James Denton
M, b. circa 1670, d. before 3 February 1723
James was born circa 1670 in Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York. He was the son of Samuel Denton & Mary "Rock" Smith. James married Jane Jacine Titus, daughter of Edmund Titus and Martha Washbourne, in 1695 in Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York. He made his will the 7th day of the 3rd month 1713.
"In the name of God, Amen. I James Denton, of Herricks, in the town of Hempstead, in Queens County, being very ill of body. I leave to my wife, Jane, all of my moveable estate and household goods, 'and cattle
and living creatures,' and use of my dwelling house, and one half of my barn and one half of all lands and meadows during her widowhood and after her death the whole is to go to my son James Denton. If he dies before he is of the age of twenty-one, then all my houses and lands are to go to Samuel Denton, son of my brother Samuel and to my
brothers, Abraham and Jonas Denton. I make my wife and my son James and my brother-in-law, William, executors." Witnesses, Ezekiel Smith, Joseph Wood.
. James departed this life before 3 February 1723 in Herrick in the Town of Hempstead, Queens County, Long Island, New York. His will was probated on 3 February 1723 at Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island, New York, before Isaac Hicks, Judge. "Queens County, February 3, 1723, there appeared before me,
George Clarke, authorized by his excellence, James Denton, one of the executors, who being a known Quaker, was duly attested to the execution of said will by me."
"In the name of God, Amen. I James Denton, of Herricks, in the town of Hempstead, in Queens County, being very ill of body. I leave to my wife, Jane, all of my moveable estate and household goods, 'and cattle
and living creatures,' and use of my dwelling house, and one half of my barn and one half of all lands and meadows during her widowhood and after her death the whole is to go to my son James Denton. If he dies before he is of the age of twenty-one, then all my houses and lands are to go to Samuel Denton, son of my brother Samuel and to my
brothers, Abraham and Jonas Denton. I make my wife and my son James and my brother-in-law, William, executors." Witnesses, Ezekiel Smith, Joseph Wood.
. James departed this life before 3 February 1723 in Herrick in the Town of Hempstead, Queens County, Long Island, New York. His will was probated on 3 February 1723 at Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island, New York, before Isaac Hicks, Judge. "Queens County, February 3, 1723, there appeared before me,
George Clarke, authorized by his excellence, James Denton, one of the executors, who being a known Quaker, was duly attested to the execution of said will by me."
Family | Jane Jacine Titus b. 2 Apr 1670 |