John Denman Jr1

#2525, (circa 1621 - )
Relationship7th great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*John Denman1 (s 1595 - )
Mother*Judith Stoughton1 (1599 - 1639)
John T. Denman III, and his twin sister, Mary, were born in January, 1621, in Naughton, Suffolk, England. His mother became a widow when John II died in 1622. Judith then married a William Smead, and they had a son. She became a widow for the second time when William Smead died in 1627 or 1628.

A few years later, Judith decided to bring the children to New England. They sailed from Gravesend, England, on the ship Dorset, first to Barbados, and then to Boston. John, his sister, Mary, and his half brother, William Smead, arrived in our country with their mother, Judith Stoughton Denman Smead, in 1635. They sailed from Gravesend, England, on the ship Dorset. The history of the Denmans in America started at the time the two Denman children arrived in New England. They settled at Salem, Massachusetts.2 
Birth*circa 1621He was born circa 1621 at EnglandG. 
Probate18 May 1639He was listed as a beneficiary in Judith Stoughton's will on 18 May 1639 at Suffolk Co., MassachusettsG; Inventory of "ye 18: 3d : 1639."3 

Citations

  1. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), p. 301 "Widow Judith [Smead], of Dorchester, 1636; she was sister of Israel Stoughton. She had m. in England, John Denman, prob. abt. 1620, and Smead prob. abt. 1634. Nothing is found about either husband; she d. 1639. Ch.: Mary Denman, abt. 1622; m. Clement Maxfield; she d. May 30, 1707; John Denman, —; alive 1656; William, abt. 1635."
  2. [S296] Our Hours Upon The Stage, Vol. ll: The Denman and Hankins Family 1951-1978, online historypreserved.com/mary_denman_hankins_vol_2_p2.htm, MY DENMAN LINE FROM ENGLAND TO PRESENT

    The first Denman documented in the north and east of England was a William Denman. In the latter part of the fourteenth century, in the year 1385, he came into possession of Newhall Grange, one of the granges of the old town of Bramton, in Cumberland. The British usage of grange is for a farm, especially the residence and outbuildings of a gentleman farmer.

    The Denman name is very old, and is a contraction of Dane and man; that is, one of the Danes. The first appearance in England of Danes, inhabitants of Denmark, was near the close of the eighth century. The raven was the national emblem of the Danes, and the presence of the raven in every form of the Denman Coat of Arms is evidence that the Denmans were Dane-men.

    John Denman was born about 1560 in Retford, England. His son, John II, was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1591, and died in 1622 in Retford, Surrey, England. He married Judith Stoughton, born between 1591 and 1605, in Essex County, England. She died in Salem County, Massachusetts, in 1639.

    John T. Denman III, and his twin sister, Mary, were born in January, 1621, in Naughton, Suffolk, England. His mother became a widow when John II died in 1622. Judith then married a William Smead, and they had a son. She became a widow for the second time when William Smead died in 1627 or 1628.

    A few years later, Judith decided to bring the children to New England. They sailed from Gravesend, England, on the ship Dorset, first to Barbados, and then to Boston. John, his sister, Mary, and his half brother, William Smead, arrived in our country with their mother, Judith Stoughton Denman Smead, in 1635. They sailed from Gravesend, England, on the ship Dorset. The history of the Denmans in America started at the time the two Denman children arrived in New England. They settled at Salem, Massachusetts.
  3. [S749] Wm. B. Trask, "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9 (1855): IX:344; Widdow Smead.--Mr. Israel Stoughtn, Administrator to Mrs Judith Smeed, widdow, deceased, as by Inventory taken ye 18: 3d : 1639. Mentions payment to Batcheller of Salem; Dea. John Pope of Dorchester; dau. Mary Denman, wife to Clement Maxfield; Roger Clap, Christopher Gibson, Hopestill Foster as examiners; division of the estate among children John Denman, Mary Denman (now Maxfield) and Wm Smeed. Also mentions "sister Visallah" [Ursula Knight], John Scudder, "Bro. Knight", Oliver Purchase, sister Clarke, brother Clarke, Tomkins, Bro. Kinsly, Sumner, Jewett, Oldreges [poss. Aldredge].