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Family History ' ENOCH ENOCHS - File R-3357 (According to !.\is record . .n was denial a
Stati of OhJo, rloriroc Co. ^ •' , 1834 personally appeared b^-fcu •- Jr ;:";.-b Hollister, one of the associate judges of the county, ENOCH ENCCh;-:, ?< .- .-. :jt. of said county and state, aged 84 years, to make :: dtcliration fc' Pf?:';- •' .
I.'e .s1.. cod };. altered the S"rv •..: -under Capt. Henry Enochs, Lieut. David Owens and hims':-"i:'." cnrig;,, and joined srei company on the 1st of June, 1774 and continued to s.r/e as an ensign in sd'u company for 4 months. In this tour he served on Ten T:iie Creek in the Western part of Pa. and belonged to no regular regiment.
Afieiward, in the spring of K75, he entered the service as Capt. of a volunteer coripar-y to march to Pittsburgh;, Pa. with Ellis Bean as Lieut, and Benpamin Price Ensign, in a regiment commanded by Col. Dorsey Penticost. He returned from Pitta- burgh in the same summer to Enochs P'ort and served as Capt. under Col. Henry Enochs until June, 1777, being two years and two months in the command of this company being a volunteer company to guard the frontiers in active and actual service.
He resigned his cortimission in June, 1717, and removed to Virginia, where he was drafted and hired a substitute by the name of Abram Hathaway, this being in the summer of 1778 - he gave said Hathaway a horse saddle and bridle and coat for taking his place for six sonths. Afterward in the summer of 1783 he was drafted to guard the surveyors to run the line between Pa. and Va. and served at least 3 months as a private under Capt. Jno Bell and Col. Nobol. Afterwards in 1792 he served 9 months as armourer under Capt. Paul and in 1793 he enlisted as armourer under Col. Crawford and served 9 months.
He stated he was born in Hampshire Co. Virginia, 29 Sept. 1750 - there was a record of his birth in a bible which he gave to his daughter AMY GRAY. He lived in Wash- ington Co. Pa. when called into the service in Enochs Garrison. Since the war, he lived on Fish Creek 18 miles from the Ohio, and now lives in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio0 He served under Col. Crawford, Capt. Cunningham, Col. Cresap, Col. Nobel, Captn Wiggins, Generals Broadhead and Hclntosh. He guarded the fron- tiers of Pa, from place to place, from fort to fort, against the Indians. He received a commission signed by the Gov. of Pa. He mentioned the following persons who can testify to his character and service: Martin Crow, Isaac Morris, Thomas Forshey, Bazil Morris and Elisha Enochs
29 Nov. 1834 - John Bevan, a clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Enoch Enochs and Isaac Morris, residing in the same, certified that they were well acquainted with Enoch Enochs, they believe hi:n to be 84 years old and a soldier in the Rev.
1 Dec. 1834 - State of Ohio, County of Monroe - before Jeremiah Hollister, Judge, THOMAS FORSHEY, age 84, stated he was well acquainted with Enoch Enochs for at least 60 years, He knows the said Enoch Enochs served as ensign under Capt. Henry Enochs for one stnaaer in 1774 and also served as Capt. of a volunteer company at Enochs Fort in 1775,1776 and 1777. That Capt. Enochs hired men himself and paid them himself to guard the fort. He knows said Enochs to have been an armourer for a long time and has often seen him repairing guns, that he vras always considered a good and brave man and that he served his country well and faithfully. He krw;3 of Enochs service in the Indian Wars afterwards until 1794 and that he continued to serve and guard to west of Virginia. /s/ Thomas Forshey -32- » •' o -Enoch Genealogy With Allied Families
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Card 2. from Dr, Williams. His father J.M.W, to Celia Bell 5/8/31. Enochs. Captp. ^; ^ , "I am sending back to you Hermon' s letter, and I wish to add a bit more to his statement about Abram Enochs Howe's History of Ohio I have seen, but I stepmother*a word about Abrnm Enochs and his brother John. They were brothers to Elizabeth Enochs who was the wife of grandfather Benjamin Bell. At the time Abram Enochs was killed by an Indian who slipped up behind Abram sheltered by a tree betweehvhSm and hla Indian foes, another man was wounded in his arm and was taken prisfoner and marched away into captivity with a piece of bark through the wound in his «trm«and a knot made in the bark so as to keep it safe. I for- c got this man's name I used to know. He got away and came back to tell the fam- ily^" about Abrara and his death and about his own captivity. You see that Hermon is a regular snooper after any news about our ancestry. Poor Ladl He failed to find the grave of his great grandfather Edward Williams in Rocky Mount Oem-' etery, Franklin County, Virginia. No wonder. The burial place is overgrown with weeds and woods, I understand." Card 3* Enochs. "Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in Ohio, I929 page 129, Enochs SnocJi^CaBt, (Noble Co.) Enl, June 177^» served If mos. as Ensign in Capt. Henry Enoch's Company on Ten Mile Creek, Pa. April 1, 1775; was Capt* of Company un- der Col. Dorsey Penticost} also Capt. under Col. Henry Enoch. June 7» 1779* Born Hampshire County, Va. Sept 29, 1750* Parents Henry Enoch, Elizabeth Ross Enoch. Married Rebecca Morris. Children: Rebecca, Pheobe, Henry, Elisha, Enoch, Jr., Jess, Rachel, Ama or Anna, Lydia, Elizabeth, Sally and Rohada. Died 1835 Harrietsvilie, Noble County, Ohio. Pur, Infor. Nobly Lee Ames Chapt? Card If. "Enochs line of Mrs, J.R.Harvey 215 West Washington St., Athens, Ohio. (From letter to Celia Bell 6/9/32) My j+th grandfather was Henry Enochs and he married Elizabeth Ross. • His (son) Enoch Enochs »• Rebejgcja__^ofrjifi Enoch Enoch's daughter Elizabeth married Isaac Morris* Henry Enoch, Sr., had a daughter Elizabeth. She married William Craig, It must have been this Elisa- beth that had the attention from George Washington when he surveyed lands In Va. in 1750 and 20 years later Henry Enoch entertained (Jeorge Washington In c his home," (Hote by M,W,B») (It,was Elizabeth daughter of Col, Henry Enoch 112 and granddaughter of Henry Enoch (Old Henry) who was kissed by George Washing- ton while he was a gueat of her grandfather at his Virginia home.) c "I will give you my line;- .Henry Enoch and Elizabeth Ross: Issue: Henry Jv married Sarah. (This means Col* Henry Enoch of the Revolution M.W.B.) Rachel married Henry Sargent; Enoch married Rebecca Mor'rlr. Issue: Rebecca marrled Jamej J,xchar; Pheobe married Joseph Archer; Henry married (I think I have her name) (M.W.B. adds also that she has her name in her files.) Elisha married Nancy Archer; Enoch married Margaret Price; Jess married (I may have it) ; Rachel married Frederick Crt>w; Anna married Mathew Gray; Lydia married Nathan --^Lincicum; Elizabeth married Isaac Morris; Sally married Jess Davis; Rohada married ----- Isaac Morris and Elizabeth Enoch, Rebecca Morris and Eldrich McKee and George Paul, Elme Paul and J.R. Harvey*
Card 5« Enochs Henry* Did he come from Bucks County? Notice: This reference Ohio, Prom Barnes, "Washington and Freedom of Conscience." page 512.
