TEE DESCElrDAl!TS OF EN US H O✓-i ARD OF DUA!' ESBURG, N • Y. by Henry Clay Young, Jr. 11 And to Seth, to him also there was a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to cnll upon the name of the Lordu Gen. 4:26 Twenty copies of tbis edition have been prepared. This is no. ___ and 1s presented to Buffalo, New York., 1946 !.S71 This Book is Dedicated to the memory of my Beloved Mother SARAH CELINDA AVERY YOUNG Whose gentle pride in a worthy ancestry strengthened her in her many activities ENOS , . _,-;; AND MARrHA SOULE '.·. KNOW THE UPRIGHT LIVES THEY LED, WHICH LEr•JD TO AGE AN ADDED CHARr.1; V"·· KNOW THEY TOILED TO WIN THEIR BREAD, ON LANDS THEY CL'::ARED AND CALLED ., r-1 FARr,1," YET, BETTER STILL, IT IS TO KNOW THEY BLEST THE WORLD, BOTH NOW AND THEN SINCE IN THE YEARS OF LONG AGO THEY LEFT EARTH BETTER OFF FOR MEN. OuR :::N,:,s HowARD AND i,',.::..RTHA SouLE, 1T WOULD SEEr<, WEcE QUITE UNKr•JOll'Jr·I TO F~·,I1E" Arm YET THEY WERE I FOR YOU AND r IE ArJCESTORS WORTHY OF THE NAr·1E. ~.JELL IE BARKER [.icNo:: IL 1939 I iJTROJUCT 101! S,::,11E TlI1E SINCE, \VAS ASKED TO BECOl,1E A h1EMBER OF THE SONS OF THE i-\r.1EI=: I c,:.rJ kE'-/OLUT I Ot--l. ,-\5 MY UNCLE' DR. 0AN r EL ScHUVLER Your,JG' H,:..o CQLLECTED YOUNG F..:.1.ilLY RECORDS 0'/ER A PC::RIOD OF SEVERAL VE,:.. Rs PRIOR TO HIS C'E.:-TH, (PuaLJSHED BY JOHl•J J. '·.',;1,1 UER VEER, Ar~STERD,".,1.1, i1. Y.,1 1~12) I FOUND LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN QU.:-LIFYING. THrs EXPERIENCE ARROUSED l~ITC:RE:ST Ir! l.1Y MOTHER 1 S FAl,11LY. SHE H;,,o COLLECTED COrJSIDER;,BLE DATA DIJF(li,G THE L,".,TTER YE,.:_p5 OF HER LIFE, Al,ID THESE FORl.~ED THE !IJITli,L BASIS FG? T'--115 COl11PLl.:-T10N. rlS 500~1 AS CORRESPO~JDENCE STnP.TED, IT w;,,5 DI!·::· ... > THAT SEVERAL OTHER l.1El1iJERS OF THE FAl,11 LY H,;o LI KE\N I SE BE<:::N EtlG,:.GED 1 ;J ,;ss,El-19L HJG FAr1 l LY RECORDS, MJD THESE HAVE BEEN PLACED ;.T MY DISPOSAL WI TH UNST I tJT- 1 r,1,-: GE~IF.ROS 1 TV, ,\. ,'' ·.•. ".!GMENT AND THANKS ARE EXTENDED TO ALL THOSE RELATIVES \"JHO HAVE GIVE~! OF THEIR Tl'.",E, Al'JO HAVE LOAI-IED THEIR PRIZED PHOTOGRAPHS AND RECORDS TO MAl<E TH IS WORK POSS! BLE. IT WOULEl BE 111POSS I 8L<:: TO 11EI - T torJ THEM ALL BY NAt,1E, BUT ESPECIAL CONS I DER AT I ON SHOULD BE GI \/OJ TO E:o:•J.:. .--. 11 '.""8Y JorJES 61 LL I fJGS, [ IELL IE r ,;P.KER ' :::· IL, AND CLARENCE FOOTE FOR THEIR "'"XCEPT I O~JAL GEl'!EROS I TV OF TI r1E A~ID EF,ORT. ,.\r~D MY TYAr--!!~S APE ALSO EXTE[,IDED TO MY BELOVED l."/lFE, ETHEL ?uRTOfl r=. ,cH YouNG, FOR HCR HELP, SYflP-"THV, .:-r·.JD FORBEAR,\flCE DURl~IG THIS .:1GOtN OF AUTHORSHIP. Ur,:FC,RTUflATELY, THIS WOR!