Brief Life History of Ensign
When Ensign was born about 1819, in Nelson, Nelson, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Zebe Ensign, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Case, was 39. She died in 1819, in her hometown, at the age of 1.
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: of uncertain etymology. From the 16th to the 19th century, the English vocabulary word ensign denoted a junior rank of infantry officer, which may be the source of the surname.
History: James Ensign (known as ‘the Puritan’) was born in Chilham, Kent,England, in 1606 and came to Hartford, CT, before 1644.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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