Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "William Ennis and Elizabeth Quick," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
William Ennes was born 10 Jan 1711 in Marbletown, Ulster, New
York to William Ennes and Cornelia
Viervant. He was baptized 27 Jan 1712 in Kingston, Ulster,
New York. William's father died when William was very young and so, he
would have been raised by his mother, Cornelia, and stepfather, Lambert
Brink. William married Elizabeth Quick 18 May 1739. Elizabeth
was baptized 28 Jan 1722 in Rochester, Ulster, New York, daughter of Thomas Quick and Margriet
Decker.
William is said to have settled in the Delaware Valley in 1738. William
and Elizabeth were received as members of the Dutch Reformed Church at
Deerpark, Orange, New York 19 Jun 1745. By 1762, William had become an
elder of the church.
The Ennes's stone house in Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey (just west of
the Old Mine Road and 1/2 mile east of the Delaware River) is still
standing and has been documented as part of the Historic American
Buildings Survey and the National Register of Historic Places (as part
of the Old Mine Road District). William purchased the land on which the
house is located 5 October 1753.
A stone in the front of the house is inscribed "TB 1751" (some have
supposed that it reads "7 3 1751" instead) and offers a clue as to the
date of the building of the house. It has been suggested that TB stands
for either Tobias Brink or Thomas Bonnell, early settlers there, but
that has not been confirmed. It has been said that Richard Gardner, the
previous owner of the land, never lived there, and that William Ennes
built the house. If he did, he would have built the house before he
owned the land, which is possible if he was a tenant before purchasing
the land or was under some sort of contract before the land was deeded
to him. However, this is not certain. Another possible explanation of
the 1751 date comes from a local tradition that states that the lower
portion of the house was originally built as a fort before becoming a
house and that 1751 was the date of that change.
The original house appears to have consisted of one room with a ladder
in the east corner leading to a loft and a basement accessible from
outside. Since then, the southwest wall was removed, additions were
made, and the original door was partially filled in with stone and
converted into a window. The mantel, which was found in the barn, was
restored in the twentieth century.
William was a highly respected schoolteacher in Sandyston and Montague,
both in Sussex county, New Jersey. After settling in Sussex county,
according to James P. Snell, William "at once engaged in teaching,
having been one of the most renowned among the earlier instructors of
Sussex County. He was the pioneer of his profession along the banks of
the Delaware, which was the scene of his earliest labors." Snell also
wrote, "The first instructor who is remembered was one William Ennes,
already mentioned as an early settler, who afforded various portions of
the township in succession the benefit of his superior abilities. He was
an able and a worthy man. Although minus an arm, he wielded the rod with
a dexterity which filled the hearts of the urchins in the neighborhood
with terror and rendered them speedily amenable to his discipline. He
was skillful in preparing quill pens for the scholars, which were
scattered by him over the room or tossed at the boys with the most
absolute certainty of aim...Mr. Ennis for many years retained his
popularity, and was the only teacher at this school." He also served as
a surveyor of highways in Sussex county in 1769.
Elizabeth died 8 Apr 1771 "on Wednesday at 2 o’clock" (as recorded by
William). William served as a private in Col. Pawling's regiment, Ulster
county, New York militia during the American Revolution. He is recorded
in Sandyston in the 1793 tax list.
William's will was dated 19 Apr 1799, filed 9 May 1804, and proved 22
July 1804. William was living at Sandyston at the time of the writing of
his will. William and Elizabeth were both buried in the De Schmidt
Burying-Ground, Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey.
William and Elizabeth’s children are:
| 1 | Cornelia Ennis, born
28 Sep 1740, baptized 7 Jun 1741 in Deerpark, Orange, New York,
died 24 Jan 1743. |
| 2 | Benjamin
Ennis, born 25 Apr 1743, baptized 3 May 1743 in
Deerpark, Orange, New York, married Magdalena Van Etten in
Aug 1769 in Deerpark, Orange, New York, a lieutenant for
Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War, killed 20 April 1780 during
the Battle of Conashaugh in Pike county, Pennsylvania. He had been
part the troops under his father-in-law's command who responded to
reports of Indians who had sided with the British in the area.
During the pursuit, he was ambushed and scalped. His body was
carried back to the fort around Johannes Van Etten's house. Wife: Magdalena Van Etten, bp. 6 Oct 1751 in Deerpark, Orange, New York, dau. of Johannes Van Etten and Maria Gonzales, also called Lena for short, may have taught school at Montague, Sussex, New Jersey after Benjamin's death, lived in Delaware, Northampton, Pennsylvania in 1790, appeared on a 1798 tax list in Delaware, Northampton, Pennsylvania, granted Magdalena relief in the form of a gratuity and annuity by the State of Pennsylvania as the widow of a slain Revolutionary War soldier 20 March 1812, lived in Tioga county, New York at the writing of her will, will written 9 Feb 1819 and proved 17 Nov 1819. |
| 3 | Daniel Ennis, born 30
Nov 1745, baptized 8 Dec 1745 in Deerpark, Orange, New York,
married Eleanor Hornbeck 26 Dec 1766 in Deerpark, Orange,
New York, blacksmith and farmer in New Jersey, owner of a tavern
and store in Sandyston near the Delaware River, served as an
ensign in the company of Capt. John Westbrook (his
brother-in-law), 3d battalion of New Jersey troops, a slave owner
(a Sin, son of Delia, born in 1805, was recorded as owned by a
Daniel Ennes in Warren or Sussex county, New Jersey and three
slaves were enumerated in Daniel's household in 1820 (but not in
1810 or 1830)), lived in Owasco, Cayuga, New York in 1810, 1820,
