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State of Service: NJ
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Inscription: " New Jersey Pvt 1 Regt Essex Co Mil Rev War"
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Peter Baron
Significance: Private, 1st Regiment Essex County, NJ Volunteer Militia
Christopher Denman was a 4th Generation American. His Great Grandfather, John Denman (1621-1691) arrived with his mother, Judith Stoughton Denman (1591-1661), on the Dorset and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1635. His family lived in Salem and Long Island before his grandfather, John Denman (1643-1713), moved to Westfield, New Jersey. Christopher was born on 5 March 1741. In 1766 he married Abigail Hendricks (1746-1803). They had 9 children between 1772 and 1792. Christopher served the American Cause in Captain Benjamin Laing’s Company under Colonel Moses Jacques of the New Jersey Militia. He also furnished supplies to the government. Christopher returned home after the war and died 21 Oct 1808 in Westfield. He is buried in the Old Presbyterian Church.
Societies and Proof: Proven to the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Denman Family History by Harriet N. Harris 1913 Tombstone at Westfield's Old Presbyterian Cemetery
Additional biography by Bradley T. Rearden, Stephen Holston Chapter, Tennessee Society: Christopher Denman was a 4th Generation American. His Great Grandfather settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1635. His family lived in Salem and Long Island before his grandfather moved to Westfield, New Jersey. Christopher was born on 5 March 1741. In 1766 he married Abigail Hendricks. They had 9 children between 1772 and 1792. Christopher served the American Cause in Captain Benjamin Laing's Company under Col Moses Jaques of the New Jersey Militia. He also furnished supplies to the government. His service is recorded in the New Jersey Revolutionary War Slips and in the NJ DOD Materials Roll #30, MSS #244, #355, #4453, #4459. Christopher returned home after the war and died 21 Oct 1808 in Westfield, New Jersey. Christopher Denman and Abigail Hendricks Denman are buried in the Presbyterian Church Burial Grounds at Westfield, Essex, NJ.
Christopher Denman's father-in-law was Isaac Hendricks. Isaac provided Patriotic Service by furnishing supplies recorded in Stratford & Wilson, Certs & Receipts of Rev NJ, pp 86, 109. Isaac Hendricks is buried in the Presbyterian Church grounds at Westfield, Union, NJ.
Christopher Denman's daughter, Susan, married Jonathan Corey. Jonathan Corey is a Patriot in the Revolutionary War by furnishing supplies to the army.
The following is the record:
Received from Daniel Marsh, Quartermaster, Rahway Certificates.; Cert. No. 138 dated 11 March 1780 for $5140 Continental and Cert. No 38 dated 07 Aug 1780 for $4092.60 90th, for 52 cords of wood; curing 27 1/2 cords; 7 days carting; 3 days horses hire; 1 bsl corn and 1 oats.
Jonathan Corey is also buried in the Presbyterian Church Burial Grounds at Westfield, Union, NJ.
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