Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for John* DENNETT | ||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennett, John Spouse: Sherburne, Amy Marriage Date: 1674 Portsmouth Rockingham Co NH [ref 10] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DENNETT, John, b. 1646, housewright, here by 1668, became highly trusted citizen of Portsm. Constable 1689, surveyor 1692, gr.j. 1692, foreman 1699, Deputy 1702. He was selectm. almost const. from 1697 until he d. 5 May 1709. Will 17 Mar. 1708-9 names w. Amy, and ch: John, Amy, Joseph, and Ephraim. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JOHN, Portsmouth, freem. 1672, had Ephraim. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DENNETT Two brothers of the Dennett family came early to New Hampshire. John Dennett settled about 1660 in Portsmouth, and was admitted a freeman May 15, 1670, and died May 1, 1709, aged sixty-three years. His will was dated March 17 and proved August 1, 1709. He left a wife Amy; sons, John, Joseph and Ephraim; and daughter Amy. [ref 29:2223] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DENNETT, John, carpenter, Portsmouth, N. H.; may have come as early as 1660. Freeman of Mass. Bay Colony May 15, 1670 (as of Portsmouth). Wife Amy; children: John, Amy, Joseph, Ephraim. He d. May 1, 1709, "ae. 63 years." Will signed "John Dennet" March 17, proved Aug. 1, 1709. Wife "Ammi," sons John, Joseph and Ephraim, dau. "Ammi" Adams; gr. dau. Margaret Adams; gr. dau. Mary Dennet "who is blind." [ref 44:56] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Dennet family is of Norman origin, and Hugh D'Anet is said to have come into England with William the Conqueror. There are many of the name Dennet in England who can trace their lineage back six centuries or more. Two brothers, John and Alexander Dennet, came from England to Portsmouth between 1660 and 1670. John Dennet died 5 May 1709, aged 63, and was buried at the Point of Graves. He was a carpenter. Wife's name was Amy. Children: John, Amy, Joseph, Ephraim. [ref 33:348] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ingmire - Seacoast Chronicles: John married Amy Sherburne and had four children who appear in the records as John, Amy, Joseph and Ephraim. John and Amy invested in property and built a house with a behive chimney on the highest part of Christian Shore. It became the family seat and remains at the end of Prospect Street. The Dennett home has not received a great deal of attention in these years of gentrification, probably because it abuts 'gasoline alley'. John Dennett built private houses and performed 'civic' construction. He built a school house and made repairs to the parsonage chimney of Joshua Moodey. Elias Stileman, town clerk, carried the bill forward. In 1693-94. John Dennett was given land adjacent to Richard Martyn's Boiling Rock land in exchange for his services for Portsmouth. Dennett's new land on the road to Bloody Point was called Gravelly Ridge. Following the Glorious Revolution of 1689, with the beginning of King William's War, Portsmouth underwent growth. There was a building boom, as settlers came to Portsmouth to escape Indian attacks and build garrisons. The Dennett sons joined their father and lumbered the Gravelly Ridge forests to the northwest of Portsmouth. Part of the site became Frank Jones' estate in the last century. Today's malls are located in the region of the forest the Dennetts cut. The lumber was milled at the North Mill of the Cutt family. With land and lumber to sell, John Dennett became wealthy and used his income to provide each child land as he came of age and married. Nineteen-year-old John Dennett was given a farm in Kittery. The other sons, Ephraim and Joseph Dennett, farmed Gravelly Ridge after it was cleared. Today, Gravely Ridge extends from the Schoolhouse Restaurant to the Omne Mall. Just before John Dennett died on May 5, 1709, he confirmed a grant to Portsmouth for a road past the Jackson House to the Piscataqua. This is Northwest Street. John Dennett's will was dated March 17, 1708/09 and gives insight into the thinking of the Englishmen who settled in New England. English landowners left their landholdings to the eldest son. Women, wives or daughters did not receive land generally. The Englishmen like John Dennett who came to New England and became landowners changed this thinking. Dennett employed an Egalitarian point of view, divided his wealth among his children and confirmed the gifts of land in his will. He left his wife a share of the land, which reverted to their youngest son upon her death. This was an important transformation from the English traditions and represents principles that became American. Private land was most commonly divided among heirs. This became and important element in the free American society. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||
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