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Last name Denniss
First name Obediah
Display name Obadiah Dennis
Other names Obadiah Denniss
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends, Kingwood Friends meeting
Bio notes Lived near Buffalo Creek and NW side of Lake Erie. Obadiah Dennis came from Sussex County, New Jersey -- Kingwood Monthly Meeting -- and settled in Humberstone. Obadiah Dennis indicated in his petition in 1797 that he came to Niagara with his wife and three children in 1787. Obadiah and Prudence Dennis were among the original members of Black Creek who were included in a 1799 list of "all those who have a right of membership."

Mentioned in:

Isaac Coates Journal of Journeys to the Indian Country

Joseph Moore's Journal

Joshua Sharpless' Journal [Visit to Upper Canada and Parts Adjacent], 1797