George Ensor (1769 - 1843)

Born 17 Dec 1769 in Ardress, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Weld) Ensor — married Jan 1804 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1843 at age 73 in Ardress, County Armagh, Ireland

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Biography

George Ensor was born in 1769 in County Armagh, Ireland. He was the son of George Ensor, an architect, and Sarah Clarke, who inherited her father's estate in Armagh.

George was educated at the Royal School in Armagh and Trinity College in Dublin, and joined the Irish Bar in 1792. While his father was the first of the "Irish" Ensors, George was a patriot and political writer. He authored more than 20 books, including The Independent Man in 1806, Address to the People of Ireland on the Degradation and Misery of their Country in 1823 and Anti-Union, Ireland as She Ought to Be in 1831.^[1]

George married Esther Weld in 1804. The couple had six children. He passed away in 1843.

Sources

1. ↑ "George Ensor." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ensor

Additional Works by George Ensor:

• On National Government. 1810. https://books.google.com/books?id=_8aRiGPxgmsC
• Defects of the English Laws and Tribunals. 1812. https://books.google.com/books?id=G_dQAAAAcAAJ
• The Poor and their Relief. 1823. https://books.google.com/books?id=-WQUAAAAQAAJ
• Irish Affairs at the Close of 1825. 1825. https://books.google.com/books?id=X1UNAAAAYAAJ

See also:

• "Ireland, Valuation Office Books, 1831-1856," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMG-V14D : 15 March 2018), George Ensor, 1837; from “Griffith's Valuation 1847-1864,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2014); citing Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland, Field Books, various libraries, offices, and a private collection.
• "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5TG-MQ5 : 11 February 2018), George Ensor in entry for Carolone Ensor, 1805; citing EUSTACE STREET PRESBYTERIAN, DUBLIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0100238 IT 1-2.
• "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5TG-W45 : 11 February 2018), George Ensor in entry for Matilda Ensor, 1807; citing EUSTACE STREET PRESBYTERIAN, DUBLIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0100238 IT 1-2.