Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)
DENNIS, page 133:
1715 July 27. Denis, Dennis, Jonathan, junior, of Cohansie, Salem
Co., weaver; will of. Wife Sarah, sole heiress and executrix of real and
personal estate, with legacies to daughters Rachel and Sarah. Witnesses –
Noah Wheaten, Peter Fitchrandolph, Jane Fitzrandolph, John Roberts, Rebeckah
Denis. Proved August 16, 1715. Lib. 2, p. 32.
1715 Aug. 18. Inventory of the personal estate, £235.19.4 ½, incl. a
negro woman £22.10, and “Dangerously dew to the Estate by accounts” £36.10;
made by John Paine and John Firth.
[beginning page 134]
1702-3 Jan. 3. Dennes, John, of Woodbridge, carpenter; will of. Wife
Rachell, sole heiress and executrix of goods and chattels. Children spoken
of. Uncle Samuel Dennes and brother Nathaniel Fitz Randolph overseers.
Witnesses – Edward Slater, Philipp Cox and Nicolas Munday junior. Proved
March 27, 1703. Middlesex Wills.
1702-3 Jan. 28. Inventory of the personal estate of (£29.11.0); made
by John Langstaff and Benjamin Martin.
1719 Aug. 9. Dennes, Jonathan, of Cohansey, Salem Co., yeoman; will
of. Wife Rachel. Sons – Phillep, Charles and Samuel. Real and personal
estate. Executors – the wife and son Phillep. Witnesses – Richard Brick,
Rachel Craven, Peter Fitchrandolph. Proved May 31, 1720. Lib. 2, p. 160.
1720 April 28. Inventory of the personal estate, £186.7; incl. 150
bushels of wheat £18.15; made by Thomas Craven and Enoch Moore.
1707 July 26. Dennes, Dennis, Samuel, of Woodbridge, East Jersey;
will of. Wife Mary. Children – Samuel, sole executor, and Jonathan. Real
and personal estate. Witnesses – Sam’l Shepherd, Tho: Davis, Geo. Ewbanck.
Proved June 10, 1708. Lib. 1, p. 202.
1707-8 Feb. 2. Dennes, Mr. Samuel, of Middlesex Co. Inventory of the
personal estate of, £107.2.9, incl. a Bible and other books £1.8.–; made by
John Bishop, Thomas Pike and Noah Bishop.
1708 June 10. Letters testatmentary granted to Samuel Dennis, the
executor of the last will, etc.
1719 March 20. Dennes, Samuel, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman;
will of. Wife Mary. Children – Sarah, Reliance, Elizabeth, Samuel. Real
and personal estate. Executors – the wife and dau. Sarah with Edward
Freeman and Benjamin Bloomfield as overseers. Witnesses – Yelverton
Crowell, Edward Crowell, Moses Rolph. Proved April 21, 1720. Lib. A, p.
175.
1698 April 14. Dennis, Charles, of Shrowsbery; will of. Wife Mary.
Sons – John, Joseph and Philipp; the wife to take care of the orphaned
children of Franzis and Elisabeth Jackson. Real and personal estate. The
wife executrix with George Curlies and Nathaniell Slocum as assistants.
Witnesses – Thomas Huitt (?), George Corleis and Remembrance Lippincott.
Proved January 9, 1698-9. N. J. Archives, XXI., p. 295, and Monmouth
Wills.
1689 June 3. Dennis, John, of Middlesex Co. Inventory of the [page
135] personal estate of (£44.10.10); made by Natt’ll Fitch Randoll, Ephraim
Androws and Joseph Dole. (Copy).
1695 June 1. Dennis, John, senior, of Woodbridge, carpenter.
Administration on the estate of, granted to John Dennis. N. J. Archives,
XXI., p. 243.
1696 June 1. Bond of John Dennis of Woodbridge as administrator of
the estate. Samuel Dennis of the same place fellow bondsman.
1712 28th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Dennis, John, of Newton Township,
Gloucester Co.; will of. Wife ------. Daughter Rebecca, brother William
Dennis. Real and personal estate. Executors – William Alberson and Simon
Breach. Witnesses – Joseph Low, John Cock, James Cofey. Proved December
15, 1712. Lib. 1, p. 391.
1712-3 9th d. 11th m. (Jan.). Inventory of the estate, £167.16.8, of
which £50.00 stand for 550 acres of land and £64.00 as debts due by
Nathaniel Pool of Philadelphia, Thomas Brian and Henry Ballinger; made by
Thomas Sharp and John Mickle.
1715 29th d. 2d. m. (April). Account of the estate by the executors,
showing payments to Isaac Norris, Robert Yeldah, Samuel Holt, Elias Hugg as
executor to Abigaill Stanton, John Estaugh, John Cooper, Amos Ashead,
Charles Brockden and Thomas Smallwood.
1726 Dec. 10. Dennis, Denis, John, of Cohansey, Salem Co.; will of.
Wife Hannah, sole executrixx. Children – Henry (under age), Hannah, Rachel
and Sarah. Real and personal estate. Witnesses – Thomas Waithman, Peter
Fitchrandolph, Charles Dennes. Proved October 4, 1727.
