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FAMILY ORIGINS AND GENEALOGY As with most families, the earliest origins of the Enos are the stuff of conjecture. One problem is that surnames (last names) as we know them didn't develop in Europe until the 15th century so, unless somebody wore a crown or was well documented in historical writings, it can be difficult to tell who was whom. Another problem is that written records usually get sketchy before that because of wars, fires and other disasters. At various times since the 15th century, the name has been spelled Henno, Hennot, Henne, de Henner, Enno and finally, around 1700 in America, Eno and Enos. Because of a few high-class marriages by Enos, we can reliably trace ourselves back to such big cheeses as Charlemagne, William the Conqueror and King Edward III, but only through maternal lines. That's true of many old New England and Virginia families. See more about this in Eno Connections. As for the earliest Enos themselves, there are three prevailing opinions. 1. NORMAN: In the 9th century, after they got tired of terrorizing the world but before they got their second wind and decided to conquer England, a large group of Vikings (Northmen) settled in what is today northern France. The name "Northmen" became "Norman," and the area the French bribed them with became "Normandy." Among the descendants of these folks, supposedly, was a fellow named Henno, who later fought in the Crusades. Snippets about him have filtered down in a few branches of the family. He was supposed to have been a knight, but any soldier who owned a horse was generally considered a knight in that period. The few modern Enos who know about this Henno (who may or may not have existed) generally consider him the first of the family. To this day, we find Henno family members in Normandy and surrounding territories. This is the family line that Henry Lane Eno (1871-1928; not an Allen/Fanny descendant) seems to have connected us to while researching our roots in Europe, not long after World War I. Henry was a well traveled author, teacher and an experienced researcher. His book The Eno Family: New York Branch (1923) has been considered the definitive source for early Eno geneaology. In the 1970s, Rev. Robert B. Eno (1936-1997; a great-great grandson of Allen/Fanny), himself a well traveled clergyman, author and professor, retraced some of Henry's steps in northern France, Belgium and England, finding nothing to contradict HLE's findings. 2. GERMAN: A theory favored by Paul F. Eno (1953-), Robert's brother, is that we are descended from the pre-Norman Aino and Henno families of Frankish Germany. There are Hennos all over modern Germany, Paul says, and it's possible that ancient Hennos spilled over into Scandinavia, where their descendants became Vikings and, later, founders of the Norman Henno family. The Franks, German in origin, started moving into what is today France and Denmark as early as the 5th century. So, Paul believes, our earliest ancestors were Franks who moved north into Scandinavia or west into France, or both. 3. ENGLAND: There is an English Eno family that has long been established, especially in the County of Lincolnshire, but now spread throughout the country. From the 15th century on, the name there has been spelled Enoe, Ennew, Henowe, Inneu and Inno. Rev. Robert Eno reported meeting some Ennews in England in the 1970s who said they had the same French connections Henry Lane Eno said we have. Evidently, from what Robert could learn there, at least some of these English Enos are descended from the same ancestor we are -- the Huguenot refugee who fled to England from France in the 1500s. (See Jacques de Hennot below.) There is another Eno family in the County of Hampshire. Its spelling variations include Enoch, Enock, Enoke, Enocke, Enochs, Enos and others. This family later spread to Cornwall, where they appear on tax records as early as 1182, when a Robert filius (son of) Enoch held estates there.Douglas Richardson, author of The Eno and Enos Family in America (1973), now reportedly believes that we descend from one or another of these English families rather than from the exiled Huguenot. We are not aware of what evidence he has to support this. THE WRITTEN RECORD BEGINS Despite what we're told is Richardson's opinion, it is generally accepted today that the modern Eno family in America is descended from one Collard Henno (c. 1440-?) of Mons, capital of the ancient county of Hainault or Hainaut in Normandy. Most of Hainault is now part of Belgium. It's hard not to notice the similarity between the names "Henno" and "Hainault," but whether the family took its name from the region, the region took its name from the family or it's all just a coincidence, we know not. The first known written record of the family came about when Collard, apparently some sort of official, appeared on the guest list of a meeting of burghers (local officials) in Valenciennes, Hainault, on February 7, 1463. Robert believed that Collard was a fat cat with one of the powerful merchant or trade guilds