Wilhelmus Ennis and Maria Ennis

1. Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716-1830, facsimile reprint by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1992.
2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, New York. Dutch Reformed Church Records from New Jersey. The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
3. Ennes, Calvin, A Bit about the Ennes, privately printed manuscript, Au Gres, MI, 1969. Transcription available at http://www.boydhouse.com/darryl/ennis/book/cover.htm, last accessed 8 Jan 2019.
4. Sexton, John L., History of Seven Counties: An outline history of Tioga and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York, Elmira, NY: Elmira Weekly Gazette, 1885.
5. Leeson, M. A., History of Seneca County, Ohio, Chicago: Warner, Beers, & Co., 1886.
6. Durant, Pliny A., The History of Union County, Ohio, Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1883.
7. Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
11. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
12. New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, Family Search  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YCY-D35?i=33&wc=Q7PG-MNP%3A213301801%2C213948601&cc=1920234 : accessed 08 Dec  2013), Tioga > Wills 1818-1840 vol C-D, 4, 8 > images 33-35  of 478.
13. Information from the probate records of William A. Ennes (29 May 1882, Logan county, Ohio), provided by Ruth Browne (and the Logan County Genealogical Society).
14. Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.
15. Ancestry.com. U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
16. War of 1812 Pension Files; Publication Title: War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files; Content Source: The National Archives; Content Partner: Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), NARA; National Archives Catalog ID: 564415; National Archives Catalog Title: War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900; Fold3 Job: 11-010; Fold3 Publication Year: 2011; Record Group: 15; Roll: RG15-1812PB-Bx1166. Image Info: S O Pension Number: 12856; S C Pension Number: 22723; W O Pension Number: 40892; W C Pension Number: 31665; Soldier: Ennes, William; Widow: Ennes, Anna Richardson; Bounty Land Warrant Number: 9957; Bounty Land Acres Granted Number: 40; Bounty Land Act Year: 1850; Service: Sgt Capt Zachariah S Flagler's Co NY Mil; State/Organization: New York.
17. Wills; Probate Place: Logan, Ohio from Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.
18. Gravestone of Margaret (Snell) Ennes, Makendrie Cemetery, York, Union, Ohio.

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Machackemeck (Deerpack).

Page Number	Baptism Date	Parents	Child	Witnesses
166	1775	Josep Lenes	Wilhelmus
	Sept. 1	Margriet Vanett
167	1776	Benjaman Ennes	Maria	Manel Van Netten,
	Nov. 25	Magdalen Van Netten		Maria Helm
210	1797	Wilhelmus Ennes	Lena,
	Sept. 3	Mary Ennes	b. Aug. 3, 1797
221	1807	Wilhelmus Ennist	Elizabeth,	Joseph Ennist,
	Oct. 14	Maria Ennist	b. Sept. 9, 1800	Margriet Van Etten

Marriage Record
1737-97 (Machackemeck)

Page	Date	Married
278	1796 - Dec.	Wilhelmus Ennes, Maria Ennis.

Source: Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church Records, 1716-1830, facsimile reprint by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1992.

Deer Park, Vol II, Book 11

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Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, New York. Dutch Reformed Church Records from New Jersey. The Archives of the Reformed Church in America, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

A Bit about the Ennes

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Ennes Move Westward

WILHELMUS ENNES b. 6-14-1775, son of Joseph Ennes and Grietje Van Etten married his cousin Marie (Ennes), daughter of Benjamin and Magdalena Van Etten. (who may have been two brothers marrying sisters).

They bore in 1793 or 1794, William A. Ennes, then moved from New Jersey in 1798 to Tioga Co., New York with Marie's mother, brothers and sisters and other Van Etten kinfolk.