"Lawrence (Washington) was one of the original partners in a realty company organized for colonizing new country (17)4.8) . It obtained a grant from England of half a million acres west of the Alleghaney Mountains. Before his death he became the managing partner. Inevitably George was deep in the plans. Their aim was to get the grant occupied by thrifty reliable settlers. They concluded that the "German sects or early Pennsylvania Dutch" were the best obtainable. Those people were intense left wing liberty-lovers. That was why they had come to America, and it was known that they could bring over hundreds of families moro. A group of them assured Lawrence Washington that they could take 50,000 acres at once if they would have freedom from the state church. He was a real Christian and a student of history, as well as a keen business man, and was nger on all accounts to have their condition complied witH. Accordingly he Orote to Hanbury one of his partners in London "I have conversed with all the Pennsylvania Dutch whom I have met, either there or elsewhere and much recom- mended their settling on the Ohio. Their chief reason against it was the pay- ing of an English clergyman whan few understood and none made use of him* It has been my opinion and I hope ever'will be that restraints on conscience are cruel, in regard to those on whom they are imposed and injurious to the country imposing them." Page $1$, "The upper Shenandoah Valley was occupied largely by Scotch Presbyterians; the lower valley where Washington's particular interests and activities were located, by various sects xxxxx. They knew him and repeat- edly elected their representative. At the time of the election "the population consisted almost entirely of dissenters*" For years before that when he was bivouacking among their log cabins most of the settlers belonged to the left wing radicals. Three or four sects of them had churches there - Quakers, Bap- tists Mennonites and probably Dunkers, the last certainly by 17^0, page 516. During his early years among them at least three of the churches in Washing- ton's District joined the Philadelphia Baptist Association and that body sent them able ministers. One was the brilliant young preacher John Gano. He iten- erated through there five times between 175^ and 1758, the very height of . Washington* s activities was around this conference of the Shenandoah and the Potomac*
Card 6. Enoch Enochs* History of Washington County, penn. 1882, page 659, By Crumrins, Enoch Enochs ©migrated from England to America and settled on the north branch of the north fork of Ten Mile creek about 1770* The name of his pro- oerty was 'Enochs' Delight' located about one half mile from Lone Pine village. us ••• :• . •"'*"•: the plaoe that; %a some timea called "Pin Hook." Enoch Enochs built a fort upon his land as a defense from Indian incursions, Henry Enochs settled in Clarks- ville where he engaged in"the iron trade, and other members of the family are scattered through Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio* (Note* this hi- storian does not designate which Henry Enochs settled in Clarksville.)
Card 7. Enochs Henry. Geo.Washington's Diary Vol. 1. Page 449 (1770).
"Wednesday (Nov. 28'• The Old Town Gut was- so high as to wet us in cros- sing it and when we came to Cox's the River was impassable. We were obliged therefore to cross in a Canoe and swim our Horsos • At Henry Enochs at the Forks of Cacapehon we dined and ldgd at linkers, the distance thus computed; from the feld Town to Cox's 8 miles; from thence to Cacapehon 12 and 15 after- wards, in jail 36 miles, - the last 18 I do not think long ones*11
Card 8. Enochs - Penn. German Society. V. 32 - 1911 page 140 a/a/1749. P. 201.
Abraham Enochs private under Capt.Walgamott. Adv. Indians 1764.
To go back to the subject of Coats-of-arms, we have mentioned one and Earl Holman who did much research on Enochs gives another. He wrote In a letter of November 29, 1929 the following:" I think that I told you that I found an Enoch Coat-of-arms some years ago in Burke's General Armory of Great Britain. It is as followst ENOKE (County Worcester) Par pale a-ure and argent, a griffin in passant, Wings endorsed, countorchanged. CREST a demi-lion holding in paws a serpent, nawed ppr",
"It is probable that the above ENOKE was an ancestor of our forefathers Some of our very same Enochs have spelled the name as Enocha, Enocks, Enoke, Enoch airi Enioks. Various ways of spelling appear in records of probate in va- o rious counties and states." The following proves the statement in the New York Times that members of the family had been there for more than 100 years in Mississippi, Christian Enucks, original claimant on lands in the Kaskaskia Dist. of U.S. Public Lands - 400 acres, a plantation called 'Purgery' mentioned in Commisi- onor's Report dated 1809, American State Papei*s, See Lands vol.2.p.ISO Vol.3 p.2 same series gives Isaac Enochs as land owner. Both in that part of Miss. opposite present city of St. Louis, settled from 1800 onward with settlers from more easterly states. They were isolated there by a wide region of lands inha- bited entirely by Indians. In 1803 a surveyor for the government was sent out from the Wabash (boundary between Indiana and the Illinois country) to the west- ward and told to run a line straight west to some great river he IIOPEP was there. In his letters back to his chief in Washington he notes this HOPE say- ing that he understood there was but one log cabin between Vincennes and the Wabash and this 'river' probably more than 100 miles away. He found the cabin and a lone woman who was ill but doing a washing and cooking a meal over an open fire. He took over and finished the washing and cooked the meal showing that our pioneer ancestors could do more than fight Indians and guard the'frontiers.
After the date of the funeral of Capt, John Matt Enochs of Miss,was found in the Navy Dept, at National Archives as given on card 10, a search was made for records of the earliest Enochs in Miss, and the above data was the reward, Manyoouthern Enochs probably are descendants of these* also of Richard Enoke who had land in Ala* early in 1800. Card 9* Enoch.
John Enoch witness p. iifO 2/2/17V? P« 201 Harmon Enoch, lot noted as bought Lfrom In Will of Chas. Biles 2/7/175IJ.. (No other wills of interest). The above from abstracts Bucks County Wills 1685 - 1795• Perm. Hist. Society 1300 Locust St. Philadelphia.
Card 10. Enochs Funeral Today*
Special to New York Times. This clipping came without a date but through the U.S* Navy Records in Archives Building this writer was able to get the correct date of funeral. Washington, April 13th, 1932 Capt. John Matt Enochs, commanding officer of the Flagship Pennsylvania, will be buried tomorrow in the National Cemetery at Arlington. Capt. Enoch died April 7, 1932 at San Diego. The service will be held in the chapel at Ft. Myer, Va. at 11 A.M.
Senator Harrison lifelong friend of Capt. Enochs and Representative Ellgsy representing the Mississippi District where the Enochs family have lived for more than a century were at the station this morning to meet Mrs. Enochs, the former Elizabeth Randolph Shirley. The Navy was represented by a group of of- floers and their wives inoluding Capt. and Mrs. E.L. Woods, Capt. and Mrs. George C. Pegram, Capt* and Mrs. John Jackson and Capt. Lewis C. Jennings, cousin of Mrs. Enochs. The family party at the station included Mrs. Thomas Edward Kernan mother of Capt. Enochs and Dr» Robert John Enochs, Walter Enochs and Mrs. H.C. Stiles Mrs. James L. Black brothers and sisters of Capt. Enochs.
Capt. John Matt Enochs of Mississippi. Buried April 1J4. - 1932.
Card 11.
Pennsylvania Marriages in Chri3t Church Philadelphia V.I. Page 83. 10/10/1734 Pheobe Enoch and Joseph Boys. 6/15/1740 John Enochs and Debora Evans. 8/25/1715 Juliana Enockson and Jonas Yoakum. Page 7I4.6 First Baptist Churoh Philadelphia. 14/13/1778 John Enox and Catherine Castleburg. Page 22-3 First Presbyterian Church Philadelphia. 6/11/1720 Elizabeth Enoch and Jacob Supples. 9/6/1718 John Enoch and Elizabeth Van Sandt. 6/1/1737 Rebecca Enoch and John May. No Enoch of record in Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville Bucks County 1785 - l80lj.. Page I87 Abington Presbyterian Church Montgomery County, Perm. 5/28/17^3 Gertrude Enoch and ivilliam Maxwell. 8/26/1758 Jacaminite Enooh and Abram Newkirk. 4/16/1747 Joseph Enoch and Jemima Winkoop. 12/21/1747 Olive Enoch and John Lawrence. Card 12.
This was a record of the same marriages as those on Card 11 but were copied from records of Pennsylvania marriages rather than from the Church records as on Card 11. o 115 Card 13, Census of Virginia Enoch and Bnooh8. Page 26 Hampshire County 1782.
Henry Enooh - 2 whites - 0 buildings. Enooh Enochs - 13 whites 0 buildings. Page 71 Hampshire County Virginia 17814-. Elizabeth Enochs 1 white - 1 dwelling - 0 building. Enoch Enochs - 13 whites - 1 dwelling - 0 building.