and 1830, died 24 Dec 1838 in Owasco, Cayuga, New York, buried at
the Owasco Rural Cemetery, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York. Of
Daniel's tavern, it is said, "This tavern was in its day a
favorite resort, and the son of Mr. Ennes was no less renowned for
hospitality than was his father, whom he succeeded." Wife: Eleanor Hornbeck, also called Leentje for short, bp. 12 Jan 1746, dau. of Evart Hornbeck and Eleanor Cuddeback (her mother Eleanor was the daughter of Jacob Caudebec and Margaretta Provoost), sister of Jacobus Hornbeck below, d. 14 Feb 1839, bur. Owasco Rural Cemetery, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York. |
| 4 | Margaret Ennis, born
28 Jun 1748, baptized 17 Jul 1748 in Deerpark, Orange, New York,
married Jacobus Hornbeck, a farmer in New Jersey), brother
of Eleanor Hornbeck above) 18 Dec 1766 in Deerpark, Orange, New
York. Husband: Jacobus Hornbeck, son of Evart Hornbeck and Eleanor Cuddeback (Eleanor was the daughter of Jacob Caudebec and Margaretta Provoost, also called James (James and Jacob are cognates. Enslaved people in this household: Jacob Hornbeck of Sandyston was recorded as the owner of an enslaved woman named Jan (or Yon) and several of her children (Cato, Peggy, and Suky), Enus ("son of my black woman" - either Jan or another unnamed woman), and several children whose parents are not specified (Phebe, Kate, and Harry). The children were recorded because of an 1804 act to gradually end slavery in New Jersey by specifying that children born after 4 Jul 1804 would be freed at the age of 21 for women and 25 for men. |
| 5 | Joseph
Ennis, born 9 Jul 1751, baptized 18 August 1751 in
Deerpark, Orange, New York, married Margrieta Van Etten 22
June 1770 in Deerpark, Orange, New York, listed as a member of the
Machackemeck (Deerpark) Reformed Dutch Church on 28 Sep 1787, a
deacon, an elder 14 July 1816, one of the subscribers to the 1810
English translation (from Dutch) of Rev. John Vanderkemp's Fifty
Three Sermons on the Heidelbergh Catechism, the ferryman at
Dingman's Ferry, appears in Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey on tax
lists in 1774, 1781, and 1793, bought 100 acres in Northampton
county, Pennsylvania, joining land in Delaware, Pike, Pennsylvania
18 Jun 1792, perhaps the Joseph Ennis living in Sandyston, Sussex,
New Jersey in 1830, lived in Sandyston at the time of his death,
inventory on his estate taken 13 Sep 1830. The Ennis Ferry House,
built about 1760 and now on the National Register of Historic
Places, is located in Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey. Wife: Margrieta Van Etten, also called Margriet and Grietje for short, bp. 5 Nov 1752 in Deerpark, Orange, New York, the daughter of Jan Van Etten and Marritje Westfael, listed as a member of the Machackemeck (Deerpark) Reformed Dutch Church 18 Aug 1787. |
| 6 | John Ennis, born 9 Mar
1754, baptized 24 Mar 1754 in Deerpark, Orange, New York, died 21
Jun 1778. |
| 7 | Cornelius Ennis, born
26 Nov 1756, baptized 19 Jun 1757 in Deerpark, Orange, New York,
died 10 Sep 1760. |
| 8 | Alexander Ennis, born
16 Aug 1759, baptized 19 Aug 1759 in Deerpark, Orange, New York,
died 11 Oct 1769. |
| 9 | Cornelius Ennis, born
5 Nov 1761, married 1) Eleanor Decker (according to DAR
records) and 2) Deborah Clark 21 May 1799 in Sussex
county, New Jersey, served during the Revolutionary War as a
private in Albert Pawling's regiment, New York militia in 1779 and
in Capt. Henry Shoemaker's company, Pennsylvania Rangers in 1781,
granted land in Northampton county, Pennsylvania 6 May 1794,
settled in Bradford county, Pennsylvania in 1815, died 27 Mar 1836
in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, buried at Ennes Cemetery
(private family cemetery), Standing Stone, Bradford, Pennsylvania. Wife 1: Eleanor Decker. Wife 2: Deborah Clark, dau. of Matthias Clark, widow of Abraham Cole, bur. at Standing Stone, Bradford, Pennsylvania |
| 10 | Catherine Ennis, born
24 May 1764, married Simon Cortright, inherited her
father's farm, died 28 Oct 1848, buried with Simon at Hainesville
Cemetery, Hainesville, Sussex, New Jersey. Husband: Simon Cortright, b. 28 Jan 1764, said to have emigrated to Virginia when young but returned soon, elected as a member of the council for Sussex county in the New Jersey legislature in 1812 and representative for Sussex county in the General Assembly 1814-5, one of the judges in a murder trial in 1820, purchased 1,000 acres, "elected a justice of the peace, served three terms in the Legislature, and was for fifteen years judge of the Court of Common Pleas," "a man of much energy, and wielded a vast influence in the township," appeared in Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey in the 1793 tax list, d. 18 Aug 1824. |
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Buildings Survey
Nathaniel R. Ewan,
Photographer July 13,
1937
EXTERIOR - NORTHWEST
ELEVATION - William
Ennes House, Old Mine
Road, Sandyston
Township, Hainesville,
Sussex County, NJ
Buildings Survey
Joseph Barborka,
Photographer June 15,
1937 INTERIOR - MANTEL
DETAIL - LIVING ROOM -
William Ennes House,
Old Mine Road,
Sandyston Township,
Hainesville, Sussex
County, NJ
photograph
Photographer unknown,
ca. 1890 SOUTHEAST
AND NORTHEAST
ELEVATIONS - William
Ennes House, Old Mine
Road, Sandyston
Township, Hainesville,
Sussex County, NJ
Source: William Ennes House, Old Mine Road, Sandyston Township, Hainesville, Sussex County, NJ, Historic American Buildings Survey, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/nj0823/, accessed 24 February 2019.
Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Kingston, Ulster, NY.
| Page Number |
Baptism Number | Baptism Date |
Parents |
Child |
Witnesses |
| 97 |
2020 | 1712 |
Wilhem Ennes |
Wilhem |
Wiljam West. |
| 27 Jan. |
Cornelia Vier-Vant |
Mary West. |
|||
| 140 |
2969 | 1722 |
Thomas Kwik |
Elisabeth |
Kryn Oosterhoud, junior. |
| 28 Jan. |
Grietjen Dekker |
Bp'd in "Raysester" (Rochester) |
Neeltjen Van Aaken |
Source: Hoes, Roswell Randall (comp.), Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997 (originally published by DeVinne Press (New York), 1891).
Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Machackemeck (Deerpack).
| Page Number |
Baptism Date |
Parents |
Child |
Witnesses |
| 104 |
1741 |
William Enness | Cornelia |
Lammert Brinck, |
| June 7 |
Lizabeth Quick | Cornelia Viervan |
||
| 105 |
1743 |
William Ennes | Benjamin |
Benjamin Quik |
| May 3 |
Elisabeth Quik | Heilje Wessebroek |
||
| 110 |
1745 |
William Ennes | Daniel |
Hendrick Cornelise Kortrecht, |
| Dec. 8 |
Elizabeth Quick | Jannetje Ennes, his wife |
||
| 116 |
1748 |
William Ennes | Margriet |
Margriet Decker |
| July 17 |
Elizabeth Quick | |||
| 123 | 1751 | William Ennes | Joseph | Joseph Westbroeck, |
| Aug. 18 | Elisabeth Quick | Elizabeth Kuyckendal, his wife | ||
| 128 | 1754 | William Ennes | John | John Van Etten, |
| March 24 | Lisabeth Quick | Maritje Westfael, his wife | ||
| 133 | 1757 | William Ennes | Cornelius | Cornelius Quik, and |
| June 19 | Elisabeth Quick | his wife Maria |
||
| 137 |
1759 |
William Ennes | Alexander |
Johannes van Etten, |
| Aug. 19 |
Lisabeth Quick | Maria Gonsales, his wife |
Marriage Record
1737-97 (Machackemeck)
| Page |
Date |
Married |
| 273 | 1766 - Dec. 18. | Is in the marriage state entered: Jacobus Hoornbeck, young man, to Grietje Ennes, young woman. |
| 274 | 1769 - August. |
Benjamin Ennis to Lena Van Etten. |
| 274 | 1770 - June 22. | Is married, Joseph Ennes to Grietje van Etten. |
Church Members
1745-67 (Machackemeck)
Page 281
1745-June 19. In the presence of Hendrick Kortrecht and Dirk
Westbroeck, elders of Mennisink, upon confession of faith and life, as
members of our Low Dutch Reformed Church, the following persons were
received:
William Ennes and his wife Lisabeth Quick...Maritje Westfael wife of
Jan van Etten...
Page 284
1762-April 9. In the presence of William Ennes, elder of the Church of
Jesus Christ, were received on confession...
1767-September. These upon satisfactory confession of - the godly
truth, in presence of William Ennes and Hendrick Cortregt, respective
elders of Naamnach, were received...
| Page |
Date |
Member(s) |
| 285 | 1787 - Aug 18. | Grietie Van Etten wife of Joseph Ennes. |
| " |
Sept. 28. |
Joseph Ennes |
From the minute book of the Corporation and Consistory, the Minisink church, Page vii
"Succession of Consistory and their Acts. There has been a succession
of Elders and Deacons in the Church of Menessing from August 23, 1737
to May the 11, 1785 when the combined Consistories of Walpeck,
Menesing, and Magagkameck, viz.
Isaac Van Campen made a Call on the Rvd. Elias Van
Joannes Decker Bunschooten then Minister of the
Hendrick Wm. Cortrecht Gospel of Schachthook who accepted of the
Joannes C. Westbrook Menesing Call the 9th of July next following
Hendericus Decker and was installed by the Revd. Jacob R.
Jesias Cortrecht Hardenburgh the 29 of August 1785 and
William Ennes also at the same time by the
Frederick Van Demerck above mentioned Consistories received as
J. R. Dewitt their lawful Minister of the
Simon Westfall Gospel as may be seen in Menesing church Harmanus Van
Emwigen records."
Jacob D. Gumaar
Elias Cortrecht
Thomas Kyte
...
July 14th, 1816 the surviving members of the Consistory together with
the male members of this Congregation met at the house of Mr. Stool
the meeting was opened with prayers by the Rev. Charles Hardenbergh.
Whereas it Appeared that there were only two members remaining in
Consistory Viz Abraham Westfall Elder and Joseph Ennes Decon it was
Resolved that the meeting proceed to the Election of church officers
when the following persons were only chosen Viz
Abraham Westfall and
Joseph Ennes Elders
Peter Vannest and
Benjamin Depui Decons
The Elders and Decons Elect After having been published to the
Congregation were Installed in their respective offices...
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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Hoornbeek and Gritje
Ennis, Daniel Ennes
and Leentje Hoornbeek
1766
Ennis and Lena Van
Etten
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.
Subscribers' Names.
...
Joseph Ennes, Esq., Menissing,
Source: Vanderkemp, Rev. John (and Van Harlingen, Rev. John M. (trans.), The Christian Entirely the Property of Christ, in Life and Death: Exhibited in Fifty-three Sermons on the Heidelbergh Catechism, vol. II, New Brunswick, NJ: Abraham Blauvelt, 1810, p. xxxii.
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Sussex county:
Ennes and Debora
Cole, widow
Source: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. New Jersey Marriages. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey.
The New Jersey Assembly in 1804 passed an act to gradually abolish
slavery within the state. The act provided that every child born
of a slave after the fourth of July of that year was to be free, but
should remain the servant of the owner of the mother, as if bound out
by the Overseer of the Poor, until the age of twenty-five years, if a
male, or twenty-one years, if a female. All slave births were to
be recorded by the county clerk.
...
Sin, male child, b. Oct. 20, 1805, to Delia, Negro wench, owned by
Daniel Ennis.
Cato, a male child, b. Oct. 10, 1818, "of My Black woman, Jan," owned
by Jacob Hornbeck, Sandyston Tp. Aug. 21, 1819.
Peggy, Negro slave girl, b. July 4, 1821, "her mother called Yon,"
owned by Jacob Hornbeck. Nov. 29, 1821.
Enus, a black boy, b. Dec. 23, 1823, "son of my black woman," owned by
Jacob Hornbeck. Jan. 27, 1824.
Suky, b. Feb. 22, 1825, "of Yon, my female slave," owned by Jacob
Hornbeck. Oct. 10, 1825.
