Dennett, Mark

Birth Name Dennett, Mark
Gender male
Age at Death 96 years, 8 months, 2 days

Notes

Note: 1

HISTORY OF MAINE - George Thomas LITTLE:
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Among Mark's papers is found a record of some events in his early life, written by him.
He says: "In early boyhood I hated school, until about nine years old, when my fancy changed and I liked the school and began to stand at the head of my class. Our school privileges were very limited. I attended to nothing at school but reading, spelling and writing until I was thirteen years old; but I progressed in the old arithmetic at home under the instruction of my father and brother, to the rule of three. At thirteen years I commenced the arithmetic at school, and during the winter term I mastered about one-half Merrill's Arithmetic. In the spring of 1800, at a short term of six weeks of Grammar School, I progressed in English Grammar so that I could parse simple sentences. In September a term of Grammar School commenced, and I attended to the study of Latin, and during the winter I advanced into Virgil and Cicero. In the spring my father said that I must help him on the farm. In the winter of 1801-2, there was no Grammar School, and I mastered the last half of the arithmetic. In the winter of 1802-3 I studied Latin at home and recited my lessons once a week with Reverend William Briggs.

On October 25, 1803, my father died, and the care of the farm devolved on me, and I was thus deprived of school privileges. During the winter of 1803-4 I devoted every spare hour by day and very long evenings to the study of Greek, and in December, 1804, I received a certificate of qualification for teaching in the Grammar School from three ministers who were college graduates. Jan. 1, 1805, at the age of eighteen, I commenced teaching the Grammar School in Kittery, and excepting two or three years (when otherwise employed) I continued to do so several months each year until I was sixty years old, when my hearing failed and I declined the service.

In 1807, my mind being religiously impressed, I was baptized and joined the Christian church, of which act I never repented."

Mr. Dennett was much interested in local history, and was an honored leader in the town of Kittery. He was selectman seventeen years; deputy to the general court of Massachusetts from 1814 to 1819 inclusive, and a member of the first legislature of Maine. He was state senator several times, justice of the peace, and captain and major of the militia.

Note: 2

Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 15 Jul 1880 p3: "Hon. Mark Dennett of Kittery, now in his ninety-fourth year, and the oldest surviving member of the Legislature of Massachusetts and of this State, is still in excellent health and retaining his mental and physical powers in a remarkable degree. Major Dennett represented his town in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1814 to 1819, and in the Maine Senate in the years---1822, 1823, 1827 and 1828."

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Dennett, William1739-02-011803-10-25
Mother Adams, Mary1752-05-171843-03-06
    Brother     Dennett, John 1772-04-19 1837-06-25
    Brother     Dennett, Joseph 1774-11-24 1808-01-10
    Sister     Dennett, Sarah 1778-10-09 1834-10-29
    Brother     Dennett, Thomas 1782-09-25 1840-03-07
         Dennett, Mark 1786-08-28 1883-04-30
    Brother     Dennett, Benning 1790-08-30

Families

Family of Dennett, Mark and Wilson, Alice

Married Wife Wilson, Alice ( * 1785-09-22 + 1819-02-04 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1808-12-22     1b
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Dennett, Augustus1809-10-171811-12-30
Dennett, Alexander1811-11-10
Dennett, Betsy1817-09-191841-11-18
Dennett1819-02-031819-02-03

Family of Dennett, Mark and Pettegrew, Miriam

Married Wife Pettegrew, Miriam ( * 1802-12-12 + 1881-08-10 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1820-05-04     1b
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Dennett, Alice1821-05-24
Dennett, Sylvester1822-11-261847-08-30
Dennett, Sarah1824-04-291844-02-21
Dennett, Charles William1826-02-151847-04-06
Dennett, Julia Ann1828-01-21
Dennett, Mary1830-01-021863-03-22
Dennett, Mark Jackson1834-04-221856-07-15
Dennett, John1836-07-311838-05-12
Dennett, Oren1839-01-091859-08-14
Dennett, Emily1841-06-221857-02-13
Dennett, Louisa1844-01-151847-06-17

Family Map

Source References

  1. Stackpole, Everett S.: Old Kittery And Her Families
      • Page: Page 350
      • Page: Page 351
  2. Find A Grave
      • Page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103682585/mark-dennett