Census of Pennsylvania page lljlj. Lancaster County - Jacob Enoch page 156 Montgomery County - Joseph Enochs page 1^7 Montgomery County - David Enochs page 166 Montgomery County - Enoch Enochs 2 white males over 16 - 1 under 2 white females Page 2l\l\. Washington County Catherine Enoch 0-0-2 Page 2lilf Washington County John Enoch Sr. 1-1-2 Page 250 Washington County Henry Enoch 1 - 1 - Ij. Page 25>3 Washington County Henry Enochs 1 - I4. - 2
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"Early Friends Families Upper Bucks" (C.V. Roberts) Page I4.3O. Margaret Enochs Oaskill, widow of Samuel Gaskill who came to Hlchland from New Jersey in 1750 married to John Roberts 5 th mo. 1753• Their Children: Hannah born 175^- married Thomas Edwards Uriah born 175$ died 1762 Enoch born 1757 died 1853 married Rachel Blackled^e David born 1758 died 1828 married Elizabeth Chilcott Samuel bom I76I died I762 o Martha born 176^ died I83I married Benjamin Poulke Margaret born 1768 died young Abel born 1770 died 1837 married Martha Penrose Page 111. "William Edwards born 177&, First wife Mlribah Gaskill was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Gaskill one of the oldest families of New Jersey who came to Richland in 1750 from Burlington." From this last card No. 14 we may easily get the impression that some of the early Enochs to come to America stopped off in New Jersey when some went on to Pennsylvania. And no doubt some of them were Quakers.
The first census of New Jersey was destroyed but by that time some of the Enochs had been in America for more than a century. We have no definite date of their arrival but it is not unlikely that they came through the passage of Delaware Bay that was discovered by Hendrick Hudson in 1609. The Delaware River afforded transportation into some parts of Delaware as well as to New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania,
Enoch Enochs, his wife Susanna and two sons Gabriel and Andrew were in Bucks County Pans.when William Penn came. Henr£_EjK>c_h and his wife Elisabeth Jilftsjj were there also in 1719 and were grown and members of a church. The father of one Henry Enoch has been reported to have come from England in 1693 and gone to Maryland
Enoch Enoch the forerunner Of the Enochs in Washington County Penn. and ancestor of Mrs. Weddle whose story will be given later, came to what was o then a part of Virginia early in the 1700a.
\ In _NEW .JERSEY The following copied from '^nQyclopaediiTof American Quaker Genealogy1 by shows that there were Enochs in New Jersey ahd Pennsylvania at early tes; these were probably descendants of the first Enochs who came from Eng- nd and Wales of whom we have little information. This writer is of the opi- nion that there was quite a number of early settlers in America and the Enochs in Miss, and Ala. who took government lands near the Choctaw Indian Reserva- tions in the South were from the families of the first comers who had landed in Del. and settled in New Jersey, Ponn., Lid. and Va. The Enoch names that cannot be listed in any documented fnrflly indicate as before stated that there were quite a number of those early immigrants. The first census of New Jersey were lost and many records of Delarare also. But Enochs had then been in some forts in America for more than a century according to a few early records that have been published. When we get away from the mistaken belief that Henry Enoch I. 'Old Henry1 was the forerunner of the Enochs in America it will no doubt lead to a more correct understanding. The list of some Enochs in Quaker records follows. (Abbreviations in them and their meanings) Dis mou - dismissed for marrying out of unity Dis J.H. - " " joining H0c.kr.it03 R-o-e-f- - received on certificate from g-c-t - get certificate to recrq - received by request "II - monthly meeting forn - formerly dis jns - dismissed for joining another society
[Somo of these C;unkors nay appear in Dr. William?1 record) QiLizabolh Tyre (lato Enochs) dis mou 1839 - 5 - 29 Salem KM N.J. , 1036 - 4 - 29 Tliomna dis J.II. ; Burlington I'M. New Jorsey t Enoch ( .Mary born 10-23-1743 • j Thomas " 5- 2-1736 j Children of Thomas and Mary: ! Martha born 8 -6-1700 I Anno " 4-12-1762 ' Abigail " 9-10-1764 j Miriam " 8-26-1766 ? Mary " 9-253-1768 1 Hope " 11- 1-1770 { Hannah " 1-19-1779 1 Burlington 13.1. New Jersey \ Enoch ? 17C6 - 5 - 5 l.!ary (Enochs) r-o-c-f Eversham III'. j 1775 - 12- 4 Abigail " dt. Thomas G-e-t Eversham in.'. \ 1776 - 7 - 1 Ann g-e-t to Middleton KM. dtd. 1781 - 1 - 4 [ 1788 - 4 - 7 Martha g-c-t Woodbury MM. 1788 - 4 - 7 Mary " " " * 1788 - 4 - 7 Thomas & wife Mary & children Thomas, Hannah £ Elizabeth g-c-t Woodbury Ml! 1788 1799 Miriam Fennimore form Enochs - dis mou - , * Enix 1768 - 12 - 5 Thos. r - e - c r- q £*) 1773 - 6 - 7 Martha, Anna, Abigail ?•• Miriam \
116 117 children of Thos, -r-e-c-r-q Enoch Mary dt, David buried 4-27-1735 Philadelphia MM. Enochs David buried 12-26-1730 0 » « 1732-4-30 Miriam r-o-c-f Merion MM. dtd. 1731-9-11 " w Elizabeth r-o-c-f Pilegrove Ml!, dtd. 1819-4-29 « « 1825-1-27 Elizabeth g-e-t S.D. MM. « » Jamas L. Enoch r-0-c-f N.D. dtd.- 1832-6-26 - 1835-1-29 Jas.L dis jas. MISCELLANEOUS CENSUS RECORDS OP ENOCHS,ENOCKS.
Abraham Enocks - 16 - 26 yrs. of age 1810 Fleming County Ky.census page 3-44 Wife same age - no children John Enock Warwick T ship - Bucks County Perm. 1800 3-1-0-1-0-1-0-1 George Enook " " " 1800 -0-0-0-1-0-0-0-11 David Enock Beaver County " 1800 1-1-2-0-0 w " Jr. « II it 1800 LI.2-0-0 Henry Enoch Washington Cty," 1790 1-1-4-0 John Enoch Sr. " " " 1790 1-2-2-0- Jacob Enoch Beaver County Penn,1840 -1-1-2-—1—1 Joseph Enoch Montgomery " " 1800 —1-1- Thomas Enoch Jr. Licoming " " 1800 3—1-11-1—- Carrie Enoch " " " 1800 2 1 Samuel Enoch Twin Tship Preble County Ohio 1820 — 1—2-1-—1 Isaac Enoch " " " " " 1820 -1-1-1-1-1-3-3 (Those were ancestors of Earl Holraan of Dayton Ohio) Joseph Enoch Paulding County Ohio 1840 1 1 -1-1—1 Hiram Enoch Richland Tship Bolmont Cty.Ohio 1840 -2-1 1 2—1 o Jesse Enochs Union Tship Monroe " " 1820 2 1-4—1 Arnold Enoch Monongalia Cty.Va. 1810 -1-1—1-1-1-1—5 prob. slaves) Enoch M. Sargent Madison Tship Coshocton Cty,Ohio 1830 11—-13211- Henery Enoch Walnut Tship Piokaway Ct« Ohio 1820 3-2-11-1-11- William Enoch Monroe Tship Logan Cty, Ohio 1840 3 1——1-11— (In this same schedule were Silas and William Williams gr.gr.grandfather and grandfather of M.W,B,,also her gr.grandfather Samuel Scott & Wm. Scott.) Henry Enoch E, Bethlehem Tship Washington Cty.Penn, 1800 3 13 1-11-l-(7 sons 2 daughters & a wife) David Enoch W. " II n n n 1800 -i-i-g—i-f This ia probably greatgrandfather of Mrs. Weddle but could be from 'Old Henry1line.) Abner Enoch Jr.,head of fam. - age up to 45 wife " " " 45,Cumberland Cty.Ky,1820,lson und.16 (not of the first En,Enoch fam.of Washington Cty.Penn.) 1 " " 26 Henry Enooh German Tship Clark County Ohio 1830 1—1-1-1-11 George Enoch " " " " " 1830 head of family,wife, 1 son 1 dau.) William Enoch " n " " " 1830 " " » . " , 2daus.) In Amherst County Va. in 1783 and 1785 there was David Enoch with wife and large family and David Enoch Jr. and family, also one James Enoch and fam. The census is available to any who send to Washington D.C. for it. Profes- sional searchers do this work for pay> therefore only special records are herein given.- THE ENOCH FAMILY,
By th* time William Perm cams to establish his colony in eastern Pennsylva- nia in 1681-80 it is believed that some of the Eno-h family were there* Records that have been published may be found at Bensalem, Bucks County show that Enoch Enochs with hla wife Susanna and their sons Andrew and Gabriel were there, Henry Enoch and his wife Elizabeth were there also on April 22 1719,for a re- cord exists of their having joined a church there on,that date. See sketch by Dr. Hermon P» Williams which appears on later pages and is entitled ," Henry Enoch , Friend of George Washington."
