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  • Name: Michael DENNIS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1748 b
  • Death: May 1812 in Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary DENNIS Birth: Abt 1774 Death: Abt 1819
  2. Elizabeth DENNIS Birth: Abt 1776
  3. Philip DENNIS Birth: Abt 1778 Death: 1835 in Knox Co, Ohio
  4. Christina DENNIS Birth: 1780 Death: 16 Nov 1829
  5. Catharine DENNIS Birth: Abt 1784 Death: 16 Nov 1842
  6. Michael DENNIS Birth: Abt 1786
  7. Hannah DENNIS Birth: 1788
  8. John DENNIS Birth: Abt 1790
  9. David DENNIS Birth: Abt 1792
  10. Jacob DENNIS Birth: Abt 1794

Bibliography
  1. Bell, Raymond Martin, German Settlement in Buffalo Township, Keyhole II,3 July 1983, pp109-17. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p[0-9]*].
  2. Bell, Raymond Martin, The WOLF Family of Washington County, PA, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1984. Located in Citizens Library, Washington, PA, SR 929.3 Wol. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/102637. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p[0-9-]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1748 [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p21]
abt 1750 [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p21]
1812 [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110],
place:
[Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110, Bell WOLF-84 p21]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rosanna WOLF
date:
abt 1773 [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p21]
abt 1776 [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112],
names:
Michael DENNIS & Rosanna ___ [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112],
child:
[Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112, Bell WOLF-84 p20, Bell WOLF-84 p21]
Research Notes:
may have been a son of Philip Dingas who landed in 1749 and was in Lebanon Twp in 1761 [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112]

c1775: arrived in Buffalo Twp, from Lebanon Co [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110]

taxed in Ohio County, VA in 1778 [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

1778: listed as tithable (taxable) in Ohio County 1778 Colonel David Shepherd papers 1SS-5SS in DRAPER Manuscripts cited in [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p2]

1782: listed on first tax list of Buffalo Twp [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112]

1789 tax list: 180 acres, 2 horses 3 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

1790 census: 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 5 females [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110, Bell WOLF-84 p1]

farm was surveyed in 1793, with rent from 1784. [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p112, Bell WOLF-84 p7]

1798: house valued at $40 [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110]

1800: in census, listed with two males over age 16, four males under age 16, and five females [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110]

1810: listed in census with one male over age 16, two males under age 16, and two females [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p110]



Pedigree of Michael DENNIS
Michael DENNIS



Descendants of Michael DENNIS
1. Michael DENNIS m. Rosanna WOLF
m. Rosanna WOLF father: Peter WOLF mother: Hannah (WOLF)

2nd generation

5. Christina DENNIS m. Jacob ELY
m. Jacob ELY father: Michael ELY mother: Mary (ELY)
6. Catharine DENNIS m. William WOLF
m. William WOLF father: John WOLF mother: Barbara KLINE

3rd generation

13. Hannah WOLF m. Joseph PRICE
m. Joseph PRICE
14. Michael WOLF m.
17. Joseph Dennis WOLF m. Mary Cruthers BROWNLEE
m. Mary Cruthers BROWNLEE