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From: Deborah B Naylor/Farhar <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon County - ENT
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 11:29:12 -0500

Hi Carol,

I don't know if the following will be of any help to you or not.

I have not started my SMITH nor JOHNSON relations.

The MOORES, depending upon which family you descend from (part of your
MOORE's are below), will depend on where you need to search or to whom you
need to speak.

On the Hunterdon County Mailing List you have several MOORE researchers for
both families.

If you find you belong to the ENT m. CASE family referred to below, at this
time I don't have anything but "she might possibly be ...", but you will
also find CASE researchers on the Mailing List, possibly for both families.


If you are not a member, please consider joining the Hunterdon County
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Hunterdon Historical Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 3, Fall 1975 p. 184:
"Hunterdon's Last Veterans of the Revolutionary War"
The veterans, their places of residence, and ages in 1840:

DELAWARE TWP: Daniel Ent, 83."
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Hunterdon County Historical Newsletter, Vol 12, No. 3, Fall 1976 p. 211-13:
"Hunterdon's Last Veterans of the Revolutionary War

DANIEL ENT .. Young Patriot, Feels Poverty as a Senior Citizen

Now Mr. Dallas, if you Can do Something I
Shall thank you a thousand times. I am old and
Poor in my 76th year and Cant work no more. Mr.
Dallas Remember I am one of your Children as
Col. Forrest told the Citizens of Philadelphia a
few years ago.

Those imploring lines from a letter dated "Amwell New Jersy January 12th
1833" were written by the seventy-five year old Daniel Ent, a "child" of
the Revolutionary War. Like many of his fellow soldiers, Daniel, in later
life, found himself in destitute means, and had to resort to the government
for financial assistance. Because of his outstanding service during the
War, the Pension Office was quick to grant him an annuity of $80.00 per
annum, which began February 25, 1833.
As will be seen, Daniel Ent's misfortunes in his declining years seemed
to have been unusually severe for one born into the family of a tanner and
yeoman in Hunterdon County.
Valentine Ent appears to have been the first of the name in the County.
On July 27, 1750 he purchased of John Lambert, "of Kingwood", land in
Amwell Township, adjoining the property of "Edward ffarrell, Garret
Vandoloe" and Richard Green. In the early part of 1757 Valentine Ent and
his wife Susannah, became the parents of a son whom they named Daniel.
At the start of the Revolutionary War, young Daniel soon joined the
American forces. In his letter of 1833, Daniel wrote concerning his
service:
I have been [on] four Campains out of the City of
Philladelphia two in 76. I was on[e] of 15
hundred that went out of [Philadelphia] and joined
Gen. washington at trenton falls one at Billingport
and mud fort one the time of the Battle of
Germantown, I was in the Standing army under
Gen. waine. I did belong to the first Pensilvania
Redgment [under] Col. Chambers.

According to Daniel Ent's Application Papers, he enlisted for the term
of one year in 1778, out of the State of Pennsylvania, in the Company
commanded by Captain James Wilson. He served in this Company until December
30, 1780, when he was discharged at Morristown, New Jersey. During this
time he served in the Battles of Germantown and Bergen Point. Pennsylvania
records indicate that Daniel Ent was a "ranger on the frontier", for
Northumberland County, in the period from 1778 to 1780. The same records
also show that he served as a private in Captain James Wilson's Company, of
the First Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel James Chambers, for
the months of September and October, 1780.
In 1781 Daniel Ent settled down in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County,
and on July 30, 1783, he and Elizabeth Douglas, both described as being of
"Amwell", were married by the Rev. William Frazer. Daniel was a
blacksmith, and continued in this trade for many years. Through the years
he purchased various properties in Amwell Township, all located "on the
northerly side of the great road leading from Flemington to Howell's Ferry
[now Stockton]". The 'plantation" which Daniel establishe on this land was
surrounded by property once belonging to his father, Valentine Ent, as well
as others, including Peter Ent, Harmon Dilts, Benjamin Howell, Peter
Bodine, Randle Mitchel and Robert Sharp. In all, Daniel's property came to
seventy-seven acres.
Of Daniel and Elizabeth (Douglas) Ent's children, very little is known.
There must have been a Daniel, junior, for the Vetern was often referred to
as "Daniel Ent, sen." There was a Daniel Ent who married Ann Case on
August 17, 1811, and were the parents of Amanda Ent. Daniel, senior and
Elizabeth were also the parents of Elizabeth Ent, who was born in "Old
Amwell", in 1794, and died in 1886. She married, October 17, 1816, Benjamin
Opdycke, and they were the parents of five children. The elder Ent's also
had a son John Ent, who married and had a son, John.
In time, Daniel was compelled to take out a mortgage on his property. On
May 5, 1821 he obtained the mortgage from Richard Holcombe. By May, 1825,
the administrators of the now deceased Holcombe, obtained a Judgement
against "Daniel Ent, sen."
The Veteran, who was by this time no longer blacksmithing "on account of
his infirmity", was in debt to the amount of $1,300.00. Therefore, on
September 10, 1825, Daniel's land and his household effects were disposed
of by Sheriff's Sale held at his Amwell Township home. The auction brought
$1,021.70, $200. short of what was needed.
As the head of household consisting of himself, his wife Elizabeth,
"aged about sixty six years, who is unable to support herself on account of
a lameness in her leg", and two young grandchildren, and reduced to a few
personal possessions coming to $105.50, Daniel made application for a
Pension on October 26, 1825, based on his Revolutionary War record.
His request apparently went unheeded until 1833, when Daniel personally
contacted Mr. Dallas. He closed this letter with this desparete plea:
Sir if you should have good luke in doing
something for me Please to send a few lines to Mr.
Coryell at New hope [Pennsylvania] as soon [as]
Posible as I wont it badly.