What relation Henry Enoch was to Enoch Enochs and his wife Susanna is not known but the fact that, later on in Virginia he named a son Enoch Enochs has some significance.
Just how many Enochs came to America in earliest times is not known.We have reason to believe that some came from England and it would not be unreasonable to believe that some may have come from Wales* My mother was an Enoch and she claimed to have Welsh ancestry, for she was told this by her family*
In the Library of Congress an Enoch family with a coat-pf-arma i« recorded as of Manchester England. And a record has been published which states that the father of one Henry Ejioch came to America frora England in 1693. You will see later on the story of Mrs, Weddle of Washington County Penn.in which she saya - that her ancestor Enoch Enoch cam© to that locality in the 1700s when it was a part of Virginia. Historian Crumrine gives this Enoch Enoch as the fore- runner of the Enochs in Washington County Penn,,but later gets him confused with the Hampshire County Va, Enochs, as Arthur L. Keith does.
There is no evidence to prove the tradition that the first Enoch Enochs was a foundling who was discovered in the foundry in eastern Pennsylvania by workmen there and given that name. It ia more likely thnt several brothers or members of one family by the name of Enoch or Enochs came to America and sett- led in Del:iware New Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Dr. Hermon P. Williams, an Enoch descendant, lias done some research on the family and has visited the various places where they are reported to have lived in earliest times. His findings and data were given for this record and will be found interesting and are believed to be authentic*
Dr, Williams was formerly « Baptist Minister in New Jersey but is now re- tlrod and living in Albequerque, New Mexico. He is also a veteran of the Spa- nish American War and served as a Chaplain. While nearby in the East he had the opportunity to visit the old haunts of the Enoch family as this writer has done also in two summers spent in Washington County, Penn., Virginia and West Virginia. Dr. Williams has written-a series of what he calls "Grandpa Stories" for his grandchildren to give them Information about their forebears so that they may appreciate them and their^worthy lives spent in helping to build a new nation* &is story on Henry Enoch , "Old Henry" is full of history of the early Enochs and will be treasured * by descendants for years to come. • « For a number of years Dr. Williams and this writer have corresponded and his help in this record lias beon valuable. His greatgrandmother, the beautiful Betty, whom he mentions in his sketch oh Henry Enoch and this writer's groat- grandfathor# John Enoch were sisto* and brother both being grandchildren of
tT- 3.09 . . , -' • no • Old Henry* and children of Col. Henry Enoch of Revolutionary War service. Al- Jiough we both have the name Williams we have found no relationship through )iis family.
Since there are sane notes of interest a*bout Enochs and Williamses in let- ters from Dr. Williams that may be helpful \o others, some excerpts are given. In writing about^his 'Grandpa Stories' Dr.Williams says: "The memoranda that I have preserved in JB;^'Grandpa, Stories' ace not so much in the line of gen- ealogy as to inspire th<^ youthful taaginat^dnj* 1th the thought of how impor- tant to the future of U|e nat-ion it is for jrolks to live nobly and earnestly in their own time." L ? • r
HI notice that you mention the old En|©h^F-lour Mill at West Liberty, Ohio. Since I was raised at West Liberty, Iowa, kp& some of those early settlers came from West Liberty/ Ohio maybe I profitted; ^culireetly from the Enoch flour that some of them ate in their youth."
In another place he writes: "I am very iaich interested in your project for publishing the genealogy of the Enoch family and of your Williams ancestors* Of course I recognize that the Ohio Enochs were not closely related to the Betty Enoch line, nor were the Ohio Williams folk closely related to the line of Edward Williams, who derived from Delaware then from the eastern peninsula of Maryland where he joined the "Maryland Line" and served under Washington; captured at the Battle of Long Island and imprisoned in the "Jersey" prison ship, he assayed to go to Ohio but turned sguth into Virginia on account of tuberculosis and died in Franklin County. Those Williamses are so numerou3t"
Dr. Williams married as his second wife Myrtle Williams Seivert who was a ow whose husband had been an elder in his church. He writes as follows: er father James Franklin Williams was born In Iowa, I believe, and his folks had intermarried with the Bells in Ohio. Well, some of my Williamses were in Ohio and my father's maternal grandfather Benjamin Bell, who married "pretty" (we like to capitalize on notables) Betty Enoch, had folks there. But my Williamses and Balls came through to Iowa on the early crest of the pioneer wave. So Ohio has never claimed us - though my mother Sarah Augusta Zimmerman was born in Woostar, Wayne County, Ohio where her father was a farmer."
Again he writes "Our Williams line was not directly connected with the Enoch lino. Betty Enoch a granddaughter of HenryJ2noch married Benjamin Bell, a major in the western Pennsylvania militia aijd an old Indian fighter and pioneer through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. His first wife was Betty Enoch and Henry rtilliams. my grandfather, married his daughter." It was Henry's father who was a Marylander and served under Washington' and was held in the prison ship "Jersey". He died about 1810. Henry Williaifte1 first wife was Elizabeth Bell Mitchell, Amy's sister. 2
Dr. Williams believes that his ancestor Betty Enoch was born about 1770 and this muBt be about right for her brother, John,was born in 1774. According . to this, Hannah must have boon bowi befcweeniithe&e two. There is a family Btory of the great affection that existed between «Abrani and John and there was not * much difference in their ages. It was because John felt his brother's death so ; keenly that he wasvindictive toward the Indians who murdered him in such a bru- . tal manner. When John Enoch went on into Ohfb, he was a worthy and successful man and brought up a fine family who were among those who helped Champaign and t " Counties to develop Into the enterprising and prosperous eoramunities that HENRY ENOCH
A Friend of Washington's o By Dr. Hermon P. Williams "My father's maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Enoch. She was the wife of Benjamin Bell, the old Indian fighter, about whom I will tell you some other time. Betty Enoch is said to have been a very pretty girl, and according to a family tradition was once kissed by George Washington. That sounds like ro- mance. Of oourse the tradition was cherished. But according to my under- standing of the calendar this osculation must have occurred when Elizabeth was little more than a baby, in the home of her grandfather Henry Enoch, where Geo. Washington was visiting, at Fort Enoch in Hampshire County, which was then in Virginia, but is now in West Virginia. She was born according to my reckoning about 1770.
