The ENSIGN Family of Scituate, Plymouth, MA | Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk |
Generation 1
Parents:
Thomas Ensign married Constance Pilcher.
Children of Thomas Ensign and Constance Pilcher:
THOMAS ENSIGN (d. 1663/4) of Scituate
Parents: Thomas Ensign and Constance Pilcher
Thomas Ensign died between 16 Jul 1663, when he signed his will, and 9 Jun 1664, when it was proved. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Wilder on 17 Jan 1638/9 in Plymouth Colony, as his second wife. [Ref]
Thomas Ensign bought James Cudworth's house in Scituate between 1634 and 1637. [Ref] He was one of the Conihassett Partners of Scituate.
In his will, Thomas mentions his wife Elizabeth, son John, daughter Hannah, daughter Hannah's son Thomas Sheppard, daughter Sarah and his wife's sister's daughter Sarah Underwood. [Ref]
The will of Thomas's son John strongly suggests that Thomas had two living daughters named Hannah.
Children of Thomas Ensign:
Children of Thomas Ensign and Elizabeth Wilder:
HANNAH ENSIGN
Parents: Thomas Ensign and Elizabeth Wilder
Hannah Ensign married Thomas Wade.
References
Encyclopedias
Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Entries for Edward Foster and James Ensign.
Family Genealogies
Daggett, John, "John Shepard," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 128.
Unknown, Sheffield, Daggett and Allied Families: A genealogical study with biographical notes, New York, American Historical Co., 1932.
History
Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620 - 1691, Salt Lake City, Ancestry, 1986.
Local Histories
Hurd, D. Hamilton, History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts: With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1884.
Vital Records
Wills
Hall, Virginia, "Miscellaneous Notes," Notes Section, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 66, 1912, 87.