Solomon / Salmon Ensign

SOLOMON / SALMON ENSIGN / 1789 - 1878

The fifth of five children born to Isaac Ensign / 1756 - 1843 and Sarah (Pitts) Ensign / 1760 - 1790. Solomon Ensign was born on September 15, 1789 in Westfield (Hampden County), Massachusetts.

Salmon Ensign married, as his first wife, Elizabeth ("Betsey") Geer (1790 - 1817) on October 23, 1811 in Suffield (Hartford County), Connecticut. The marriage of Salmon and "Betsey" (Geer) Ensign was apparently childless.

Salmon Ensign married, as his second wife, Arabella Tucker (1793 - 1828) on January 12, 1818 in Suffield (Hartford County), Connecticut. Salmon and Arabella (Tucker) Ensign were parents to three children -- 1.) Elizabeth Ensign / 1819 - 1820, 2.) Arabella Ensign / 1824 - 1825, and 3.) Salmon Ensign, Jr. / 1827 - 1911.

Salmon Ensign married, as his third wife, Melinda Cobb (1792 - 1879). Salmon and Melinda (Cobb) Ensign were parents to five children -- 1.) Sarah Louise (Ensign) Cady / 1829 - 1911, 2.) Charles Frederick Ensign / 1831 - 1853, 3.) Henry Alfonso Ensign / 1833 - 1854

Salmon Ensign / 70 is enumerated as head of household in the 1860 Federal Census of Westfield (Hampden County), Massachusetts. Per enumeration, resident in the household are -- 1.) SALMON ENSIGN / 70, 2.) wife Melinda (Cobb) Ensign / 67, 3.) son in law Henry S. Cady / 33, 4.) daughter Sarah (Ensign) Cady / 30, 5.) grand daughter Carrie L. Cady / 8, 6.) grand daughter Cornelia E. Cady / 6, 7.) grandson Charles H. Cady / 5, 8.) grand daughter Mary Cady / 0, and 9.) domestic servant Anna Sullivan / 20.

Salmon Ensign passed away, aged 89, on October 30, 1878 in Northampton (Hampshire County), Massachusetts. Salmon Ensign is interred at Pine Hill Cemetery in Westfield (Hampden County), Massachusetts. Additionally interred at Pine Hill Cemetery are -- 1.) wife Melinda (Cobb) Ensign / 1792 - 1879, 2.) daughter Sarah Louise (Ensign) Cady / 1829 - 1911, 3.) son in law Henry Stearns Cady / 1826 - 1864, 4.) son Charles Frederick Ensign / 1831 - 1853, 5.) son Henry Alfonso Ensign / 1833 - 1854