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Enoch Enochs (1750 - 1835)

Captain Enoch Enochs
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Husband of — married 1770 in Wheeling Creek, Greene, Pennsylvaniamap
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Died at about age 84 in Elk Township, Monroe, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Captain Enoch Enochs served with Washington County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Enoch Enochs is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A036885.

Much information has been written about Enoch Enochs, but alas, much of it was copied without citations, and without citations, much could have been fabricated and/or merged with more-than-one Enoch Enochs.

Life Events

  • 1750 It is said that Enoch was born on 29 September 1750, in Hampshire, Virginia, British Colonial America, to Henry Enochs and Elizabeth Ross. A U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application made on October 22, 1939, #57546, and #100718 used that birth date. But what were their sources? Probably Enoch's pension application which does state his birth, but not his parents.[1] Enoch stated "I have a record of my age in a bible that I gave to my daughter Amy Gray." .[1]
  • 1770 It is said that Enoch married Rebecca Morris in the approximate year of 1770 based on the birth of their first child. (no citation yet).
  • June 1, 1774 At this time, Enoch was living in 'Enoch's Garrison', Washington, Pennsylvania, and enlisted in military service.[1]
    • October, 1774 Enoch served four months as Ensign in Captain Henry Enoch's Company on Ten-Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania.[1]
    • April 1, 1775 Enoch became Captain in a voluntary company that marched to PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania with Lieut. Ellis Bean, and Ensign Benjamin Price, under Colonel Dorsey Penticost.[1]
    • July 1775 - June 1777 Enoch returned to 'Enoch's Garrison' and was Captain under Colonel Henry Enoch guarding the frontier.[1]
  • May 10, 1779 Purchased 134 acres of land at the forks of the Great Cacaphon and North River from Henry Enoch and wife Elizabeth (parents).[2]
  • 1782 Enoch was recorded in the Virginia census as head of a family of 13 in Hampshire County. [2] [3]
  • June-August 1783 Served under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, guarding surveyors on the line between Pennsylvania and Virginia.[1]
  • July 26, 1788 Enoch and his wife Rebecca, as stated on page 16 in The Tenmile Country, indentured James Sargent. [2] No source was given, so the terms are unknown.
  • September 21, 1789 Real Estate recorded at Wheeling, (West) Virgina from Charles Swann and his wife, Sarah, for land on Fish Creek, recorded at Wheeling (West) Virginia to Enoch Enochs of Washington Co, Pennsylvania. Enoch stated in his pension application that "Since the war, he lived at Fish Creek, 18 miles from the Ohio."[1]
  • 1790 Enoch was documented in the federal census in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He would had been forty years old. Living with him was a son under age 16, and two females, presumably one was his wife.[4]
  • 1792 Served two months under Captain Paul as 'armorer'. [1] The job has two definitions: a maker, supplier, or repairer of weapons or armor; 2. an official in charge of the arms of a military unit. [Oxford Dictionary]
    • 1793 Enoch served nine months under Captain Crawford as armorer.[1]
    • 1794 Enoch served nine months under Captain Seal as armorer.[1]
  • August 7, 1820 Enoch was documented in the federal census in Union township, Monroe, Ohio. He would had been seventy years old. Living with him was presumably his wife; a household of two. Also on the same census were the families of Enoch and Elisha Enochs; presumably his sons.[5]
  • 1830 Enoch was documented in the federal census in Enoch township, Monroe, Ohio; an aged couple living by themselves. [6] According to "History of Noble County..." CHAPTER XXIX, Enoch Twp, located south of Carlisle, was named after pioneer (1822) Elisha Enoch.[7]
  • November 23, 1834 Enoch, age 84, was living in the household of his son-in-law Joseph Archer, Union Township, Monroe, Ohio, and applied for a military pension. Unfortunately, guarding the frontier was not a pensionable status. [1]
  • 1835 Specifics of Enoch's death are unknown.[8] He died in 'Harrietsville', Monroe, Ohio, and was buried in the Archer Cemetery, i.e. Old St. Michaels Cemetery, in Stock Township, Nobel, Ohio. According to findagrave.org, there is not a grave marker, but a card on his grave designation is posted on that site.[9]
Enoch Enochs' grave registration

Research Notes

Previously, a biography was posted with a cut & paste from History of Noble County, Ohio Published by L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago in 1887, and it has been removed because the practice is contrary to WikiTree Honor Code. The text also needs research on the following excerpts.