The federal census of 1810 for Tioga Co., Spencer Township-Van Etten Township, Chemung County, now-lists the following Ennis residing there at that time:

Manuel Ennis	-males: 1 under 10; 1 between 26 and 45  females: 1 between 16 and 26
John Ennis	-males: 2 under 10; 1 between 26 and 45 females: 4 under 10; 1 between 10 and 16; 1 between 26 and 44
Wilhelmus Ennis (Joseph's son)	-males: 1 under 16 and 26; 1 between 26 and 45 females: 1 under 10; 1 between 10 and 16; between 26 and 45; 1 over 45
Benjamin Ennis	-males: 2 under 10; 1 between 21 and 45 females: 2 between 10 and 16; 1 between 26 and 45
Alexander Ennis	-males: 1 under 10; 1 between 21 and 45 females: 2 between 10 and 16; 1 between 21 and 45

Other censuses of this region show that for the next forty years Emanuel, John, Benjamin and Alexander and their descendants remained here.
Wilhelmus and Marie moved to Catherine Twp., Cayuta County, sometime after 1810, for he was on the 1820 census there at that time.

Note: The 1798 move noted above is probably too early. Note Elizabeth Ennes's baptism date. MB

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William A. Ennes (V) Families

1793-1880

WILLIAM A. ENNES (V), son of Wilhelmus (IV), son of Joseph (III), the ferryman, was born in Sandyton township, New Jersey about 1793 or 1794. His mother was Marie Ennes, a daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin Ennis who died in the Battle of Connesbaugh in 1780.

At the age of three, William moved with his parents and other kinfolk to Spencer township, Tioga County, New York in Susquehanna Valley. About 1812 William’s parents moved from Spencer township to Catherine township, Tioga County, Soon after this, in 1814, William went to Schenectady and enlisted in the army in heavy artillery during the War of 1812. He became an orderly sergeant and was stationed in northeastern New York.

When the War ended, William returned to Schenectady where he had relatives, the Hornbecks. While there, he wooed and married Margaret Snell.

MARGARET SNELL was born In 1795, the daughter of Major Snell and Elizabeth Gill. Margaret was the youngest of a large family.

Major Snell was a merchant. He was born In Yorkshire, near Weston, in England in 1720. He died in 1818 at the age of ninety-eight.

While living in Schenectady, William Ennes (V) and Margaret lived in the first ward, thirteen houses away from Margaret’s parents. It was in Schenectady that Alonzo Havington Ennes (VI) was born in 1819.

William and Margaret lived in Schenectady until 1820. They are on the 1820 census there. They must have moved back with William’s parents early that year for they also appear living on the 1820 census with Wilhelmus Ennes. Later that year, Margarete Marie, their first daughter was born. She was named after her mother and her father’s mother.

Soon after this William Ennes (V) and his family moved northwest to Canisteo township, Steuben County, south of Rochester, New York. Times were good there. The Erie Canal was being built. They lived back in the woods a days ride on horseback. There, he and his family lived in a Dutch-style log building. It had double doors, one above the other.


Trouble with the Indians

It was early spring. The family food larder was running low. William Ennes filled a large sack with grain and put the sack of grain over the horse and rode for a day to get the grain to the mill for grinding. He left his young wife, Margaret, and the children alone in the cabin. Mrs. Ennes latched the lower door but forgot to latch the upper one.

Late In the afternoon of the second day, a band of hungry Indians came. They opened the upper door and entered the cabin. They were trying to tell William’s wife, Margaret, who was frantic with fear, that they wanted something to eat.

While the Indians were inside, William Ennes arrived home and heard the Indians inside. He jumped off the horse, grabbed a bull whip, leaped over the lower door into the house and lashed the Indians out of his house.

According to census records, William and Margaret lived in this locality south of Rochester, New York until about 1834.

In 1823 a daughter was born to them by the name of Frances Jane. She was named after a distant kin, Frances Jane Ennes, of Scotland who left an estate claimed to have been worth $10,000,000, to her Ennis heirs in America. The Ennis in York State and New Jersey held meetings, gathered money and were going to send a delgation to get the fortune. They began quarreling as to how much each one was to receive. Finally, one Ennis went over to the old country and found the estate had been confiscated by British Royalty.

While living In Canisteo township, Steuben County, in 1828 another son, William (VI) was born. William was feeble-minded and required much care. He died in 1871. Here, too, in 1831 another daughter, Priscilla, was born.