-< IS F,:,P, FROl,1 C0f1PLETE, FOR VARIOr_rs BR.;f•ICHES OF THE F,'..f.1ILY HAVE BECOl.1E WIDELY SCATT<::RED Al·JO IT Hs\S MOT ,c,L\',/;.Ys BEEf,1 POSSl2LE TO Flt·ID 1NDl 1/IDUALS V/HO HAV<:: THE 1r~CLIN.:.TION ,:.,rJD ,. :· .•. TlON TO HELP COMPLETE THE RECORDS. EvEP.Y EFFORT H;.s BEO::N r.,;,DE TO PF:ESENT ACCUR,C,TC:: .:.rJD DEPEND,;BLE DATA, ,;ND Ul✓SUPPORTED F,;f1 I LY TR.C.D IT IOM HAS BED! 0f.11TTCD, U~JLESS PL,',ltJLY LnSELED AS SUCH. -'<E DISCREPANCIES IN DATES HAVE OCCURRED, ONE WHICH SHOWS BEST EVIDENCE OF BEING CORRECT H,;s BEEfJ .:-DOPTED. □ IBLE RECORDS, T0f,1BSTOl·JE l~JSCRIPTIOTJS ,;tJD EnRLIER WRITll,1GS H,,VE ;..LL BEEi! UTILIZED. l."fHILE THIS IS PRll.1ARILV A HISTORY OF ENOS riO'.'VARD AND HIS DESCENDANTS, MUCH VALUABLE ltJFORl.1ATION HAS BEEN SECURED AB0 I_IT rTHER FAr,1ILIES, f.1Er.18ERS OF tVHICH HAVE INTER-1:IARRIED WITH THE HowARDS, TH1s HAS BEEN INCLUDED, ,;5 OTHERWISE IT !AIGHT BE LOST, AND IT IS HnPEO THAT IT MAY PPOVE INTER­ EST I IJG TO FUTURE GEIJERAT I OtJS, 1 1 COLONIAL RECORDS AND REVO'.UT ION,.RY ,',;'AP RECORDS HAVE RE'::N l~ICL • 1DED WH':':RE ASCERTAINABLE. THGSE ltJTC::,"'sESTED IN PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES WILL Fl'.\JD HER!o: RECORDS TO :SUPPORT THEIR Ar,~LICt.TIONS FOR MEt,rnERSHIP IN THE SoclETY OF ; ,AV FLOWER DE:sr :::NDANTS AND THC: Soc I ET'f OF" THE Co LON I .A.L 0AMES QF ,.\t.1C::R IC;-\ THROUGH \,,RS. ENOS HowAF,D Is (f .. ARTHA SouLE) ANCESTRY. Mm IN THC: SONS M!O UAUGHTERS OF THE ,MER I CArJ l:,EVOLUT I Ohl THROUGH JosEPH Foo TE, Ess1•J'='.ZER Sou LE (i.,Af'1TH,; SouLE 's G ·:ANDFt-THER ,;No FATHEP.) AND Er-Jos howARD HIMSELF. ;:ACH FAM l LV HI STORY IS ARRAI-JGED WI TH THE u I RCCT DESCENDANT (r·1AN OR l.'JOl-,1AN, MENTIONED FIRST, WITH HIS OR HER Llf,!E OF DESCENT 11,11\EDIJ:.TC::LY FOL­ LOWII\JG THE NAME, INDIVIDUALS l,1ARF.YING INTO T!~E f".'.\MILY ARE IJOTED rJEXT UITH I l•JFORl··l,:,T I ON REGARD I NG PARENTAGE TO PERr1i l T I NTEGRP,T I ON ,'I I TH THEIR GOJE:,LL- 0•'.; 1 ES, \'✓ eiEN F'OUND DESIRABLE, TH•:;:IR F'.:.f·'ILY HIST"ORIES AND .. NCESTF?Y ARC INCLUDED VJITH THE F"IRST I.\E~!TION OF,. MEMBER 01'" THEIR F;.MILV. ,',S,2REV I ;,TI ONS ARE AS F"OLLOWS: ..., o, BORN UNM. UN!v1ARR I ED l"\OM. AoM IN I STR,l.TOR o.