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Personal data James Ensign 

• He was born on June 1, 1606 in Rye, Sussex Co., Eng.
• He was christened on June 1, 1606 in Rye, Sussex Co., Eng.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Kristine Davis, Lois Jobe, Kristin Quevedo, Ann Somerville, Ken Fisher, Frank Graham, Jerry Gurr, et al.

• He died on November 23, 1670 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, he was 64 years old.
• He is buried after November 22, 1670 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT (Ancient Burying Ground, Main St.).
• A child of Thomas Ensign and Constance Pilcher
• This information was last updated on July 9, 2023.

Household of James Ensign

He is married to Sara (Sarah) (NN-Ensign, James).

They got married in the year 1629 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA, he was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Ensign  1639-1723 

Notes about James Ensign

James Ensign

Sources: Author: Davis,Kristine; Jobe, Lois; Quevedo, Kristin; Somerville, Ann; Fisher, Ken; Graham, Frank; Gurr, Jerry; et al.; Title: "James Ensign," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxx Mar MMXXIII)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L87K-QWL

"... James Ensign Last Changed: June 18, 2016 Jerry Gurr Sex Male Last Changed: June 18, 2016 Jerry Gurr

Birth 1 June 1606 Rye, Sussex, England ... Last Changed: July 27, 2022 Kristin Quevedo

Christening 1 June 1606 Rye, Sussex, England Reason: ...

James Ensigne England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 ... James Ensigne ... Christening ... 1 Jun 1606 ... Rye, Sussex, England, ... Male Father's Name: Thomas Ensigne Record Number: 3985835 ... Last Changed: July 27, 2022 Kristin Quevedo

Death 23 November 1670 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, ... Reason: source: "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut" Find a Grave Index Last Changed: March 19, 2021 Frank Graham

Burial November 1670 Ancient Burying Ground, Main Street, Hartford, Hartford County, ... Connecticut ... Reason: Find a Grave Index Last Changed: March 19, 2021 Frank Graham

Residence Rye, Sussex, England Reason: ... James Ensigne ... Male Christening Date: 01 Jun 1606 Christening Place: Rye, Sussex, England Father's Name: Thomas Ensigne Last Changed: February 12, 2015 Lois Jobe

Came to America in Rev. Thomas Hooker's Company Last Changed: March 30, 2023 Kristine P. Davis

Spouses & Children

James Ensign Male 1606-1670
Sarah Elson Female 1612-1676
Marriage 1629 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Children (6)

[1] Sarah Ensign Female 1630-1659
[2] Thomas Ensign Male 1639-Deceased
[3] Mary Ensign Female 1639-1723
[4] David Ensign Sr Male 1644-1727
[5] Hannah Ensign Female 1645-1711
[6] Lydia Ensign Female 1649-1703

Parents & Siblings

Thomas Ensign Male 1571-1631
Constance Pilcher Female 1568-1624
Marriage 27 May 1594 Brightling, East Sussex, England

Children (9)

[1] John Ensing Male 1595-1621
[2] Thomas Ensign Male 1599-1663
[3] Edward Ensing Male 1601-1606
[4] David Ensign Male 1603-Deceased
[5] Hannah Ensign Female 1606-1646
[6] James Ensign Male 1606-1670
[7] Mary Ensign Female 1608-1642
[8] Constance Ensing Female 1608-1632
[9] Alice Ensign Female 1617-1681

IN MEMORIES SECTION - [7 {Pages] James Ensign Anderson's The Great Migration.pdf
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Biography
James was christened June 1, 1606 in Rye, Sussex, England. James immigrated in 1634 and was made a freeman in . James's estate was probated March 2, 1670/1He was buried in Nov 1670 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. James married Sarah Nelson. Sarah was born about 1611 in England. She died in May 1676 in Hartford, Connecticut.

