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     Edward Denne was born on 6 April 1748 at Chilham, Kent, England. He was baptized on 6 April 1748 at Chilham Parish Church, Chilham, Kent, England. He was Yeoman of Bishopsbourne in 1775 at Bishopsbourne, Kent, England.¹ He married Jane Plummer on 15 July 1775 at St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Upper Hardres, Canterbury, Kent, England; Married by license

The licence noted Edward as a yeoman of Bishopsbourne (a batchelor, age shown incorrectly as 24), and Jane as a 25-year-old spinster of Upper Hardres. Edward Denne died circa 9 September 1806 at Chilham, Kent, England.

     Edward Denne was born in 1777. He was the son of Edward Denne and Jane Plummer. Edward Denne was baptized on 16 July 1777 at Chilham, Kent, England. He married Elizabeth Lee on 7 December 1802 at Godmersham Church, Canterbury, Kent, England. Edward Denne was Clockmaker and watch maker in 1841.¹ He died on 28 May 1849 at Chilham, Kent, England.¹

     Edward Denne After leaving school at 14 in 1884, from mid-1885 Edward started working in the grocer’s shop in Croydon owned by William Amos;
Whilst Edward may have been alive in 1888 (based on an inference in a letter from his father to his cousin Louisa Jane Davis [nee Denne] in Australia), he is not mentioned in his father’s 1890 will (perhaps they had become estranged), he was not living with the Amos family at the time of the 1891 census, doesn’t appear in the 1901 census, and there is no obvious marriage; he may either have died or, possibly, emigrated. With the four Amos sons, clearly he would not have seen any long-term prospects in the shop. There is a possibility that he died in Croydon in Q4 1886, at age 16 (to be confirmed). He was born on 9 July 1870 at Maidstone, Kent, England. He was the son of John Rayner Denne and Hannah Willis. Edward Denne appeared in the 1871 census living at 91 Wheeler Street, Maidstone, Kent, England.

     Edward Collicot Denne was Whaler at Tasmania, Australia. He Edward Collicott, born 6 July 1829 and baptised on 15 January 1840; did not marry; a keen cricketer; a whaler, who later worked at the Dennes Point Post Office.

The Chancery Suit

John Thomas Denne and Edward Collicott Denne, sons of Anthony Smith Denne, were claimants on the estate of Sir Michael Benignus Clare (born on 27 March 1767; married Margaret Graham on 17 March 1807) who had no children and had died intestate in 1832. Clare was a great-grandson of Elizabeth Etherick, the fourth wife of JohnS kinner of Lydd, Kent (born 1651; died 1721). ASD’s mother, Jane Plummer (bapt 1749), was a also a grand-daughter of Elizabeth Etherick.

The High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, in London found in 1883 that Anthony, following the death of Clare’s neice Eliza in1872, answered the description of sole next of kin for Clare. ASD had died in 1873, and his sons JTD and ECD were therefore permitted to pursue the case.

The Court found in favour of JTD and ECD who, as heirs of ASD,were paid (subject to confirmation) an amount of £1570.15.0. from Clare’s estate.

One may wonder how JTD and ECD were able to show that they were Clare’s next of kin. It is believed (based on a letter from John Rayner Denne to Louisa Davis in 1887) that Lucy Denne, sister of Henry Hadarezer, had felt entitled to the Clare estate, and was disappointed at the outcome of the chancery suit, but it is not clear what her grounds were (nor how she could have pressed a claim as she died in1 878). Perhaps ASD’s claim was stronger than Lucy’s as he was from the previous generation - and, once his position as next of kin had been established in 1872, his sons succeeded to that right of claim even though ASD died the following year.

Edward lived at Woodlands, Dennes Pt. in his old age but when he became sick he moved to Lyndenne at Barnes Bay where Arthur and his wife Ellison looked after him. He was born on 6 July 1829 at Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. He was baptized on 15 January 1840. He was the son of Anthony Smith Denne and Mary Sheldon Collicott. Edward Collicot Denne died on 27 January 1915 at Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, at age 75 died at the home of his nephew Arthur. He was buried circa 30 January 1915 at St. Clement's Anglican Church Cemetery, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia.