Phebe, black girl, b. Mar. 10, 1827, owned by Jacob Hornbeck.
Mar. 5, 1829.
Kate, black girl, b. Feb. 14, 1829, owned by Jacob Hornbeck.
Mar. 5, 1829.
Harry, black boy, b. Jan. 25, 1831, owned by Jacob Hornbeck.
Aug. 19, 1831.
Source: "Warren and Sussex Counties Slave Births, 1804-1833", The
Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, vol. 54, nos. 2/3, May/Sept. 1979
(quoting records in the county clerk's files in Newton, New Jersey).
An online copy of these records can be found at http://raub-and-more.com/slavebirths.html.
Caudebec in America
22
JAMES3 HORNBECK (Jacob,1 Eleanor2), m. Margaret Ennes, dau. of
William Ennes. A farmer of New Jersey. Children (Hornbeck):
Evert.*
Elizabeth Ennes, bap. April 23, 1772.
Lena, bap. Dec. 23, 1780.
...
29
ELEANOR (LENA)3 HORNBECK (Jacob,1 Eleanor2), bap. Jan. 12, 1746, m.
Daniel Ennes, blacksmith and farmer in New Jersey, son of William
Ennes, b. in Marbletown, Jan. 12, 1712, m. June 19, 1745, Elizabeth
Quick, dau. of Thomas Quick, grandson of William Ennes and Cornelia
Viervant. Children (Ennes):
James.*
Cobus, bap. April 13, 1767.
Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 5, 1769, m. July 7,
1788, Thomas Van Etten.
Sally Ann.
74 Alexander.
Source: Cuddeback, William Louis, Caudebec in America: A Record of
the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec, 1700 to 1920, New York:
Tobias A. Wright, 1919, pgs. 68, 70. Available at Archive.org.
A Bit about the Ennes
Pages 10-12:
WILLIAM ENNES JR. (II), 1711-1804 was the son of William (I). A
summary of his biography can best be given by a “Copy of records from
the Old Ennis Bible”:
William (Jr.) Ennis, in his own hand viz. 1711 January 10th was I.
William Ennis, born at Mormal. (town off Marbletown N.Y., see church
records)
1739 May 18th was I married
to me wife Elizabeth Quick.
1740 Sept. 28th is born my
eldest daughter Cornelia.
1743 Jan. 24th departed
this life my said daughter Cornelia.
1743 April 25th is born my
eldest son Benjamin.
1745 Nov. 30th is born my
second son Daniel.
1748 June 28th is born my
second daughter Margaret.
1751 July 9th is born my
third son Joseph.
1754 Mar. 9th is born my
fourth son John
1756 Nov. 26th is born my
fifth son Cornelius (1st).
1759 Aug. 16th is born my
sixth son Alexander.
1760 Sept. 10th departed
this life my son Cornelius (1st).
1761 Nov. 5th is born my
seventh son Cornelius (2nd).
1764 May 24th Is born my
third daughter Catherine.
1769 Oct. 11th departed
this life my sixth son Alexander.
1778 June 21th departed
this life my son John.
1780 April 20 departed this
life my son Benjamin, killed by Indians, being my eldest son.
1771 April 8 departed this
life my dearly beloved wife, Elizabeth, on Wednesday at 2 o’clock.
William Ennes Jr. (II) and his wife Elizabeth Quick are buried in the
Old Dutch Cemetery on the Mine Road in the northeast corner of
Sandyton township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
House—The home of
the one-armed school
master who resided
here in 1751. This picture
was taken in 1968 by C.V.
Crane, President of
Minnisink Historical Society.
Mr. Crane is standing in
front of building.
More relating to William Ennes (II) is learned by reading a condensed
copy of his will.
Summary of Will
Archives of the State of New Jersey. First Series Vol. XXXVIII
Calendar of N.J. Wills, etc. Vol. V. 1801-1805, pp. 153-154
1799, April 19. ENNES, WILLIAM, of Sandyton, Sussex Co.; will to
Grandson, Alexander Ennes (sic) (son of eldest on, Benjamin, dec’d) 5
shillings for his birthright. Daughter Catharina, (wife of Simon
Cartroght) farm where I now live (16 acres); she to pay £ 50. Son,
Cornelius, the improvement purchased from Solomon Decker, where George
Quick now lives; he to pay £ 20. To the 6 children (unnamed) of son,
Benjamin, dec’d. £ 18 to be divided among them, Sons, Daniel, Joseph
and Cornelius, wearing apparel. Daughter, Margaret (wife of James
Hornbeck), bed and bedding. Residue to sons, Daniel and Joseph, heirs
on son, Benjamin, dec’d, and daugh-Margaret (wife of James Hornbeck)
In 4 equal shares.
Executors—sons, Daniel and Joseph Ennes.
Witnesses—Lydia Capron, Alexander Ennes,
Thomas Kyte,
Proved—July 22, 1804. (Recorded, Surrogate’s
Office, Sussex Co.) File 1010S.
More About William Ennes (II)
William Ennes is mentioned in the history of the settlement of the
Minisink Region. The first school in Montague township, Sussex County,
New Jersey was built in 1731. William Ennes was the third teacher. He
was followed by Madam Benjamin, the wife of his deceased son,
Benjamin. In Sandyton township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, (territory
once part of the province of New York, later made part of New Jersey)
early opportunity was offered for the education of the youth. History
states, “The first instructor in Sandyton was William Ennes, an early
settler, an upright man, who came from Kingston, in the 1730’s,
Although he was one-armed, he was skillful in making quill pens for
his youths. He had superior ability as a teacher”. He was a deacon in
the church. He held civic offices and signed his name with the date
following it.
William Ennes (II) married Elizabeth Quick (II).
...
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BENJAMIN ENNES, born 1743, farmer, lieutenant in the American
Revolution, killed in battle in 1780, married to MAGDALENA VAN ETTEN.
They bore: Elizabeth, b. 1-16-1769; Alexander, b. 4-29-1772; Johannis,
b. 5-23-1774; Marie, b. 11-23-1776; Emanuel, IV, b. ?; Benjamin, b.