1726-7 Jan. 9. Inventory of the personal estate, £164.18.3; made by
Ebenezer Smith and Enoch More. Lib. 2, p. 464, and Gloucester Wills.
1715 May 4. Dennis, Samuel, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co.; will of.
Children – Samuel, Jacob, Abigail Leeds, Zibeah, Rachel; mentions Abigail
Lippincott as grandmother of the three daughters. Land Freehold, farm in
Shrewsbury. Personal property. Executor son Jacob. Witnesses – Wm.
Brinley, John Corlies, Thomas Sutton. Proved August 6, 1723.
1720 1st d. 4th m. (June). Dennis, Thomas, of Newton Township,
Gloucester Co.; will of. Wife ----------. Children – Thomas (married),
William, Mary and Hannah. Real and personal estate. Executor son Thomas.
Witnesses – John Williams, Thomas Sharp, Abraham Alberson. Proved May 20,
1721. Lib. 2, p. 180.
1720 12th d. 10th m. (Dec.). Inventory of the personal estate, £38;
made by John Mickle and Tho: Sharp.
The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:
DENES (DENNISS) - Jonathan
DENIS - Rachel, Rebeckah, Samuel, Sarah (DENNIS), Thomas, Unis.
DENNES - Charles, Elizabeth, Increas, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Mary (DENNIS),
Phillep, Rachel, Rachell, Rebeccah, Reliance, Sam. jun., Sam’l, Samuel,
Samuel junior, Sarah.
DENNIS - Barnt (?), Charles, Hannah (DENIS), Henry, Jacob, Jona., Jonathan,
Joseph, Martha, Mary, Mr., Philipp, Rachel, Rebecca, Robert, Sam’l, Samuel,
Samuel junior, Sarah, Thomas, William, Zibeah.
DENNISS - Jonathan, Samuel.
Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)
DENNIS, beginning page 140:
1747, Jany. 9. Dennes, Charles, of Cape May Co., gentleman; will of.
Wife, Priscilla. Sons-in-law, John Cresse (minor) and Joseph Ludlam. Son,
Charles Dennis, to have plantation at Cohansey, Salem County, at the upper
end of the place called Beacken’s Neck, joining land of Nehemiah Craven and
land of Jonathan Strathem. Executors – brother, Philip Dennis, and Charles
Davis. Witnesses – Henry Young, John Mackey and Elizabeth Mackey. Proved
16 May, 1749. Letters granted to Philip Dennis in Cumberland Co. Lib. 6,
p. 223.
1749, May 15. Inventory, £136.13.9; made by Henry Young, Joseph
Ludlam.
1737, Aug. 26. Dennis, John, of Haddonfield, tailor. Int. Adm’x,
Sarah Norris, of Newton, Gloucester Co., dealer. Fellow bondsman – Jonathan
Axford, of same County, yeoman.
1737, July 20. Renunciation of Mary, widow of John Dennis, as Adm’x.
Witnesses – John Kay, Sarah Kay. Gloucester Wills, 219 H.
1737, Oct. 28. Inventory, £9.6.6; made by Jno. Hinchman, John
Kaighin.
1739, July 14. Dennis, John, of Elizabeth Town Point, Essex Co.,
inn-holder; will of. Wife, Mary, sole legatee. Real and personal [page
141] estate. Executors – wife Mary, and friends Jonathan Hampton of Staten
Island, New York, yeoman, and Thomas Jackman of Elizabeth Town. Witnesses –
Thomas Hall, Caleb Woodruff, Anne Cana. Proved Aug. 22, 1739. Lib. C, p.
289.
1739, Aug. 20. Jonathan Hampton and Thos. Jackman renounce
executorship. Witnesses – Robert Drummond and Thos. Hill.
1735, March 31. Dennis, Samuel, of Salem Co., yeoman. Int. Adm’x,
Anne Dennis (widow). Bondsmen – Joseph Test, John Bacon, all of same place.
Witnesses – Danl. Mestayer, John Doe. Lib. 4, p. 1.
1735, March 17. Inventory (£118.17.4) includes Bible, 6 cattle,
swine, surveyor’s compass, chain and dividers. Appraisers – John Bacon,
Abiel Caril.
1736, June 14. Account. Monies paid Wm. H. Clement Hall, Peter
Turner, Saml. Fithian, Abiell Caril, Ananias Sayre, Wm. Watson, John Brick,
Edwd. Test, Saml. Clark, Ebenezer Miller, Noah Wheaton, Isaac Fithian, John
Loverin, Leonard Gibbon, Joseph Test, John Weckes.
1741, Nov. 3. Dennis, Samuel, of Shrewbury, Monmouth Co.; will of.
Wife, Anne. Children – eldest son Samuel, Lewis, Anne, Mary and Margaret.
Executors – brother, Jacob Dennis, and wife Anne. Witnesses – John Hepburn,
Jr., David Hildreth, Patrick Drugan and Mary Palmer. Proved Aug. 27, 1746.
Lib. D, p. 456.
The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:
DENICE - Tunis
DENNIS - Anne, Charles, David, Elenor, Elizabeth, Henry, Jacob, James, John,
Jonathan, Joseph, Lewis, Margaret, Mary, Philip, Priscilla, Rachel, Robert,
Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Tunis, William, Mr.