Questionable information from History of Noble County: "The Enochs family....were the early settlers of Noble County, taking residence on the east fork of Duck Creek."

  • Clarification between Noble County and Monroe County is necessary. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Enoch Enochs senior (this profile) was quite old at the time of this frontier organization in Ohio; isn't the "History of Noble County" more about his descendants? Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Wouldn't Enoch's biography be more interesting with descriptions of Hampshire, Virginia, Enoch's Garrison, Ten Mile Creek? Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

"The Enochs were of German extraction, nearly all of the Methodist faith, while politically, Whigs and Republicans."

  • Enoch's lineage had roots in the New Sweden Colony; German extraction was minimal if at all. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
  • Again, this generalization is more about Enoch's descendants, as the Methodist Church and referenced political parties did not exist on the frontier at his time. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

"Enoch Enochs Sr. enlisted as a patriot in the Revolutionary War, on 1 June 1774 serving four months as an ensign in his father's...company.."

  • The record shows that Enoch enlisted in the military to protect the frontier from Indians, not as a patriot fighting for British independence. For that reason, his application for a war pension was rejected.
  • Enoch served under his BROTHER'S company.

The paragraph about Enoch's father, Henry, was deleted because it cannot be confirmed that his father was fighting for the US Revolutionary War, his father's name is confused with relatives of the same name, and it distracts from the biography of Enoch. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

"Enoch Enochs Sr. married Rebecca Morris prior to his departing Greene County, Pennsylvania. "

  • A marriage source needs to be cited. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
  • How does Greene County, Pennsylvania fit into the narrative? Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC) Note:

"Enoch was noted as a hunter, and a man of great ingenuity, especially as a gunsmith. He also made bedsteads and other kinds of furniture."

  • Evidence of being a gunsmith and furniture maker would be interesting additons to Enoch's biography. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

May 11, 1798, Previously cited: Bill of Sale. Enoch Enochs to Abijah McClain witnessed by David Gray and David Gray jr.[10] Is this the correct Enoch? Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC) It appears Enoch Enochs sold 300 acres (which he had acquired in Sept/October 1766) to Edward Douty, who then died, and Edward's heirs (Abijah McClain/son-in-law) had lost the deed and wanted a clear title. If this is the correct Enoch, he would have only have been age 16 when he originally acquired the property. Originally the property's location was Ohio County, State of Virginia on the westerly banks of the Monongohalia River (1766), was Washington, Pennsylvania when he sold it, and in 1798, was in Green County, Pennsylvania.

Enoch Enochs Clear Title to Abijah McClain

War of 1812; previously posted: Military: Served in.....the War of 1812. Deleted for lack of evidence. A search via Fold 3 resulted in no record. Howe-14801 01:18, 25 February 2024 (UTC) Enoch would have been age 62.

Place of Death although often cited as Harrietsville, that community was not platted until 1838...after Enoch's death. That area was Elk township, Monroe County, Ohio. It was not until April 1, 1851 that Elk Township was transferred to Noble County.

Posted by unidentified WikiTreer and not sourced: A portion of this profile was removed because the practice of cut & paste is contrary to the WikiTree Honor Code. It may have been from the work of Henry G. Enoch; 2014.