8-19-1780, after his father's death.
Events Leading to Benjamin's Death
Brant the renegade, was hired by the British to lead the Indians in
attacks on the Colonists. The British paid Indians for scalps. In
1780, Jeremiah Van Auken, was dragged out of his school while in
session and killed. While the boys were being tomahawked,
outside,-some escaped-Brant took some ink and made a mark in the apron
of a girl, saying it would save her life. Brant then went outside to
help catch the boys. The other girls quickly marked all their aprons
with similar ink marks and saved their lives.
Battle of Conneshaugh-1780
Because of the atrocity, troops and scouts were rushed in. Brant and
his Indians were located on Raymondskill Creek over the Delaware River
in Pennsylvania. During the night reinforcements were called. Captain
Van Etten, Captain Westbrook and Lieutenant Ennes came, all rushing
troops toward Raymondskill Creek. On the way the troops were ambushed
by the Indians. Many fled, but Captain Westbrook and Lieutenant Ennes
stood their ground, on that rainy day in April, 1780. Lieut. Ennes and
twelve other men were killed. Their bodies were buried in the Old
Minisink Cemetery near the Old Ennis Home. Benjamin, the youngest son
of Lieutenant Ennes was born in August after that
battle.
The children's mother, Madam Benjamin then taught school to help keep
the family together. It was Alexander Ennes, her son, to whom William
Ennes gave the birthright when he made his will in 1799.
In 1798, all the members of Benjamin's family, along with kinfolks,
the Van Ettens and others moved from the Minisink Region to Cayuta
Township, Tioga County, New York in the Susquehanna Valley-more later.
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JOSEPH ENNES, born 1751, son of William and Elizabeth Quick, married
6-22-1770, GRIETJE VAN ETTEN, who was baptized, daughter of Johannis
Van Etten and Marrietje (Harriet) Westmeal. Joseph was prosperous. He
ran a ferry across the Delaware River at Dingsman Landing. It is said
that he aided two of his sons who migrated to New York in 1806 and
settled in the vicinity of Alloway, New York. He sent them money and
visited them about 1819...
Joseph Ennes (III) and Grietje' children were:
Elizabeth bp. 2-10-1773; Wilhelmus bp. 6-14-1775; Johannis J. bp.
1-24-1779; Joseph bp. 1-2-1786; Catrina b. 5-27-1791; and Daniel b.
9-21-1788 and bp. 10-12-1788. (taken from Machackameck Church records)
Wilhelmus married in 1793, his cousin, Marie (Ennes), daughter of
Benjamin, who was killed at Raymondskill Creek in the Battle of
Conneshaugh in April1780.
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.
The History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey
Page 27:
NAMES OF EARLY SETTLERS OF SUSSEX COUNTY.
...
1750. — Benjamin Shoemaker, William Ennes, Gerrit Brinck.
Pages 160-161:
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The constitution of 1776 allowed to Sussex, in common with the other
counties, one member of the council and three representatives in the
General Assembly. They were elected, and the members of both Houses
have been chosen as follows, down to the present time:
...
1812 — Council, Barnabas Swayze ; Assembly, Joseph Sharp, R. W.
Rutherford, Simon Cortright, James Davidson.
1814-15.— Council, William Kennedy;* Assembly, Simon Cortright, Joseph
Sharp, R. W. Rutherford, James Davidson.
Page 200:
Peter Brakeman was executed by Sheriff William Darrah, June 30, 1820.
He murdered a peddler named Francis E. Nichols, with whom he had
traveled from Montrose, Pa., in the character of a friend, but
evidently with the intention from the start of taking his life in
order to possess himself of the money which he knew Nichols to have.
...
The judges at his trial were Gabriel H. Ford, John Johnson, John
Gustin, Morris Robeson, Thomas Stewart, John Ogden, Walter L. Shee,
Simon Cortright, etc.
Page 327:
Walpack.
1769.— Constable, Johannes Cortrocht; Surveyors of Highways, Abraham
Carmar, William Ennis.
Page 366:
Montague.
VI.— SCHOOLS.
As a part of the school history of the township, it may be proper to
state that ground was given for a school-house in the Minisink as
early as 1731 by Johanes Westbrook, which is elsewhere described. It
is, however, not probable that a school was erected upon it at that
early date.
The earliest school recollected by the oldest surviving inhabitant was
located near the residence of Jacob Hornbeck, and built of logs,
during the beginning of the present century. The first teacher was one
Master Cooper, a rigid disciplinarian. His severity caused him to be
long remembered by the scholars upon whom it was exercised. A later
pedagogue was Master Daniel Kimball, whose terms were twelve shillings
per scholar for a period of twelve weeks. He was followed by Master
Wright, who is remembered as a skillful penman, and later by William
Ennes, after which a Madam Benjamin became the directress of the
educational interests of the neighborhood.
Pages 417-418:
Sandyston.
III.— EARLY SETTLEMENTS, Etc.
Among the earliest settlers in Sandyston was William Ennes, of Scotch
descent, who came in 1753 and at once engaged in teaching, having been
one of the most renowned among the earlier instructors of Sussex
County. He was the pioneer of his profession along the banks of the
Delaware, which was the scene of his earliest labors.
Mr. Ennes the year of his arrival purchased the farm now occupied by
John Kyte. The deed conveying this property is dated Oct. 5, 1753, and
is given by Richard Gardner, one of the 'proprietors,' to William
Ennes. He resided until his death upon this and other lands that he
purchased, when it passed into the hands of his son-in-law, Simon
Cortright, whose birth occurred in Sandyston in 1764, he having been
of Dutch lineage.
Mr. Cortright purchased, in addition, a tract embracing 1000 acres in
the eastern portion of the township, which was at the time entirely
unimproved, and which was disposed of in lots and rendered profitable
by the timber obtained from it.
Mr. Cortright, aside from his agricultural pursuits, was a man of much
energy, and wielded a vast influence in the township. He emigrated
when young to Virginia, but soon returned and became a settler at the
place of his nativity. He was early elected a justice of the peace,
served three terms in the Legislature, and was for fifteen years judge
of the Court of Common Pleas. His decease occurred in 1824, when he
was in his sixtieth year, and his estate passed to Jacob Kyte, who
owned it until his death, in his eighty-second year, when it came into
the possession of the present occupant, John Kyte.
