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Mary Polly Trowbridge
Born: July 18, 1782, Mendham (now part of Randolph),  Morris Co., New Jersey
Died: Oct. 30, 1872, Ohio
Parents: Daniel Trowbridge & Sarah Hathaway Ludlow or Ludlum
Religious Affilation: "Old School Baptists"
Marriage: Oct. 11, 1800,Sussex Co.,  New Jersey
Husband: Joseph Denman
Born: June 23, 1776, Sussex Co., New Jersey
Died: still living, 1826, New Vernon, Ohio
Parents: John Denman & Mary Elizabeth Williams
Children:

Elizabeth Denman
Born: Aug. 26, 1802, Pennsylvania
Died 1810, Ohio

Sallie Denman
Born: July 10, 1804, Pennsylvania
Died: Oct., 1862, Ohio

Phoebe Denman
Born: Mar., 1806, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

William Denman
Born: Sept. 18 , 1808, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Lavina Denman
 Born: Mar. 19, 1811, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Daniel Denman
Born: Feb. 6, 1813, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Joseph L. Denman
Born: unknown, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Juliana Denman
Born: Apr. 30, 1817, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Polly Denman
Born: Sept. 2, 1819, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Minerva Denman
Born: Oct. 15, 1821, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

Marilia Denman
Born: Feb. 27, 1826,, Morrow Co., Ohio
Died: unknown

MARY "POLLY" TROWBRIDGE & JOSEPH DENMAN

"When Mr. Denman came through Mt. Vernon in 1806, he was offered twelve lots on what is now Main street, for a pony he had, but far west he was going. Born June 23, 1776, and his mother on July 18, 1782, both in Sussex Co., New Jersey. They were married Oct. 11, 1800, and moved to Pennsylvania, and there farmed six years; and then in 1806 they came by team to the lonely wilderness of Morrow Co., and entered a farm of Government land, the deed to which was signed by President Thomas Jefferson. Here this old pioneer couple enjoyed the society of the Indians, who would bring animals, skins filled with honey and cranberries, to trade them for meal and salt. Of course they started life in an old cabin, and their first dishes were chipped from a log of wood. The father served as a justice of the peace for sometime. He would work on the farm during the day, and at night cooper and watch the Indians.

Several little reminiscences are mentioned, among which we relate the one in which he was awoke by the dog, and took his gun and determined to investigate the trouble, and in one moment would have killed a neighbor, who happened to cough, and who was coming over on some business. As they will be mentioned prominently in the township's history, I will omit the rest here."

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