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21. Nettie Imogene "Cupie" Dennis: Born 27 July 1914, Beardstown, Cass, Illinois; Married eloped on 26 January 1929, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois; Edward George (born "Gunner Edward") Johnson: Born 26 January 1907, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Christened 2 June 1907, 2285 Whiple St., Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Died 7 March 1989, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois; Buried Elmwood Memorial cemetery, Elmwood Park, Cook, Illinois. (See Johnson) Sources: Personal knowlege and papers;

22. Charles Arthur Dennis: Born 25 November 1878, Rushville, Illinois; Died September 1954, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Buried Elmwood Memorial cemetery, Elmwood Park, Illinois; Married 18 April 1902, Virginia, Illinois; Mae Elizabeth Louise Preckwinkle: Born 17 March 1878, Beardstown, Cass, Illinois; Died 2 February 1946, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Buried Elmwood Memorial cemetery, Elmwood Park, Illinois. (See Preckwinkle)  According to Cupie's birth certificate, Charles was at that time a coal miner. In some records he is listed as Charles Edward Dennis. Mae died in her home at 543 North Waller in the Austin area of Chicago. She lived in this area for most of the 28 years between her arrival in Chicago and her death. She was a member of the Austin Methodist Church. Mae was known for her happy disposition. She made friends easily and most of the friends of her children called her "mom".

Charles and Mae had eight children: "baby" Dennis born 30 July 1903 and died two days later; Lorena Anna Mae Dennis born 30 July (or August 13 according to Cupie) 1904, who married Frank Lennen and had Mary Frances and Barbara Alberta and then married "Bud" Bambard and then married Charles Holleman; Alberta Marion "Birdie" Dennis born 25 January 1906, who married Clarence Isaac Liby and had Clarence Edward, Leslie Donald, Robert Henry Anthony and Violet Mae; Charles Leslie "Les" Dennis born 21 June 1908, married Rose Baer and had boy who was stillborn, Carol, Leslie E. "Denny", and Maralyn and then he married Harriet and had Jeffrey L.; Josephene Catherine "Jody" Dennis born 17 June 1912, and married Richard May and had Bonnie Jean and Richard Jr.; Nettie Imogene "Cupie" Dennis born 1914, and married Edward George Johnson and had Shirley Jean and Edward Alfred; Charles Eguene "Gene" Dennis born 23 May 1917, married Patricia Bauman and had Patricia, Suzanne (Susan), Robert, James and William and then married Marie Dragisic Peterson; and Nona Caroline "Nonie" Dennis born 16 May 1922, who married Robert Sharples and had Judith Mae and Barbara Jean, and then married Bill Remec. Sources: recollections of Cupie Johnson; Records in Mae Dennis' Bible; Mae Dennis' obituary; Charles and Mae's wedding license; LDS Records.

23. William Henry Dennis: Born 22 August 1842, Steubenville, Browning Twp, Butler County, Ohio; Died 13 January 1925, Culbertson Hospital, Rushville, Illinois; Married 12 December 1866; Josephene "Thomas" Tonkery: Born 14 June 1845, Hanibal, Missouri; Died 27 March 1913, Quincy, Illinois; Buried Rushville, Illinois. Josephene was an orphan. She generally used her mother's maiden name as her own. This is because she was raised by her maternal grandmother. William served in the 10th Missouri Infantry, Company A, during the Civil War. He enlisted at the age of 19 in 1861. This unit was part of the Western Army and served in the Mississippi Valley Campaign. During the war he may have been wounded. He was discharged on 22 March 1862. After the war William was a carpenter and a school teacher. William and Josephine had seven children: three unknown daughters; one unknown son; Rollo F. Dennis; J. H. Dennis; and Charles A. Dennis born 25 November 1878, married Mae Preckwinkle. Sources: family group sheets written by Jaqueline D. Wright; William Henry's Obituary (in her possession); LDS Records.

24. Joseph Dennis: Born 25 July 1811, Butler County, Ohio; Died 18 April 1892; Buried Bethany Cemetery, Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois; Married 14 August 1834, Schuyler County, Illinois; Mary Frances Kirkham: Born 25 December 1812, Preble County, Ohio; Died 7 October 1901, Littletown Township, Schuyler County, Illinois; Buried Bethany Cemetery, Littleton Township, Schuyler County, Illinois; (See Kirkham) Joseph and Mary had nine children: Mary Elizabeth Dennis born 13 September 1835, married William Barnett Rose; John Milton Dennis born 19 March 1837 married Frances D. Jones; Francis M. Dennis born 27 June 1840, Died in the Civil War; William Henry Dennis born 22 August 1842, married Josephene "Thomas"; James Monroe Dennis born 22 January 1845, married Olive Beatrice Mason; Naomi Jane Dennis born 22 June 1847, married John Schuyler Berry; George W. (or M.) Dennis born 13 June 1850; Harrison Osborne Dennis born 1 March 1853, married Anna P. McCullough and had Chester A.; and Thomas J. Dennis born 17 August 1854. Sources: notes from Barbie Jean James and Jaqueline D. Wright; LDS Records.

