![]() Though they at this time should much better be,įor love it is, that first has been to thee.Īnd I would wish that they much better were, Yet pass them by, because I know not how. This with my blottings, tho' they trouble you, ![]() My heart's desire is-that thine may be to me. God having drawn my affections unto thee, That God's great vow by man be not withstood I of that stock am sprung-I mean from him-Ī branch, tho' young, yet I do think it good He in His wisdom, therefore, thought it rightĪ helper that for him might be most meet, Which God unto the sons of men makes shine, He proposed to Bridget by writing her a love poem: We do know that George fell in love with a young woman named Bridget Thompson when he was about 19. Eventually, the Antinomian leaders were tried and banished, so perhaps William was fortunate to have been only disarmed! Young George by then would have been a young man of about 17, but there is no mention of any involvement by him in this whole controversy. We don't know whether George's mother Margaret was one of the numerous women who followed Anne Hutchinson's teachings. Concepts of gender and politics added to the disagreement. The Antinomians were generally regarded as heretics against the established laws. Apparently William Denison was also a supporter. It pitted the majority of the Puritans against the adherents of a "covenant of grace" espoused by Cotton Mather and supported by Anne Hutchinson and her brother-in-law Reverend John Wheelwright. This was in regard to the Antinomian Controversy which raged in Puritan New England from 1636-1638. William was one of five Roxbury men to be disarmed on 20 November 1637 for supporting Mr. ![]() Life in New England was never without controversy, however. His father William held a number of public offices including Roxbury constable, Deputy to the General Court and committee member for inspection of ships. Young George's early life in America was probably more comfortable than most. They were quite well off and brought a good estate from England. Education was obviously important to this family. Another son John was in his mid-20's, had been educated at Cambridge and so decided to remain in England where he was a minister.Īccompanying the family on the voyage was George's tutor, the Reverend John Eliot. Daniel had been attending university at Cambridge when he was recalled by his father to join the family's migration. The early church in Roxbury records his father William as its 3rd member and names William's sons Daniel, Edward and George. He was eleven years old when he arrived in Roxbury, Massachusetts. There were many other children making the journey and no doubt the boys, being boys, found much entertainment. Young George had an early adventure when he crossed the Atltantic aboard the Lion with his parents and two brothers as part of the "Great Migration". This second George would have a longer and more vigourous life, living into his 70's. The first George had been born in 1609 and had died in 1614 as a young child. He was baptised there 395 years ago this week on 10 December 1620. My 9th great grandfather George Denison was the second son of that name born North of London in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England to William Denison and Margaret Chandler. Wife of Captain George Denison - my 9th great grandmother Ann Borodell
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