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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.62.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Conn ...
Content Denison
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.62.0 Photograph by Gavin Ashworth. © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Content Denison

Anglo-American, 1753 - after 1794
BiographyContent Denison was born 29 January 1753 in Stonington, Connecticut. She was the oldest daughter of Captain Joseph Denison (1707-1795) and his second wife, Bridget Noyes Wheeler Denison (1725-1772). She had nine siblings. Content Denison's father was a weaver and farmer; he also served numerous terms as Deputy for Stonington and also as a Justice, Commanding Ensign of West Company in Stonington, and a church deacon. Content Denison married John Williams (b. 1746-after 1794) on 18 January 1770 in Stonington, Connecticut; they had nine children.
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