25. John Dennis: Born 2 January 1777, Gemantown, PA; Died 9 January 1850, Schuyler County, Illinois; Buried Pittenger (AKA Ashcraft) Cemetery, Oakland Township, Schuyler County, Illinois. Married 19 September 1798, Cape May, New Jersey; Rachel Bishop: Born 1779 or 1781, of Cape May, NJ; Died 27 September 1873, Schuyler County, Illinois; Buried Pittenger (AKA Ashcraft) Cemetery, Oakland Township, Schuyler County, Illinois. Sources: notes from Barbie Jean James and Jaqueline D. Wright; LDS Records.

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26. Ezekiel Dennis: Born 17 December 1742, Rockhill Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Died, Canada? Married about 1774, Richland Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania; Ann Heacock: Born 1751, Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania; Died 1813. (See Heacock) Family tradition has this individual as Captain "Isaiah" Dennis who was lost at Sea. It is not difficult to see how Ezekiel was corrupted to Isaiah. They are both Biblical names with the same initial phonemes. Sources: LDS Records; notes from Barbie Jean James and Jaqueline D. Wright.

27. John Dennis: Born 25 August 1719, Sussex County, New Jersey; Died 25 August 1797 Rockhill Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Married 24 April 1740 Gwynnedd Monthly Meeting, New Jersey or Pennsylvania; Keziah Ball: Born 13 August 1716 Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Died 15 January 1803, Bucks, Pennsylvania. Sources: LDS Records;

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28. Joseph Dennis Sr.: Born 8 May 1697, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Died 1770, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Married Hannah Lewis: Born 1699, New Jersey. LDS records indicate Hannah Lewis as the Wife of Joseph Dennis Sr. My reserch shows Hanah as the wife of Joseph Dennnis Jr. It is possible that Joseph Jr. and Joseph Sr. each maried a Hannah Lewis but I have nothing definate to support this.

Joseph Dennis Sr. moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1738 or earlier. Here he owned much land and was quite active. Under a warrant of survey dated April 17th 1736, a Tract of land was surveyed for him in the Forks of Kimball's Meadow Creek four miles from Durham. This land was patented to him on August 29th 1739. Later sales of this land indicate that this was located in Haycock Township on a branch of Tohickon Creek. He moved to New Jersey from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was persuaded to join his son Ezekiel in Sussex County who had settled there years before. He had lived in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, for many years but began to dispose of his considerable land holdings and accepted his son's invitation to move to New Jersey in 1768. Half of the aforementioned land he gave to his son Charles. The remainder of the tract, containing 183 acres, he conveyed to Phillip Herring. Once there he moved in with his son Ezekiel. Weather this was his original plan is not clear. It is however clear that he was in poor health and quite feeble. He did not live long once he reached New jersey. When he moved he did not move alone. With him came his son Jesse and Jesse's wife and children. Joseph's will was written in Newton, NJ on September 29th, 1767. His will bequeathed to his sons, Joseph Jr. and Ezekiel, all of his property on the condition that they pay five pounds to his son John and thirty pounds to his son Nathaniel. The will was witnessed by Hugh Haggerty, Patrick Haggerty and Joseph Barton Joseph died in March, 1770 and his will was probated on April 7th, 1770. Sources: LDS Records; Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey.

29. Jonathan Dennis: Born 9 September 1669, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Died Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Married about 1690, Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Rachel Hull: Born 9 July 1676, Dover (Cocheco), New Hampshire; Died Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Sources: LDS Records;

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30. Captain Benjamin Hull: Born 24 March 1639, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Died 1713, Piscataqua, Middlesex County, New Jersey; Married about 1667/1668 Oyster River, New Hampshire; Dover, New Hampshire; Rachel York: Born 1641 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; Died Piscataway, New Jersey. Sources: LDS Records;

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31. Joseph Hull: Born 25 April 1594, Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Died 19 November 1665, Old Parish, Accomenticus, (York), ME; Married 1633, Somersetshire, England; Agnes (Hull): Born 1610, of Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Died 1665. Sources: LDS Records; The website http://www.josephhull.com/ANCEST.HTM says of him:
                                                                                                                                       "The historical record shows that their son Joseph was educated at St. Mary''s Hall, Oxford University, receiving a B.A. Degree upon graduation on November 14, 1614. During the five years immediately following, he studied theology, serving meantime as a teacher and curate under his elder brother William Hull, Vicar of Colyton in Devonshire. Later, on April 14, 1621, having been ordained a clergyman of the Church of England, he was duly instituted Rector of Northleigh, Diocese of Exeter, which was the scene of his labors for over eleven years.