The Spiritual Way

Near Palmyra, New York, at the time, William Ennes and family lived at Steuben County, many new religious beliefs had their beginning—the Mormons—the Spiritualists—the Seventh Day Advents and others.

The Ennis were originally Presbyterians, but here it is said that William became a Spiritualist and Alonzo, his son, became an Adventist.

Sometime before 1834, William and family moved west.

Moves to Ohio

In what is now Union County, Ohio, there was a large amount of land (formerly owned by the state of Virginta) known as the Virginia Reserve. This land was divided into smaller tracts after being surveyed. These plots had been given to the soldiers of Virginia as pay for fighting in the Revolutionary War. (1776-1783)

When William Ennes and his family moved to Union County in 1834,, they “squatted”on Plot No, 3237 which had been taken up years before by a Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia. The soldier had not paid taxes on the land, so it had reverted to the State of Ohio for taxes. This plot was purchased on an Ohio tax deed by a Mr. Buel.

William Ennes built a cabin and started clearing and farming on this property. Since the property could not be legally sold for nine years, Mr. Ennes took a lease from Mr. Buel, who had the Ohio tax deed with the stipulation that William Ennes would be permitted to purchase this property if the original owner did not redeem it.

So, in 1846, William Ennes and his son, Alonzo, who had just married Olive Bird, went into partnership and paid for this and other adjoining property on Bokers Creek in Union County. Over the years, William Ennes bought and sold much property in and near York Center in Union County, Ohio. Many other settlers came from New York to live in this area which became known as York Center. Land records of that county tell of William Ennes selling one parcel of his property at Sommerville, three miles from York Center, in 1875, when he was eighty-two years old.

His daughter, Frances, married Robert Davis, a farmer, in 1842.

The York Township Cemetery is located on the old Davis farm, which was part of the old William Ennes farm.

William A. Ennes and his unmarried children lived on the Old Ennes Farm on Bokers Creek until 1858, when his wife, Margaret, died. Then they lived with his duaghter, Priscilla, her husband and their family who now ran the farm.

William Ennes remarried on October 24, 1861, Mrs. Anna Richardson Dibble. He was sixty-eight years old at the time. William and Anna then move to Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio about ten miles west of his old home. Here he lived until he died on November 7, 1880. He was buried in the MaKendrie Cemetery on the Old Davis Farm in York township, Union County, Ohio near his wife Margaret Elizabeth. His second wife Anna died in 1895.

Source: Ennes, Calvin, A Bit about the Ennes, privately printed manuscript, Au Gres, MI, 1969. Transcription available at http://www.boydhouse.com/darryl/ennis/book/cover.htm, last accessed 8 Jan 2019.

History of Seven Counties

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Van Etten Township.
...
Early settlers: ...William Ennis, Alexander Ennis, John Ennis, Emanuel Ennis, Benjamin Ennis, James Van Etten, Emanuel Van Etten, Joshua Van Etten, James Van Etten, Jr....

Source: Sexton, John L., History of Seven Counties: An outline history of Tioga and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York, Elmira, NY: Elmira Weekly Gazette, 1885.

History of Seneca County, Ohio

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Reed Township.
Town 2 N, Range 17 R.
Wilhelmus Ennes, e. 1/2 s. e. 1/4 sec. 13, May 4, 1830.

...
Wilhelmus Ennes, w. 1/2 n. w. 1/4 sec. 14, May 9, 1830.

...
Benjamin Enness, w. 1/2 n. e. 1/4 sec. 21, May 16, 1833.

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Reed Township.
Fractional T. 2 N., R. 18 E.
Wilhelmus Ennes, 115.48 a, n, w. pt. of n. w. 1/4 fr. sec. 18, May 4, 1830.

Source: Leeson, M. A., History of Seneca County, Ohio, Chicago: Warner, Beers, & Co., 1886.

