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    George Dennis

    Male 1854 - 1862  (7 years)


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  George Dennis was born on 19 May 1854 (son of Jacob W. Dennis and Phebe Light); died on 22 Mar 1862.

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Jacob W. Dennis was born on 5 Apr 1811 in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada (son of Joseph Dennis and Elizabeth Wintemute); died on 22 Aug 1888 in Ontario, Canada.

      Jacob married Phebe Light on 14 May 1853. Phebe was born in 1830; died on 7 Aug 1854 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 3.  Phebe Light was born in 1830; died on 7 Aug 1854 in Ontario, Canada.
      Children:
      1. 1. George Dennis was born on 19 May 1854; died on 22 Mar 1862.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Joseph Dennis was born in in Pennsylvania; died on 31 Jan 1815 in Niagara District, Ontario, Canada.

      Joseph married Elizabeth Wintemute about 1795 in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John\Johannes Wintemute and Mary Decker \ Windecker) was born in 1772 in Sussex County, New Jersey; died in 1856 in Malahide Township, Elgin County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 5.  Elizabeth Wintemute was born in 1772 in Sussex County, New Jersey (daughter of John\Johannes Wintemute and Mary Decker \ Windecker); died in 1856 in Malahide Township, Elgin County.

      Notes:

      Named as Elizabeth Dennis in the will of her father

      Children:
      1. Enos Dennis was born on 8 Oct 1796 in Humberstone, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1861 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
      2. John Dennis was born in 1797 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died in 1865 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
      3. Mary Dennis was born on 21 Nov 1798 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1884 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Luton Cemetery.
      4. Jr. Joseph Dennis was born on 17 Mar 1802 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Feb 1861 in South Dorchester, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
      5. Peter Dennis was born in 1803 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died after 1861 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
      6. Catherine Dennis was born before 1809; died about 1851.
      7. James Henry Dennis was born in 1809 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died in 1877 in Warwick, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.
      8. 2. Jacob W. Dennis was born on 5 Apr 1811 in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Aug 1888 in Ontario, Canada.
      9. William Dennis was born on 10 Mar 1813 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Mar 1878 in Malahide, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
      10. Martha Dennis was born in Apr 1815 in Prob. Humberstone, Welland, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Mar 1877 in Southwold, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.


    Generation: 4

    1. 10.  John\Johannes Wintemute was born on 25 Oct 1747 in Walpack, Sussex, New Jersey (son of The Emigrator Georg Philip Windemoed and Maria Juliana Huber); died on 15 Feb 1824 in Humberstone, Welland, Ontario, Canada.

      Notes:

      Education: sold farm & moved to Humberston. Dtrs

      Maiden Name: married men named Strawn (2), Moses Done,

      TEXT: Stoffer, & Dennis.







      He was baptized 25 October 1747. It is stated in "The Wintermute Family History" that John married in New Jersey a Miss Decker or Windecker and that she died there. Both names were common in the northern part of Sussex County. It should be
      noted, however, that a family of Windecker's, also tory, lived in the Wyoming Valley before the Revolution not far from where the Wintermute's lived. John's name appears on the tax lists for the Exeter District of that Valley for 1776 and
      1777. He served in Butler's Rangers, and at the reduction of that Corps he settled in Bertie. His household is listed in a return of the Loyalists in Captain Bernard Frey's Company of the Rangers at Niagara 30 November 1783. [Haldimand
      Papers B105-A:381] The list names Corporal John Wintmot aged 27 and Mary Wintmot 24 followed by three entries with the name Wintmot written, but for which no first names or ages are given. If the age given for John was 37, it would be more in
      accordance with his baptismal record.



      A land petition from him dated 9 July 1795 [W3:137] states that he served in Butler's Rangers as a corporal and that he has a family consisting of five children. No mention was made of a wife. The following certificate of J. Ball, J.P., on
      file with the petition, indicates a second marriage for John. "Newark, 20 March 1797. I do hereby certify that corporal John Wintermute served in Butler's Rangers during the was; that he had a family before the year 1789 consisting of a wife
      and eight children; that his wife is the daughter of a Loyalist Hannah Lybs who came in the year 1778".



      The "Loyalist Hannah Lybs" can only mean Hannah Sypes, or Sipes, who did enter Niagara in 1778. This would mean that John had married a sister of the wife of his brother Peter, but additional evidence should be found to corroborate such a
      marriage. It is noted, however, that two of John's daughters were Hannah and Eve, names which were used in the Sipes family.



      John subsequently married Nancy Leopard (leppard, etc) but whether this was before or after he moved to Humberstone is not known. Documents on file with Nancy's land petition [L:3:35] indicate that she was married to John after 9 May 1797 and
      more likely after 1800. A power of attorney dated at Humberstone, 22 October 1832 states that "I, Nancy Wintemute of Humberstone, widow of John Wintemute late of same place, yeoman, deceased, and daughter of William Leopard, at his birth of
      Bucks County in the State of Pennsylvania, known before marriage as Nancy Leopard, do appoint Andrew Mercer of the town of York as my attorney to receive for me title to the south part of Lot 23 Concession 4 of Scarboro' containing 100 acres".
      Witnesses were John Wintemute (Jr) and Aaron Doan.

      John\Johannes married Mary Decker \ Windecker before 1772 in New Jersey. Mary died in 1774 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 11.  Mary Decker \ Windecker died in 1774 in New Jersey.

      Notes:

      Kelsey Jones mentions that in a list of Butlers Rangers that naturally included the Wintermute boys, Hendrick "Henry" Windecker was also on the list.



      Besides the notorious Windecker at the Battle of Wyoming, I would like to know more about this family.

      Children:
      1. Margaret Wintemute was born in 1776 in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania.
      2. Eve Wintemute was born in 1779 in Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Feb 1852 in Roscoe, IL.
      3. Hannah Wintemute was born on 25 Oct 1780 in Niagara, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Mar 1854 in Humberston, Welland, Ontario, Canada.
      4. Katy Wintermute was born about 1781.
      5. 5. Elizabeth Wintemute was born in 1772 in Sussex County, New Jersey; died in 1856 in Malahide Township, Elgin County.
      6. John Wintermute
      7. Rachel Wintermute
      8. Mary WINTEMUTE was born on 25 Dec 1784 in Canada; died on 4 Jan 1856.