Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Silverthorne 
, F
, FBirth Date1668
Birth PlaceAccomack County, VA
Death Date1 Jun 1739 Age: 71
Death PlaceBaltimore, MD
Spouses
1Abraham Enloe(s) Sr. , M
, MBirth Date1678
Birth PlaceMaryland
Death DateSep 1709 Age: 31
Death PlaceBaltimore, MD
ChildrenAbraham , M (1707-1758)
2John Ensor , M
, MMarr Date1710
Notes for Elizabeth Silverthorne
Mary Deason, daughter of William and Mary, was born ca. 1711/12 in Baltimore Co. She
married Abraham Enloes, another lessee of Gunpowder Manor, in 1730 in St. John's Parish.
Abraham Enloes was the son of Abraham Enloes and Elizabeth. He was a grandson of Hendrick and Christiana
Enloes. His mother married second John Ensor ca. 1710, as her husband had died in 1709 and she had a son, John
Ensor Jr. in 1711.
In 1733, Abraham Enloes leased Lot #50 on Lord Baltimore's Gunpowder Manor which consisted of 100 acres
and may have been called at that time "Enloe's Last Shift."
In 1743, he leased another 41 acres on the Gunpowder Manor known at the time as "Abraham's Desire."
In the Maryland resurvey of the manor, these two leases were known as "Enloe's Last Shift" (1785). Both leases
were made for the lifetime of his wife, Mary, age 55 (in 1767) and son, Benjamin Enloes, age 28 (in 1767)
although the second lease showed Mary's age as 56 (in 1767).
Benjamin was actually born 19 Jan. 1738/39 so the 1767 survey was correct on his age.
Abraham Enloes died intestate between July and August of 1758. His wife Mary Deason Enloes administered the
estate per Baltimore County Administration Accounts Liber 6, f. 244.
The account states that the deceased left ten children. Except for four of these children, whose births were
recorded in St. John's & St. George's Parish, the "ten" children have had to be guessed at from other records.
The first child of Abraham Enloes and Mary, according to the church records was Anthony, born in 1731.
However, this son may have died in infancy since Benjamin Enloes is shown as Abraham's heir in his lease of Lot
#50 of the Gunpowder Manor in 1733.
(Note: Benjamin, born in 1738/39, was probably added to the lease at a later date since he was not alive when his
father first leased the property in 1733.]
Thomas Enloes is shown on most lists of genealogists as a son of Abraham with the speculation he was born ca.
1729. This date, of course, could mean he was born before the marriage of Abraham and Mary.
Sometime after her husband's death in 1758, Mary Enloes probably joined her Deason relatives in York County,
South Carolina. She left a will there and one source said she died in 1774 while another said, 1789. She only
named directly one child in her will as a daughter: Christen, or Christiana.
The children of Abraham Enloes and Mary Deason accepted thus far:
1)Thomas Enloes (b. ca. 1729) m. Sarah James (b. 10 Feb. 1733, daughter of William) 2 June 1754.
2)Anthony Enloes b. August, 173 1. No other info.
3)Avarilla Enloes b. 1734 m. Robert Garner 3 May 1757 (Note: the record shows Robert Gardener).
4)Benjamin Enloes b. 19 Jan. 1738/39 d. prob. SC. No other info.
5)Sarah Enloes b. 16 Feb. 1740.
6)Enoch Enloes b. ca. 1741 d. 1799 York Co. SC m. 1) Sprusebanks; 2) Jane McCord.
7)Isaac Enloes b. 13 Feb. 1745 (Enloes Bible) d. 1819 York Co. SC, m. Violet Porter.
8)Deason Enloes. No other info.
9) Christen Enloes (in mother's will).
10)Potter Enloes. No other info.
11)John Enloes. No other info.
[Note by RBE: this is one too many children; either Potter or John must have been the child of some other
parents.]