Our first notice of the Enoch family derives from Bucks County, Pennsyl- vania, though I have seen a statement that they came originally from England, a Welsh strain, I imagine. In the state of Pennsylvania the counties of Bucks and Chester and Philadelphia were among the earliest settled. It was in 1609 that Hendrick Hudson discovered what was afterwards called Delaware Bay, and during that century settlers poured through its waters into America from Europe: Dutch and English and Swedes and Scotch - Irish and Welsh, Walsensians and Hugenots and Mennonites and Baptists, along with the Quakers, precursors of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch, "intense left-wing liberty lovers" and dis- senters, folks of such substantial industry and character that Lawrence Washington, the brother of George Washington, tried to secure them as settlers on his lands west of the Alleghany Mountains. He wrote to Hanbury, one of his partners in London: "I conversed with all the Pennsylvania Dutch whom I met I either there or elsewhere, and much recommended their settling in Ohio. Their chief reason against it was paying of an English clergyman whom few understood, and none made use of him. It has been my opinion and I hope ever will be that restraints on conscience are cruel in regard to those on whom they are imposed and injurious to the case of true religion."
These settlers in southeastern Pennsylvania had built mills, made brick, es- tablished churches and developed substantial homes. William Penn had become Proprietary in l68l. The Enoch family was there. An Enoch Enoch was a member of the Nishamini Dutch Reformed Church, called after the style of the times the "Gloria Del" (Glory of God) Church. His wife was named Susanna, and she had several children, among them Gabriel, Andrew and perhaps Henry. There is a tradition that the family was descended from a foundling in a brick yard, who by the workmen was dubbed Enoch Enoch. This surname seemed to have been a fa- vorite in the family line; but the spelling of the family drifted westward: Enochs, Enex, Enichs etc.
As British influence increased in the area the Presbyterians organized their churches. The Bensalem Church was one of these, and is still a going organi- zation. On my visit to the place 1 noticed over in the burial ground a well preserved monument to Hermon Enoch, who died in I769. The name Bensalem is from two Hebrew roots meaning "Son of Peace." Shortly after It was organized the records shows, in the writing of the Dutch clerk that "Hendereck Enoch and his wife" were received into membership under date of April 22, 1719 by the Reverend Malachi Jones, on profession of faith. In the spelling of names the Dutch clerk seems to have followed his own ideas; he wrote the pastor's name
118 119 as "Mallegie Jons". The wife of Henry Enoch, was Elizabeth Ross, related by marriage to Betsy ROSJL, the seamstress, who made the first~~5roeriean Flag for George Washington, and whose home in Philadelphia is now a patriotic shrine. It is apparent that Henry and Elizabeth Enoch were beginning their life with that religious devotion that is manifested in later family history.
But Henry and Elizabeth Enoch did not continue in Bucks County. A few years later, with other settlers, they removed into %he lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where John Van Metre and Jost Hit© had secured a large grant of ter- ritory from the Council of Virginia. Later the territory westward to the South Patomac River was promoted by the uncle of George Washington in cooperation with George's older brother Lawrence. In 17^8 when George Washington was but sixteen years old, he was sent by his uncle to survey lands on the South Pato- mac River. The "widow's son," had learned to read and write and cipher, as they called it, and now he must begin to take a man's part in the marvelous de- velopments of his time. There in the wilderness he spent the next three years, "himself his own cook, having no spit but a forked stick, no plate but a large chip," rarely sleeping in a bed. The boy grew to be a master in woodcraft, a strapping frontiersman sijc feet and three inches in his moccasins. About this time Henry_Eno5h came from Frederick County into Hampshire County and began to establish himself at the forks of the Cacapehen or" Cacapoh, river. This name means in the Indian tongue "Healing Waters," and even now at its sources there are springs claimed to have medicinal properties.
Washington's Journal shows that on April 23, 17i>0, he surveyed for Henry Enoch a tract of 288 acres of land in the forks of the Cacapehon. Two days later he was surveying for John Newton on the North Rivor branch about a mile above the forks beginning at Enoch's corner. And the next day with Henry Enoch as chalnman, he surveyed two hundred acres on the Little Cacapehon River for o John Parker. In Washington's Journal of his tour to the Ohio River twenty years later he writes that on Novoraber 28th, 1770, in his home at the forks of the Cacapehonh ; and this was~the time~7~I think, when he kissed Henry's beautiful granddaughter, the baby Betty.
The danain of Henry Enoch eventually comprised some twelve hundred acres of land. His home had been established as the northernmost of twenty three forts located by Colonel Washington for the protection of the Virginia frontier a- gainst Indian raids. A year after the visit of Washington Just mentioned Fort Enoch was attacked by a war party, and one of the defenders was killed by a rock catapulated from a near-by hill. The lines of the old defenses can still be distinguished by the black soil of the rotted timbers; or could, when I vis- ited the place some years ago.
And here at the forks of the Cacapehon is tho old graveyard where lie the the remains of Hen_ry_ and Elizabeth_^nofih, who lived to be over eighty years of age. Many others are buried there, both whites and blacksj but the graves of the Enochs cannot be distinguished. The old markers are broken slabs of sand- stone, which by now are weather worn and fallen. If they ever,had inscrip- tions on them these are now indecipherable but the hills survive, and the pleasing fields and the old mill race, and the healing waters of the Cacapehon, yes, and the memory and influence of lives so earnestly lived when the wilder- ness was flourishing.
I have the names of seven children of old Henry Enoch of Fort Enoch. The o first child was called Henry after his father and was designated as Colonel 120 Henry Enoch by the time be reached Ten Mile Creek in southwestern Pennsylvania, as the population drifted toward the sunset. Then there was Rachel Enoch, who married Henry Sargeant, a neighbor of the family in Hampshire County. Next Owere John and David, and then Mary who became the wife of Isaac Cox, and Eliz- abeth who married William Craig. The Cox family and the Craig family were also neighborg s In Hampshire County. .Enoch.s s the youngesy t child of Henry a ^ abeth Enoch, seniori , marrieidd Rebecca^MorrigRbi ^ to wham nini e childreil n were born. Our ancestress, the pretty Betty Enoch, was the granddaughter of Henry Enoch, senior, of Port Enoch. She was the youngest child of Colonel Henry Enoch. The other children of Colonel Henry Enoch were: Henry, the eldest, named aftor his father and grandfather, born 17^8, and married to Elizabeth Teagarden. The second son of Colonel Henry Enoch was Enoch Enoch born 1750, whose wife was named Mary. Then came Isaac, born 1752, and married, but the name of his wife I do not know. The next child was Sarsh, who was born in and married a Bell (or maybe it was Gabriel Cox) . (M.O.'kV. It was Gabriel Cox.) The next child was David Enoch who was born 175° and married Elizabeth Peck. William was born in 1758 ar>d was married in due time. Ann was born I760 and married Patrick Galloway. Abram, the next child, became a frontiersman on the Ohio border and was killed by the Indians in the battle of Captina, May 179^-« John, the next in order, became an Indian feudist in revenge for his brother's death and was somewhat troublesome to the peace authorities on that account. Hannah was the eleventh child of Colonel Henry Enoch. She married Thomas Prlb- ble. Then came pretty Betty Enoch the tv/elfth child, who married Benjamin Bell my father1s maternal grandfather.
The story of the Battle of Captina, as told by Martin Baker, then a boy of twelve years of age, is as follows: Capt. Abram Enochs with fourteen men set ut to punish the Indians who had been on depredation in the southeast corner cf Bolmont County, Ohio, several miles be]ow the present site of Wheeling. In the midst of the fighting the party was ambushed from behind. Enochs, Hoffman and Baker were shot. Enochs was scalped, his bowels torn out, and his eyes screwed out with a wiping stick. One of his companions was shot through the arm. The Indians ran a strip of bark through the wound, tied a knot pt the end and drove their prisoner along before them. The next day friends recovered the bodies of the dead and buried them near Baker's Port on Virginia shore. Long afterwards seven skeletons were found in the rocky crevices of the Indians who had been killed in the battle. The Indian war party was of Charley Wilkey's Shawnees and this chief afterwards said that the battle of Captina was his hardest fight in which he lost half of his band of thirty warriors.
