1751 Levi TENNISON/DENNIS

1751 - 1837  (86 years)

• Name	Levi TENNISON/DENNIS
  Title	1751
  Born	1751	Amherst Co, Virginia {unproven}
  Gender	Male
  Died	1837	Green Co, Kentucky
  Person ID	I4678	Dennis/Tennison Families | John Sims, son of Henry Tennison
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2023

  
  

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  Test Type=Y-DNA

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  Father	John Sims TENNISON/DENNIS     (B: ca 1725    Maryland)    (D: ca 1791    Amherst Co, VA)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ann TENNISON (Mnu)     (B: ca 1725    Unk)    (D: ca 1780    Unk)
  Married	bef. 1750
  Family ID	F4450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe TENNISON (Robinson)     (B: ca 1752    Amherst Co, VA)    (D:     Unk)
  Married	14 Mar 1787	Amherst Co, Virginia
  Children	+ 1. 1795 Willis W. TENNISON B: ca 1795 Amherst Co, VA D: 2 Jan 1875 Taylor Co, KY + 2. 1796 Gideon TENNISON, SR. B: 4 Jan 1796 Tennessee D: 10 Dec 1857 Bond Co, IL + 3. Lucy ROBINSON RICHESON (Tennison) B: 1798 Amherst Co, VA   4. Elizabeth SUBLETT (Tennison/Dennis) B: ca 1806 Amherst Co, VA D: Unk
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F2089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Some children of John Sims Tennison were born in Amherst Co., VA. The family moved from Virginia to Green Co., KY. before the 1817 Green Co., KY Tax List. The tax list listed 53 acres and 3 horses. In 1840 his sons were listed in Taylor Co., KY. Taylor County was made from Green Co., KY so they may not actually have moved. There are very few documents from Levi Sims Tennison. Some researchers list Levi Sims' son Gideon as the son of John B. Tennison. John B. Tennison, (son of Ignatius Tennison from Caswell Co., NC.) lists his children in his will. By the time of John B. Tennison's will, Gideon was living in Sumner county, TN. This could be used as a argument of why Gideon was not listed as a descendant of John B. Tennison from Caswell Co., NC. Some researchers state that Levi Sims Tennison was in Buncombe, Co. NC in 1820 at age of 68. I do not believe this to be true. Levi died in Green Co., KY in 1837. I do believe that the Buncombe Co., NC Levi is another member of our family. Some researchers name Levi Tennison's wife as Elizabeth HAUN. DNA has connected this line to our family and given that all other Tennison families of this time period in Green Co., KY were also from our family most researchers concur that John Sims of Amherst County, VA and Levi Sims that moved from Amherst Co., VA to Green Co., KY are in the correct father-son relationship and part of our family. The reason for this explanation is that John Sims' father, Henry Tennison was a brother to Ignatious Tennison [b. 1695] thus John Sims was a cousin to the young Ignatius Nevitte Tennison family who relocated to Green Co, KY in early 1800s. The older Ignatius Tennison had two sons: the Ignatius N. who moved to Green County, and the second, John Tennison / Dennis that died in Caswell Co. NC in 1808. John Tennison's oldest son was named Levi and he used both names Tennison and DENNIS in much of the court documents in Caswell Co., NC. He should not be confused with the Levi Sims Tennison found in Green Co., KY. [Some information from researcher, Ken Miller]