The request worked, for a month later Daniel received his Pension.
Daniel spent his remaining years in Delaware Township, where his wife
was the first to pass away. Elizabeth Douglas Ent died on June 10, 1845,
in her eighty-third year, and was buried in the Rosemont Cemetery. Daniel
died two years later, on June 30, 1847, in his 91st year, and was buried
beside his wife.
A week after Daniel's death the following fitting tribute was published
in the July 8, 1847 issue of the Trenton (New Jersey) State Gazette
ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT
GONE - Departed this life, near Rosemont,
Hunterdon county, NJ., on the 30th ult.,
DANIEL ENT, sen., in the 91st year of his age. He
was at the battle of Germantown, and often
described the conflict at Chew's house.That
memorable event made a deep impression on his
mind to the last year of his useful life."

You may wish to contact the Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main
St., Flemington, NJ 08822 to purchase a copy of this newsletter. There is a
photo of "the family of Jonathan and Jennie Ent " at a family reunion at
Sandy Ridge, Hunterdon County, in November, 1905. A drawing of the land
that was lost in 1825 at a Sheriff's Sale, and a copy of the billet for the
Sheriff's Sale "to be sold by Gabiel Hoff, Sh'ff - Dated June 10th 1825."
***
Hunterdon Historical Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 3, Fall 1986, p. 500-01:

"RECORDS of ABRAHAM WILLIAMSON, paymaster 4th Regiment, Hunterdon Couty,
New Jersey, Militia
These records list the names of more than three hundred men who lived in
Hunterdon County during the period 1796-1805 ... reported absent from
military training on the date/dates beside each name.

Lieutenant Jacob Hoppok's Company: Ent, Theobald May 1797

Captain George Tanner's Company: Ent, Theobald Oct. 1796
***
Hunterdon Historical Newsletter Vol 24, No. 3, Fall 1988, p. 556:

MISPLACED Intestate estates probated in Hunterdon County during the five
year period, 1818-1822, are entered in the "General Index" in the office of
the Hunterdon County Surrogate, Administration Building, Flemington, NJ
08822.

Name of Deceased Volume/Page
(Date of Probate) Letter of Administration

Ent, Mary (1822) 2/128
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Hunterdon Historical Newsletter Vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 1990, p. 601:

Notes and Queries

ENT: with name and an APO NY 09055-5000 address
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"A Special Union", 1998 by George Moore, MD, Robert V. Moore and Shirley M.
Barnes, p. 137 - 145:

Child 5 of Jacob Mohr and Apolonia to America between the years 1710 and
1713 ...

Susannah Moor, b. 1725/1731, married Valentine Ent an immigrant from
Germany who was in New Jersey in 1738. ...
Valentine and Susanna were members of the Church of the Brethren and
his death was noted by Alexander Mack, Jr. ... The birth order of their
children is not known:

1. Peter Ent b. 11 Jan 1749, d. 28 Feb 1829, m. Sarah Kent [1755-1821] on
27 Jan 1776.
a. Susanna b. 16 May 1784, d. 21 Nov 1854, m. William Brewer
b. Charles, b. 25 Jun 1788, d. 1 Jan 1849, m. Elizabeth Mears
[1792-1859].