As the Enoch fnmily moved westward to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and on into Ohio, their name was usually spelled with an "s" Enochs. Their des- cendants were widely scattered through the westward population. Rev. John Corbley, an early Baptist preacher, was among the settlers in Hampshire County, and his religious devotion had its influence in the Enoch family, as may be seen in the fact that the historic North Ten Mile Baptist Clmrch, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, was organized in the home of Enoch Enochs and met a.t times in the home of David Enochs. It was the first church of any kind in the area, and held its first meeting Dec. 1, 1773. About eight years after, the Rev. John Corbley was called to serve as its pastor.
Capt. Enoch Enochs, the youngest child of Henry Enoch of Port Enoch, also migrated to southwest Pennsylvania. He served on the western in the Revolu- border The Enoch (Enochs) Family. By Arthur L. Keith Northfield Minnesota. The Enoch family first appeared in Hampshire County Virginia in 175>O at that time part of Frederick County. The first record is from the Journal of Oeorg© Washington who when a young man made surveys in this region. The Jour- nal shows that on April 23 1750 he surveyed for Henry Enoch, land in the fork of the Cacapehon, 388 acres. John Keith (the writer's ancestor) acted as chain man and John Constant as marker. On April 25 1750 George Washington surveyed for John Newton, on North River, about a mile above said Fork beginning at Henry Enoch's corner with John Keith as chairman and John Constant marker. On April 26 1750 he surveyed for John Parker of South Branch on Little CaCapehon, 200 acres with Henry Enoch chainman. Henning'a Statutes VII 18, in- dicate that in 1756 a chain of Forts was to begin with Henry Enoch's place on the Great Cape-Caponln Hampshire County. The Maryland Archives XXXI 21^7-53 show that in 1756, Henry Enoch Sr. and Henry Enoch Jr. were being sued by Col. Thos. Cresap, The evidence refers to Henry Enoch's plantation on Cape Capon. Land records at Richmond give the following items, Henry Enoch of Frederick County received grant April 22 1753 for 388 acres on Cacapehon Creek (evi- dently the land surveyed by Washington)j Henry Enoch of Hampshire County re- ceived grant In 1761 for 27l£ acres on Little Cacapehon; in 1762 for 38 acres (he is here called Sr,) in I763 for 100 acres on the Great Caoapehon; in I763 for 278 acres on the Great Cacapehon; in I76I4. for 57 acres in Enoch's Hollow. Henry Enoch Jr. in 1765 received grant for 308 acres between French's and Lit- tle Cacapehon. Henry Enoch received 68 acres in Frederick County on Sept. 3 1753* «-t a neck on the Potomac River.
In 1750 John Newton brought suit against Henry Enochs in Frederick County. In 1780 Henry Enoch sued Thomas York. An item in the Journal of George Wash- ington's Tour to the Ohio River shows that on Nov. 28 1770 he dined with Henry Enochs at the Forks of the Cacapehon (whose land he had surveyed twenty years before.) On Aug 10 1762 in Hampshire County Henry Enochs (but also called Enoch in the deed) and wife Elizabeth sold land on Little Cacapon to George Untis, granted to said Enoch on Feb. 20 I76I. On Feb. llj. I765 Henry Enochs and wife Elizabeth sold to William Bowells land on South side of Great Caps Capon, witnesses were William Craycroft, Henry Enoch Jr., Jeremiah York, and John Corbly (otherwise shown to be a Baptist preacher).
On May 10 1779 Henry Enoch Sr. and Elizabeth his wife, sold land at Forks of Great Cacapehon and North River, I3I+. acres to Enoch Enochs. On Aug. 1 1782 Henry Enoch sold to John Chinoth (Chenoweth) land in Enoch's Hollow on both sides of Hollow Branch which runs into North River of Capehon. Witnesses were Enoch Enochs, James Blue, and Daniel Newcomb. The Virginia census for 1782 shows Enoch Enochs as head of a household in Hampshire County with thirteen whites in his family. Henry Enochs appears on the same census at head of fam- ily of two whites. The census for 1784 shows Enoch Enochs with the same family. Henry Enochs does not appear but Elizabeth Enochs appears for the first time as the head of a family of one. She is undoubtedly the widow of Henry Enoch Sr. whose death must have occurred between 1782 and 178J4.. On July 26 1788 Enoch Enoch and Rebecca, his wife indenture James Sargent. In 1790 Henry Enochs of Washington County Perm, and Sarah his wife sold to
122 123 James Sargent of Hampshire County Virginia. (Name Sargent; also spelled Largent)
About 1770 the Enochs begin to appear in South Western Perm, and they are undoubtedly of Hampshire County Virginia origin. Henry Enoch Jr. David Enoch and Enoch Enoch were probably sons of Henry Enoch Sr» of Hampshire County Virginia. They intermarried with the Cox Family which likewise came to Penn. from Hampshire County, and the Keiths of Hampshire County are likewise asso- ciated with them in the Penn. records.
As seen above, Henry Enochs of Washington County Penn. sold land in Hamp- shire County Virginia. Henry Enoch appears in Springfield Township, Bedford County (now in part known as Washington County), Penn. in 1772. Enoch Enoch also appears here in 1773 and 177^- but not later so far as I can discover. He may have returned to Hampshire County, Virginia where we find the name later. David Enoch held a commission, lieutenant's, during the Revolution and did ser- vice on the frontier. Alexander Keith son of John Keith of Hampshire County Virginia was a member of his company. Henry Enoch was captain of Monongahela militia in the Revolution and John Enoch also did service on the frontier. Crumline In his history of Washington County Penn. mentions a Col. John Enoch who lived near the present villlage of Clarksville and was a brother of David Enoch.
On Aug. 20 1778 Isaac Cox, David Enochs and Henry Enochs were recommended as fit persons to be added to Commission of Peace of Yohogania County, David Enoch had a son David who was born before 1776 who had fourteen children. David Enoch Sr. had a daughter Rachel who married Joseph Avacost.
The Enochs were prominent in the organization of Ten Mile Baptist Church, oocated two miles north of present Ten Mile villiane in Washington County, Penn. and said to be the first church of any kind in the county. The first business meeting of this church was held at the home of Enoch Enoch on Dec. 1 1773. On Feb k 177tf, the church met at the homo of David Enochs. At this meeting Alex- ander Keith was chosen to take the place of clerk to raiso the Psalm tune (what ever that may mean). David Enoch was ona of the representatives of this church at tho Redstone Association held Oct. 7 1776. About 1781 the Rev. John Corbley, formerly a neighbor of the Enochs and Keith3 in Hampshire County Virginia (his land Joined John Keith's) became pastor of the church.
