The large Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello community takes its name from three early nineteenth century estates.

The history of settlement in this neighborhood began in the late seventeenth century when Quakers first settled in the area. The Patapsco Meeting of the Society of Friends bought a one acre tract from the "Darley Hall" estate of John Ensor on one of the highest knolls near the City. They established a , meetinghouse and cemetery on this property which is just northwest of the Intersection of today's Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks and Harford Road. This log building is considered the first religious structure built within the present City limits. Tradition says that local Indians assisted in its construction and worshipped there. The cemetery, its stone wall and caretaker's house are still in existence.

"Darley Hall" was a 300-acre tract surveyed for, and named by, John Oldton, who sold it to John Ensor about 1697. It was located near present-day Harford Road and 25th Street, which area (north of North Avenue) became part of Baltimore City, Maryland, about 1915. At one time, there was a Darley [amusement] Park in that area. Today, there still is a Darley Avenue.

FIRST GENERATION
1. John ENSOR(1) (2) was born about 1665. He died before 6 Oct 1720.

He was married to Jane MAYNARD? before 1693. Jane MAYNARD?(3) died in Baltimore Co., MD. John ENSOR and Jane MAYNARD? had the following children:

2 i. (maybe) Abraham ENSOR.
+3 ii. (maybe) Ann ENSOR.
+4 iii. John ENSOR Jr.
+5 iv. Jane ENSOR.

He was married to Elizabeth before Mar 1709.

SECOND GENERATION
5. Jane ENSOR (2) was born between 1694 and 1698 in "Darley Hall" Baltimore Co MD. She died in Baltimore Co., MD.

She was married to Thomas B. GORSUCH (son of Charles GORSUCH and Sarah Cole) on 19 Aug 1719 in Baltimore Co., MD. Thomas B. GORSUCH(1) (3) was born between 1678 and 1680. He signed a will on 23 Sep 1774. He died in Oct 1774 in Baltimore Co., MD. He had an estate probated on 4 Nov 1774 in Baltimore Co., MD. Jane ENSOR and Thomas B. GORSUCH had the following children:

+17 i. Mary GORSUCH.
+18 ii. Thomas GORSUCH Jr..
+19 iii. Elizabeth GORSUCH.
+20 iv. Lovelace GORSUCH.
+21 v. John GORSUCH.

Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire
Volume I, The High Peak Hundred
by Joseph Tilley
There is a simple question which our research has forced upon us: Why is it more difficult to get at anything like an accurate pedigree of the Cokaynes than of the whole three hundred of the old Derbyshire families? Have all authorities caballed together to render such a thing impossible? Take one item, Sir John Cokayne, the celebrated Baron of the Exchequer, who, during the last seven years of the reign of Henry IV., was also judge of Common Pleas as well as Chief Baron, is said, by all authorities we have met with to have been the son of Edmund, who fell at Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard de Herthill. We believe, however, that there is a document in the hands of Mr. Andreas F. Cokayne, of Bakewell, which impugns such a statement, by showing the famous judge to have been the brother and not the son of Edmund. Then again, such authorities as Foss, in his Lives of the Judges, and Leslie Stephen, in his National Biography, say distinctly that the Chief Baron married Isabel, daughter of Sir Hugh Shirley, who also fell at Shrewsbury. Cokayne says as distinctly that he did not. The life of the Chief Baron, as it appears in a recently published volume by Leslie Stephen, was written by J. M. Rigg, Esq., and is well worthy of perusal. He says that the judge was the "son of Edmund Cokayne, of Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, and Pooley, in Warwickshire, by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard de Herthull, was recorder of London in 1394, and appears as advocate in a suit, before the Privy Council in 1397, between two grantees by letters patent of the governorship of Rothelan Castle, in Wales. In 1400 he was as created Chief Baron, was summoned to the Council in the following year, and created a justice of Common Plea, in 1405. In May, of this year, he was accused in Parliament of having seized, by force, the Manor of Baddesley Ensor, in Warwickshire, and of keeping the owners out of possession, and was ordered to appear, in person, to answer to the charge. Of the further proceedings in this matter there is no record. The Manor, however, remained in his possession, since by his will, which he made before starting to France with the military expedition, sent to the aid of the Duke of Orleans in his struggle with the Duke of Burgundy, in 1411-12, he entailed it upon his son John. On the accession of Henry V., he retained the office of justice of Common Pleas, but vacated that of Chief Baron. His patent for the former office was again renewed on the accession of Henry VI." This writer concludes his article with words which are a corroboration of Foss, but which are said to be incorrect by Mr. A.. E. Cokayne, of Bakewell. His wife, Isabel, was the daughter of Sir Hugh Shirley, who was killed at Shrewsbury, fighting on the side of Henry IV. By her he had four sons. A lineal descendant of the judge, Charles Cokayne, of Rushton, in Northamptonshire, was raised to the peerage of Ireland as Viscount Culler, in 1642". The marvellous part of the business is this: Among the gentlemen who contributed accounts, of the Cokaynes, some three years ago, to the National Biography, was the Norroy King at Arms - G. E. Cokayne Esq. (formerly Adams). Could not this authority have. prevented such egregious blunders being perpetrated in the work to which he was contributing? 

