Description:
Cast iron pot, which has been sand cast in a three-part mold, with the maker's mark "E G" stamped on the side, a round belly that narrows at the top, bail handle, bail ears, and a tin lid with a strap handle (later addition). This pot was donated to PVMA by Orrin Sage, Cazenovia, N.Y., through Samuel J. Lyons, Greenfield, and listed in the PVMA catalogue as "678. Aaron Denio's Dinner Pot. / (See label) Aaron Denio was the son of James Denio and Abigail (Stebbins) Denio who were captured Feb. 29, 1704. He was born in Canada, and came home to his grandfather Stebbins in 1716. He was a noted tavern-keeper in Greenfield." According to Denio/Sage family tradition, this pot originally belonged to Aaron Denio (1704-1780). Aaron was the son of James Denio and Abigail Stebbins (c.1687), the daughter of John Stebbins (1647-1724) of Deerfield, who married Feb. 3, 1704, captured in the Indian raid on Deerfield on Feb 29, 1704, and taken to Canada where Aaron Denio was born in Dec. 1704. Around 1716, he returned to Deerfield with a group of indians and decided to stay where he was raised by his grandfather John Stebbins, trained as a shoemaker, but instead became a Greenfield tavern keeper.
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