     Elizabeth Denne Elizabeth had presumably left home to find work at about age 14. She was born on 15 July 1864 at Chilham, Kent, England. She was the daughter of John Rayner Denne and Hannah Willis. Elizabeth Denne appeared in the 1871 census at 91 Wheeler Street, Maidstone, Kent, England.¹ She appeared in the 1881 census living at 1 Cambridge Villas, 27 Sheldon Street, Croydon, Surrey, England. At the time of the 1881 census, aged 16, she seems to have been living with her step-brother William Amos and his family (wife Kate, sons John H and Ernest W aged 1 year and 2 months respectively, and nurse Alice Wells, 17) (she may have been just visiting, as a Mary Wood, noted as a visitor born in Chilham, was also recorded at the Croydon address on that date). (registered in East Ashford.)¹ She died in 1883 at England.

     Elizabeth Denne John’s sister Elizabeth, baptised on 13 July 1814, is believed to have died in infancy. in 1814. She was born in 1814. She was the daughter of Edward Denne and Elizabeth Lee. Elizabeth Denne was baptized on 13 July 1814.

     Elizabeth Mary Denne was born on 6 April 1872 at 25 Malpas Road, Deptford, Kent, England, (registered in Greenwich.) She was the daughter of Mark Charles Denne and Elizabeth Lampard. Elizabeth Mary Denne appeared in the 1891 census. In the 1891 census she was shown as Eliza M, age 19 and unmarried (but born in Ashford, Kent), living with her father and with no occupation;no obvious 1901 census entry; she married a Mr Batten, and they had ason, Mark, a sculptor, who was executor of Charlotte’s will.

     Her married name was Yeoland. Fanny Sheldon Denne was born on 2 November 1850 at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She was the daughter of John Thomas Denne and Mary Anne Bethune Hopwood. Fanny Sheldon Denne married William Heady Yeoland on 21 June 1876 at Long Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Fanny Sheldon Denne died on 15 June 1928 at New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, at age 77.

     Her married name was Denne. Gertrude Mary Elizabeth Denne was born in 1859 at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. She was the daughter of Henry Haberezer Denne. Gertrude Mary Elizabeth Denne married D'arcy Collicott Denne, son of John Thomas Denne and Mary Anne Bethune Hopwood, in 1881 at Tasmania, Australia. Gertrude Mary Elizabeth Denne died on 1 September 1932 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Her married name was Gibson. Gwendoline St Clair Denne was born on 26 February 1889 at Tasmania, Australia. She was the daughter of Henry Thomas Denne and Caroline Ida Yeoland. Gwendoline St Clair Denne married Norman Arthur Gibson on 27 October 1910 at St. George's Anglican Church, 30 Cromwell Street, Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia. Gwendoline St Clair Denne died on 5 July 1959 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 70.

     Harry Robert Denne was born in 1850 at Hackney, London, England, (registered Bethnal Green.) He was the son of Thomas James Denne and Mary Ann Hayman. Harry Robert Denne appeared in the 1871 census Living; a photographer aged 20 living with his parents; no marriage record - believed to have been a batchelor; no obvious 1881,1891 or 1901 census entry. He was (an unknown value) in 1871.¹ He died on 24 March 1921 at 28 Park Road, Ilford, Essex, England, (registered in Romford) at age 70, leaving £11844.18.10 with probate granted on 3 May 1921 to Albert Oscar Tallboy, manufacture.

     Henry Haberezer Denne Henry Hadarezer, followed his uncle Anthony Smith Denne and emigrated to Tasmania, marrying Mary Ann Penn Gresley at St Mark’s Chapel, Kangaroo Point, on 23 April 1855; he was variously a mariner (1855), a schoolmaster at Barnes Bay on Bruny (1869) and a police clerk (from 1876); in 1867/8 he was secretary of the Rifle Club at Green Ponds at Kempton; he died of heart disease on 20 August 1880 at age 53; he and Mary (whose family was known as “the Penn Dennes”, to distinguish them from Anthony’s family) had five children, descendants of some of whom live in Tasmania and Australia today. He was born in 1827 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of John Denne and Lucy Sarah Sharp. Henry Haberezer Denne was baptized on 13 November 1827 at Weslyan Ebenezer Chapel, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was Mariner in 1855 at Tasmania, Australia. He was Schoolmaster at in 1869 at Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was Police clerk in 1876. He died on 20 August 1880 at Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, heart Disease.

