Jacques (James) Eno

James Eno, Sr.

• Birth: Aug. 21, 1625 London Greater London, England
• Death: Jul. 11, 1682 Windsor Hartford County Connecticut
• Burial: Palisado Cemetery Windsor Hartford County Connecticut, USA He was born as Jacques Hennot

Family

• Father  Jean HENNO (HENNOT),   b. 1575, London, Middlesexshire, England ,   d. Aft 1627 
• Mother  Catelaine JONES (JOVE),   b. 1580, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown 

Married

1. 18 Aug 1648 to Anna Bidwell (____ - 1657)
2. 5 Aug 1658 to Elizabeth, (1617 - 1679) widow of Thomas Holcomb
3. 29 April 1680 to Hester Kelsey (1637-1720) widow of James Eggleston. She survived him and married John Williams 3rd.

Children by 1st wife  

• 1. Sarah Eno   b. 16 Jun 1649, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. Apr 1732, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married 1) Benajah Holcombe (her step brother) 2) Samuel Phelps
• 2. James Eno, Jr.,   b. 30 Oct 1651, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. 16 Jul 1714, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Abigail Bissell.
• 3. John Eno,   b. 2 Dec 1654, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut ,   d. WFT Est 1686-1745. Married Mary Dibble.

Comment

"James Eno had only three known children, all by first wife Anna. However, at his death he had at least 10 living step-children by his 2nd and 3rd wives."

brief biography

His name appears in the Historical Record at the British Museum as having left for North America in 1648. He married the widow of Richard Bidwell shortly after arriving in Windsor. Several years later, he was granted land called Massacoe in what is now Simsbury (the next town over from Windsor). In 1660 he was granted an island of 21 acres in the Simsbury River, and an additional fifty acres on the mainland. In April 1666, he and John Moses, acting as agents for the town of Windsor, negotiated with Nassahegan, the sachem of the Poquonnoc, to buy 28,000 acres. For this service, the town granted him additional lands, known as Tilton's Marsh.

See Find A Grave Memorial# 15174002

notes

Moved to the Holcomb house with three eldest children after his marriage to Elizabeth.

His tombstone reads "who came from England and settled in Windsor 1646."

Name appears as "James Eanno" on the Oct 7 1669 list of freeman in Windsor. (NEHGR Vol. 5)

From Savage:

"ENO, JAMES, Windsor 1646, m. 18 Aug. 1648, Ann Bedwell, had Sarah, b. 15 bapt. 17 June 1649; James, 30 Oct. bapt. 2 Nov. 1651; and John, 2 Dec. 1654. His w. d. 1657, he had sec. w. 5 Aug. 1658, wid. of Thomas Holcomb, wh. d. 7 Oct. 1679; and he m. 29 Apr. 1680, Esther, wid. of James Eggleston. He d. 11 June 1682. Sarah m. 1667, Benajah Holcomb. Some of his descend. chang. the name to Enos. Col. Roger Enos, of the army 1776, was one."

Links

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comments

The primary source for the genealogy of the Eno family is the 1973 typed manuscript "The Eno and Enos Family in America," by Douglas C. Richardson, an Eno descendant. During the mid to later stages of the 20th century Richardson was a frequent contributor to the NEHG Society's REGISTER and other genealogy publications.

Geni comments

Apparently there is a life duration asserted somewhere, as the following note was inserted onto the "cause of death" field by a user: wrong death or birth date.

Refs

1. James Eno of Windsor, CT (1625-1682) and some of his descendants: 600 years (1400-1999), 17 generations, over 1500 descendants Joyce Elaine Mortison Family Research Press, 1999 - Reference - 174 pages
2. Richardson, Douglas. The Eno and Enos Family in America: Descendants of James Eno of Windsor, Conn. Sacramento, Calif: s.n., 1973. Print.

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Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15174002/james-eno

The primary source for the genealogy of the Eno family is the 1973 typed manuscript "The Eno and Enos Family in America," by Douglas C. Richardson, an Eno descendant. During the mid to later stages of the 20th century Richardson was a frequent contributor to the NEHG Society's REGISTER and other genealogy publications.

Jacques Hennot was bapt. of record on Aug. 21, 1625 at the Threadneedle Street French Huguenot Church at London, England, s. of Jean Hennot and his wife Catelaine (Catherine) Jone. Jacques came to America by 1648 and became James Eno, the immigrant ancestor of the Eno family of Windsor, Conn.

On Aug. 18, 1648 at Windsor, Conn., James Eno m. 1) Anna, the widow of Richard Bidwell, latter who d. intestate and was buried at Windsor on Dec. 25, 1647. Anna's maiden name remains unknown including the date and place of her birth. Anna m. Richard Bidwell by early 1644 as one known child was born of record at Windsor, dau. Hannah, on Oct. 3, 1644. However, the child d. young. Anna d. of record at Windsor on Oct. 7, 1657, but no individual gravestone is known and her age at death is not of record.