prevalent in Europe at the time. Collard's son Jacques Henne (1476-?) was 'Prevot,' presumably royal governor, of Valenciennes under King Charles VIII. And Jacques' grandson was the swashbuckling Jacques de Hennot, (1540-c.1631), a public official who fought for the Huguenot (French Protestant) cause, keeping one step ahead of the Roman Catholic authorities. Jacques was the one who fled to England around 1568, after the Second War of Religion, which tore up the Hainault area pretty well. The English, fellow Protestants, welcomed him and other Huguenot refugees with open arms. It was Jacques' grandson, James Enno (1625-1682), who left London for Windsor, Connecticut, in 1648. James is well documented as having been baptized at the Huguenot Church, Threadneedle Street, London. Click here for Collard's line of descent to ours. There is no debate about the line of descent from James Enno to David Eno II (1726-1789), and there is overwhelming circumstantial and anecdotal evidence that we are descended from David II, but which of his two sons was Allen's father has not been established. Until recently, the prime candidate was Elihu Eno (1754-1820). In his book, Richardson says that Elihu is most likely Allen's father. There is no record, however, of Elihu ever having married or having children. Unless there was something physically wrong with him, this would have been extremely unusual for a man in the late 18th century. Allen's mother is well documented: one Sarah Hays, born in Simsbury in 1769. According to this theory, Elihu married Sarah and brought Allen -- and perhaps others -- into the world, but the records have been lost through fire or other mishap. All we know about Elihu comes from a few deed records. In 1790, he deeded land in Simsbury to a Job Case. The same year, he himself was deeded land from a John Moses. Elihu is mentioned in the 1820 federal census (p. 265) as living in Simsbury. Most recently, however, Jacky Paul Marek, daughter of Emaline Eno Paul, has gotten into the town vault at Simsbury, Connecticut, and uncovered some startling new evidence. According to these records, Allen Eno was the illegitimate son of Sarah Hays and an unspecified "Enos." This chap owned up to it, so the child was named Eno. This was the case with the two other men who had children by Sarah, who obviously wasn't the town's best role model. Critically, the record specifies that the Enos in question was married and had a family. So much for Elihu. Paul Eno now believes that Allen's father was Revolutionary War veteran David Eno III, who lived and is buried -- all by himself -- in East Granby, Connecticut, less than a mile from his presumed grandson, Luther. David moved from Simsbury to East Granby at one point, and it could well have been to sidestep the scandal over Allen's birth. There is still some debate in the family as to whether this Allen is our Allen. Richardson and Paul Eno believe he is. Jacky Marek believes there is another Allen and that Sarah Hays wasn't his mother. Research continues, and we will update as information comes in!
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Descendants of Allen Eno and Fanny Lewis Eno Generation No. 1 1. ALLEN11 ENO (DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born March 31, 1792 in Simsbury, Conn., and died February 18, 1866 in New Britain, Conn.. He married FANNY LEWIS May 21, 1823 in Simsbury, Conn.. She was born 1797, and died 1874 in Granby, Conn..
Children of ALLEN ENO and FANNY LEWIS are: i. FANNY LOUISA12 ENO, b. April 06, 1826, Simsbury, Connecticut. ii. ELIZABETH SOPHIA ENO, b. August 10, 1828, Simsbury, Conn.; m. WILLIS ATWELL PIERCE, January 28, 1853, Hartford, Conn.. 2. iii. LUTHER W. ENO, b. July 20, 1840, Simsbury, Conn.; d. October 13, 1903, East Granby, Conn.. iv. ERNEST ENO, m. CAROLINE AURORA TRASK.
Generation No. 2
2. LUTHER W.12 ENO (ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born July 20, 1840 in Simsbury, Conn., and died October 13, 1903 in East Granby, Conn.. He married (1) EMELINE THANKFUL TRASK July 30, 1859 in Westfield, Mass., daughter of CHAUNCEY TRASK and EMELINE SEARLE. She was born August 27, 1840 in Massachusetts, and died August 29, 1905. He married (2) MARY J. CASSADY February 05, 1892 in Southwick, Mass.. She was born September 14, 1869 in Scranton, Penn., and died Aft. 1933 in Bridgewater, Mass..
Children of LUTHER ENO and EMELINE TRASK are: i. INEZ "NINA"13 ENO, b. January 22, 1862, Deerfield, Mass.; d. September 26, 1862, Granby, Conn.. 3. ii. WILFRED LUTHER ENO, b. November 01, 1864, South Hadley, Mass.. 4. iii. REV. ELBERT EDWARD ENO, b. March 10, 1867; d. 1952, Tarpon Springs, Fla.. 5. iv. DEEARLON T. ENO, b. April 12, 1873, Granby, Conn.; d. February 14, 1959, Huntington Park, Calif.. 6. v. ERNEST T. ENO, b. January 17, 1875, Connecticut; d. September 01, 1967, Los Angeles, California.
Children of LUTHER ENO and MARY CASSADY are: vi. LUMAN M.13 ENO, b. May 21, 1894, East Granby, Conn.; d. Aft. 1975, Detroit Mich.. vii. INEZ M. ENO, b. March 07, 1897, Windsor, Conn.. 7. viii. LUTHER F. ENO, b. January 1893, Connecticut.
