Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of Dea. Thomas Ensign (1193) & Elizabeth Wilder (2356)

4293. John Ensign. Born ca 1642 in Scituate, MA.176 John died on 26 Mar 1676 in Rehoboth, MA.2

John was one of the heroes under Capt. Michael Pierce of Scituate, who fell when Capt. Peirce and nearly all of his men were slain in the Rehoboth battle in 1676, better known as the Pawtucket Fight, in which Capt. Peirce and more than 60 of his men were slain on 26 Mar 1676, the Sabbath.7

John succeeded to his father’s mansion.6

John married Elizabeth [Ensign].

Although John’s wife Elizabeth is listed in various genealogies (such as the Jacob Turner’s 1852 Turner genealogy108) as Elizabeth Wade, a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth, John’s wife, who is not mentioned in his will, is unknown.176 That Elizabeth Wade was married to Marmaduke Stevens by 1679, the year she was divorced from Stevens.

Child:
13010 i. Hannah Ensign (ca 1667-1 May 1729)

4294. Sarah Ensign. Born ca 1650 in Scituate, MA.176

On 3 Oct 1665 Sarah Ensigne, who was probably no older than 15 at the time, was convicted of ‘whoredom aggreuated with diuerse cercomstances’ and sentenced to be whipped (Plymouth Colony Records 4:106). On the same date Elizaeth Ensigne, widow, complained against Thomas Summers for £500 damage for “inticing and drawing away her daughter vnseasonably, and by vnlawfull meanes, against her will, and abusing her daughter.” The jury awarded her only 50s. and the cost of the suit (Plymouth Colony Records 7:126).176

Sarah first married Joseph Wade (14296) , son of Nicholas Wade (ca 1615-ca 1683) & Elizabeth Hanford (5048) (1621-). Born ca 1648 in Scituate, MA. Joseph died in 1676 in Rehoboth, MA.6

Joseph fell with Capt. Pierce in the Rehoboth battle, 1676.6

Sarah second married Thomas Mann, son of Richard Mann (-bef 16 Feb 1655/6) & Rebecca [Mann]. Born on 15 Aug 1650 in Scituate, MA.116 Thomas died in 1732 in Scituate, MA.303

Thomas was in the Rehoboth battle with Capt. Michael Peirce in 1676, and returned sorely wounded, one of the three survivors of the 15 Scituate men in that battle, and the only one whose name is known.7

Their children include:
13011 i. Josiah Mann (11 Mar 1679-1708)
13012 ii. Thomas Mann (5 Apr 1681-)
13013 iii. Sarah Mann (15 Nov 1684-)
13014 iv. Mary Mann (15 Mar 1688-)
13015 v. Elizabeth Mann (10 Mar 1692-)
13016 vi. Joseph Mann (27 Dec 1694-)
13017 vii. Benjamin Mann (19 Feb 1697-)
13018 viii. Ensign Mann (ca 1699-)

4295. Hannah Ensign. Born ca 1652 in Scituate, MA.176

Hannah was the mother of Thomas’s first three children, Silence, Jacob, and Joseph, and it is not known if she was the mother of Thomas’s later children.176

ca 1670 Hannah married Thomas Wade (14295) , son of Nicholas Wade (ca 1615-ca 1683) & Elizabeth Hanford (5048) (1621-).176

Their children include:
13019 i. Silence Wade (ca 1671-)
13020 ii. Jacob Wade (13 Nov 1673-bef 1726)
13021 iii. Joseph Wade (2 Feb 1675-27 Dec 1761)
13022 iv. Sarah Wade (1678-)
13023 v. Thomas Wade (1680-)
13024 vi. Hannah Wade (1682-)
13025 vii. Ichabod Wade (1685-)
13026 viii. Moses Wade (ca 1689-)
13027 ix. Deborah Wade (1691-)
13028 x. Rachel Wade (1692-)

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