     Henry Thomas Denne lived at 'Woodlands', Kelly’s Point, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He they had eight children, of whom seven survived (all girls); he lived at Woodlands, ran the Dennes Point Post Office on Bruny, and was a keen cricketer and yachtsman - he had a yacht, Volant, built at Dennes Pointin 1890 (believed to have been funded by the successful claim in the chancery suit - ), that he used to sail with all his daughters, and race from Hobart with his daughter Edna (Ted) at the helm; he died 26 October 1926 at Launceston, having moved there to live with a daughter following the death of his wife
Sailed the VOLANT in many regattas. Died in Launceston whilst living at his
daughter's residence at CORMISTON. He was the last of the Dennes to farm
Woodlands, at Dennes Pt. He was ploughing and cultivating with bullocks there in 1912. He was ran the Dennes Point Post Office on Bruny Island at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was born on 14 August 1846 at Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He was the son of John Thomas Denne and Mary Anne Bethune Hopwood. Henry Thomas Denne married Caroline Ida Yeoland on 6 January 1876 at Long Bay, Tasmania, Australia. Henry Thomas Denne died on 26 October 1926 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, at age 80.

     Her married name was Thomson. Hilda Caroline Denne was born on 18 April 1879 at Tasmania, Australia. She was the daughter of Henry Thomas Denne and Caroline Ida Yeoland. Hilda Caroline Denne died circa 1915 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Ida May Denne was born in 1879 at Tasmania, Australia. She was the daughter of Henry Thomas Denne and Caroline Ida Yeoland. Ida May Denne died on 25 November 1885 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Jane Denne (an unknown value.) She was baptized on 22 May 1829. She was the daughter of John Denne and Lucy Sarah Sharp.

     Her married name was Hatfield. Jane Elizabeth Denne It is not known whether they had children. She was born in 1816. She was the daughter of Edward Denne and Elizabeth Lee. Jane Elizabeth Denne was baptized on 23 October 1816. She died on 2 August 1867.

     John Denne was baptized on 17 October 1788 at Chilham, Kent, England. He was born on 17 October 1788 at Chilham, Kent, England. He was the son of Edward Denne and Jane Plummer. John Denne married Lucy Sarah Sharp on 26 May 1810 at St Magnus the Martyr, London, England. John Denne was Clock- and watchmaker in 1820. He lived circa 1830 at 112 High Street, Cheltenham, Kent, England. He appeared in the 1861 census. In the1861 census he was described as “a retired water maker”. He was Retired water maker in 1861. He died in February 1862 at Croydon, Surrey, London, England, at age 73. He was buried on 15 February 1862 at Croydon, Surrey, England.

     John Almed Denne was also known as John Alured Denne. He was born on 4 June 1888. He was the son of Arthur Hurburg Denne and Ellison Hastie.

     John Rayner Denne He became a clock maker in Chilham, living with his parents and, after his father’s death in 1848, continuing to live with his mother (according to the 1851 and 1861 censuses), presumably until her death in 1862.

In February 1886, John “moved back to Canterbury” (something we know from a letter to his cousin Louisa in Australia that he had been considering doing since his daughter died in 1883) and was living at 12 Nunnery Fields, where he remained at least until October 1887; he is known to have lived previously at number 8 in that street, although it is not clear when. John died in Croydon Infirmary on 1 December 1891.
He was born in 1813. He was the son of Edward Denne and Elizabeth Lee. John Rayner Denne was baptized on 21 April 1813 at Chilham Parish Church, Chilham, Kent, England. He was Clockmaker in 1841. He married Hannah Willis on 28 December 1863. John Rayner Denne appeared in the 1871 census at 91 Wheeler Street, Maidstone, Kent, England. With John’s occupation noted as “house owner”, aged 58, Hannah listed as 37, and the children as 6 years and 8 months respectively. William and Walter, by now aged 19 and 17, had presumably left home.¹ He appeared in the 1881 census living at The Park, Godmersham, Kent, England. With his son Edward (age 10), and “living on interest”. He lived in 1881 at Godmersham, Kent, England; In a house in The Park.¹ He lived in 1883 at 12 Nunnery Fields, Canterbury, Kent, England. He left a will on 19 May 1890 In his will dated 19 May 1890, John appointed Kate Amos as executrix and left all his estate to her; probate was granted on 11 December and the estate amounted to £75. He appeared in the 1891 census living at 16 Upper Drayton Place, Croydon, Surrey, England, as a aboarder at the home of Rhoda Wells, a widowed needlewoman aged 54; this suggests that, sometime after July 1888 when he wrote from Canterbury the last of four surviving letters to Louisa in Australia, John became too infirm to continue living on his own and moved to Croydon so as to be able to be cared for by Kate,who at the date of John’s death was living nearby at her and William’s 1890 address of 27 Tamworth Road, Croydon. He died on 1 December 1891 at Croydon Infirmary, Croydon, Surrey, England.