Generation No. 3
3. WILFRED LUTHER13 ENO (LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born November 01, 1864 in South Hadley, Mass.. He married FANNIE CUMMINGS Abt. 1884 in Boston. She was born Abt. 1864.
Child of WILFRED ENO and FANNIE CUMMINGS is: 8. i. WALTER F.14 ENO, b. September 23, 1897, Brockton, Massachusetts.
4. REV. ELBERT EDWARD13 ENO (LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born March 10, 1867, and died 1952 in Tarpon Springs, Fla.. He married LEONA FINAL. She was born June 21, 1875 in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, and died May 29, 1953 in West Rutland, Vt..
Children of ELBERT ENO and LEONA FINAL are: 9. i. REV. GLENN TRASK14 ENO, b. December 18, 1909, Belchertown, Mass.; d. June 23, 1999, Moosup, Conn.. 10. ii. MELBOURNE J. ENO. 11. iii. WILBUR E. ENO, b. March 23, 1906, Jacksonville, Fla.. 12. iv. ORMOND R. ENO. 13. v. REV. EDWARD ELBERT ENO, b. May 06, 1894, San Mateo, Fla.; d. October 17, 1953, Rutland, Vt..
5. DEEARLON T.13 ENO (LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born April 12, 1873 in Granby, Conn., and died February 14, 1959 in Huntington Park, Calif.. He married (1) CHARLOTTE E. CROWELL (DEMINGS) June 09, 1899 in Brockton, Massachusetts, daughter of LEONARD CROWELL and MARY SMITH. She was born November 18, 1880 in Blanche, Nova Scotia, and died Abt. 1954 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He married (2) FANNIE (PIPPER) SPECK Abt. 1920 in California, daughter of DOCK PIPPER and ANNIE BOWIN. She was born Abt. 1882 in Rock Wall, Texas. He married (3) CATHERINE CARBAUGH Abt. 1930, daughter of DANIEL CARBAUGH and MARY WOOD. She was born December 02, 1869 in Carlisle, Penn., and died October 09, 1946 in Baldwin Park, Calif..
Children of DEEARLON ENO and CHARLOTTE (DEMINGS) are: i. EDWIN14 ENO. ii. JAMES ENO. iii. WILLIAM ERNEST ENO, b. January 18, 1900, Ormond Park, Fla.; d. March 05, 1943, Tulagi, the Pacific Theater of WWII. 14. iv. EMALINE AURORA INEZ ENO, b. June 20, 1902, Winthrop, Massachusetts; d. May 26, 1966, Wethersfield, Conn.. v. CAROLINE ENO, b. Abt. 1904, Massachusetts. 15. vi. EARL (DEEARLON) BRYAN ENO, b. November 18, 1905, Worcester, Mass.; d. January 08, 1961, East Hartford, Conn.. vii. GEORGE COLLARD ENO, b. July 21, 1910, Belchertown, Mass.. viii. HATTIE ELLA ENO, b. July 21, 1910, Belchertown, Mass.; d. April 09, 1995, Agawam, Mass.. 16. ix. MATTIE "MARGARET" ENO, b. March 30, 1912, Belchertown, Mass.; d. January 03, 1990, Naples, Fla..
6. ERNEST T.13 ENO (LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born January 17, 1875 in Connecticut, and died September 01, 1967 in Los Angeles, California. He married RUTH E. Abt. 1913 in Deerfield, Mass.. She was born Abt. 1880 in Massachusetts.
Children of ERNEST ENO and RUTH E. are: i. WILFRED14 ENO, b. 1897, South Hadley, Massachusetts. ii. ERNEST ENO, b. Aft. 1895. iii. RALPH ENO, b. Aft. 1895. 17. iv. WALTER ENO, b. Aft. 1895; d. Brockton, Mass.. v. FLORENCE E. ENO, b. Aft. 1895; d. Bef. 1915. vi. GLENN ENO, b. Aft. 1895.
7. LUTHER F.13 ENO (LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born January 1893 in Connecticut. He married HELEN M.. She was born 1892.
Child of LUTHER ENO and HELEN M. is: i. HAZEL F.14 ENO, b. 1925.
Generation No. 4
8. WALTER F.14 ENO (WILFRED LUTHER13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born September 23, 1897 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He married CHARLOTTE G. PELRINE June 21, 1924 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was born 1899 in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Child of WALTER ENO and CHARLOTTE PELRINE is: 18. i. WALTER J.15 ENO, b. 1924.
9. REV. GLENN TRASK14 ENO (ELBERT EDWARD13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born December 18, 1909 in Belchertown, Mass., and died June 23, 1999 in Moosup, Conn.. He married EVELYN DEPEAU December 18, 1935 in Stafford, Conn.. She was born June 08, 1915 in Stafford, Conn., and died October 07, 1999 in Moosup, Conn..