·v. UJEO YouN.:. SR. SENIOR Iii. 1/i;.R~ I ED JR. ..fuN ,·oR H. Huss;,No Ir-ff. I NF" .,NT ,_.,_,. \'I., ID. 1:·11 DOW PROB. PRos,:,eLv If/ I F'E Pue. PuBLISHEO Go,.. GUARDIAN D,:,,u. DAUGHTER 8APT. BAPTIZED lsT. Ft~ST. Co. CouNTY As. /-\BOUT D. DIED 2ND. SECOND THESE HOT ES APPEARED OA I I'. I NAI..LY AS r, CONT·A I litUT I ON TO THE NI 1\G/'.',AA F~ONTiER GENEAL~GICAL SoclETV MAGAZINE DURING THE YEARS 19~5 ANO 1946. GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MADE TO THIS Soc1tTY ~OR ~ERMISSION TO ASSEMBLE THE NOTES IN THIS FOAM. THIS WORK a,;s BEEN PURSUEO AS,>. MATTE~ OF" Pt..EASURt. ,-',N!l lNF'ORMATION TO THE AUTHOR. IT HAS SEEN SAID TH~T ~NY INVESTIGATION OF' ANCESTRY, IF CARRIED FhR ENOUGH, DISCLOSES BL~CK SHEEP WHOSE IOENTITIES MIGHT BETTER HAVE RE:Mr\ 1 NED UNO I SCOVERE:D. So F",\R NONE '1,'.\S BE:'c:N UNCOVERED·. OuR PEOPLE HAVE LEl'"T us ,\ SPLENDID HER l T.:.QE' ONE OF' WHICH WE ,\LL ri.\Y BE PROUD, IT IS HOPED THAT VOU MAY HAVE ~S MUCH PLt~SURE STUDYING THIS WOR~ ~s THE AUTHOR ~~s HAD IN COMPILING IT. HENRY CLAY YOUNG, JR. of ..... , •.• '::-- !'~, New· Yo<rk C1-ri ra:ge ?Z-:l- of 't"he· sec011d· "V'c-,lhme oi ·!isoul~~ Sc,,1le and. .3 mlis­ ni stc-r~:•1 t~,. ,-:;.. T, Ridlou, :3r~_, appears th'-' f:ilJc,TTir:_g:_ 11lo. ·· fliartha'. ·B.' Sm.:le · (l}. ·eliie'st daughter of Ebeneie;r (1 }' 2:nd ,. l'·: ·· ~; (Foote) Soule-, Wrn {ti.. HfHfia'.le·~. ·N~.Y-/ Aug~ 15. 17°"?0 was· ·:inarrietl · to Enos· 'Ho-1ard· and· had· ·several children' tehose nainei· t1ere· nc-t supplie,i;, 11 -· .L • • During- -the past- s,:/reraf'years "this \7l:'j_~~·:r· has b-een E:··.c-...:.::·: in ooll'ectint; ilifornia-tlc:n- a'"ti"ou t 'thfs .,family ar;d has. ~.everal n-:::,febooks c,f'. rr:a terial. There has been recJrdci the d.escent ana. conns-ctions-·:if' se-ve:ral hundred indivi~uals. NothiEg so far· riai beeri"· found of 'the ar1"teced.er. ts of Irie s H,:iwara.. -The. a•.raFra"t,1e·1:r1formatior,· about /: ·• has ·come -·~· ·.. hi-s· application f()r· a · :·-.:~~,-0lu~iotary: W"'a'ri Pemion.'a:nd fi•om-;:·hrs' .ir11., : 'Evi:ln hi"s ibir',thplac·e· is unkn:>Hn. He >v:as h'orn Jul;r. s; lv:o. an.d..enli srted frl th,e mfli iia from F:~:~ ~ .:'-:.r. -· i; N.Y. r"or· various: tet"tr.s·:of• Bervtice during: the.·Revoluts.__"onary, ',;are . ·He. r,a_s preset",t at 1:c,th ba-t·tl-es. of. Sar.a-toga, r·e:folting :\.n the surrende· O'f Gener.al• Bu'rgoyne. In August· or Sep';-eml'\=:~,~ ).·'78f ,:· ·he- <2rl'lif:. t·ed ur,der ·Captain !.1il3..er and,· in,-t:te· l_a!".g,.:age (Jf h~s :pensi~n ·=,:;,i-" :·--,-:ti.on, .11 im'media_te;i-y. 1Ilar·ched· to •7:"e-Gt Pc-int";· fr.a·t he wns ~-t ·:·est Point:· at the time· Gen. Arnr,1 1 ias··regotiat­ 0 . ing t"o· surret1der o"±' _ that pir t ·r;'ii, fhe • C~1~mr, . tho. t hE r:_i th f, man· t,~:•. the -l:1ar::.E: of Rai veii 1,[l'S selected Wa"S sel-ect'ed~ from his• ·company to• "form a a:etacb1ner1t to tak8 some prisoners to the interior of Pennsylv-ar.ia, that he thinks t:h'is' detachment.