Page 420:
Sandyston.
EARLY TAVERNS.
The earliest host remembered in the township was Daniel Ennes, son of
William Ennes, who chose a location in the northwest portion of the
township, near the Delaware River, where he built a tavern and
blacksmith-shop and opened a store. This tavern was in its day a
favorite resort, and the son of Mr. Ennes was no less renowned for
hospitality than was his father, whom he succeeded. The building was
long since converted into a residence, and is now occupied as a
farmhouse.
Page 421:
VI.— SCHOOLS.
The earliest opportunities for education in Sandyston occurred along
the Delaware River. The first instructor who is remembered was one
William Ennes, already mentioned as an early settler, who afforded
various portions of the township in succession the benefit of his
superior abilities. He was an able and a worthy man. Although minus an
arm, he wielded the rod with a dexterity which filled the hearts of
the urchins in the neighborhood with terror and rendered them speedily
amenable to his discipline. He was skillful in preparing quill pens
for the scholars, which were scattered by him over the room or tossed
at the boys with the most absolute certainty of aim.
The earliest school building stood upon the present farm of Ford T.
Kyte. It was a capacious structure and was attended by many of the
children from the adjoining township of Montague. Mr. Ennis for many
years retained his popularity, and was the only teacher at this
school.
Page 422:
VIII.— BURIAL-PLACES.
The oldest burial-ground in Sandyston, and possibly in the county, is
known as the "De Schmidt burial-ground," near the Delaware River, in
the northwest portion of the township.
...
In this inclosure were interred the remains of early members of the
Westbrook family, the Cortrights, and the venerable William Ennes and
his wife. Many of the graves were marked by common fieldstones, on
which were rude inscriptions.
This spot is still devoted to purposes of burial, though not in
general use.
Page 423:
IX.— VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
HAINESVILLE.
The hamlet of Hainesville is located in the northern portion of the
township, on the Little Flatbrook, and has but recently received the
cognomen of "Hainesville," in honor of ex-Governor Daniel Haines, of
Sussex County. It stretches over a vast extent of territory, having
been built at intervals along the stage road which runs to Port
Jervis, N. Y.
The land, which is embraced in a portion of what was known as the
Gardner tract, of 1000 acres, was purchased by Simon Cortright before
the Revolutionary war, and devoted to agricultural purposes. It was by
him sold to Peter Hotalen.
Source: Snell, James P. (comp.), The History of Sussex and Warren
Counties, New Jersey, Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881.
Available at Archive.org.
Improving Navigation on the Delaware River
Dingman's Ferry — Founded by Andrew Dingman (born 1711), who first settled on the New Jersey side of the Delaware, and in 1735 moved to the Pennsylvania side, and became the pioneer settler of that place, which was at first called Dingman's Choice. He established the first ferry on the river at that place, making the ferry boat with his hand axe out of forest trees. The ferry crossed between his home, which he built on the river bank, now in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pa., to Sandystone Township, Sussex County, N. J. For a long time Joseph Ennis was the ferryman. It continued in service for nearly a century, until 1834, when it was replaced by a toll bridge, the construction of which proved so defective that it was thrice destroyed. During the intervals of its rebuilding, ferry operations were resumed. (See Dingman's Ferry Bridge, page 179, post.)
Source: Fackenthal, B. F., Jr., "Improving Navigation on the Delaware River with Some Account of Its Ferries, Bridges, Canals and Floods," A Collection of Papers Read before the Bucks County Historical Society, vol. VI, Allentown, PA: Berkemeyer, Keck & Co., 1932, pgs. 165-166. Available at Archives.org.
A History of Deerpark
FAMILY OF EVART HORNBECK AND WIFE, ELEANOR CUDDEBACK.
First son, James Hornbeck, married Margaret Ennes, daughter of William
Ennes. He became owner of a part of his father's farm. They had -----
sons, namely, Evart, -------------------- and -------- daughters.
namely (Elizabeth Ennes, baptized April 29, 1772, and Lena, born Dec.
23, 1780.)
...
Daughter Eleanor Hornbeck married Daniel Ennes, a blacksmith, and son
of William Ennes. They had two sons-James and Alexander, and some
daughters, namely, [sic]
He commenced with small means, and, by persevering industry, acquired
a valuable property, viz: one farm, where his son Alexander resided,
in New Jersey, and a farm in the vicinity of Owasco lake, in New York.
Source: Gumaer, Peter E., A History of Deerpark in Orange County,
N.Y., Port Jervis, NY: Minisink Valley Historical Society, 1890,
pgs. 47-49. Available at Hathitrust.
History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Cornelius Ennes came from Sussex Co., N. J., in 1815, and bought the
Eicklor farm. He had two sons, Levi and Isaac, and one daughter.
Alexander Ennis is a son of Levi.
Source: Craft, David, History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co., 1878, p. 381.
National Historic Register
.5 miles south of the Westbrook-Bell House, also set back from the
road, is the Ennis House. With Westbrook-Bell, it is one of the two
remaining structures from the village of Minisink. It is a small 1 1/2
story rubble stone house with a steep pitch roof and clapboard gable
ends. One wall has been removed for an addition to the rear of the
house. It was built about 1751, either for, or bought soon after by
William Ennis, who kept the first school in the New Jersey Minisink.
Between the Old Mine Road and the Delaware River, near Nomanock
Island, are the ruins of Fort Nomanock, one of the major defensive
structures built and manned by the New Jersey colonial government for
the protection of Minisink residents from Indian raids during the
French and Indian War. Unlike the Westbrook Fort, Nomanock was
especially constructed for the purpose, and housed a small but regular
detachment of militia.
...