     John Thomas Denne died. He was born in September 1822. He was the son of John Denne and Lucy Sarah Sharp. John Thomas Denne was baptized on 23 September 1822 at St. Andrew's Parish, Fetter's Lane, Holborn, London, England.

     John Thomas Denne was Farmer. He lived at 'Woodlands', Kelly’s Point, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was born on 5 July 1826 at Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He was the son of Anthony Smith Denne and Mary Sheldon Collicott. John Thomas Denne was born on 2 July 1827 at Sorell, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He was baptized on 15 January 1840. He married Mary Anne Bethune Hopwood on 9 September 1844 at St. Clement's Anglican Church, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. John Thomas Denne was Ran Post Office at Woodlands at Kelly’s Point on Bruny Island between 1854 and 1900 at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. He was buried circa 4 May 1906 at St. Clement's Anglican Church Cemetery, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. He died on 4 May 1906 at 'Woodlands', Kelly’s Point, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, at age 79.

     Laurie Ellison Denne was born in 1884. She was the daughter of Arthur Hurburg Denne and Ellison Hastie.

     Her married name was Milne. Her married name was Davis. Louisa Jane Denne was School Teacher. She was born on 27 October 1845 at Bruny Island, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She was the daughter of John Thomas Denne and Mary Anne Bethune Hopwood. Louisa Jane Denne married Robert Milne, son of George Milne and Eliza Collicott, on 8 April 1873 at Chalmers Free Church Manse, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Louisa Jane Denne married James William Davis, son of Convict William Davis and Jane Murray, on 8 June 1882 at Browns River, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia. Louisa Jane Denne died on 17 June 1932 at Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia, at age 86. She was buried on 18 June 1932 at Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia.

     Her married name was Waterhouse. Louise Jane Denne was born in 1862 at Brixton, London, England. She was the daughter of Thomas James Denne and Mary Ann Hayman. Louise Jane Denne lived in 1901 at 7 Lyme Grove, Altrincham, Cheshire, England.¹

     Lucy Mary Ann Denne (an unknown value.) She was born between 1818 and 1819 at Middlesex, England. She was the daughter of John Denne and Lucy Sarah Sharp. Lucy Mary Ann Denne was Governess circa 1860 at Croydon, Surrey, England. She lived in 1861 at 4 Lansdowne Place, Croydon, Surrey, England.¹ She died on 13 July 1878 at Croydon Infirmary, Croydon, Surrey, England.

     Mark Charles Denne was born on 8 May 1830 at Kent, England, Probably in Luddenham (near Faversham). He was the son of Thomas James Denne and Charlotte Ann Pyne. Mark Charles Denne married Elizabeth Lampard on 4 May 1867 at Aldgate, London, England. Mark Charles Denne lived in 1871 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England; 1 Roseland Terrace.¹ He was Sewing machine maker in 1871 at England.¹ He appeared in the 1871 census at 1 Roseland Terrace, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.¹ He was Clothier in 1876 at England. He lived in 1881 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England; 1 Church Road.¹ He appeared in the 1881 census at 1 Church Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England. Occupation- Sewing machine maker.¹ He lived in 1891 at Eastbourne, Sussex, England; 1 Tower Road.¹ He appeared in the 1891 census at 1 Tower Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.¹

     Her married name was Durant. Her married name was Ritchie. Mary Collicott Denne was born on 8 July 1884. She was the daughter of Henry Thomas Denne and Caroline Ida Yeoland. Mary Collicott Denne married Richard Durant on 25 May 1910 at Cape Town, South Africa.

     Mary Jane Denne was buried at St. Clement's Anglican Church Cemetery, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia. She was born on 6 September 1832 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia. She was the daughter of Anthony Smith Denne and Mary Sheldon Collicott. Mary Jane Denne was christened on 31 January 1833. She was baptized on 31 January 1833. She died on 6 November 1843 at Van Diemen's Land, Australia, at age 11. She was buried circa 8 November 1843 at St. Clement's Anglican Church Cemetery, Kingston, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     Mercie Denne was born in 1894 at Tasmania, Australia. She was the daughter of Arthur Hurburg Denne and Ellison Hastie.