The Enoch family was connected by marriage with the Cox family, fomerly of Hampshire County Virginia, later of southwestorn Penn. and later still of Kentucky. Col. Isaac Cox married Mary Enoch probably before the Revolution. They had no issue. Col. Gabriel Cox brother of Isaac married Sarah Enoch, prob- ably daughter of Capt. Henry Enoch. Gabriel Cox and Isaac Cox both appear in the Hampshire County records (Va.) and very likely descend from Friend Cox of that county for whom Washington made a survey in 17pO, two days after making survey for Henry Enoch. Mra. Johnson wife of Congressman Ben Johnson of Ken- tucky is a descendant of Gabriel Cox and his wife Sarah Enoch,
(All words and names copied exactly as in original sketch.) Comments and review by M.w.B, of Enoch family from 'The Tenmile Country1 by Howard L. Leckey. On page 16t" Mr. Keith surmises that since no will of Henry Enoch I.has been found that he must have been the father of Henry Enoch II. and of Enoch Enoch, Mary Enoch, wife of Isaac Cox , Sarah Enoch, wife of Gabriel Cox and possibly others." Sarah Enoch was the daughter of Henry Enoch II. and his wife Sarah and it was she who was married to Gabriel Cox. But the record on Page 18 says that sho married a Bell. This account goes on to say:"To this list might be added the names of John Enoch, who settled on Dunkard Creek, a David Enoch Sr», a Daniel Enoch Sr. who pattented a tract of land near Lone Pine and possibly the wife of John Cox whose warranted land on Dunkard Creek fell to the heirs of an Enoch who was killed there by the Indians in 1776, Of those possibilities we shall write later. w0f these possibilities of the children of Henry Enoch I.Mr* Keith is of the opinion that Enoch Enoch was the only one that remained in Hampshire County where he was listed as the head of a family of 13 whites in 1781. Yet he could have been the man of that name who served in Capt. Wetsel's Company of Rangers in 1778." According to the pension application of Enoch Enochs the letter 's' is added to the name* He did not remain in Hampshire County Va. for the pension papers tell of the Fort that he maintained in Washington County, Penn. at his own expense for the protection of the settlers thus dissipating his own resour- ces to such an extent that he felt obliged to ask for the pension that he was refused in his old age. because he did not serve in Continental lines although he had given so much service at his Fort in protecting the families of the men in the army and others. He was in the Rangers also in the Militia at times and his services are known to Enoch searchers. He did go back to Hampshire County later and still later moved on to Ohio where he died in 1835. He left many descendants there who may be found in the census records through the years. The Archers and others of the families of his married children have con- tributed greatly to the population of Ohio* On page 17 of this Tenmile book is given the record of the land some 300 acres situated on the Forks of Ten Mile Creek that was acquired by Henry Enoch IImow called Jr. It was here that he built his home and spent the remainder of his days. On June 13, 1786 he was issued a warrant for the tract as Henry Enoch Jr. registering the title "Mt. Pleasant" which was pattented June 3,1799 by Henry Enoch III* following the death of his father. Two hundred acres were deeded previously on Jan. 18, 1794 to Henry Enoch III. by Henry and Sarah Enoch and a similar deed for 34 acres was deeded on Jan* 18,1796 to his son William Enoch by Henry Enoch alone, Indicating that Sarah had died within this 2 year period. All of us who have done research on the Enoch family have copies of these and other deeds but this is a good place to mention them and show that the Ten- mile book is right in some places and publishes valuable data. At the time Henry Enoch II.acquired this "Mt* Pleasant" home my greatgrandfather John Enoch was 12 years old so it Interests me to know that he lived th$&«, which time must have been up to the time of his marriage to Mary Tucker or Washington County in 1793. From a map in Washington County I drew an outline of this "Mt.Plesant" land warrant to my ancestor Henry Enoch Il.aleo those land warrants adjoining C it. 124 An article of agreement had been signed by Henry Enoch II. and his son Isaac Enoch on Oct.?, 1790 by which Isaac was to take care of his parents until Lr death for which Isaac was to get the home plantation and saw-mill*
"Isaac Enoch got a warrant for this part under the title "Essex" on I'ay 5t 1796 but it was sold to pay debts and William Boll got the patent to it. The balance of the land was sold by sheriff when Isaac Enoch got into financial difficulties in 1808 and,E$.lis Nichols bought the land."
The list of Revolutionary services of Henry Enoch II. may be found in Penn- sylvania Archives - Enoch family researchers are familiar with them. Pension applications of soldiers who served under him, also the one of his brother Enoch Enochs (1750 - 1835) may be found.
The following is quoted from Enoch data published in "The Tenmile Country" by Howard L. Leckeyj it has been seen elsewhere by several of us and copied:"He (meaning Henry Enoch II.) oarvod on the Committee of Observation for that pnrfc of Augusta County that lios to the \vest side of Laurel Hill at Pittsburgh cho- sen the 16th day of May 1775. He was also Lieut.-Col. of the First Battalion , Washington County, Penn. Uilittn Records also show that he went out on tours of duty at other times with his son Henry III."
"Henry Enoch II. died about 1797 without a will." The record of hi a admi- nistration papers in the possession of some of his descendants are considered by this one as so incomplete, Incorrect and irregular and 3how signs of having been garbled that they will not be published in her rocord. Tf the original papers could bo located in case they woro not destroyed, they might jive more acceptable information. The name of hi3 son Jolm who v/as bom at Old Port Rod- Penn. while Henry II. and his family were th re when it was besieged by 'Indiana v/as omittod from the papers. This v/as in 1774-75. The fact that in 17157, before the death of his father Honry TI., John wont on to Ohio ray account for his name boing laft off. His father may have givon him his 3iiaro of the in- heritance due him bo fore ho loft. Jolin was only 23 years old then. The fact . that he had money to begin me.king investments at onco on reaching Ohio would warrant a belief that his fathor had helped him in getting n start. There is another reason which is hintod in Dr. V/illiams1 sketch why his father Honry II. might have given him money to go to Ohio. No doubt but that his brothers knew all about this when tho administration papers wore made* However John's name may have been on the original papers.
It was alright to leave Abi'am's name out of tho list of tho children of Henry II. for ha had been killed by Indians in 1794,
Tho true story of the death of Abram is given on Dr. V/illiams1 card Ko. I and not in tho confused story as it appears in the Gibhon-Butchor Genealogy » where several battles and a number of Enochs are hopelessly mixod. It was a \ Capt. Enoch who was killed in battle in 1792 and he was succoodod by Duncan j Me. Arthur. In no record that has boon elsewhere than in thin Qibben-Butcher 1 Oononlogy , have Col. Henry Enoch and 4 of his sons taken part in a battle in which one of the four was killed. Confusion of the names Abraham and Abram, dates that do nr>t fit in the picture, the place where the battle occurred all 30 Into the genor.il mixup . I
It is possible that Col. Henry Enoch II, and several of his sons could have ! been in one battle but it was not in the little one where Abrau Knooh,his son, 1 a small band of 14 men who went out to punish the Indians for killing 3 of \ 126 the 4 Crow slaters .It was in this fight that Abram and several others were brutally murdered by the Indians* See Dr, Williams' card No. I, Beginning on page 17 of 'The Tenmile Country' the list of the children of Henry II• and Sarah Enoch deviated in several places from the record given by Dr. Williams who went to the several places where Enochs had lived and did care- ful research. Where he found the names of the seven children of Henry I. and Elizabeth we do not know but we are supposing that the names of the children of Henry II• and Sarah were from old family and church records. Being a man of in- tegrity and highest oharacter and with a fine record as a researcher there is every reason for confidence in his work which he xvantod to hand down to his des- cendants. In a newspaper sketch published about him in 1916 is quoted: "Dr. Wil- liams is a painstaking and thorough student, never satisfied with his research until all that can be known of a subject is well learned." Dr. Wlllians says that he learned much from his father J. Madison Williams who lived to an advan- ced age*
Sarah daughter of Henry Enoch II. and Sarah marriad Gabriel Cox not a Bell. This fact is established in D.A.R. papers of Mrs. Johnson of Kentucky, a descendant of Sarah Enoch Cox.
In the next one - No. 5 - where David Enoch is given as son of Henry II and Sarah, he, David and his wife Elizabeth Peck are given a list of children as furnished by Crumrine in a very mixed up and incorrect manner. This appears on page 19. More on them later.
In No. 6 William there is a confusion of statomont containing the names William, Abraham, Enoch and tho accounts of 2 Enoch deaths and tv/o different battles*
Have previously coramonted on tho battle in which one Capt. William Enoch was killed in 1792 and the small battle on Captina Croek in 1794 in which Abram, not Abraham was killed*
In the last paragraph where the information cornea from Crurarine the fa- milies of Henry Enoch I, and the first Enoch Enoch are confused. Here we should stress the fact that those were 2 distinct and separate families. It was at the home of that first Enoch Enoch that the church first met Dea.1,1773. This definitely was not Enoch Enochs born Sept.29,1750 in Hampshire County, Va., the son of Henry I*
The church meeting recorded as occuring Feb. 4,1774 could not have been held at the home of David Enoch (1768 - 1838) for he would have been Just 6 years old.The David Enoch Sr. and Jr. had to be from the Henry I. family of Hampshire County, Va. or some other family perhaps from one of the families of the children of Henry I,
This Enoch Enoch line in Va. and in what later became Washington Coun- ty, Penn. according to Mrs. Weddle's family record is as follows: Enoch Enoch who came early in the 1700s - settled in that part of Va. that later became Washington County, Perm* He built a Port that later was called Ft. Keith, It is likely that both he and Henry I. had lived in other places before they settled in what later was Washington County Penn. and Frederick County ,Va, respective- ly. Both of them received land grants in Va. in 1753.