On Aug. 5, 1658 at Windsor, James Eno m. 2) Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas Holcomb {q.v., Holcombe}, whose maiden name, date and place of birth also remain unknown. She had ten children by her prior husband, who d. intestate at Windsor on Sept. 7, 1657. There were no children by James Eno and Elizabeth's marriage. Elizabeth d. of record at Windsor on Oct. 7, 1679, but no individual gravestone is known and her age at death is not of record. John Winthrop, Jr., s. of Gov. John Winthrop of the Mass. Bay Colony, who in addition to being Gov. of Conn. (1657, 1659-1676) was also a physican. His medical diary states he attended to James Eno's wife Elizabeth at Windsor in 1669, noting that she was then "aged" 52, or 51 years old b. circa 1618.

On Apr. 29, 1680 at Windsor, James Eno m. 3) Esther Kelsey, the widow of James Eggleston and dau. of William Kelsey of Windsor, b. circa 1636 at Hartford, Conn. She had nine children by her first husband, who d. intestate at Windsor on Dec. 1, 1679. There were no children of James Eno and Esther Kelsey's marriage. Esther survived James and m. 3) on June 10, 1686 at Windsor, John Williams. She d. testate at Windsor on July 10, 1720 mentioning in her will her former husband James Eno and property that she had received from his estate.

According to the land records of Windsor, Conn., James Eno was a barber, but not knowingly a barber-surgeon. In 1664 he signed a petition requesting permission to establish the first Anglican (Episcopal) church society in Conn., but the petition was rejected by the Conn. Court. This did not indicate that James favored the Episcopal Church particularly since he was baptized as a French Protestant. Rather, it was in opposition to the rights and rituals of baptism following the Congregational church's establishment of the "half-way" covenant, which prevented, for reasons too lengthy to summarize here, the children of his own children from being baptized and the children's parents from becoming communion members of the church at Windsor.

James Eno had only three known children, all by first wife Anna. However, at his death he had at least 10 living step-children by his 2nd and 3rd wives. James Eno's brief estate record, abstracted by Manwaring in his "Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," vol. I, p. 301, citing Hartford Probate vol. IV, pages 94-5, follows:

...James Ennoe, Sen. of Windsor. Inventory of £278-06-01 taken June 19, 1682 by Daniel Clarke sen., John Wolcott and Thomas Bissell sen. ...Court Record, Page 56--July 19, 1682: Inventory exhibited by the Widow. James [Jr.] & [the widow] Hester Ennoe appointed Administrators. ...Page 60--December 13, 1682: Capt. Clarke informs this Court that the Children of James Ennoe have an Agreement to settle the Estate of their Father. This Court appoint Lt. John Maudsley, Return Strong and John Moore as Distributors, and to Lay out to the widow Ennoe her jointure of £20.

There is no individual gravestone for James Eno. He is memorialized in the large table-top memorial at the Palisado Cemetery at Windsor, Conn. for his grandson Capt. Samuel Eno, Esqr. and wife Eunice Marshall. However, the date of James' death thereon is mistated as July 11th when it is recorded in the Windsor town record as June 11th, 1682; his estate inventory was taken of record on June 19, 1682, eight days after his death.

The children of James Eno and first wife Anna, all of record at Windsor, Conn., are:

• i. Sarah Eno, b. June 15 (bapt. June 17), 1649, d. at Windsor in Apr 1732; m. Apr. 11, 1667 at Windsor her stepbrother, Sgt. Benajah Holcolm, s. of Thomas Holcomb and wife Elizabeth, latter Sarah Eno's stepmother, b. June 23, 1644 at Windsor and d. at Windsor on Jan. 25, 1735/6. Eleven children of the family.

• ii. James Eno, Jr., b. Oct. 30 (bapt. Nov. 2), 1651, d. testate at Windsor on July 16, 1714; m. Dec. 26, 1678 at Windsor, Abigail Bissell, dau. of Samuel Bissell and Abigail Holcomb, and eldest dau. of James Eno junior's stepsister, b. July 6, 1661 at Windsor and d. testate in March 1728 at either Windsor or adjoining Simsbury, Conn. Nine children of the family, including five sons.

• iii. John Eno, b. Dec. 2, 1654, d. after Aug. 27, 1694 poss. at Gloucester County in the Province of West Jersey, now the state of New Jersey; m. May 10, 1681 at Windsor, Mary Dibble (q.v., Deble), dau. of Ebenezer Dibble and Mary Wakefield, b. Dec. 24, 1664 at Windsor. She d. at Windsor, Conn. on Sept. 15, 1697. Five children of the family, all daughters.

Bio by: Don Blauvelt