Denton Family NOTES. BEVERLEY, LONDON, FOLKESTONE, ana .-. CHICAGO. Reprinted from "Yorkshire Notes and Queries," August, 1908, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. (Beverley, London, Folkestone, and Chicago). c_ " Some be'ieve that the family of Donton oame into Britaiin with the Romane ; first, because it is a Roman name, as appears in two cpigrama in Martial ' In Dontone;n ;' secondly, from Julius Dentatua. a consul in Rom'P, who. niter his consulship, camo into England witn Julius Ag^ricola, and built a tower iiipon the Pict's ■vva'.J, and called it Denton, supposed to bo, and whicJi, in ali probabjlicy, )nay be that old tower at Danton Hall ('Oumboriandshiire) 'vliich stands very nigh that old wall, and thcio never was any other kno\vn of that name. Tho first inhabitant we read of here was one Bu'Oth. :•' ^" era jOiTis ilK-rL.''.--' " Others believe Denton to be a Saxon family, because of the termination of the word in 'on.'" (Cf. Burke's ' Land'3d Gentry,' far 185C, vol ii., Supplement, pp. 100-101 ; Loiidcn. 1850) Concerning- tho ancient hiistory of the family oif Denton, we shall, for tho present, rest con- tent with the quotation of the forej^oing remarks on the origin of that surname. Tho noios following relate chiefly to a branch ji the family formerly residing at Beverley, in Yorkshire, and to which belonged, it appears, one William (?) Denton, who flourished circa 180G-1S25. Pie became a Government contractoi- and, according ro tradition, erected several fortifioations along the Britisih coast ^1). His kinsman, John Denton No. 1, was born in York- shire, circa, 1791, and died in South Norrt^od, ' Loiidon, circa 13'J7-8, aged about 76 vea-s (2) • having married Mary Wad'dingham ;3). 27 May, 1819 (in Ilotham Chu.-ch, i>ari5h of St. Oswad'.s, Hofcham, Y''crkstiiro), by whom h^ l^ad issue, as follows :—Wdliam, born 28 March, 1820; John, born 6 April, 1322; &;unuel, oorn circu, 1834 ; Jo&eph. William Denton (eldest surviving child of John Denton, No. 1, and Mary his wife) was born in Beverley, YcHcshire, 28 Maich, 1820 (4), and was bapti&ed on the following day m the United Parish?'! of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, of the same p'lace ['5). His parents then resided at Lair Gate, Beverley. He removed to London, engaged in the building biifciness, and subsequently took uip his rcsiidence at Folkestone, in Kent, where he cortnued in the same ocouipation until he retired shortly before his decease at Folkestone, 20 July, 1905. He was thrke married but died without issue •'•!■■'-■ dow, Mr*. Harr • I )<:ii •.;•!, ,-cd U- ' ■ ^.oiatLery at Jb'olkestone a handsome monument to his memory. His will, dated 13 .->.ugust, 19C4, was proved at Londou, 6 September, 1905. John Denton No. 2 (second surviving child of John Denton No. 1, and Mary his -vife) was borin in Beverley, 6 April, 1822 (4). and was baptised on the 12th of the same month, in the United Parishes of St. John and St. Martin, in Beverley (3). His parents' abode at ihat time is given as " Keld Gate" (3). He settlcjd in London and became a, partner of his elder brother, WiUiam, in the buildinig busi- ness During the latter part of the year 1870 he removed to the city of Chicago, U.S , where he died intestate, ■'3th March, 1904. His remains were interred by those of his second wife, in Oakwoods Cemetery, Ohioago. He married first, circa 1846, in Yorkshire, Mary Ihwv/ton (who died circa 1857, a,t No. 31, Mar- ^rgaretta Terrace, Chelsea, London), and by that marriage had surviving issue, as follows:— Robert Watson, born 8 August, 1847; John, born 8 August, 1849; Joseph, born 28 October, 1853. John Denton No. 2 married, eecondly, at Chelsea, 3rd May, 1859 (3), his own cousin, Giii Author (Person) Elizabeth Waddingham (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Waddingham ; born at Hotham, Yorkshire, 7 March, 1835; baptised 19 March, 1835 ; died in Chicago, 24 March, 1900), and by that second marriage