1855 Richard Burt TENNIS/TENNISON

Male 1855 - 1925  (70 years)


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  • Name Richard Burt TENNIS/TENNISON 
    Title 1855 
    Born 11 Feb 1855  York Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Jun 1925  Elizabeth City Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oakland Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Richard Burt TENNIS/TENNISON
    Richard Burt TENNIS/TENNISON
    Person ID I179  Dennis/Tennison Families | Abraham
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2020 

    DNA Tests  Test Type=Y-DNA Richard Robert TENNIS/TENNISON

    Father William Abraham TENNIS/TENNISON     (B: 10 Mar 1829    Grafton, York Co, VA)    (D: 2 Sep 1885    Virginia) 
    Mother Martha Ann TENNIS (Burt)     (B: 5 Oct 1829    York Co, VA)    (D: 23 Sep 1902    Virginia) 
    Married 1849 
    Family ID F63  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lavinia TENNIS (Crockett)     (B: 15 Oct 1859    Crab Neck, York Co, VA)    (D: 18 Sep 1945    Norfolk, VA) 
    Children        
    +1. Clyde William TENNIS/TENNISONB: 28 Feb 1898Hampton City, VA D: 13 Aug 1962Norfolk, VA
     2. Nina Lavinia TENNIS/TENNISONB: 12 Nov 1889Unknown
    +3. 1900 Unk male TENNIS/TENNISONB: ca 1900Unknown
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DNA tests from two males in this branch confirms that the Tennis men who moved to the VA. coast are indeed part of the Tensions family of MD.

      The two lines begin with William Abraham Tennis
      Richard Burt Tennis b. 1855 and Edgar Tennis b. 1857

      AH.4f-51 Richard Burt Tennis [b.1855] line ---
      AH.4f-51.1 Clyde William Tennis b. 1898; d. 1962 and his son
      AH.4f-51.11. Ann Fraser b. 1941 , d. 2017. (*researcher of this line)

      AH.4f-52 Edgar Tennis [b. 1857]
      AH.4f-52.1 Melvin Tennis b. 1901; d. 1961
      AH.4f-52.12 W. Wall Tennis b. 1936

      The name on the second DNA TENNIS test was listed as Richard Robert Tennis. I did not connect to Ann Frasier before her death. I do not know if this is her cousin, Uncle. She told me she was searching for a Tennis males to take the y-DNA.