Child of GLENN ENO and EVELYN DEPEAU is: 19. i. CYNTHIA JEANETTE15 ENO, b. April 28, 1943, Westerly, R.I..
10. MELBOURNE J.14 ENO (ELBERT EDWARD13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) He married (1) IRENE LONGE. He met (2) HAZEL CAMERON.
Children of MELBOURNE ENO and IRENE LONGE are: i. BUDDY15 ENO. ii. MELBOURNE "JACK" ENO, b. August 02, 1926. 20. iii. RICHARD ENO, b. July 02, 1929.
11. WILBUR E.14 ENO (ELBERT EDWARD13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born March 23, 1906 in Jacksonville, Fla.. He married HELEN MANGAN.
Children of WILBUR ENO and HELEN MANGAN are: 21. i. RICHARD15 ENO. ii. WILLIAM ENO. iii. JEANNE ENO, m. JOHN PRASTIEN. iv. JOYCE ENO, m. ROBERT KIBLER. v. JOAN ENO. vi. CAROL ENO. vii. ROBERT ENO. viii. LARRY ENO. 22. ix. NANCY A. ENO, b. January 18, 1934, Rutland, Vt..
12. ORMOND R.14 ENO (ELBERT EDWARD13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO)
Children of ORMOND R. ENO are: i. JOHN15 ENO. 23. ii. ALTON M. ENO. iii. EDITH ENO.
13. REV. EDWARD ELBERT14 ENO (ELBERT EDWARD13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born May 06, 1894 in San Mateo, Fla., and died October 17, 1953 in Rutland, Vt.. He married BESSIE BOWEN.
Children of EDWARD ENO and BESSIE BOWEN are: 24. i. EDWARD ELBERT ENO15 JR., b. September 09, 1928. ii. FERN ENO, d. 1999; m. ROLLA JASMIN. 25. iii. BETTE ENO, b. September 09, 1925. 26. iv. GERALD BOWEN ENO, b. December 05, 1917, Springfield, Massachusetts; d. July 31, 2003, Essex Junction, Vermont.
14. EMALINE AURORA INEZ14 ENO (DEEARLON T.13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born June 20, 1902 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, and died May 26, 1966 in Wethersfield, Conn.. She married (1) JOHN JOSEPH PAUL October 02, 1920 in Holy Rosary Church, Holyoke, Mass.. He was born August 11, 1896 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, and died October 29, 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts. She married (2) JOSEPH WACTOWSKI November 18, 1943 in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Children of EMALINE ENO and JOHN PAUL are: 27. i. ALICE LORRAINE15 PAUL, b. September 19, 1921, Williamsburg, Massachusetts. 28. ii. JACQUELYN ANN PAUL, b. December 03, 1936. 29. iii. CHARLOTTE ELLA PAUL, b. December 06, 1924, Northampton, Massachusetts. 30. iv. JOAN ESTHER PAUL, b. November 23, 1930, Hartford, Connecticut.
Child of EMALINE ENO and JOSEPH WACTOWSKI is: 31. v. JOSEPH DEEARLON15 WACTOWSKI, b. June 14, 1946, Meriden, Connecticut.
15. EARL (DEEARLON) BRYAN14 ENO (DEEARLON T.13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born November 18, 1905 in Worcester, Mass., and died January 08, 1961 in East Hartford, Conn.. He married BERNICE SARAH LANDERS December 31, 1935 in St. Mary Rectory, East Hartford, Conn., daughter of JOHN LANDERS and BERTHILDE JOUBERT. She was born November 11, 1915 in East Hartford, Conn..
Children of EARL ENO and BERNICE LANDERS are: i. REV. ROBERT BRYAN15 ENO, b. November 12, 1936, Hartford, Conn.; d. February 12, 1997, At home, Theological College, Washington, D.C.. 32. ii. PAUL FREDERICK ENO, b. March 30, 1953, Hartford, Conn..
16. MATTIE "MARGARET"14 ENO (DEEARLON T.13, LUTHER W.12, ALLEN11, DAVID10 ENOS III, DAVID9, DAVID8 ENO, JAMES7 ENNO, JAMES6, JEAN5 HENNO, JACQUES4 DE HENNOT, JEAN3 DE HENNE, JACQUES2 HENNE, COLLARD1 HENNO) was born March 30, 1912 in Belchertown, Mass., and died January 03, 1990 in Naples, Fla.. She married (1) JOSEPH EDWARD BERTRAND January 27, 1934 in Hartford, Conn., son of ONESIME BERTRAND and SYLINDA GARNEAUX. He was born March 12, 1900 in Peterborough, N.H., and died November 23, 1947 in Windsor, Conn.. She married (2) FRANCIS T. DOERING June 06, 1945.
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