had ag surviving issue one only child, to wit:— Ada Florence, born 8 February, 1870. Samuel Denten (third surviving child of Jolm Denton No. 1, and Mary, his wife), was born circa 1834; married Sophia. . . . ,and died 25 August, 1877, aged' forty-three years, with- out issue. As there is no record of his will at Somerset House, London, it appears that he died intestate. He was for some years manager for the firm of Merry and Nutter, in White Chapel, Loudon. Joseph Denton (fourth surviving cliild of John Denton No. 1, and Mary, his wife), married, and now (1908) resides in Folkestone, Kent, without issue. Robert Wateon Denton, builder, of FJolke- stonc, Kent (oldest surviving child of John Denton No. 2, and Mary, his first wife) was boKK- ill-Yorkshire, 8 August, 1847; married and h;!>; ir..f«c. The eight ohildrea last named now (1908) reside with their parents at No. 3564, Cottage Grove Avonue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Josep.h Denton (third surviving child oi John Denton No. 2, and Mary hie first wife) was bom at No. 31, Margaretta Terrace, Chelsea, London, 28th October, 1853; married 14 Deeember, 1880, May O. Willson; no issue. Residence: No. 3564, Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U-S'. Ada Florence Denton (only survivinig child of John Denton No. 2 by Elizabeth, his second wife) was born at No. 1. Maitland VillaB, Canning Road, Croydon, London, 8 February, 1870 (3) ; married at Chicago, 2 September, 1895, Eugene Fairfield McPike (son of Hon. Henry Guest McPike and Nannie Louise Lyon, his second wife) (5) ; now resides at No. 290, East Forty -second Street, Chicago, U.S., and has issue : — Elizabeth McPiku, born at Chicago, 11 June, 1897; Helen McPike, b. ibid., 19 October, 1905. Thirza Agues Denton (eldest daughter of John Denton No. ?> nn.r! T^^,« !-■- C--L ',vife) wa« ;.. , :■ ' ■ ■ ■■■■■•. lii^'' surviving child of John Denton No. 2 and Mary his first wife) was born at Market Weighton in Yorkshire, 8 August, 1849 (3). He removed to America, circa 1871, his present residence being at No. 3564, Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. He married, first at Burlington, Iowa, Jane Wright (born in Cambridge, England, 6 July, 1849; died in Hobart, Indiana, U.S., 25 March, 1876) and by her had issue— Thirza Agnes, born in Burlington, Iowa, 29 Septem- ber, 1871 ; Edmund James, born in Hobart, Indiana, 7 August, 1874. John Denton No. 3 married, secondly, in Chicago, 7 March, 1881, Emma — (born 6 February, 1855), and by this second marriage has issue as follows : — Olive Edna, born in Chicago 12 March, 1882; Esther Emma, b. ibid., 11 October, 1883; Bessie Ada, b. ibid., 6 September, 1835; Valentina Jennie, b. ibid., 14 February, 1888; Robert Joseph, b. ibid., 6 February, 1890; John Edgar, b. ibid., 16 January, 1892; Ruth Helen, b. ibid., 14 Sep- tember, 1863; Mary Elizabeth, b. ibid., 27 August, 1895. Ebenezer Read, who died 4 February. 1902, without issue. The latter's widow married, secondly, Henry Chapman Perdue, 22 April, 1904, a.iid has issue : — James Denton Perdue, born 25 January, 1907. Edmund James Denton (eldest son of John Denton No. 3, gnd Jane hie first wife) was born at Hobart, Indiana, 7 August, 1874; married, 2 June. 1893, Mrs. Siisie , born Jackson, and has issue : — Eleanor Elizabeth, born 13 November, 1905. NOTES. (1) " Notes and Queries " (London), 10th Series, Vol. v., page 209, et passim. (2) " New York Genealogical and Biographical Record " (U.S.), Vol. xxix., page 240. (3) Certified extract from official records. (4) Manuscript letter from the late Mr. William Denton, dated at Folkestone, lOtli April, 1904. (5) The ' Old North-west ' Genealogical Quarterly (Oolumbus, Ohio), Vol. vii., page 267, Oct., 1904, and Magazine of History (New York), Vol vii., p. 166, March, 1908- EUGENE FAIRFIELD MoPIKE. 230, East Forty-scccnd Street, Chicago, lllin<'is, U.S.A. ; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 009 618 591 1