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and was appointed a judge of the U.S. Circuit
Court in 1801. OTHER KINSHIP: his second cousin
was Henry Ennalls (ca. 1741-by 1788). MARRIED
on June 1, 1785, Sarah (ca. 1758-by 1832), daugh-
ter of Robert Goldsborough (1733-1788); grand-
daughter of Charles Goldsborough (1707-1767);
niece of Elizabeth Greenberry Goldsborough (ca.
1731-1820), who married William Ennalls (?-
1785). Her brothers were Charles (ca. 1756-ca.
1759); Charles (1761-1801); Robert (ca. 1766-
1790); John (by 1766-?); William; Richard; and
Howes. Her sisters were Rebecca (ca. 1757-?),
who married Howes Goldsborough (1747-1797);
Elizabeth; and Rachel (?-1811). Sarah Golds-
borough Ennalls subsequently married in 1804
Robert North Carnan (?-1836), of Baltimore
County. CHILDREN. Died without progeny. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Anglican; converted to Methodism,
ca. 1790. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Ennalls wrote
a letter detailing the sad state of the Anglican
church, ca. 1788. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent, by 1781; Esq., by 1793. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: probably a planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Dorchester
County, 1785. See statement in Identification
Problem section. LOCAL OFFICE: Great Choptank
Parish Vestry, Dorchester County, 1788-1790.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: manumitted
seven slaves in 1790. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £162.0.0,
including 2 slaves, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION: approximately 3,732 acres in Dorchester
County, plus 1.5 lots in Cambridge, Dorchester
County (500 acres were remaining from at least
896 acres inherited from his father; 332 acres were
originally inherited by his brother, but were listed
under Henry's name in the tax lists of 1783). SIG-
NIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH, his wife inherited a pro-
portional share in her father's real and personal
estate, ca. 1788, but the exact acreage is unknown;
Ennalls and his wife began selling her rights to her
father's estate, by 1790; he sold much land be-
tween 1785 and 1803, often without mentioning
the tract name on the acreage conveyed. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: between February 11, 1802, and
June 28, 1803, probably in Dorchester County.
LAND: exact acreage unknown; at least 746 acres
of his land in Dorchester County were sold after
his death to pay his large number of debts. IDENTI-
FICATION PROBLEMS. There were two men named
Henry Ennalls living in Dorchester County during
the term of legislative service. Both were from
prominent families, both had considerable real and
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personal estates, and both had legislative connec-
tions within their families. There were no identify-
ing characteristics or titles given in the minutes of
the Lower House for 1785, which might have
helped in discovering which man served. There-
fore, biographical sketches are included for both.
ENNALLS, JOHN (by 1746-ca. 1778). BORN:
between 1736 and 1746 in Dorchester County;
younger son. NATIVE: fourth generation. RESIDED:
in Transquakin Hundred, Dorchester . County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Col. Joseph En-
nalls (1702-1759), son of Joseph Ennalls (?-1709).
MOTHER: Mary. UNCLES: Bartholomew Ennalls
(ca. 1700-1783); William Ennalls (?-1731).
AUNTS: Elizabeth Ennalls (?-by 1739), who mar-
ried Charles Goldsborough (1707-1767); Mary En-
nalls, who married Henry Hooper (ca. 1687-1767).
BROTHER: William Ennalls (?-1785). SISTERS:
Mary (?-by 1766), who married David Murray;
Elinor (ca. 1738-1793), who married Joseph Daf-
fin (?-1796); Elizabeth; and Ann (Nancy) (1750-
1803), who married Thomas Muse (?-1776), of
Virginia. FIRST COUSINS: Joseph Ennalls (ca.
1745-1779); Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790);
Robert Goldsborough (1733-1788); Mary Ennalls,
who married Ennalls Hooper (?-ca. 1763); Ann
Ennalls (ca. 1729-by 1790), who married Henry
Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790); Elizabeth Greenberry
Goldsborough (ca. 1731-1820), who married Wil-
liam Ennalls (?-1785). MARRIED never. PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Esq. at death. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: probably
a planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Dorchester County, 1773-1774;
Conventions, Dorchester County, 1st, 1774, 4th,
1775, 6th-8th, 1775-1776 (did not attend the 8th
Convention), 9th, 1776. LOCAL OFFICES, superin-
tendent to collect clothing and blankets to supply
the Maryland troops, Dorchester County, ap-
pointed 1777; commissioner of tax, Dorchester
County, commissioned 1777. MILITARY SERVICE:
lieutenant colonel, Second Battalion, Lower East-
ern Shore Militia at Cambridge, by July 1776; col-
onel, Nineteenth Battalion, Dorchester County
Militia, commissioned October 1776. WEALTH
DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: 38
slaves, 1776. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least
3,792 acres in Dorchester County (all inherited
from his father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: patented
338 acres in Dorchester County, 1774. WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on February 16,
1778, in Dorchester County. PERSONAL PROP-
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