Robert DENNIS ²⁸¹

  General Notes:

"This family were from Yarmouth, Mass. On the 3rd of December, 1674, being "by the providence of God disabled from managing and carrying on his outward occasions," he gave to his children, Jonathan, Joseph, and Elizabeth, --all his real property (the real estate to the sons, and to the daughter "two cows, five yearlings, with all his movables in the house"), on condition that they should allow himself and wife (Mary) a comfortable maintenance "for meat and drink, washing, lodging, and apparel" during their lives. He held many offices in the township [Woodbridge, New Jersey] and was highly respected. His name, owing probably to infirmities of body, ceases to be mentioned after 1675. For several years he was appointed on the committee for assessing the town rates, an indication that he enjoyed a full share of the confidence of his townsmen. John and Samuel Dennis were probably his brothers" (Clayton, 1882). ²⁸¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• He owned land as a founding freehold of the town (448 acres) about 1672 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA. ²⁸¹

• Fact: Deputy to the General Assembly, 1668, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA. ²⁸¹

• Fact: Deputy to the General Assembly, 1671, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA. ²⁸¹

Robert married Mary JACKSON in London, , Greater London, England.