James Ennis

Notes on James Ennis 1735-1778
(added by Marvin Loyd Welborn tinkwelborn@mac.com, 6th Great Grandson, 13Dec2021)

James Ennis 1735-78 Bio.

In 1738 James Ennis’ father, Sir John Ennis, came to America when he was forced to flee Ireland because he had killed an officer of the law. James, at the age of 3, traveled with his father as a stowaway. They settled in Augusta County, Virginia USA. James enlisted in the 9th Virginia Regiment of the American Revolutionary Army in February 1776. He was captured at the Battle of Germantown in 1777. He died as a British prisoner of war in the winter of 1778. He had eight children.

James went as a young boy of three to America with his father Sir John Ennis.  Family tradition states that James fought in the Revolutionary War. He probably bought land on the Catawba River in Burke County, North Carolina and moved there with his family in early 1780.   The following comes from "Affidavit of Willis Lyons Ennis dated 17 April 1937".  [James Ennis was the one and only child and heir to all the Towns and Lands of Augha, Cashel, Momrach, Bananarow, Caldragh, Tullaghmore, Kmckullen, Gortnarne, Agapoloo, and Killacross, all situated in the Baron of Leitrim, and the County of Leitrim, Ireland].

Source: Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com

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James's sister, Barbara, and her husband, David Frazier, sold their part of her father's land to James October 5, 1773. James Ennis enlisted in February, 1776, in the 9th Virginia Regiment of Foot, which was also known as the 9th Virginia Battalion of Foot in Service of the United States and the 9th Virginia Regiment on Continental Establishment. He was under the command of Colonels Thomas Snead and George Matthews at various times. One James Innis (sic) was promoted from private 9th Virginia Regiment to Lieutenant-Colonel 15th Virginia Regiment November 13, 1776. According to family history, he was captured at the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1777.

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England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Name: James Ennis
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ann
Child: William Ennis
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Name: James Ennis
Arrival year: 1722
Arrival Place: Virginia
Primary Immigrant: Ennis, James
Source Publication Code: 6223
Annotation: Abstracts of Virginia Land Office patent books 9 through 14, covering the early decades of the eighteenth century. Includes numerous references to land patented by "French refugees," the Protestants (Huguenots) who fled France after Louis XIV revoked the
Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION, abstractor. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 3: 1695-1732. Richmond [VA]: Virginia State Library, 1979. 578p. Indexed.
Household Members:
Name Relation
James Ennis
Source Citation
Place: Virginia; Year: 1722; Page Number: 232
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

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American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Name: James Ennis
Birth Date: 1740
Birthplace: Virginia
Volume: 51
Page Number: 54
Reference: Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):256
Source Information
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.
Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

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England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980
Name: James Ennis
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ann Ennis
Child: Elizabeth Ennis
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.

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U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
Name: James Ennes
Gender: Male
Military Date: 1 Sep 1775
Military Place: Virginia, USA
State or Army Served: Virginia
Regiment: 9th Regiment
Rank: Private
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data:
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.

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Barbados, Select Baptisms, 1739-1891
Name: James Ennis
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ann
Child: William Ennis
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Barbados, Select Baptisms, 1739-1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Barbados Baptisms, 1739-1891. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

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England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980
Name: James Ennis
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ann Ennis
Child: Thomas Ennis
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.

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James's sister, Barbara, and her husband, David Frazier, sold their part of her father's land to James October 5, 1773. James Ennis enlisted in February, 1776, in the 9th Virginia Regiment of Foot, which was also known as the 9th Virginia Battalion of Foot in Service of the United States and the 9th Virginia Regiment on Continental Establishment. He was under the command of Colonels Thomas Snead and George Matthews at various times. One James Innis (sic) was promoted from private 9th Virginia Regiment to Lieutenant-Colonel 15th Virginia Regiment November 13, 1776. According to family history, he was captured at the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1777.

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