James Ensign is possibly the ancestor of every Ensign in the United States. Arrived in Newtown, now Cambridge, MA., with Rev. Thomas Hooker's company. In Governor Winthrop's "History of New England", under the date of 14 August 1632, is this entry: "The Braintree company by order of court, removed to Newtown." This was Rev. Hooker's Company. They were called the Braintree Company because they came from Braintree, England a town about forty miles from London. Rev. Hooker and his congregation removed to Hartford CT I May 1636. Many of these settlers became the founding fathers of Hartford CT. James Ensign was one of the original proprietors he was allotted twenty-four acres on the south side of the town. He was prominent in church and town affairs, was chosen constable for several years, and was chimney viewer, surveyor, and townsman. Children: 1.Sarah Ensign was born in 1630/1633. She died on 23 Jun 1659. 2. Mary Ensign was born about 1636. She died on 1 Jul 1723. 3. David Ensign was born on 26 Nov 1644. He died on 13 Dec 1727. 4. Hannah Ensign was born about 1646. 5. Lydia Ensign was born on 19 Aug 1649 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died in 1649 in Hartford, Connecticut.

Sources
COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. Page 101.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Nelson, Martha Eunice Ensign. Record of the Descendants of James Ensign and His Wife Sarah Nelson, 1634-1939-1960 [microform]. [United States]: M.E.E. Nelson, 1960.
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 17 July 2015), James Ensigne, 01 Jun 1606; citing Rye, Sussex, England, reference item 3; FHL microfilm 1,067,288.
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Timothy Hopkins. 1932. John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. On p. 6, citing Hartford Probate Records (2: 54-57) and Manwaring's Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records (1: 130).
Notes
Note H260Probably came to America with the Winthrop fleet as a member of Rev. Thomas Hooker's company, known as the "Braintree Company". Was in Cambridge, MA in 1634. Became freeman on March 4, 1635. Was one of the proprietors of Hartford. Moved to Hartford in 1636. One of founders of South or Second Congregational Church of Hartford in February 1669/70.

John Hopkins will mentions James. James is also a witness on the will. "1 January 1648-49. I, John Hopkins of Hartford, do make this my last will and Testament: I make my wife Jane Hopkins my sole Executrix of my whole estate, out of it she to pay my daughter Bethiah Hopkins £30. And my will alsoe is that the one-half of all my Lands and howsing should be my son Stephen Hopkins to be enjoyed by him and his heyers fforever, when he shall have attayned the adg off twenty-two yeares.

And my will further is That iff my said wiff should marry again, then the one-half off the Estate that she shall then possess, the former portions being paid, shall be paid in Equall proportions to my said Son and daughter or their heyers after the decease of my wiff, these children to be under the control of their Mother.

Bethiah until 18 years of age and Stephen untill 22 years of age Shall remain with and under the Government of my Said wife until they have attayned their several years aforesaid. As also they shall noe way Contract or Engadg themselves in way of marriage without the knowledge and Consent of my wife aforesaid. I desire Mr. John Cullick & James Ensign to be Overseers.

John Hopkins

Witness: John Cullick William Andrews James Ensign"
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From Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F
James was connected with the Thomas Ensing family of Rye, Sussex based on the rarity of the name, the fact that the James in England disappears from English records at the time that James Ensign emerges in Hartford, the fact that James of Hartford and Thomas of Scituate were reported to be brothers (the Thomas Ensing in Rye had sons named Thomas and James), the fact that the Ensing family in Rye were staunch Puritans as was James in Hartford.
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James Ensign was married to a Sarah Nelson? Notes have shown that Sarah Elson daughter Of Abraham and Rebecca Elson was married to a William Hills. There is a possibility that Sarah James wife might have been an aunt to Sarah Elson. In the 1600's it seems that everybody knew each other. So many people took that since Sarah was James wife she must be the daughter of Abraham Elson when her birthdate is about 1612 and Sarah Elson was about 1643. from Ensigns in America : with allied families : record of the descendants of James Ensign and wife Sarah Elson, 1634 - 1939 - 1960
Author:Nelson, Martha Eunice Ensign, 1888-

Last Changed: March 24, 2021 [NN pseudonym=]KatCapGalT"
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