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Easy Google Genealogy searcher helps you use Google to find websites relating to your family.

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Don't Know the Exact Year?

With Google, you can search for a range of years. If you are not sure of the year, but you have an approximate idea, do a number range search.

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• ship passenger list 1850..1860
• obituary 1920..1925
• John Smith Pennsylvania 1901..1980

Charles Holmes Dennis

This 1908 "Real Photo" postcard shows Charles H. Dennis, who was born in Eatontown in 1873, and died 1944. He lived in Clarks Summit PA, and was proofreader, printer, and book collector. He was a 4g Grandson of Samuel Dennis.  His collection of books is still in the family.

Monmouth County Map by Anthony Dennis

Follow this link to see a map dated 1781, made from a survey by Anthony Dennis and other surveyors. The map itself is in the library of Congress.

Anthony Dennis surveys the Boundary of NY/NJ 1770

extract from the (NJ Colonial) Proprietor's Minutes vol. B, p. 91.

"At a Council of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, held at Perth Amboy, Sept. 14th, 1770. "The agents for managing the controversy on the boundary line between this Colony and the Colony of New York, delivered in a report in the following words:

"The agents for managing the controversy of settling the division line, with the colony of New York, Do Report that immediately after the last stated meeting Messrs Stevens, Cuyler and Rutherfurd met the agents of New York and signed the agreement, a copy of which had been laid before the Board with the only alterations respecting the manner of applying for the acts of the Legislature, and inserting the names of Messrs Stevens, Parker and Rutherfurd as the persons who were to attend the running of the line on the part of New Jersey, and Messrs Wickham and De Noyelles on the part of New York.

"That in consequence thereof the 22nd of May last Messrs Stevens and Parker with Anthony Dennis their Surveyor, met Messrs Wickham and De Noyelles with James Clinton their Surveyor at Orangetown, where many of the adjacent inhabitants were assembled and were utterly averse to having the proposed line run, but on the contrary with many threats declared they were determined to prevent it, on which being apprehensive they might be obstructed if they begun on Hudson's River and Mr. De Noyelles declaring if they were he would proceed no further, they all agreed to begin on the Station Mahackamack hoping the people opposing would be better informed on their return. Accordingly they set out but from the badness of the weather did not begin before the 25th in the evening when they set off from the Station aforesaid and proceeded on a course S. 53 deg. 15 min. E. from day to day to the 7th of June when they were stopped a few chains across Saddle River by at least 50 men. They then concluded to set over to the line run and measured last summer by Clinton and Dennis, from Phillips' Mill to Minisink Island, which was done

1697 Will of Abigail Lippincott, re: Dennis family

 

Abigail Lippincott of Shrewsbury is buried at the Friends Burial Ground pictured. In her 1697 will she leaves money to her Dennis descendants;

I give and bequeath unto my three grandaughters Even the offspring of my daughter Increase Dennis, unto Abigail Dennis I give tenn pounds, and unto my Grandaughter Zybiah Dennis I give five pounds, and unto my Grandaughter Rachel Dennis I give five pounds more, which sume of money is to be paid out of my goods & chattels, and unto my son In Law Samuel Dennis I give five shillings, and by this same do freely Requitt & forgive all Debts and Dues belonging unto me by book or otherwise from him : And also after my Decease ye Aforesaid Samuell Dennis shall have ye use and benefit of ye aforesaid sume of money that I have given unto his three daughters untill they Survive to ye age of Eighteen years, or untill their day of marriage