Person:David Ensign (6)
David Ensign
b.10 Oct 1688 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.4 Dec 1759 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Aft 1682
  1. David Ensign1688 - 1759
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 May 1709
  1. Abigail Ensign1710 - 1796
  2. Hannah Ensign1711/12 -
  3. Zerviah Ensign1713 -
  4. David Ensign1716 -
  5. Eliphalet Ensign1718 - 1792
  6. Elizabeth Ensign1719 - 1719
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  David Ensign1688 - 1759
  • W.  Sarah Moody1702 - 1776
m. 29 Apr 1726
  1. Sarah Ensign1726/27 - 1748
  2. Datus Ensign1729 - 1814
  3. Jerusha Ensign1731 - 1731
  4. Ezekiel Ensign1732/33 - 1807
  5. Solomon Ensign1738 - 1817
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] David Ensign
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Oct 1688 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Christening[1][2][3] 10 Oct 1688 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Church
Marriage 16 May 1709 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Smith
Marriage 29 Apr 1726 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Moody
Will[5] 26 Nov 1759 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2][4] 4 Dec 1759 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[5] 1 Jan 1760 Will exhibited.
Estate Inventory[5] 29 Mar 1760
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 David Ensign, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977)
    239.

    "David Ensign s of David & Sarah (Wilcox) born Oct 10, 1688 (Hartford Town Record) bp Oct 10, 1688 (1 Ch Rec) died Dec 5, 1759 ae 70 (W Hfd Ch Rec) David Ensign Jr. owned cov 1 Ch Mch 26, 1716."

    Barbour gives him a son Otis, baptized 28 December 1740 at West Hartford. However, this son is not mentioned in his 1759 will, and his son Eliphalet had a son Oatis (Otis) born at New Hartford, 23 December 1740, who appears to be the one baptized five days later at West Hartford.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 11. David3 Ensign, in Nelson, Martha Eunice Ensign. Record of the Descendants of James Ensign and His Wife Sarah Elson, 1634-1939-1960. (United States: The Compiler, 1960)
    14.

    "11. David Ensign3 (David2, James1) Chr. 10 Oct. 1688, Hartford, Hartford, Conn,; s. of David and Sarah Wilcox Ensign; d. 4 Dec. 1759, Bloomfield, Hartford Conn,; … David and Hannah were original members of the Second Church in Hartford, 18 Feb. 1711/12. On 16 Dec. 1712 he was chosen grand juryman; on 20 Dec 1715 he was selected collector of tax. He went from Windsor to Wintonbury, now Bloomfield, with all his goods in a bundle."

  3. ↑ Births and Baptisms, in Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford, Connecticut, 1633-1885. (Hartford, Conn.: The Church, 1885)
    168.

    "1688. … Oct: … 10: David, son to David Ensigne [baptized]."

  4. ↑ Volume 122 Part 1 West Hartford, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    309.

    "Ensign, … David, chosen mem. seating com. Sept. 6, 1744 [1Soc.:S]"
    "Ensign, … David, chosen mem. com. Dec. 19, 1744 [1Soc.:T]"
    "Ensign, … David, chosen mem. com. Dec. 26, 1745 to promote scooling [1Soc.:U]"
    "Ensign, … David, was debited & credited [1745-6] with sundry accounts of Soc. [1Soc.:3-A, 4]"
    "Ensign, … David, mentioned in accounts of Soc. [1745-6] [1Soc.:14A]"
    "Ensign, … David, d. Dec. 5, 1759, Æ 70 y., 9 m. [1:142]"

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ensign, David, Hartford, in Barbour, Lucius Barnes, and Helen Schatvet Ullmann (Transcriber). Hartford District Probate Records. Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
    37:624.

    "18:147-48, 156-58

    Ensign, David, Hartford

    will 26 Nov 1759, wit Daniel Hooker, Samuel Moody, Justus Smith

    inv 29 Mch 1760, app Elisha Seymour, Isaac Webster, Ichabod Merrell.
    William Seymour, Matthew Gillet in New Hartford. son Solomon to be sole ex.

    Legatees: Sarah, wife
    Abigail. Hannah, Zerviah, daughters
    David, Eliphalet, Datis, Ezckiel, Solomon, sons
    Ebenezer Price, grandchild

    Court Record. Page 78. 1 Jan 1760. Will exhibited. Page 92. 1 Apl. 1760. Invt. exhibited.

    Page 48 (vol XXII) 30 May 1775. Widow Sarah moves for dowry."

  6.   David Ensign, in Find A Grave.

    This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial.

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