Elizabeth Manning was born in 1695.
25. John Manning was born in 1697.
26. Mary Manning was born in 1700.
27. Ruth Manning was born in 1703.
28. Martha Manning was born in 1705.

Generation: 4

13.

Nathaniel Fitzrandolph

(9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 11 Nov 1703; died in 1786.

Other Events and Attributes:

Property: 25 Jan 1753, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; Donated 4 1/2 acres to the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), on which the college was to be (and was) built.
Residence: 1778, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Residence: 1779, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Name:
Nathaniel Fitzrandolph was one of the founders of (what became) Princetion University. Briefly, he donated the land on which the college wa build in his home town of Princeton, is interred in a campus building, and is memorialed by an ornamental that has become the setting of annual college ceremonies welcoming new students and celebrating their graduation. See,

The Fitzrandolph Gate Wikipedia article.

An excellent biographical sketch on WikiTree.com

Excerpts from "The Book of Records, an extensive family history that he wrote.

li>"Fundraising for Nassau Hall", from the fascinating and important

Nathaniel married Rebekah Mershon on 20 Oct 1729. Rebekah (daughter of Henry Mershon and Ann Houghton) was born on 10 Mar 1711; died in 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

29. Ruth Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Jan 1735; died in 1781.

30. Hannah FitzRandolph was born on 5 Jan 1746/47; died on 11 Jun 1835.

31. Rebecca FitzRandloph was born in 1752; died on 1 Jul 1812.

32. Hannah Fitzrandolph was born on 20 Jan 1744; died on 7 Oct 1846.

33. John Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Apr 1749; died before 8 Feb 1815.

34. Eunice Fitzrandolph was born on 10 Nov 1730; died on 28 Mar 1759.

35. Ann Fitzrandolph was born on 7 May 1734; died in Apr 1798.

36. Job Fitzrandolph was born on 6 Nov 1737; died on 11 Apr 1760.

37. Abigail Fitzrandolph was born on 18 Oct 1739; died about 1767.

38. Rachel Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Jan 1742/43; died on 31 Mar 1829.

39. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 19 Jan 1751; died on 1 Jul 1812.

40. Nathaniel Fitzradolph, Jr was born on 24 May 1753; died on 16 Sep 1757.

41. Elizabeth Fitzrandolph was born on 15 Feb 1757; died on 6 Sep 1757.

42. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 26 Apr 1732; died on 3 Apr 1759.

43. Samuel Fitzrandolph was born on 2 May 1741; died on 25 Feb 1825.

14.

Benjamin Fitzrandolph, Jr

(9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 24 Apr 1699; died in Jan 1758.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1735, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA; On the Cape Fear River

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=100336073; no gravestone photos; with children names and dates.

Benjamin married Elizabeth Pridemore on 9 Mar 1727. Elizabeth was born in 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

44. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 22 Nov 1728.

15.	Isaac Fitzrandolph (9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 10 Apr 1701; died on 13 May 1750. Notes: Buried: GRid=48425210; no obit or grave photo Isaac married Rebecca Seabrook on 28 Nov 1728. Rebecca was born on 8 Jun 1708; died on 25 Mar 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

16. Sarah Fitzrandolph (9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 14 Apr 1691; died on 28 Apr 1691.
17. Grace Fitzrandolph (9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 25 Jul 1692 or 3; died in 1705.

18.

Ruth Fitzrandolph

(9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 8 Apr 1695; died on 25 Sep 1780.

Ruth married John Snowden on 2 Oct 1720. John was born on 21 Dec 1684; died on 22 Mar 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Edward Harrison on 6 Feb 1712. Edward died in 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

19.	Hope Fitzrandolph (9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 12 Feb 1696/97; died in Aug 1741. Hope married Henry Davis on 27 Nov 1718. Henry was born on 23 Feb 1694/95. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

20.	Elizabeth Fitzrandolph (9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 4 Oct 1785. Elizabeth married Ephriam Manning on 11 Mar 1730/31. Ephriam (son of John Manning and Elizabeth Dennis) was born on 29 Dec 1701; died in 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

21.

Grace Fitzrandolph

(9.Sarah³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 26 Feb 1786.

Grace married Stephen Johnes on 22 Jun 1728. Stephen was born on 31 Jul 1700; died on 16 Jun 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

45. Sarah Johnes was born on 10 Mar 1734; died on 13 Sep 1818.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

46. Daniel H. Johnes was born on 5 Oct 1743; died on 15 Jul 1823.
47. Capt David Johnes was born in Jul 1746; died on 26 Dec 1828.
48. Stephen Johnes, Jr was born on 16 Jan 1738; died on 30 Dec 1805.
49. Esther Brearley was born on 26 Nov 1740; died on 28 Sep 1776.
50. Hannah Hunt died on 3 Aug 1785.

22.	Ephriam Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born on 29 Dec 1701; died in 1745. Ephriam married Elizabeth Fitzrandolph on 11 Mar 1730/31. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Fitzrandolph and Sarah Dennis) was born on 31 Dec 1708; died on 4 Oct 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

23. Gershon Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1694.
24. Elizabeth Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1695.
25. John Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1697.
26. Mary Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1700.
27. Ruth Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1703.
28. Martha Manning (12.Elizabeth³, 2.John², 1.Robert¹) was born in 1705.