.5 miles south of the cemetery is the John Wesley Van Auken House,
also known as the Ennis Ferry House. This 1 1/2 story frame house was
built about 1760 into a bank overlooking the Delaware River on a
rough, split-faced fieldstone foundation. It has wood siding and a
wood shingle roof. The interior has been somewhat modernized with the
construction of an apartment on the upper story and in the rear at the
cellar level. Most of the original joiner work detailing remains
intact. The fireplace mantel is probably original. The house probably
served the first of two ferries in the Dingmans area, known as the
Ennis Ferry. During the era of logging on the Upper Delaware, it was a
popular night stop for rafters, who brought the logs to downriver
markets. The complex includes a handsome and well preserved barn on a
high quality stone foundation.
...
The mute and isolated solidity of the Ennis or Westbrook-Bell Houses
still conveys a sense of the stark and raw, yet civilized state of
life that existed on the earliest American frontier.
Source: "Old Mine Road Historic District," National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, received and entered 1980, PDF copy of form located at https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/ed3a265f-f45b-4fb9-bdc3-a93088128ca5, accessed 18 Feb 2019.
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Will of William Ennis
Author: New Jersey.
Surrogate's Court
(Sussex County);
Probate Place: Sussex,
New Jersey
continued
continued
Source: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Jersey County, District and Probate Courts.
Will of William Ennis (probably a copy of the original above)
Source: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Jersey County, District and Probate Courts.
New York, Probate Records, 1629-1971:
Probate records of Magdalanah Ennis
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.
Inventory of Joseph Ennes
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Ennes
Source: New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Sussex County), Inventories, 1803-1903, Inventories, v. D-F 1819-1840, FHL Film 960535, DGS 5679636, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93Q-T7WC?i=541&cc=2018330, image 542, accessed 18 Feb 2019.
1812, Feb. 21. Clark, Matthias, of Sandyston Twsp., Sussex Co.; will
of.
Debts to be paid out of moveable estate. Grandson, Aaron Clark, all
lands, he paying legacies. To son, Bethuel Clark, $50. Son, Calvin,
$50. Daughter, Deborah (wife of Cornelius Ennis), $50. Grandson,
Jepthah Clark, $150. Son, Luther, $50. Executor--son, Luther.
Witnesses--Samuel Jonathan Field, Isaac Carmer, Anna Probasco*. Proved
Mar. 11, 1812.
1812, Mar. 10. Inventory, $304.97; made by Simon Cortright, John
Layton.
File 1302 S.
*Signed by mark.
Source: Hutchinson, Elmer T., Documents Relating to the Colonial
History of the State of New Jersey, First Series - Volume XLI,
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume XII, 1810-1813, Westminster, MD:
Heritage Books, 2008, p. 70.
Cornelius Ennis' records
Source: National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M881; NARA Roll Number: 752, from Ancestry.com. U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores who Served During the Revolutionary War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M880, 4 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, RG 93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M881, 1096 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, RG 93; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Cornelius Ennes m. 1781 Eleanor Decker (1756-91)
...
William Ennes m. 1739 Elizabeth Quick (d. 1771)
...
Cornelius Ennes (1761-1836) enlisted in the Northampton County,
Pennsylvania militia, and 1781 served in Capt. Henry Shoemaker's
company, Pennsylvania Rangers. He was born in Sussex, N. J.; died in
Brandford County, Pa.
Also No. 95216.
William Ennes (1711-1804) served as private in Colonel Pawling's
regiment, Ulster County, New York militia.
Source: McDuffee, Alice Louise, Lineage Book, vol. 104,
Washington, DC: National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, 1913, pgs. 31-32.
Source: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Series Number: Series 1, from Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777–2012. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Ennis' records
Daniel Ennis (1745-1838) served as an ensign in the company of his
brother-in-law, Capt. John Westbrook, 3d battalion of New Jersey
troops. He was born in Sussex County, N. J.; died in Owasco, N. Y.
Also No. 126518.
Source: Spencer, Lue Reynolds, Lineage Book, vol. 158, Washington, DC:
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1937, p.
58.
Name: Daniel Ennis
Cemetery: Owasco rural cem
Location: Owasco NY 56
Source: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2;
Serial: 11999; Volume: 8, from Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of
Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Hatcher, Patricia
Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas,
TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.
Pension Records Mentioning Benjamin Ennis
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Gideon Cole (S9210)
Abraham Decker (S5332)
Andrew Dingman (S22731)
Samuel Helm (S4356)
Barnardus Swartwout (S22522)
Source: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
JOHN VAN CAMPEN TO PRES. REED, 1780
Lower Smithfield, April the 24th, 1780.
Hon'd Sir,
I hope my last by Mr. Mixer is Come to hand informing you of the
Incursion of the Indians at the house of Manuel Gunsaleyes. I herewith
inform your honour of their later attempts. James McCarte with his
family was Removed to the Jersey, on the 20th Instant his Sons went to
their home to feed the Cattle, Discovered sings of Indians, Returned
to the Jersey Immediately & acquainted Major Westbrook and Captain
Westbrook the sings they had Discovered, they Sent Immediately for
some of their best men & Croos'd the River that night, about sun
rise the morning following Discovered the Indians Nigh the Barnn and
began the attack ; the number of the Enemy is supposed to be about
fourteen; the Major Received no Damage with his party; the Indians
retreated to the woods ; the major was Reinforced by Capt. Vannatten,
with three of his sons & son in Law, Pursued the Indians by the
Blood, & about two miles Came up with them. As it is without Doubt
three of them was wounded, Renewed the attack, Drove the Indians in a
few minutes, they Ran to the edge of a thick wood; Captain Vannatten
maintained his Ground with his few men, the Major with his men also,
Captain Westbrook's men left him at the first fire from the Enemy in
the woods, which was the ruin of the whole; but the ground maintained
for some time & the retreat secured by the Major & Vannatten;
Kill'd & missing on the part of the Major & Vannatten: Captain
Westbrook missing, not yet found, Benjamin Ennis kill'd, son in law to
Capt. Vannatten, Richard Rosekrans kill'd and two more wounded. Of the
Enemy Kill'd, two found, one an officer, appearing by his Dress, found
in his pocket a Regular Journal from the first of March until the 16th
Inst., as appears by his Journal there is three hundred & Ninety
marched from Niagagari, divided into Different parties, the Officer
was a White man.
