This
site will be kept active and is dedicated to the memory of Sue
Montgomery.
"Let
us read and recollect and impress upon our souls the views and ends of
our more immediate forefathers, in exchanging their native country for
a dreary, inhospitable wilderness . . . Recollect their amazing
fortitude, their bitter sufferings -- the hunger, the nakedness, the
cold, which they patiently endured -- the severe labors of clearing
their grounds, building their houses, raising their provisions, amidst
dangers from wild beasts and savage men, before they had time or money
or materials for commerce. Recollect the civil and religious
principles and hopes and expectations which constantly supported and
carried them through all hardships with patience and resignation.
Let us recollect it was liberty, the hope of liberty, for
themselves and us and ours, which conquered all discouragements,
dangers, and trials." President John
Adams
1735-1826
It
is with great appreciation that I acknowledge the dozens of Denton and
allied family members who have shared their personal family information
so generously. The information contained in these pages is the result
of the work of many people over the span of many decades, which, along
with my own research, I have compiled over the last several years. It
is on-going and we are open to and welcome all additions and/or
corrections. What you will find here are about 20
generations of descendants of Rev.
Richard Denton
who came to America in 1635. Other Denton lines represented
here include the family of David
and Rachel Scholl
Denton.
Somewhat
unique in family histories, what you will find below
are stories of people who are mostly related to each other by blood and
so also to many of us Denton researchers.
If you are a Denton descendant, you are most likely reading here about
your own family.
Blessings!
Sue
Montgomery
If
you
have Denton or related family,
we invite you to join the Denton list
(instructions at bottom of page) and
submit your questions to the list.
This
site is dedicated
with
loving appreciation to
my Grandmother,
"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost
Richard
Gildersleeve
from
"A Biographical By-Path Through New England
History" 1893
Compatriot of Rev. Richard Denton, his daughter married John Rock Smith