ENSOR of Tissington

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01 William ENSOR of Tissington Will 23 Sep 1777. Benefactor to the poor of
   Tissington & Alstonfield
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03 William ENSOR of Tissington Gent High Constable & clerk to
   Sir H FITZHUBERT Bart 1830
04 Thomas ENSOR of Tissington Gent

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr  b. June 22, 1821. d. March 27, 1888.
Illustrator.
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Specific Interment Location: Locust Avenue, Plot #429.
Cause of Death: Angina pectoris.

Thomas Gorsuch and Jane Ensor. Supposedly the family Bible of his grandson, Robert Gorsuch, who was born in 1757, contains the entry "Thomas Gorsuch and Jane Ensor were married the 19th of August 1714. Jane Ensor was probably the sister of John Ensor of Darley Hall, the founder in Baltimore County of this name, from whom Thomas Gorsuch in 1731, purchased Ensor's Choice adjoining, and they were probably both children of John Ensor, Senior of Anne Arundel County who died about 1709. John Ensor was in 1772 aged about 79 years, and his will dated April 10th, 1771, was proved March 11th, 1773. Does anyone have any information on this earlier Ensor family
Malinda McCarty

1. Sir Thomas Edenson of Cumberford married Anne Hopas, daughter of William Hopas of Cumberford.
2. Sir Edward Ensor (Paget's Bromley) married Cowper Humphrey.
3. Sir Richard Ensor married Ellena Okeover, daugher of Ralph Okeover of Okeover.
4. George Ensor (about 1568) married Elizabeth Coleman.
5. John Ensor (before 1612, Maryland)
married Athalanta O'Neal.
6. George Ensor, Esquire married Jane Saunders.
7. Edward Ensor, Esquire (about 1655) married Jance Darcy.
8A. Job Ensor -info unknown.
8B. John Ensor (1659-1720) married Elizabeth Unknow.
9A. John Ensor (1694-1773) had a son named John.
9B. Jane Ensor -info unknown.
9C. Ann Ensor -info unknown.
9D. George Ensor -info unknown.

Also, #1 Sir Thomas Edenson had a son named John who married a Helen daughter of Savage.

We requested this GenForum Ensor Family Forum in hopes that other Ensor's searching or with information, will be able to make it available.

My E-mail address is Bettilyn@aol.com. Please feel free to contact me.

My father Frederick James Ensor - living in Sutton Coldfield - West Midlands - UK who is now 76 years old - born in Aston UK

Grandfather Frederick Ensor born in Aston in Birmingham UK

Not too far from here is a village called Edensor, another called Titensor, and even another called Baddesley Ensor..

This is a true middle England (Midlands) name, tracing back to Anglo Saxon times.

My sister has been checking our fdamily tree here in UK ... do you or anyone want any more info.

Only just found these sites.

He then retired to Exning in Suffolk, where he probably died about 1759.

Also anyone found the name Ensor, linked with Shakespear. I have searched the IGI but with no result?

Burkes, The Landed Gentry, 189
pp.587 & 588.