NOTE: Hampshire County was created 13 December 1753 from Frederick and Augusta Counties (Virginia). So Enoch's birthplace was actually Frederick County, Virginia.
NOTE: "He served under Col. Crawford, Capt. Cunningham, Col. Cresap, Col. Nobel, Capt. Wiggins, General Broadhead, General McIntosh."[11]
NOTE: "The following persons could tesify to his service and character: Martin Crow, Isaac Morris, Thomas Forshey, Bazil Morris, Elisha Enochs, ...and John Bevans. [11]

Children

M.B. Archer published in 1919: "two daughters of Captain Enoch married into the Archer family: Rebecca to James II Archer, and Phoebe to Joseph (brother of Jame II); he wrote that Elisha, son of Captain Enoch, married Nancy Archer, the sister of James II and Joseph Archer."[12]

Mabel Williams Bean published in 1953, "Card 3 Enochs" [research from Dr. Hermon P. Williams, an Enoch descendant] which listed twelve children as Rebecca, Phoebe, Henry, Elisha, Enoch jr., Jess, Rachel, Ama or Anna, Lydia, Elizabeth, Sally, and Rhoda.[13]

Catherine Foresker Fedorchak compiled in 1964, four volumes of genealogical records for Monroe County, Ohio, including a family history of Enoch Enochs. She wrote:
Enoch Enochs and his wife, Rebecca Morris had 12 children: Elisha, Henry, Enoch Jr, and Jesse; also Hannah who married a Grandon - (some sources say it was Henry Grandon but I have not proved this); Elizabeth who married Isaac Morris; Rebecca who married James Archer; Rachel who married Frederic Crow; Sally or Sarah who married Jesse Davis; Lydia who married Nathan Lincicome; Phoebe who married Joseph Archer, and Amy who married Matthew Gray.[11]

Peter Stebbin Craig's family group sheet (2019) listed seven children as Elisha, Enoch, Henry, a daughter that married Jessie Davis, a daughter that married Barney Grandon, a daughter that married Frederick Crow, and a daughter that married James Archer.[14] Note: Craig neglected to include Enoch's daughter, Amy Gray, who is mentioned in Enoch's pension application. Howe-14801

DAR applications for descendants of Captain Enoch Enoch are Rebecca to James Archer, Phebe to Joseph Archer, Elisha to Nancy Archer, Amy to Mathew Gray, Sarah to Jess Davis, Elizabeth to Isaac Morris, Enoch to Sarah X, and Lydia to Nathan Lincicome; eight children.

Findagrave.com linked six memorials as children of Enoch and Rebecca: Elisha (dates match list below), Hannah Grandon (does not match list below), Rebecca Archer, Amy Gray, Phoebe Archer, and Rhoda Archer. [Note: according to M.B. Archer, Rhoda was Enoch's niece, the daughter of Henry II]

Note: This list is repeated on the linked profiles of children of Enoch and Rebecca. Are these names/dates correct? No sources are attached. It appears that most of the profiles were generated from an unsourced GED file. Work needs to be done Howe-14801 14:23, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

