Hi   Just reposting my interests...   The earliest Denman I have on my tree is William Denman, a poulterer, born c1766. We believe that this William Denman was born in Lopen. He married Elizabeth Maning in Stoke St Gregory on 30.12.1795. They had 3 sons: William (b.1797), Charles (b.1800) and Denis (b.1802). William (b.1797) married (1818) Sarah Saunders of Staplegrove. William and Sarah had 6 children: Dennis (bap.8.2.1824), Charles (bap.23.4.1826), Anne (bap.29.3.1829), Alexander House (bap.18.3.1832), Caroline (bap.5.10.1834), and Sarah Jane (b.26.3.1838). William was a farrier.   Charles (b.1826) married Mary Ann Broom, (b.1830, daughter of James and Martha Broom nee Baskett). Charles was a carpenter. Charles and Mary had 11 children: Elias Andrew (bap.1850), Dennis Andrew (b.c1851) (Dennis & Elias may be the same person), George (b.c1853), Harry (b.1855), Alexander (b.1857), Austin (b.1860), Lucy Ann (b.1862), John (b.c1861), William (b.1864), Sidney Charles (b.1868), and Francis (b.1872).   When the 1861 census was taken, Charles and family were living at Haymans Barton, North Curry. By 1871, they had moved to the Wesleyan Chapel, 1 Windmill Hill, North Curry, and were still there at the time of the 1901 census. It seemed a strange place to live, so I contacted the Reverend Haley Moore of the Chapel, who was able to confirm that there was indeed a builder/carpenter attached to the Chapel around this time. A fellow Rootsweb lister told me that her grandfather had a workshop at the back of the Chapel.   Charles and Mary's son Alexander (b.1857) moved to Taunton and married Sarah Allen (b.1853) on 11.6.1878.   I would be very interested to hear from anyone who has an interest in the Denman family! Kind regards Liz Jones