Records say that Enoch Enoch had 3 sons killed by Indians. Tho Enoch 127 Enoch who was shot from his horso In the search for Christina Sykes who was ato- en by Indiana may have been the son of that first En©fch Enoch. According to the ory of Christina Sykea1 capture Enoch Enochs who died in later years near Mt. TTorris was the babe in arras left with his mother the nignt his father was mur- dered by the Indians*
Beside the 3 sons of Enoch Enoch I. that were killed by- Indians there was David Enoch born 1768, died 1838. This David had 2 wives and 2 sets of children, 8 .in all. His first wife was named Swart. She and her 3 little sons all diod at the same time with diphtheria in 1832. David's second wife was Elizabeth Peltor Enoch.
The 3 little sons of the Swart girl and David Enoch , son of Enoch Enoch, Crunrino and Leckey give to David Enoch, son of Henry II, and David's wife Eli- zabeth Peck along with 3 more of David's children by his wife Elisaboth Felter Enoch, and one of hi3 grandchildren who was Mary Ann Bill, This remarkable feat wa3 accomplished just by copying church records and tombstones at Ton Mile Church in Washington County, Penn, from
Theso 2 sets of childron of David Enoch (1768 -1838) and his 2 wives along with other names who may have been their own childron make up a grand total of 14 childron for David Enoch, son of Henry Enoch II, and David's wife Elizabeth Peck, Such errors as these aro what is impeding progress in getting Enoch re- lationships cleared up and correct genealogies compiled and published.
The descent of this Enoch Enoch family of Mrs. Weddle's is: 1, Enoch Enoch, 2,David, 3.Annor, 4.Cynthia, 5. Mrs. V/eddle, 6, Ruth Weddle oore.
<5 There aro still many descendants of this first. Enoch Enoch around Washing- ton County, Ponn, and thoy have boon thoro tlirough the years but historians and roarchnrs of Enoch family rocords hnvo persinted in confusing the Henry I,lines with thorn. Descendants of thin first Enoch Enoch are now scattered about all over the U.S. as are also those of Henry I.
Another Incorrect list of the childron of David Enoch and Elizabeth Peel: is given by Lockey on pages 19 and 20. There are 11 in this list, 5 of whom are of the Enoch Enoch lino to which David Enoch, son of Henry II, did not belong.
No, 5. Cynthia Enoch who mari'ied Levi Sowers was the daughter of David Enoch and Elisabeth Felter Enoch. No, 7. Mary Ann was the granddaughter of David and Elizabeth Felter Enoch and daughter of Abnor Enoch and Elizabeth Davies Enoch. She married a man named Hill and went to Ohio to livo. She had 2 sons. Listed in Leckey1s book as Abnor'3 3ister, No, 8. Catherine Enoch daughter of David and Elizabeth Pelter Enoch married a .nan named Guthrie, No, 9, Hiram Enoch was the youngest of the 5 childron of David and Eliza- both Folter Enoch. He did not marry Elizabeth Davies as Leckey givos it.'His wife was named Sarah, No, 10. Abner Enoch was son of David and Elizabeth Pelter Enoch and grand- son cf that first Enoch Enoch, ne married Elizabeth Davies, Mrs, Weddla waa brought up by them and they were her grandparents. C The other 6 of those 11 children that Leckey gives to David Enoch of the 128 Henry line and his wife Elizabeth Peck may be theirs.
Then Leckey goes on to say that the records of the other branches of the Enoch family are a bit cloudy - well just what has been made clear on pages 19 c and 20 in his boolc? Some historians and the author of 'The Tennile Country1 have confused the records of the families of the first Enoch Enoch and that of Henry I. and a number of compilers of Enoch family data have carried on the er- rors made by them, also errors of Arthur L. Keith who only seonod to recognize Enochs of the Henry I. line of Hampshire County, Va.
Mrs. Weddla's story of her Enoch Enoch lino in Washington County, Ponn. has done much to clear up relationships among the Enochs. Enoch lynoch I,came there early, built a Fort, lived and died there. He had 4 sons that are accoun- • ted for and David the one who survived llvad right thore in tliat location for the 70 years of his life. 3oth he and hi3 father are said to be buried near the Fort that he built. Abnor Enoch son of David lived all tiio n8 years of his j life right there and knew the family record as his forebears had passed it on • to him. He is buried in the North Ten Mile Church Cemetery as are so many of I his family. The date on his tombstone is incorrect, Mrs. Weddle his granddaugh- ter says but she hopes to get it corrected. He was born 1018 and died 1906,
• Mrs. Weddle1s mother was Cynthia and she also lived all of her life there. ! Mrs. Weddle was born at the home of her grandfather Abner on Dec. 25, 1870- and • always lived with him and learned the family history firstliand.
The story of the capture of Christina Sykes by the Indians that is men- tioned in 'The Tonmile Counbry1 aoerao to bo the same as the one found by IV-V.B. in the Historical Society Ileadquartorn in Washington Ponn. in 194G. It appears to be more authentic than first considered and to supply missing links in fami- ly relationships. The John Enoch mentioned on page 20 coul 1 have been the son of Henry I. of Frederick then Hampshire County, Va. but it is much more likely that he was one of the earlier members of that Boyd Enoch family who wore undoub- tedly connected with the Enoch Enoch line.
If this were worked out it probably would be: Enoch Enoch I. His son Enoch Enoch II.,killed by Indians while helping in the search for Christina Sykos.
Enoch Enoch was the infant son of Enoch Enoch left at hone the night of his father's murder. Then the John and other namos of the older members of Boyd Enoch line as given by Boyd to U.W.B. in Washington, Penn. in 1940.may fit into the picture.
On through page 20 of the 'Ten Mile Country' Crumrine and the author Leckey continue to confuse the 2 Enoch families.
The list of the children of Henry II.and Sarah Enoch is correct except for the omisgion of the names of Abram who was killod by the Indians in 1794 and John who went on to Ohio in 1797. John was married in 1793 to Mary Tucker of Washington Countyt Penn. The Tuckers v/ere among the very early families to come there.
Although the story by Leckey does not mention the Bane and Tucker fami- lies the histories do and say that they were very early settlers in Western Pennsylvania. Some records say that the Banes and Enochs v/ere the first families 129 to come there* Janes Tucker married Elizabeth Bane and as you may see in Mrs* Weddle's story the Banes were associated with the Enochs*
As well as can be reckoned Henry Enoch and his wife Elizabeth came on to Va* about 1725. A church record In Benealem Buckfs County,Penn* mentions Henry as a communicant there in 1724, Aa nearly as can be estimated Henry Enoch II* must have been born in Virginia about 1726. His grandson Henry.Ill* was born in 1748. Henry II*had sons and a grandson in the Revolutionary War*
Although Enoch Enoch I* , had a large land grant in Va. et an early date the first record of a deed that we have is dated Sept. 3,1753 for 168 acres at the neck of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Va. His land in that part of Va. that later became Washington County, Penn* was probably gotten in another way* There were several ways of acquiring land when the council of Va. vas try- ing to bring in good settlers to the colony*
The land records at Richmond, Va. show that Henry Enoch of Frederick Coun- ty ( Hampshire County originally, a part of Frederick County) received a grant of 388 acres on Cacaphon Creek on April 22, 1753. This was evidently the land surveyed by Washington in 1750,
" There is a history in all man's livea flou- ring the nature of the times deceased."
11 A proper pride in honest descont Is pardonable but no ono will magnify the norIts of a par- ticular lino of ancestors, when he soos that it had to pay tribute to scoros of distant families within the limits of but a few gene- rations." John 0, Austin
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