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EWS: Joseph Ennalls (ca. 1745-1779); William En-
natls (?-1785); John Ennalls (by 1746-ca. 1778);
Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790); and Robert
Goldsborough (17 33-17 '88). NIECES: Elinor Ennalls
(ca. 1738-1793), who married Joseph Da/fin (?-
1796); Elizabeth Greenberry Goldsborough (ca.
1731-1820), who married William Ennalls (?-
1785). MARRIED by 1720 Anne. CHILDREN.
DAUGHTERS: Mary, who married Ennalls Hooper
(?-ca. 1763); Ann (ca. 1729-by 1790), who mar-
ried Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790); and Betty,
who married John Hicks. PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION, literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Angli-
can. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., by
1718. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant, by
1717; yeoman, by 1717. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Dorchester County,
1728-1731 (discharged during the 1st session for
"undue election" ; reelected to the 2nd session and
seated). MILITARY SERVICE: lieutenant colonel, by
1725; colonel, by 1728. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 7,980 acres in
Dorchester County (3,037 acres inherited from his
uncle; 1,109 acres inherited from his father, but
sold to his brothers before first election; at least
4,674 acres by purchase or patent). ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS: In 1718 William exchanged 600 acres
of the lands in Dorchester County he had inher-
ited from his father for 300 acres that his brother
Bartholomew Ennalls (ca. 1700-1783) owned in
the same county. This transaction is reflected in
the total acreage he owned at first election. En-
nalls and John Rider (1686- 1739/40) claimed land
which by treaty had been granted to the Nan-
ticoke Indians. In 1723 the Lower House noted
that Ennalls and Rider had molested the Indians
and had not permitted them to cultivate any part
of the disputed land. No further reference was
found to Ennalls's claim, although Rider's was
successfully resolved in favor of his heirs, who ulti-
mately received 1,664 acres in Dorchester County.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased at least 1,485
acres in Dorchester and Kent counties between
1728 and 1731. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: be-
tween October 7 and December 5, 1731, in Dor-
chester County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
£2,989.15.7 current money (including 47 slaves, 1
servant, books, several articles of gold and silver
plate valued at £159.1 1.0, and fifteen-sixteenths of
the brigantine Mary Anne ); plus 7,275 pounds of
pork, 24,418 pounds of tobacco, 1,000 shingles,
and 32 barrels of corn, as calculated; FB,
£2,740.17.7 current money, plus 7,275 pounds of
pork, 21,194 pounds of tobacco, 1,000 shingles,
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and 24 barrels of corn. LAND: 9,618 acres in Dor-
chester and Kent counties.
ENNALLS, WILLIAM (?-1785). BORN: in Dor-
chester County, of age by 1749; elder son. NATIVE:
fourth generation. RESIDED: in 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: John Ennalls (by 1746-ca. 1778). SIS-
TERS: Mary (?-by 1766), who married David Mur-
ray; Elinor (ca. 1738-1793), who married Joseph
Da/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);
and Ann Ennalls (ca. 1729-by 1790), who married
Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790). MARRIED by
1761 his first cousin Elizabeth (Betty) Greenberry
(ca. 1731-1820), daughter of Charles Golds-
borough (1707-1767) and wife Elizabeth Ennalls
(?-by 1739); stepdaughter of Elizabeth Dickinson
(1723-?); granddaughter of both Robert Golds-
borough (1660-1746) and Joseph Ennalls (?-1709);
niece of William Goldsborough (1709-1760), John
Goldsborough (1711-1778), William Ennalls (?-
1731), Bartholomew Ennalls (ca. 1700-1783), and
Mary Ennalls, who married Henry Hooper (ca.
1687-1767). Her brother was Robert Goldsborough
(1733-1788). Her first cousins were Elizabeth
Goldsborough (ca. 1735-ca. 1786), who married
second, Benson Stain ton (?-ca. 1781); Mary
Goldsborough (1755-1796), who married first,
Benedict Brice (1749-1786); Robert Goldsborough
IV (1740-1798); Howes Goldsborough (1747-
1797); William Goldsborough (1750/51-1801);
Mary Ennalls, who married Ennalls Hooper (?-ca.
1763); Ann Ennalls (ca. 1729-by 1790), who mar-
ried Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790); Joseph En-
nalls (ca. 1745-1779); John Ennalls (by 1746-ca.
1778); Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790); and Eli-
nor Ennalls (ca. 1738-1793), who married Joseph
Da/fin (?-1796). Her nieces were Rebecca Golds-
borough (ca. 1757-?), who married Howes Golds-
borough (1747-1797); Sarah Goldsborough (ca.
1758-by 1832), who married Henry Ennalls (?-ca.
1803). CHILDREN. Probably died without progeny.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND
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