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INVENTORY OF SOME ITEMS RELATING TO DENNIS FAMILY IN POSSESSION OF FRANK
DENNIS NOVEMBER 2001 (incomplete)
1. The Dennis Family by J. L. Ordway,
1890. (emphasis on Franklin6 Dennis)
2.
History of my own line back to Thomas Dennis (typed MS) [DennFam]
3. The Descendants of Thomas and Grace Dennis of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Mildred Cull Kimmel , 1968 (typed MS)
[Thomas1 – John2 – John3 – Arthur4
– Moses5 – Robt. D.6 – Louise7 (Whitbeck)]
4. A Genealogy of Rev. Rodney Gove Dennis, His
Forebears and Descendants by Thomas Little, 1911.
5.
Notes of Leora Wilson Drake, town historian, Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY
on Dennis family back to Thomas.
Emphasis on family of Moses Dennis Jr. (5), son of Moses (4)
6.
Notes of Demorris (Boyd) Williams [Thomas1 – John2
– John3 – Arthur4 – Samuel5 – Caroline Frances6
(Watson)] on Dennis line back to Thomas.
Emphasis on family of Arthur (4), in Wayne County, NY
7.
Ipswich Library Archives (copies
of births, deaths, marriages on file in public library, Ipswich, MA)
8.
Copy of information on Dennis and related families from History of Hancock, New Hampshire,
1764-1889 by W. W. Hayward.
9.
Copies of information and photos of furniture made by Thomas Dennis on
file in Winterthur Museum.
10.
Copies of series of articles on Thomas Dennis furniture in Antiques magazine. (6-part series of articles by Irving P. Lyon, Vol. 32:230, 298; Vol. 33: 73, 198, 322; Vol. 34:
79) See also article by Homer E. Keyes,
below.
11.
Copy of pages from Essex Institute Annual Report, July 1965, with photos
of Dennis furniture.
12.
Copies of pension papers filed by Moses Dennis (4) for service in
Revolutionary War (National Archives, Washington) [MosesD]
13.
Copy of newspaper article in Ipswich
Chronicle (6 Dec 1990) on the making of a replica of a Dennis chest
14.
Copies of several articles dealing with early American furniture,
including that made by Thomas Dennis
15.
Keyes, Homer Eaton. 1938. Dennis or a Lesser Light ? Antiques
34:296-340. (questions authenticity of many items of furniture attributed to
Thomas Dennis)
16.
Photograph album kept by my grandparents [Willis and Alma (Rowley)
Dennis], with photos of Willis's father
(Franklin Dennis), mother (Abby Boardman), Willis's siblings and their
immediate families.
17.
Copy of will of Thomas Dennis
18.
Map of Old North Churchyard, Ipswich, Mass., and list of Dennis graves.
19.
Copy of biography of Rev. John3 Dennis from C. K. Shipton's
"Harvard Lives" [included in item 2 above]
20. Photos of graves of Thomas and Grace, Lydia Dennis in Ipswich,
Moses and Sarah, Lois Dennis in Hancock, NH, others.
21. Computerized genealogical records on
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) of (1) my known ancestors and (2) all known
Dennis descendants of Thomas Dennis and their immediate families.
22.
Introduction to descendancy chart beginning with Thomas Dennis
[denndesc]
23. Notes
of Marjorie10 (Follmer) Hospidor (deceased) [Thomas1 – John2 –
John3 – Arthur4 – Samuel5 – Joseph D.6
– Leonard M.7 – Wm. Edgar8 – Mary Leone9
(Follmer)]