At Peabody Library

Info was sent to me and I have never been to this library. Lillian

I WAS READING THRU THE PREVIOUS MESSAGES IN THIS FORUM AND SAW A REFERENCE TO JOHN ENSOR AND HIS WIFE, ATHALANTA/ATALANTA O'NEAL/ONEILE BEING MARRIED IN 1612 IN MARYLAND. THEY HAD 2 SONS AND 4 DAUGHTERS. GEORGE, BD. UNKNOWN- MARRIED JANE/JOAN SAUNDERS AND THOMAS, BD 1630, WHO I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON. THE FIRST ENSOR WHICH IS LISTED IN THE FIRST FAMILIES OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY OF THE BALTIMORE AREA IS: JOHN, BORN IN 1665....CAN ANYONE MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO FAMILIES FOR ME? MY RESEARCH WAS PRIMARILY DONE THROUGH FAMILY MEMBERS IN ENGLAND AND SO I AM NOT SURE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF MY INFO. I AM DESCENDED FROM THOMAS ENSOR(DE EDENSOR) AND ANN HOUPAS I THINK THROUGH EITHER GEORGE OR THOMAS....WHICHEVER ONE STAYED IN ENGLAND. I HAVE A LOT OF INFO, BUTA AM FIINDING IT DIFFICULT TO PUT TOGETHER AND ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED...THANX

Since you are looking for the parents of John Ensor, I will give you the following information that some people in my family believe to be accurate. At this point it is entirely unsubstantiated. Some say it cannot be proven, and some say it is true and has been passed down through the family. It may or may not be a good clue, but I sure would be interested in finding out if it is. Here it is:

Sir Thomas Edensor, (of Paggets, Bromley, in Staffordshire) in 1445 m. Anne Hopwas

Sir Edward Ensor m. Cowper Humphrey

Sir Richard Ensor m. Ellena Okeover

George Ensor 1568-? m. Elizabeth Coleman

John Ensor, in 1612 m. Athalanta O'Neal

George Ensor Esq. of Willincott, in 1628 m. Jane Saunders of Northhampton

Edward Ensor Esq. in 1655 m. Jane Darcy

John Ensor 1659-1706 m. Jane (Maynard)

The following information is from an unpublished manuscript by John Inzer KELLEY, descendant of the INZERs of Georgia, titled Genealogical History of the INZER - Ensor Family. It was written sometime after 1960; the author was born in 1891. It includes a chart showing that John ENSOR and Sarah ENSOR (m. as her second husband John DYER, the poet) were the only children of James ENSOR of Wilnecoat and his first wife, Sary Strong, who married in 1707. John was b. 4/29/1716 and d.s.p. at London on 11/3/1768; there is a tomb to his memory in the chancel of St. Mary le Bow. He also was called John Strong ENSOR in obedience to his grandfather's will, and was described as of Exning, co. Suff. where he had an estate. John m. 1747 Ann, d/o ___ PUREFOY, of Hinckley. John was related to the PAUL family in that his half-sister, Mary, m. Jeffery PAUL. Writing in 1756, John DYER the bard stated that "My wife's name was Ensor, whose grandmother was a SHAKESPEAR, descended from a brother of everybody's SHAKESPEAR ..." Mr. KELLEY goes on to state that "The prints of the letter correctly add, in a note, that she was sister of Mr. Strong ENSOR of Warwickshire." DYER was living at Exning at the time of his death in 1768. From the pedigree, the two grandmothers of Sarah DYER and John Strong ENSOR were Sarah wife of George STRONG of Sutton near Broughton Astley, and Grace wife of John ENSOR of Wilnecote. There may have been a relationship to George SHAKESPEAR of Coleshill in 1734.

There is evidence to suggest that William Shakespeare's brothers more likely Gilbert or Richard (Edmund, an actor died aged 27) had a family which was active in the parishes of North Warwickshire around, Meriden, Little Packington, Arley, Ansley
but I am amazed no-one has carried out any work on tracking forward their descendents. The evidence is that a family I am familiar with, the Ensors, were said to have married into these Shakespeares possibly in two generations. The incidence of the name in these parishes is worth checking but at the moment I am without hard evidence linking this Ensor family into the descendents of William's brothers.

Peter Lee
Chairman
Nuneaton & North Warwickshire Family History Society.
Researching all the families of North Warwickshire.
e.mail:nuneatonian@compuserve.com