Anthony Pietersen Enloe (abt. 1647 - 1703)

Born about 1647 in Amsterdam, Holland, Verenigde Provinciën, Nederlands

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Martha (Woodman) Prettyman — married after 8 Feb 1681 (to Mar 1703) in Sussex Co., Colony of Delaware

Descendants

Died Mar 1703 at about age 56 in Whorekill (Lewes), Sussex County, English Colony of Delaware (Lower 3 counties of Pennsylvania)

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Biography

Anthony Pietersen Enloe (aka Enloes, Inloe, Inlows) was a Dutch-born immigrant to America in the mid-17th Century. He was born in Holland about 1647 and emigrated to Nieuw Amstel, Nieuw Nederland, on the South (Delaware) River, around 1657 as a boy with his parents. His parents were Pieter Enloes, a silversmith, and his wife Geertruijd (Abrahams) Enloes. They were part of a group of Dutch colonists brought to America to increase the Dutch population of New Amstel. When the English conquered the territory in 1664 (renaming the town "New Castle"), after Pieter's death; the Enloes family dispersed.

After a stay in the English colony of Maryland, young Anthony Enloe / Enloes moved south to "the Whorekill," (English name: Lewes), in what was then known as "The Three Lower Counties of Pennsylvania". He was noted there on the 1671 Census of Delaware and was patented land in Sussex County in August 1676, according to records kept for the Duke of York. The area became Sussex County, Delaware Colony, with its own legislature, by an agreement with William Penn in 1701 and eventually the first state to ratify the US Constitution in December 1787.^{[1] [2]}

"Antony Pietersen Enloes was still unmarried when he secured Maryland head rights for himself on 25 March 1673."^[3]

Family

"On 8 February 1680/1 the court blocked his proposed marriage to Martha Woodman on the ground that there was no proof that her prior husband Arent Harmensen... was dead. Nevertheless, Antony Enloes and Martha were later treated as husband and wife until her death some time after June 1688... By 1694 Antony had remarried Frances.^[4]

Per Craig, Anthony was twice married. This paragraph included below conflates his two wives Martha Woodman (wife/widow of Arent Harmensen) and Frances ___. The Rootsweb webpage cited specifies he has two wives. Frances was not a Woodman nor was she mother of Peter Enloe.

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Anthony Enloe married Frances Martha Woodman, a widow (of Aaron Harrison), shortly after his death on 8 Feb. 1681. She was also about 30 years old and likely from Eastern Shore Maryland or Virginia, of English heritage. The couple settled in Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, where Anthony was an artisan and farmer. They had 5 children:^[5]

1. Peter Enloe b: about 1682 in Sussex Co. (Delaware)
2. Elizabeth Enloe, b: about 1683 in Sussex County (Delaware)
3. Thomas Enloe, b: about1685 in Sussex County (Delaware)
4. Abraham Enloe b: 1686 / 1687 in Sussex County (Delaware)
5. Samuel Enloe, b: before 6 Dec 1687; died before April 1703

Anthony Enloe was named Lewes' Constable in 1688, showing that, despite his non-English origins, he had the trust of local officials and was active in public affairs.

Death and Legacy

Anthony Enloe died between February 27 1703 when he wrote his Will and April 10, 1703, when it was proven in local court by his widow, Frances (Woodman) Enloe. Frances married neighboring planter, Thomas Prettyman in late 1705.^[6]

The will of Anthony Inlows of Sussex County, dated 27 February 1702/3, proved 10 April 1703, gave 12 pence to his adult son Peter Inloes (born by 1676) if he came in person to demand it, and left his land to his minor sons Thomas (born by 1686) and Abraham (born by 1700). It also mentioned his second wife Frances, a daughter Elizabeth and an unborn child.^[7]

Anthony Inlow [Enloe]'s Will

Francis Woodman [Prittyman / Prettyman], widow of Anthony Ingloeos [sic=Enloe], appeared as executrix March 4, 1706. In the will of Anthony Inlows [Enloe], signed on February 27, 1703 and proven on April 10, 1703, his sons are given as Peter, Abraham and Thomas, his daughter as Elizabeth, his wife, Frances. His son Samuel had died as a child, before February 1703 as he is not mentioned.

