John DENNETT
Forename(s): John
Surname: DENNETT
Son of James and Elizabeth DennettDate of birth: 25 Sep 1789
Date of death: 10 Jul 1852
Date of burial: 15 Jul 1852
Age at death: 62 years
Address: Carisbrooke Castle
Section: B7
Grave marker No: 262 Plan of sectionsDeveloped a rocket which could fire a line over to a ship in distress - 1820's.
Hampshire Advertiser - 17 July 1852 - NEWPORT - DEATH OF MR. JOHN DENNETT. - After three years of complete physical prostration, Mr. John Dennett, the originator of Dennett's rockets, for saving life at shipwrecks, breathed his last, at Carisbrooke Castle, on Saturday, the 10th instant. The deceased was versed in science, and ranked high as an antiquarian. It was thought that his invention of a new and superior mode of obtaining communication with stranded vessels was never sufficiently appreciated by the ruling powers of the day, and that he was deserving of some requital for the valuable services rendered to the cause of humanity, in saving the lives of hundreds of his fellow-creatures of all nations.
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Carisbrooke, St Mary's Churchyard
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Inscription
IN MEMORY OFJAMES DENNETT
BORN JANUARY 13TH 1758
DIED JUNE 27TH 1836
ALSO
ELIZABETH DENNETT
HIS WIFE
DIED FEBRUARY 22ND 1809
AGED 57 YEARS
AND SOPHIA THEIR DAUGHTER
BORN MAY 7TH 1791
DIED DECEMBER 17TH 1794
IN MEMORY OF
EMMA,
SECOND DAUGHTER OF
JOHN & LEAH DENNETT,
BORN DECEMBER 30TH 1814,
DIED NOVEMBER 29TH 1886
ALSO
LAURA
THIRD DAUGHTER OF
JOHN & LEAH DENNETT,
BORN FEBRUARY 21ST 1816,
DIED NOVEMBER 5TH 1894
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN, THE SON OF
JAMES & ELIZABETH DENNETT,
BORN SEPT. 25TH 1789, DIED JULY 10TH 1852
ALSO
LEAH DENNETT HIS WIDOW,
BORN OCT. 4TH 1786, DIED DEC. 7TH 1860
AND
ANNE ELIZABETH, THEIR DAUGHTER,
BORN SEPT. 10TH 1812, DIED JANUARY 9TH 1831
IN MEMORY OF
HORATIO DENNETT,
SON OF
JOHN & LEAH DENNETT,
BORN SEPTEMBER 3RD 1813
DIED NOVEMBER 28TH 1897
ALSO
MARGARET AURELIA DENNETT,
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
JOHN & LEAH DENNETT,
BORN FEBRUARY 3RD 1818
DIED SEPTEMBER 17TH 1899.
Transcription by: Tony Barton
