Abraham Denton, Sr.

Abraham Denton, Sr. was born in 1668 in Hempstead, Long Island,and died in 1729 in Orange County, New York. Abraham was a private in Captain Cornelius Haring's company from Orange County during 1715. He had purchased land from Richard Volentine of Hempstead on March 3, 1700.

"Abraham Denton, Senr., of the Precinct of Haverstraw to son Abraham Denton, land. Delivered in the presence of Jonas Denton and John Denton, January 10, 1729-30."

He married Martha Thorne in 1699 in Orange County Martha wass born in 1679 in Woodstock, Virginia and died in 1730 in Orange County.