1687 Joseph Dennis, son of Jonathan, was born on February 18 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. [1] [2]
1719 Joseph Dennis moved from Woodbridge, Middlesex County to Cohansey, Salem County with his father.
1739 Joseph Dennis moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and received a land patent in 1739. [3]
Joseph [Dennis], son of Jonathan and Rachel (Moore) Dennis, was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, February 18, 1687, and died in Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1770. He was taken by his father to Cohansey. He removed while a young man to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he received a patent of land in 1739. This land he conveyed to his son Charles and to Philip Herring when he accompanied his son Joseph to Wantage in 1767. He was a man of prominence in Bucks county, frequently acting as road viewer ancl court official. In 1754 he was one of the petitioners for the organization of the town of Haycock. His wife's name is unknown. Children: 1. John, born 1712, died 1797; married, 1740, Keziah Ball. 2. Charles, born 1720, died 1768; married, 1747, Sarah Alorgan. 3. Ezekiel. 4. Nathaniel. 5. Joseph.
[1] New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 4 (1910), 1580, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[3] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 4 (1910), 1580, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[4] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 4 (1910), 1580, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[5] William C. Armstrong, Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey (1979), 401-403, [GoogleBooks].