The final account of Abraham Enloes' estate in 1758 in Baltimore Co. not only shows his wife, Mary Deason
Enloes as his administratrix but shows the appraisers of the estate to be William Ensor and James Elliott.
James Elliott was the father of Jemima and Mary Elliott who married respectively Abraham Enloes and Henry
Enloes, supposed sons of Abraham Enloes and Mary Deason Enloes.
(note by RBE - this assumption was not correct, this Abraham and Henry were actually sons of John Enloes, who
also left two unnamed orphans at his death)
The fact that James Elliott appraised the estate of Abraham Enloes adds a bit of support to the supposition that
James Elliott was the father of Jemima and Mary Elliott.
Also of interest is that William Ensor Sr. was security for William Ensor Jr. and Charles Deason as shown on the
Baltimore Co. Tax List of 1773 for Gunpowder Upper Hundred.
The only Deasons in Baltimore Co. as late as 1773 seem to be Enoch Deason and this Charles Deason.
Mary Deason Enloes, as Mary Enlow, left a will in York Co. SC which, according to Col. Thomas A. Enloe (now
deceased), was probated Feb. 1789. South Carolina Wills. an index compiled by Martha Lou Houston, (originally
published in 1939), reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1970, shows the will may be found as
part of the collections of the University of South Carolina Library, Columbia, SC (1939).
The reference is given as Vol. 1, date 1770-1815, p. 3. Her will referred to a daughter, Christen, or Christiana,
and "to burial at the discretion of my children."
Children of MARY DEASON and ABRAHAM ENLOES are:
i. MARY ENLOES.
ii. POTTER ENLOES, d. October 29, 1832, Spartanburg S.C.; m. NANCY ENLOE, 1815, Spartanburg S.C..
iii. ANTHONY ENLOES, b. August 1731.
iv. THOMAS ENLOES, b. 1732.
v. ABRAHAM ENLOES, b. 1733.
vi. ABARILLA ENLOES, b. 1734; m. ROBERT GARDNER, May 03, 1757.
vii. BENJAMIN ENLOES, b. January 19, 1737/38.
viii. SARAH ENLOES, b. February 16, 1739/40.
ix. ENOCH ENLOES, b. 1741.
x. ISSAC ENLOES, b. February 13, 1744/45.
xi. CHRISTEN ENLOES, b. 1753.
married Abraham Enloes, another lessee of Gunpowder Manor, in 1730 in St. John's Parish.
Abraham Enloes was the son of Abraham Enloes and Elizabeth. He was a grandson of Hendrick and Christiana
Enloes. His mother married second John Ensor ca. 1710, as her husband had died in 1709 and she had a son, John
Ensor Jr. in 1711.
In 1733, Abraham Enloes leased Lot #50 on Lord Baltimore's Gunpowder Manor which consisted of 100 acres
and may have been called at that time "Enloe's Last Shift."
In 1743, he leased another 41 acres on the Gunpowder Manor known at the time as "Abraham's Desire."
In the Maryland resurvey of the manor, these two leases were known as "Enloe's Last Shift" (1785). Both leases
were made for the lifetime of his wife, Mary, age 55 (in 1767) and son, Benjamin Enloes, age 28 (in 1767)
although the second lease showed Mary's age as 56 (in 1767).
Benjamin was actually born 19 Jan. 1738/39 so the 1767 survey was correct on his age.
Abraham Enloes died intestate between July and August of 1758. His wife Mary Deason Enloes administered the
estate per Baltimore County Administration Accounts Liber 6, f. 244.
The account states that the deceased left ten children. Except for four of these children, whose births were
recorded in St. John's & St. George's Parish, the "ten" children have had to be guessed at from other records.
The first child of Abraham Enloes and Mary, according to the church records was Anthony, born in 1731.
However, this son may have died in infancy since Benjamin Enloes is shown as Abraham's heir in his lease of Lot
#50 of the Gunpowder Manor in 1733.
