Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
NEW ROSE CONTEMPORARIES
 EARLY sToNINeToN SETTLER
Florist Has Christened New Pink
 Variety Lady Ann 5orodell.

Through the naming of new she'll pink rose after Lady Ann BorOdell, following a suggestion made by Earle c. Herrick of this city, Florist Reuter- has commemorated the name of one of the early settlers of Stonington. Lady Ann Borodell was the distinguished wife of Capt. George Denison, who came to America as a mere boy from his home in England in 1881.
 Regarding Lady Ann and Captain Denison, the following interesting his tory is furnished by Grace Denison Wheeler, a descendant through ten lines from Capt George and Ann Boro- dell Denison:
 Captain Denison married very young and, losing his wife in a few years, he left his two little girls here and re- turned to England in 164S. where he was in the battle of Marston Moor, was wounded, taken prisoner, got free and 1t is presumed he was cared for at the home of his cousin, John Denison, at Cork, Ireland, where lived Lord John Borodell, and here he met, wooed and won the daughter, Lady Ann. They were married there and returned to America in 1645. Her brother John looked after the material interest of his sister, for q marriage jointure was made which nlRy now be seen at Hartford, showing that she was given 300 pounds by her brother John, which her husband had the use of and which was to be returned to her in due course of time.
 We, the descendants of Lady Ann Borodell Denison, wish to thank Mr. Reuter- for his very pretty compliment to our ancestress, the first lady of the town, in those olden times, although the sixth to reside here, having come with her husband to Stonington in 1854, when he built his log house in the Pequotsepos valley on the 200 acres of land given him by the town i of New London. They lived in this house till May 8, 1863, when he raised for himself a mansion house which stood a few feet west of the present old Denison house now occupied by Mrs. Phebe Denison Ford, whose niece, | Mrs. Ann Borodell Denison Gates, of 1 New York. has recently renovated her l old home.
 | We feel sure the florist has helped | to send down to posterity the name of Ann Borodell, who lived here and whose eight children were born here | and whose illustrious husband went 1 forth from here to the Great Swamp l fight in 1875. Here still can be seen trace of the palisaded fort, west of | this house, where Captain Denison mustered in the volunteers who were under his command in King Philips war.
 If you visit this house you will be shown the little brass candlestick 1 owned by Lady Ann, you will be told of the Denison Bedding apple, the seeds of which she brought from heI home in Cork, Ireland. and planted | q m captain, "Denison." There today the
 there but upon the land of many oth-
 CTS in Stonington who are their de- scendants.
 This family went forth from here
 and now you can scarcely find a state
 or town in the whole United States i where these Denisons are not.
 The sword which Captain DenisoI carried and used has lately come tC light in New Haven, belonging to Rev Robert Denison, pastor of the United
 church, who came there from the wes
 a few years ago.
 The will of Captain Denison in hi
 own handwriting hands in the librarI
 at the home of the late Judge Rich.
 ard A. Wheeler. Captain George diet
 in Hartford and was buried in tn,
 Center churchyard, renovated by tn D. A. R. few years ago. Lady Am
 died at the extreme age of 97 and wa
 buried on their own home land. bu was afterwards moved to Elm Grow cemetery, near Mystic.
 Her descendants, numbering man,
 thousands at home and abroad, will b.
 glad to know of this latest reminder
 of their honorable foremother, tn
 Lady Ann Borodeil rose