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    1. [MAWORCES] Daniel Denny
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    3. page 729 Daniel Deny from whom descended all of that name in Leicester, came from Combs, Suffolk Co., England, to Boston in 1715, and removed to Leicester in 1717. Deborah, Daniel's daughter, was the wife of Rev. Thomas PRINCE, D.D. of the Old South Church of Boston. Col. Samuel DENNY lived on Moose Hill; he was Lt.-Col. of the minutemen and Col. of the First Worcester County Regiment, a member of the General Court and of the conventon to ratify the National Constitution. Col. Henry SARGENT was one of the wealthy and prominent men of Leicester. Honored with civil and military office. Two of his sons graduated from Harvard College and were physicians in Worcester. Dr. Henry SARGENT died in 1857. Dr. Joseph SARGENT died in 1888, after a long practice in the profession. The GREEN family came from Malden, and were at one time the most numerous in town. Nathaniel Paine DENNY graduated at Harvard in 1797; settled in Leicester in 1800, practiced Law for 20 years and represented the Town in the Legislature for 10 years.

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