I seem to have a popular ancestor Enos Howard-17694 Lots of people have him on their trees. (487 on ancestry alone) Unfortunately he must have arrived on a spaceship as there is no record of his parents or siblings.
Born 5 July 1760 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
Husband of Martha B Soule — married 1783 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, United States
Died 15 May 1844 in Duanesberg, Schenectady, New York
Father of 12 children. Isaac, Sarah (m. Davidson), Ebeneezer, John, Benjamin Squire, Samuel, Mary (Polly) (m. Thompson & Ariss), George Washington, Rebecca (m. Ketchum) , James Mckown, Matilda (m. Durfee) and Rachel (m. Britton & Gardner).
His son Isaac had 16 children. Benjamin had 11 children.
Surely with as many progeny as he had, someone must have a record in their files?
One tree has his father as John Easgan Howard and another as Henry Enos Howard but they show no sources. John Easgan and some of his family died in South Carolina.
A newspaper article I found (with no source info) says We are descended from John Howard, the prison reformer; William Howard, knight of Wiggenhall; Sir John Howard, lord treasurer, who was imprisoned 3 years in the tower of London. Our American ancestor (NO NAME) settled in Massachusetts and was an officer in the Revolutionary war. His son was Enos Howard.
The family was extensively researched but they couldnt find his parents either.
https://archive.org/details/descendantsofeno00youn/page/n5/mode/2up
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