Text of the will follows:

In the Name of God Amen February The Twenty Seventh Seventeen Hundred Two / Three the Last Will and Testament of Antony Inlows is as Followeth: I bequeath my Soul to God that gave it and my Body to Ground for decent burial as for my personal and Real Estate I bestow as Followeth Imprimis my Will all my just and lawful debts be truly satisfied and paid Item that my Will is that my son Peter Inlows shall have of me Twelve pence if he comes in person to demand it. Item that my will is that my wife Frances shall be sole Executrix of all my Housen Lands Goods and Chattels, and I leave it in her hand During her naturall Life or that she becomes another mans wife then my will is that my Land be equally devided between my two Sons Alharkin (?) [Abraham] and Thomas Inlows as they shall come of age.

Item my will is that my personall Estate that I leave in the charge of my wife, shall be to my daughter Elizabeth Inlows and that which is in my wife's womb to be divided at the discretion of my Executrix as she shall be able Item my will that Robert Hill shall have a young one being a white one.

Item my will and desire is that Mr. Samuel Davis and James Simson shall be my Trustees to assist my wife in her afairs, and to ar -, and care of my poor small children. This is my Last Will and Testament and every part thereof being in my perfect sence and memory, but weak in body Blessed be the Lord for it. Finis- Witness Thomas Smith John X Johnsen (his mark) John Stuart Antoney X Inslow (his mark) (Seal)

Research Notes

Abraham Inloes [Enloe] was witness to the will of James Asher, Yeoman, May 15, 1721; to the will of John Casey, September 15, 1723; to the will of John Hull, January 28, 1725; all in Sussex County.

Apparently Anthony removed to His Lordship's Manor of Nanticoke in Dorchester County, Maryland, on the East Shore of the Chesapeake just west of Sussex County, Delaware.

From a land record in Dorchester we glean that Abraham Enlows was born in 1687. His wife Mary was born in the same year, his son Benjamin in 1715. It is possible that this Benjamin moved two counties to the north to Queen Annes County MD and that it was he who was the husband of Jemima, rather than Benjamin, son of Henry of Kent County MD.

Notes for Frances Martha Woodman (widow Harrison): In the Probate Records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1683-1695, there is a certificate of marriage of Prudence Lloyd and Richard Brasey witnessed by Anthony Inlows and by Martha Inlows. Both made their marks. She became Frances Prettyman (aka Prittyman) after Anthony's death.

[Anthony was noted on] the 1671 Census of the Delaware, by Peter Stebbins Craig, Jan 1, 1999, pg 59, note 149. It cites Thomas A. Enloe, The Enloe Papers, Maryland Historical Society, Delaware History, 20:88.

Sources

1. ↑ Delaware Colony article on Wikipedia
2. ↑ Craig, Peter Stebbens, "1671 Census of the Delaware", (Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999), p. 59, note 149.
3. ↑ Craig, Peter S. 1671 Census of the Delaware. (Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999), page 79. Citing Maryland Land Patents, 17:566
4. ↑ Craig, page 79. Citing SCR, 96-98, 458, 497, 578
5. ↑ Ancestors of Carl Enlow Bradford on RootsWeb - Anthony Enloes
6. ↑ See preceding Note.
7. ↑ Craig, page 79. Citing SCW, 19, 31; Sussex County deeds, A:1-98, 181, 225

• Craig, Peter Stebbens, "1671 Census of the Delaware", (Philadelphia: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1999), p. 59, note 149.

• Enloe, Robert B., "The Ancient Enloe Family," FamilyTreeMaker Online at www.Ancestry.com, 2005.

• Ancestors of Carl Enlow Bradford on RootsWeb - Anthony Enloes

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Enloes-48 was created by Ruth Montgomery through the import of William C Montgomery of Alabam.ged on Jun 4, 2016.