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The DENTON Family

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    Photo of Roxey Emiline (DENTON) Hickman.

(born 1848 in Crawford County, Indiana)
shown with her spouse,
Charles Ambrose Hickman, Sr.
in Orange County, Indiana)

Reported by their great-grandson
Mark Ellsworth Hickman, PhD
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Thirteen generations ...


  • I am Mark Ellsworth HICKMAN (born 1952 in Indiana).

  • I am the son of Harold Ellsworth HICKMAN (born 1920 in Illinois) and Winifred Jean (EDDLEMAN) HICKMAN (born 1930 Indiana).

  • I am the grandson of Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Jr. (born 16 March 1877 in Orange County, Indiana) and Mary "Mamie" Elizabeth (FEARS) HICKMAN (born in November 1880 in Orange County, Indiana).

  • I am the great-grandson of Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr. (born 06 August 1846 in Orange County, Indiana) and Roxey Emiline (DENTON) HICKMAN (born in 1848 in Crawford County, Indiana).

  • I am the great-great-grandson of Allen DENTON (born 1804 in Tennessee) and Clary (FOSTER) DENTON (born 1823 in Indiana).

  • I am the great-great-great-grandson of David DENTON (born 1778 in Virginia) and Elizabeth (GWIN) DENTON (born 1787 in Tennessee).

  • I am the great-great-great-great-grandson of Thomas DENTON (born 1746 in Hampshire County, Virginia -- in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia, died 01 May 1807) and Elizabeth (OSBORNE) DENTON.

  • I am the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Robert DENTON (born 1714, died 1778 in Hampshire County, Virginia -- in what is now Hardy County, West Virginia) and Jane (MOON) DENTON (born 1714, died 1787).

  • I am the great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Jonas DENTON (born 1658) and Jane (SEAMAN) DENTON.

  • I am the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Samuel DENTON, Sr. (born between 1632 and 1634) and Mary Rock (SMITH) DENTON.

  • I am the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Rev. Richard DENTON (born 1603 in Yorkshire, England) and Helen (WINDLBANK) DENTON.

  • I am the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Sir Richard DENTON (born 1557 in Worley, Yorkshire, England) and Susan (SIBELLA) DENTON (born 1563).

  • I am the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Richard DENTON (born 1517 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England) and Gennett (BANYSTER) DENTON (born 1527 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England).








Drawing of Coley's Chapel, Halifax, England. The Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton says: "Sizar of St. Catherine's Easter, 1621, b. 1603 in Yorks, B.A. 1622-3, priest 8 June 1623. Deacon at Peterborough 9 March 1622-3. Curate of Coley Chapel, Halifax, for some years."







    TIDBIT: Roxey Emiline (DENTON) HICKMAN, my great-grandmother, and a descendant of the Rev. Richard Denton, was herself a minister in the Church of the Brethren. (She also smoked a corn-cob pipe.)






    TIDBIT: "John DENTON, wife and Miss DENTON," are listed as residents at Ruddle's Fort, Kentucky at the time of the 1780 attack by the British and Native America warriers. I am a direct descendant of this John Denton's brother, Thomas Denton.

    This John Denton was great-grand uncle of this Roxey Emiline (DENTON) HICKMAN.

    So this John Denton at Ruddles Fort was my great-great-great-great-grand-uncle. (See my Ruddles Fort Massacre Web page.)






    TIDBIT: Roxey Emiline (DENTON) HICKMAN's aunt by marriage was Elizabeth (Lincoln) Denton, who was a first cousin of President Abraham Lincoln.

    In other words, my great-grandmother, Roxey Emiline (DENTON) HICKMAN's father was Allen DENTON. This Allen DENTON's brother, Isom DENTON, married Elizabeth LINCOLN.

    So, I am a great-great-grand-nephew to the husband of President Abraham Lincoln's first cousin.






    My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents,

    Richard DENTON (Born 1517 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.)
    and Gennett (BANYSTER) DENTON (Born 1527 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.)

    had at least four children:

    • John DENTON (Born 29 September 1548 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.)

    • Janet DENTON (Born 1549 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.)

    • Sir Richard DENTON (Born 1557 in Worley, Yorkshire, England. Married in 1581 in Worley, Halifax, Yorkshire, England to Susan (Sibella). Died 09 December 1619 in Hertfordshire, England.)

    • Samuelis DENTON (Born 03 August 1561 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.)







    My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents,

    Sir Richard DENTON (Born 1557 in Worley, Yorkshire, England. Died 09 December 1619 in Hertfordshire, England) and Susan (SIBELLA) DENTON (Born 1563.)

    had at least 6 children:

    • John DENTON (Born 16 July 1582.)

    • Thomas DENTON (Born 1584. Married Susan Temple.)

    • Alice DENTON (Born 14 November 1585.)

    • Susan DENTON (Born 22 September 1588.)

    • Margaret DENTON (Born 10 January 1589/90.)

    • Rev. Richard DENTON (Born 1603 in Yorkshire, England.)







    My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents,

    Rev. Richard DENTON (Born 1603 in Yorkshire, England. Married in 1618 at Marden Parish, Wiltshire, England to Helen WINDLBANK. Died 1662 in Essex, England.)
    Helen (WINDLBANK) DENTON (Born 1600 in Yorkshire County, England.)

    had at least eight children:

    • Sarah DENTON (Born 1623. Married to William THORNE in 1639. This William THORNE was born 1606 in Dorsetshire, England and died 1670 in England. Sarah (DENTON) and William THORNE had at least two children: William THORNE (born 07 April 1642) and Denton THORNE (born 1659).)