(Note: Benjamin, born in 1738/39, was probably added to the lease at a later date since he was not alive when his
father first leased the property in 1733.]
Thomas Enloes is shown on most lists of genealogists as a son of Abraham with the speculation he was born ca.
1729. This date, of course, could mean he was born before the marriage of Abraham and Mary.
Sometime after her husband's death in 1758, Mary Enloes probably joined her Deason relatives in York County,
South Carolina. She left a will there and one source said she died in 1774 while another said, 1789. She only
named directly one child in her will as a daughter: Christen, or Christiana.
The children of Abraham Enloes and Mary Deason accepted thus far:
1)Thomas Enloes (b. ca. 1729) m. Sarah James (b. 10 Feb. 1733, daughter of William) 2 June 1754.
2)Anthony Enloes b. August, 173 1. No other info.
3)Avarilla Enloes b. 1734 m. Robert Garner 3 May 1757 (Note: the record shows Robert Gardener).
4)Benjamin Enloes b. 19 Jan. 1738/39 d. prob. SC. No other info.
5)Sarah Enloes b. 16 Feb. 1740.
6)Enoch Enloes b. ca. 1741 d. 1799 York Co. SC m. 1) Sprusebanks; 2) Jane McCord.
7)Isaac Enloes b. 13 Feb. 1745 (Enloes Bible) d. 1819 York Co. SC, m. Violet Porter.
8)Deason Enloes. No other info.
9) Christen Enloes (in mother's will).
10)Potter Enloes. No other info.
11)John Enloes. No other info.
[Note by RBE: this is one too many children; either Potter or John must have been the child of some other
parents.]
The final account of Abraham Enloes' estate in 1758 in Baltimore Co. not only shows his wife, Mary Deason
Enloes as his administratrix but shows the appraisers of the estate to be William Ensor and James Elliott.
James Elliott was the father of Jemima and Mary Elliott who married respectively Abraham Enloes and Henry
Enloes, supposed sons of Abraham Enloes and Mary Deason Enloes.
(note by RBE - this assumption was not correct, this Abraham and Henry were actually sons of John Enloes, who
also left two unnamed orphans at his death)
The fact that James Elliott appraised the estate of Abraham Enloes adds a bit of support to the supposition that
James Elliott was the father of Jemima and Mary Elliott.
Also of interest is that William Ensor Sr. was security for William Ensor Jr. and Charles Deason as shown on the
Baltimore Co. Tax List of 1773 for Gunpowder Upper Hundred.
The only Deasons in Baltimore Co. as late as 1773 seem to be Enoch Deason and this Charles Deason.
Mary Deason Enloes, as Mary Enlow, left a will in York Co. SC which, according to Col. Thomas A. Enloe (now
deceased), was probated Feb. 1789. South Carolina Wills. an index compiled by Martha Lou Houston, (originally
published in 1939), reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1970, shows the will may be found as
part of the collections of the University of South Carolina Library, Columbia, SC (1939).
The reference is given as Vol. 1, date 1770-1815, p. 3. Her will referred to a daughter, Christen, or Christiana,
and "to burial at the discretion of my children."
Children of MARY DEASON and ABRAHAM ENLOES are:
i. MARY ENLOES.
ii. POTTER ENLOES, d. October 29, 1832, Spartanburg S.C.; m. NANCY ENLOE, 1815, Spartanburg S.C..
iii. ANTHONY ENLOES, b. August 1731.
iv. THOMAS ENLOES, b. 1732.
v. ABRAHAM ENLOES, b. 1733.
vi. ABARILLA ENLOES, b. 1734; m. ROBERT GARDNER, May 03, 1757.
vii. BENJAMIN ENLOES, b. January 19, 1737/38.
viii. SARAH ENLOES, b. February 16, 1739/40.
ix. ENOCH ENLOES, b. 1741.
x. ISSAC ENLOES, b. February 13, 1744/45.
xi. CHRISTEN ENLOES, b. 1753.