2. Valentine Ent - A Valentine and Margaret Endt baptized a daughter Anna
Maria 28 March 1779 in Mt. Bethal Township, Northhampton Co., PA

3. Ann Ent, m. John Tyson on 6 Jun 1772.

4. Jacob Ent

5. Susannah Ent m. Thomas Ruchman, 5 Apr 1774

6. Daniel Ent b. 1757, d. 30 Jun 1847, m. Elizabeth Douglas on 30 Jul 1783.

7. Charles Ent

8. John Ent, b. 1766

9. Belah Ent m. Peter Bodine.

--You may wish to contact the author, Shirley Moore Barnes for either
photocopies of the above pages and/or a copy of the book. MS Barnes did the
above research.

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In the Hunterdon County Tax Ratables, 1778-1803 (FHL #0865475), I don't
have all the pages for "E", but following is what I have and the pages you
need that I don't have:

Amwell Township:

Jan-Feb 1780: you need pgs. 12-13.

June 1780, p. 12: ENT, Jacob 25 acres improved, 17 acres unimproved, 2
horses, 2 horned cattle, 2 hogs.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENT, Peter 205 acres, 4 horses, 7 horned
cattle, 4 hogs , 1 tan ~

1784: you need pg. 8.

July-Aug 1786, p. 9: ENT, Peter 203 acres, 5 horses, 8 horned cattle, 1
single man
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ENT, Daniel 16 acres, 1 horned
cattle.

1789: you need all of page 9 for ENT, Peter and Daniel.

1793, "New Jersey in 1793." James S. Norton. Amwell Militia:
Pg. 182, #377, Daniel ENT (listed between Peter Williamson & Andrew Hice).
#381, Dewalt ENT (listed between Joseph Larew and William Boss). Pg. 183.
#420 Peter END (ENT) (listed between Jacob Godown & John Lawrence). #422,
John ENT (listed between the for-mentioned John Lawrence & Daniel Taylor).
#474 Charles ENT (listed between Andrew Trone & John Pittenger).


1802: you will need pgs 15 & 16, but pg. 17:
. . . . . ENT, Theobald was a householder
. . . . . ENT, John 4 lots, 2 cattle
. . . . . ENT, Daniel 70 acres, 1 horse, 3 cattle
. . . . . ENT, Peter 195 acres, 3 horse, 7 cattle
. . . . . ENT, Charles 8 lots, 1 horse, 2 cattle

1803: you will need pgs. 12 & 13
. . . . . Single Men, p. 59 - Caleb Bunk is listed being with Charles
ENT.
. . . . . Enrolled Militia: p. 69 - Charles ENT, Caleb Bunk (listed
between Hiram Romine & William Dilts), John ENT (listed between Daniel
Everit & John Bake), John ENT (listed between Daniel Lambert & Moses
Rittenhouse).

Kingwood Townshiip:

May 1778 to Aug 1786, some of the pages are very hard to read, but you may
want to recheck the microfilm with the New Jersey Archives, Trenton, New
Jersey or Hunterdon County Clerk Office, Flemington, New Jersey or
Hunterdon County Historical Society, Flemington, New Jersey.

May 1778 to 1789 - very difficult to read on paper.

July-Aug, 1789, p. 4 - no ENT.

July-Aug, 1797, p. 5 - no ENT.

1802, p. 3 & 4 - no ENT.

1803, p. 4 - no ENT.

Message text written by INTERNET:
>
Hi Deborah, I am sure we have "talked" before. I noticed on the Naylor
board
you listed an Amanda Smith who married a Davis Ent. I am starting to try
and
put together an Ent file for Hunterdon (I descend from Susan Ent/Benjamin
Swallow) I am amazed a what little is out there. I even talked to the
oldest
Ent in Stockton (85yrs) and he only knew back to his great grandfather.

I have some of the early Ents, but no one has tracked the Hunterdon crew.
If
you ever come across an Ent in your data would you mind passing it along. I

am working on the Census now trying to place the families in certain areas
and time frames. If I could get to Flemington I would be able to get alot
further. Plus keeping all the Smiths, Johnsons and Moores straight is a
real
challange.

Carol Reading Morris



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