27TH GENERATION


1791. Abraham Denton I was born in 1675 in Hempstead, Long Island, Queens, Nassau County, New York. He died in 1729 in Orange County, New York. He was buried in Orange CO, NY. Abraham was a private in Captain Cornelius Haring's company from Orange CO, NY during 1715. He had purchased land from Richard Volentine of Hempstead on March 3, 1700.

The Orange CO, NY records show, "Abraham Denton, Senr., of the Precinct of Haverstraw to son Abraham Denton, land. Delivered in the presence of Jonas Denton and John Denton, and attested by Cornelius Herring, January 10, 1729-30."

He was married to Martha THORNE (daughter of ) in 1699 in Orange CO, NY. Martha THORNE was born in 1679 in Woodstock, VA. She died in 1730 in Orange CO, NY. Abraham Denton I and Martha THORNE had the following children:

child+1915 i. Capt. Abraham DENTON II.
child+1916 ii. Martha DENTON.

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