Who Was Major General Daniel Denison?
The Denison Grant In 1660, the Great and General Court of Massachusetts, awarded Major General Daniel Denison 600 acres of land not owned by any entity in the so-called “no man’s land” in what today is West Methuen. In doing the research necessary to learn the history of our 18th-century homes, many old and ancient deeds were consulted. All of the deeds we studied in West Methuen, mentioned some border to “Denison’s line”, “Denison’s farm” or Denison’s brook”. In 1876, a smal