  1. Sarah (Sally) Enochs, b. 1773, d. 1845.
  2. Elisha Enochs, b. 1775, Green Co., Pennsylvania, d. 01 Feb 1856. [confirmed Howe-14801 [15]
  3. Enoch Enochs, b. 1776, d. 1824.
  4. Henry Enochs, b. 1777, d. 1849.
  5. Rebecca Enochs, b. 28 Aug 1780, Belmont Co., Ohio, d. 12 Jan 1848, Noble Co., Ohio.
  6. Elizabeth Enochs, b. 1781.
  7. Rachel Enochs, b. 1782.
  8. Lydia Enochs, b. 1783.
  9. Amy "Lottie" Enochs, b. 1785, MD30, d. 01 Feb 1874, Washington Co., Ohio. [confirmed Howe-14801]
  10. Phebe Enoch, b. 1785, Ohio.
  11. Jesse Enochs, b. 1790.
  12. Rhoda Enochs, b. 1796, Ohio.
  13. Hannah Enochs, b. 1800, Pennsylvania.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Name Enoch Enochs Application Year 1852, Application State Pennsylvania, Applicant Designation Rejected Pension Application File Archive, Publication Number M804, Archive Roll Number 930 Total Pages in Packet 43. Card Notes: Service Penn, Va. #R3334, "Also served in 1774, 1792 + 1793 + 1794"; image 480 - 487.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families : A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley. 1950. Waynesburg Pa: Waynesburg Republican. page 15. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/234251?availability=Family%20History%20Library
  3. ↑ Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790 : records of the State enumerations: 1782-1785, Virginia by North, S. N. D. (Simon Newton Dexter), 1849-1924; United States. Bureau of the Census. p. 26. https://archive.org/details/headsoffamiliesa00nort/page/26/mode/2up?q=enoch
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK5-PGZ : Thu Oct 05 23:58:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Enoch Enochs, 1790.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG3-SQM : Fri Oct 06 11:16:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Enoch Enochs, 1820.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGV-VNX : Wed Oct 04 22:02:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Enoch Enochs, 1830.
  7. ↑ History of Noble County Ohio : With Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men : Illustrated. 1887. Chicago: L.H. Watkins.https://archive.org/details/historyofnobleco00unse/page/n19/mode/2up?q=enochs
  8. ↑ "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F68W-Q2X : 19 January 2020), Eenoch Enochs, 1835.
  9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42203174/enoch-enochs: accessed February 24, 2024), memorial page for Capt Enoch Enochs Sr. (29 Sep 1750–1835), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42203174, citing Old Saint Michaels Cemetery, Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Danielle Sullivan Harris (contributor 49394474).
  10. ↑ "Greene, Pennsylvania, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSX1-N37S-6 : February 23, 2024), image 132 of 389; Pennsylvania. County Court (Greene County). Recordbook page is 251.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Fedorchak, Catherine Foreaker, October 1964 Monore County, genealogy records. Vol 1-6 . Vol 3 p. 12, 32 (image 369); Vol 6. p.130 (image 937) Film #859780; image group #7815129; https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007815129?i=936&cat=143478
  12. ↑ Archer M. B. 1919. Genealogical History of the Archer Family : From the Time of the Settlement of James Archer 1st to the Fifth Generation 1803-1919. Columbus Ohio: F.J. Heer, page 8. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/13879352.html.
  13. ↑ Mabel Williams Bean, Williams-Enoch Genealogy With Allied Families: genealogy, history, biography, tradition, legends, anecdotes (Tampa, FL: self, n.d.), 113, 118-123. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/331249/?offset=46#page=3&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=
  14. ↑ Henry Enoch Package 15 January 2019 from the Swedish Colonial Society (colonialswedes.net) 30 pages. Copyrighted/view only: https://craigcollection.colonialswedes.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Henry-Enoch-package-15-January-2019-forWeb.pdf
  15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41213819/elisha_curtis-enochs: accessed March 13, 2024), memorial page for Rev Elisha Curtis Enochs (1 Feb 1775–3 Dec 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41213819, citing Carlisle Methodist Cemetery, Carlisle, Noble County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Ohio River Valley Families (contributor 46528272).

See Also

  • Daughters of American Revolution. ENOCH, ENOCH Ancestor #: A036885 Service: PENNSYLVANIA - VIRGINIA Rank(s): CAPTAIN Birth: 9-29-1750 FREDERICK CO VIRGINIA Death: 1835 UNION TWP MONROE CO OHIOPension Number: R3357V Service Source: R3357V Service Description: 1) COLS DORSEY PENTECOST, HENRY ENOCH'S 2) FRONTIER RANGERS, CAPT BELL, COL NEVILLE. PENSION REJECTED BECAUSE HIS SERVICE DID NOT QUALIFY. https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A036885 (accessed 2/23/24)

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Enochs-72 created through the import of july 2012.ged on Sep 14, 2012 by Bob Wagner. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob




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