In 1632, the Reverend Joseph Hull voluntarily resigned his rectorship at Northleigh. Coincident, or perhaps not so coincident, was the death of ths wife, Joanna, following the birth of their seventh child, Dorothy.

There is much speculation about the reasons for his departure from his place of service in Northleigh. Some accounts indicate that at the end of that period he found himself out of accord with those in ecclesiastical authority over himself - keeping in mind that his Northleigh ministry was located in Devonshire significantly populated by those in the Puritan movement many of whom were leaving monthly for New England. There are other compelling reasons why Joseph Hull left the pulpit temporarily - he had just experienced an overwelming personal tragedy - the death of his beloved wife, Joanna, who, for at least eleven years , served with him as his partner in their ministry to the parishoners at Northleigh; she was his devoted first wife; and she was the mother of their seven young children. What was the Reverend Hull to do faced with the difficult choices facing him? I think he made the only decision available to him in the crisis at hand - place his professional career of Christian service on hold and attend to the responsibilities of caring for seven motherless children at home.

So we find the Reverend Joseph Hull, a well educated 40 year old, ordained clergyman, committed to a lifetime of Christian service - having served in a positions of responsibility within two churches for sixteen years during a tumultuous period of religious reformation - experiencing great personal loss and the responsibility for seven young children.

In 1635, Joseph Hull married his second wife, Agnes.

It must be concluded that Joseph Hull needed a new place of service and a congregation with whom he could share his own religious beliefs. That place was New England where others like him had sought a new start in a new land of religious freedom. The circumstances were such and the opportunity afforded to Joseph Hull to immigrate to America where he could serve as full-time minister and founder of Mariner Quaker Churches in New England.

So Joseph Hull, his wife, their seven children, and several servants make the momentous decision which lead them to America.

Historical records indicate that Joseph Hull was born in March 3, 1594, in Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England where he lived for 16 and one-half years.

He was admitted to St. Mary's Hall, Oxford University. where he received a B.A. Degree upon graduation on November 14, 1614.

During the five years immediately following his graduation, he studied theology, serving meantime as a teacher and curate under his elder brother William Hull, Vicar of Colyton in the Parish Church, Colyton, Devonshire.

On April 14, 1621, having been ordained a clergyman of the Church of England, he was duly instituted Rector of Northleigh, Diocese of Exeter, Northleigh, Devonshire, which was the scene of his labors for over eleven years.

Joseph Hull's first wife Joanna Coffin, and mother of seven children, died in 1632, presumably upon giving birth to their daughter Dorothy Hull, leaving Joseph Hull widowed and responsible for the care of his seven young children..

During the period 1632 and 1635, Joseph Hull married his second wife, Agnes.

Some accounts indicate that during this period he found himself out of accord with those in ecclesiastical authority over himself. For whatever the reason(s), the Reverend Joseph Hull voluntarily resigned his rectorship.

History records that many residents in the Devonshire area were sympathetic to the Puritan cause and it was from this geographical area that the Pilgrims and Puritans gathered and departed the shores of England for New England.

So we have a scenario in which a well educated, 40 year old, ordained clergyman, having served in a position of responsibility within the church for a period of over eleven years during a tumultuous period of religious reformation, suddenly out of favor with his own church yet committed to a lifetime of Christian service.

Further, the Reverend Joseph Hull was widowed, the father of seven children, and recently remarried to his second wife.

It must be concluded that Joseph Hull needed a new place of service and a congregation with whom he could share his own religious beliefs. That place was New England where others like him had sought a new start in a new land of religious freedom. The circumstances were such and the opportunity afforded to Joseph Hull to immigrate to America where he could serve as full-time minister.

So Joseph Hull, his wife, their large family and several servants made the momentous decision which lead them to America.Crewkerne."

Sources: LDS Records; http://www.josephhull.com/ANCEST.HTM

32. Thomas Hull: Born 1547, Crewekerne, Somerset, England; Died 11 January 1572, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England; Married 11 January 1572, Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Joan Peson: Born 1551, of Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Died 30 November 1629 Crewkerne, Somerset, England. While little is known about Thomas and Joanna Hull other than the above, one could conclude that they were educated people of some means and were foundation families in their community of Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England. Further, it can be assumed that they were a religious family when one considers the profound impact that religion had upon at least two of their children - Joseph Hull and William Hull - and ultimately upon the Hull family in America. Sources: LDS Records;, http://www.josephhull.com/ANCEST.HTM

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33. Richard Hull: Born 1515, of Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Died 15 October 1587, Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Married Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Alice (Hull): Born 1525, of Crewkerne, Somerset, England; Died 20 October 1587, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England. Sources: LDS Records;

34. Hugh Hull. Sources: WFT #17, Tree # 2330.

35. Hough Hull. Sources: WFT #17, Tree # 2330.