The History of Union County, Ohio

Part IV: Military Records
p. 433:
The following list contains the names of the soldiers of 1812, who were residents of Union County: ...William Ennis...

p. 433-4:
Below are given the names of the soldiers of 1812 buried in the county, as far as can be learned, and among this number may be found representatives from almost every battle of any importance of that war: ... York Township-William Ennis, Elias Johnson, Timothy Knox, William Kirk, McKendrie Cemetery...

Part V: Township Histories
York Township, p. 525:
William Ennis hailed from New York. He settled on what is now the E. Haun place, in the northern part of Survey 3,237. He raised a family here, and removed to Logan County, where he died.

Source: Durant, Pliny A., The History of Union County, Ohio, Part V: Township Histories, Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1883.

Probate records of Magdalanah Ennis

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Source: New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, Family Search  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YCY-D35?i=33&wc=Q7PG-MNP%3A213301801%2C213948601&cc=1920234 : accessed 08 Dec  2013), Tioga > Wills 1818-1840 vol C-D, 4, 8 > images 33-35  of 478.

Probate records of William A. Ennes

Order of Distribution, 29 May 1882
From the Probate Records of William A. Ennes

Anna Ennes Widow of said Decedent	$326.50
Frances Davis	$75.50
Priscilla Brooks	$75.50
Ellen Elliott	$75.50
Maggie M. Southard	$75.50
Thomas Hornbeck Guardian of Lorenzo D. Ennes	$75.50
Martha Browne	$10.79
Ellen Hanchett	$10.79
Amanda Ennes: now Ballinger	$10.78
Lincoln Ennes	$10.78
D.K. Bowker Guar. Of the minor children of Ordilla Bowker	$10.78
Charles Hanchett Guar. Of Sylvester & Sadie Ennes	$21.58
	$779.50

Application for Letters of Administration, 8 Dec 1880
From the Probate Records of William A. Ennes

Frances Davis Daughter Bradner, Wood Co., O.
Priscilla Brooks Daughter Lexington, McClain Co. Ill.
Ellen Elliot Daughter Carolton, Caroll Co., Ia.
Maggie M. Southard Daughter West Mansfield, Logan Co., O.
Ordilla Bowker Dec'd: Having minor children Henry Co., Ohio
Alonzo H. Ennes Dec'd: having Children Henry Co., Ohio
Lorenzo D. Ennes Dec'd: Having a Son Guar. In Union Co., O.

Source: Information from the probate records of William A. Ennes, provided by Ruth Browne (and the Logan County Genealogical Society).

Will of Anna Ennes

Source: Wills; Probate Place: Logan, Ohio from Ancestry.com. Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Ohio County, District and Probate Courts.

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Name: William Ennes Gender: Male Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1861 Marriage Place: Union, Ohio, USA Spouse: Anna Dibble Film Number: 000573777

Source: Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.

William A. Ennis' records

View William's pension file:

War of 1812 pension file for William Ennes

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Entire map:	Detail of map:	Source information:
		W. Ennes's land Year:    1875 Logan Co., Ohio Collection Number: G&M_32; Roll Number: 32

Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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1810

Spencer, Tioga, New York

Name:    Wilhlmus Ennis
Home in 1810 (City, County, State):    Spencer, Tioga, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:    1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :    1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:    1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :    1
Number of Household Members Under 16:    2
Number of Household Members Over 25:    3
Number of Household Members:    6

Source: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1820

Schenectady, Schenectady, New York

Name:    William Ennes
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Schenectady Ward 1, Schenectady, New York
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3

Source: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1850

York, Union, Ohio

Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1860

York, Union, Ohio

Source: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

1880

Jefferson, Logan, Ohio

Source: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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Makendrie Cemetery, York, Union, Ohio

Gravestone of Margaret, wife of William Ennes (photo credit: Ruth Browne):

Inscription from Margaret (Snell) Ennes' gravestone:

Margaret
Wife of Wm. Ennes.
Died
April 7, 1858
Aged 61 Yrs. 7 Mos. 9 Ds.
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Asleep in Jesus, O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet
With holy confidence to rest
In hope of being ever blest.