    • Daniel DENTON (Born 1626 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Married to Abigail STEVENSON in 1659. Daniel DENTON died in 1703. Abigail (STEVENSON) Denton was born in 1640 and died in 1715 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States of America. Abigail was buried 15 October 1715 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States of America. Daniel and Abigail (Stevenson) DENTON had at least three children: Daniel DENTON (born 1661), Mercy DENTON (born 1668) and Abigail DENTON.)

    • Timothy DENTON (Born 23 July 1627.)

    • Nathaniel DENTON (Born March 1627/28 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. Married in 1652 to Sarah SMITH (who was born in 1628). Nathaniel DENTON died 18 October 1690 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States of America. Nathaniel and Sarah (SMITH) DENTON had at least five children: Nathaniel DENTON, Jr. (Born 1652), Samuel DENTON (Born 1655), Richard DENTON (Born 1658), Phebe DENTON (Born 1662) and Maria DENTON (Born 1664).)

    • Richard DENTON (Born 1630.)

    • Samuel DENTON (Born 29 May 1631. Married to Mary Rock SMITH. Samuel and Mary Rock (SMITH) DENTON had at least two children: Jonas DENTON (Born 1658. Married to Jane SEAMAN.) and Phoebe DENTON (Born 1679.).)

    • Phebe DENTON (Born 29 September 1634.)

    • John DENTON (Born 1636.)







    My great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents,

    Samuel DENTON (Born 29 May 1631)
    and Mary Rock (SMITH) DENTON

    had at least two children:

    • Jonas DENTON (who married Jane SEAMAN, and who was the father of Robert DENTON)

    • Phoebe DENTON (who was born 1679 in Hempstead, New York. Married Richard THORNE. Richard and Phoebe (DENTON) THORNE had at least four children: Richard THORNE (born 1701), Hannah THORNE (born 28 February 1702/03), Mary THORNE (born 1705) and Phebe THORNE (born 1707.).)







Rev. Richard Denton's tombstone has an inscription in Latin:

'Here lies the dust of Richard Denton. O'er his low peaceful grave bends the perennial cypress, fit emblem of his unfading fame. On earth his bright example, religious light, shown forth o'er multitudes. In heaven his pure rob'd spirit shines like an effulgent star.'






  • My great-grandmother,

    • Roxey Emiline (DENTON) HICKMAN (Born 16 December 1848.) and
    • Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Sr. (Born 06 August 1842.)

      had 12 children, 2 of which died at birth:

      • George HICKMAN (Died as an infant.)

      • Issac L. Hickman (Born April 1865 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • John Wesley HICKMAN (Born 22 September 1867 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Josiah "Joseph" A. HICKMAN (Born 1870 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Mary Ida (HICKMAN) DUNN SWEENY (Born about 1872 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Charles Ambrose HICKMAN, Jr. (Born 16 March 1877 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Minnie E. (HICKMAN) LANE (Born 1879 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Rose E. (HICKMAN) STEWART (Born 05 September 1882 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Norman Frank HICKMAN (Born 06 March 1884 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • William "Willie" "Bill" HICKMAN (Born 15 May 1886 in Orange County, Indiana.)

      • Elmer Ellsworth HICKMAN (Born 12 March 1890 in Orange County, Indiana.)







SOURCES:
  • Documents archived at Indiana State Library
  • Crawford County, Indiana birth records
  • Orange County, Indiana birth records
  • Orange County, Indiana marriage records
  • Orange County, Indiana death records
  • Lawrence County, Indiana birth records
  • Lawrence County, Indiana marriage records
  • Lawrence County, Indiana death records
  • Monroe County, Indiana birth records
  • Monroe County, Indiana marriage records
  • Monroe County, Indiana death records
  • Obituaries from Herald-Times (formerly Herald-Telephone), Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana
  • Various funeral home flyers from funerals of Hickman relatives
  • Cemetery marker words from various cemeteries in Monroe and Orange Counties, Indiana.
  • U. S. Census Records
  • U. S. Civil War Records, Indiana Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • First person accounts of Charles Ambrose Hickman, Jr. (who was a son of the Roxey Emiline (Denton) Hickman who is listed above)
  • First person accounts of Harold Ellsworth Hickman (son of Charles Ambrose Hickman, Jr. and grandson of the Roxey Emiline (Hickman) Denton who is listed above.)
  • Interview with Rupert Clark Hickman (son of William Hickman 1886-1954) and grandson of the Roxey Emiline (Denton) Hickman who is listed above.
  • Interview with Genevieve Belle (Hickman) Koontz (daughter of William Hickman 1886-1954) and granddaughter of the Roxey Emiline (Denton) Hickman who is listed above.
  • Research of Maribeth Brinson (who is a great-granddaughter of the Roxey Emiline (Denton) Hickman who is listed above)
  • Research of Rev. Claude Wilson, a descendant of John Hickman and Isaac Hickman.
  • Identified ancestral photographs
  • Richard "Dick" A. Dutton's database on RootsWeb's World Connect Project, at Website http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com, source: Sue Montgomery-Cook CTKF67B@prodigy.com.
  • Memoirs of Rev. Cotton Mather
  • The Cambridge University listing for Richard Denton
  • New England Genealogical Reg. 11/241
  • The History of the Clergy in the Middle Colonies, by Weiss
  • Cemetery Marker for Rev. Richard Denton







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