Respective Sir,
I'me now under Difficulties of mind, what the Event will be God only
knows, the people are Determined to Evacuate the Country, as there
appears no prospect of Relief by the millitia.
I am Sir, with Due Respect,
Your Most Huble servt.,
John VanCampen.
P. S. The said McCartee, where the attack began, is about two miles
Below Wells' ferry, on the Banks of Delaware.
Capt. Vannatten lives in Delaware Township, one mile Below McCartee's.
Directed.
To his Excellency, Joseph Reed, President of the Executive Council,
Philadelphia.
Source: Hazard, Samuel, Pennsylvania Archive: Selected and
Arranged from Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth...Commencing 1779, Vol. VIII, Philadelphia:
Joseph Severns & Co., 1853, pgs. 202-203. Available at
Archive.org.
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New Jersey Gazette
Source: New-Jersey Gazette, 3 May 1780.
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Northampton and Wayne
records
Source: United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. M372, microfilm, 24 rolls. Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791-2006, Record Group 58. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Name: Joseph Annes
[Joseph Ennes]
State: NJ
County: Sussex County
Township: Sandyston
Year: 1774
Record Type: August Tax List
Page: 002
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Name: Joseph Ennes
State: NJ
County: Sussex County
Township: Wlpck, Sndystn,montge
Year: 1781
Record Type: August Tax List
Page: 001
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Name: William Ennis
State: NJ
County: Sussex County
Township: Sandyston
Year: 1793
Record Type: June Tax List
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Name: Joseph Ennis
State: NJ
County: Sussex County
Township: Sandyston
Year: 1793
Record Type: June Tax List
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Name: Simon Cartright
State: NJ
County: Sussex County
Township: Sandyston
Year: 1793
Record Type: June Tax List
Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822
Source: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census
Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ronald V.,
Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890.
Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed
schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state
censuses, and/or census substitutes.
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Joseph Ennest
Pennsylvania Land Warrants and Applications
Source: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. Land Warrants. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.
Deed, 1 April 1831 (Estate of Joseph Ennis Esq.)
Source: Deed 1 April 1831, Estate of Joseph Ennis Esq. (Grantors: Cornelius Ennis, John Reser and wife Margarett, John Van Etten Jun. and wife Catharine, John Ennis, and Mary Ennis, all of Sussex county, New Jersey); Grantee: Daniel Ennis of Pike county, Pennsylvania; 62 acres and 62 perches, pages 353-354, from Pike County Pennsylvania Records, Recorder of Deeds/Register of Wills, County Administration Building, 506 Broad Street, Milford, PA 18337.
Cornelous Annes
Pennsylvania Land Warrants and Applications
Source: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. Land Warrants. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA.
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Magdalena Ennes,
widow of the late
lieutenant Benjamin
Ennes
Source: Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: From the Fourteenth Day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred, vol. 5, Philadephia: John Bioren, 1812, p. 334. Available at Google Books.
Pursh's Journal of a Botanical Excursion
Jun. 5. [1807]...
At the house of Mr. Coolbaugh, the man above mentioned I took dinner
& a man coming in who wanted to go as far as the beginning of
Minnisink that night, I availed myself of the opportunity of having
company, to get there this night yet. We had about 19. or 20. m. to
come to the place of his destination, it being one o'clock when we
left the tavern, & yet we reached it before it was quit dark; when
we came within 6. or 7.m. of it it began to rain very hard, but we
kept travelling on. The Minisinks I first understood were on the
Pensylvania side, but there is no such thing; the country calld so
lays in Sussex county New Yersey & extends from the New York line
about 16. or 18. m. down the river & about from 3 to 11 m. back.
This course I seen nothing new, the hills along the road are covered
close with timber & Cimicifuga Serpentaria (Actsea racemosa)
Aralia nudiflora & here & there patches of Podophyllum here
called Mandarach mixed with abundance of Houstonia cserulea &
other common plants of similar situation are the only cover of the
ground. We crossed the river at dark & took up lodging at Mr.
Ennis's, who keeps a ferry & a house much frequented by the
raftsmen. It looked very much for a heavy & settled rain.
Jun. 6. Rain all day, my anxiety of seeing this place was disappointed
for to day but being pretty much fatigued, I expected that the
disagreeable rest I had in a house I did not much like, would still be
so much more to my advantage; I slept most all day.
...
Jun. 8. Shortly before I left this to return to Ennis's down the river
I learned that a Post office were kept in the tavern I had stopped: I
wrote a few lines to Dr. Barton to inform him of my progresses in a
few words: I set out from here, along the banks of the river on a very
interesting road, going sometimes along a precipice of immense height
down to the river. Millford lays on Saw creek, 1. below a small creek
call'd White brook; 4 or 5 lower down the Connecheague 6m. lower
Reamannskill—from there to Dingmanns bushkill...
At Dingmanns I crossed the river over to Ennis's where I after a long
& fatiguing journey arrived late in the evening. ...
Source: Pursh, Frederick, Journal of a Botanical Excursion in the
Northeastern Parts of the States of Pennsylvania and New York during
the Year 1807, Philadelphia: Brinckloe & Maroe, Printers,
1869, pgs. 13-15. Available at Hathitrust.
1790
Delaware, Northampton, Pennsylvania
Name: Leanah Annes
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Delaware,
Northampton, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 7
Source: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm
publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census,
Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1810
Owasco, Cayuga, New York
Name: Daniel Annis
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Owasco, Cayuga,
New York
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Over 25: 1
Number of Household Members: 2
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
Owasco, Cayuga, New York
Name: Daniel Ennes
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Owasco, Cayuga,
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 - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25: 1
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total Slaves: 3
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:
11
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.
1830
Owasco, Cayuga, New York
Name: Daniel Ennis
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Owasco, Cayuga,
New York
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free
Colored): 7
Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey
Name: Joseph Ennes
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:; 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
Source: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Owasco Rural Cemetery, Skaneateles, Onandaga, New York
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A private Ennis/Ennes family cemetery, Standing Stone, Bradford, Pennsylvania
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Hainesville Cemetery, Hainesville, Sussex, New Jersey
(Ennes) Cortright
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