Zopher
Ensign
Born in Simsbury, Ct.
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Whiting Ensign
and Lurannah (Pettibone) Ensign
Brother of
Isaac Ensign, Isaiah Ensign, Lurannah (Ensign) Phelps, Ariel Ensign, Zebe Ensign, Love Ensign, Bildad Ensign, Eri Samuel Ensign, Moses Ensign, Roxy Emeline (Ensign) Tripp and Mary Ann (Ensign) Williams
Husband of
Freedom (Merritt) Rockwell
— married
1812 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Husband of
Priscilla (Billings) Kempton
— married
28 Dec 1817 in Nelson, Madison, New York, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Harriet Ensign, Latina (Ensign) Alexander, Arvilla Ensign, Marius Ensign, Marcellus Ensign, Luverna Ellen (Ensign) Preece, Milton Ensign, Civilla Ensign, Emma Priscilla (Ensign) Porter and Victor Ensign
Died
at age 79
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2012
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Biography
Zopher was the son of Isaac Ensign and Luranna Pettibone.
He married first Freedom Merritt[1] in 1812, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. The marriage ended in Divorce.
They were the parents of> Harriett Ensign[2]
He married second Priscilla Billings about 1817 [3]
They were the parents of:
- Latina Ensign[4]
- Arvilla Ensign[5]
- Marius Ensign[6]
- Marcellus Ensign[7]
- Luvera Ensign[8]
- Milton Ensign[9]
- Cevilla Ensign[10]
- Emma Ensign[11]
- Victor Ensign[12]
His wife and some of his children were buried in Utah, a possible Mormon connection.
Sources
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991974
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3237754&id=I34168
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #13434066 wife Priscilla Ensign
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991956
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991957
- ↑ Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TLC3 : 26 February 2016), Marius Ensign, Europe; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 2, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991960
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991961
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991962
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #97827937 child Cevilla Penrod
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I991964
- ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=xavierfreitas&id=I994953
- Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TLCQ : 26 February 2016), Zophar Ensign in entry for Marius Ensign, Europe; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 2, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zopher by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zopher:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zopher by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zopher:
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~1.56%
Don Mapes
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A300761 [compare], Ancestry member donmapes51
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~0.78%
Lecia (McMullen) Rand :
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