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RAINFORD, Elizabeth
1777 - 1844 (67 years) Has 6 ancestors and 49 descendants in this family tree.
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Name RAINFORD, Elizabeth Birth 1777 Wallasey, Cheshire, England 
Gender Female Death 10 May 1844 Brentford Registration District, Middlesex Person ID I5684 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father RAINFORD, John d. 1815 Mother STEPHENS, Sarah d. Aft Feb 1815 Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F2252 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ENSOR, James, b. 1779, St. Michael, Highgate, Middlesex d. 18 Jan 1868, Kensington Registration District, London (Age 89 years) Marriage 8 Jun 1800 Wallasey, Cheshire, England Children 1. ENSOR, Elizabeth Ann, b. 1801, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 7 Jan 1871, Upper Holloway, Middlesex, England (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ENSOR, Jane Augusta, b. 1803, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 1878, Kensington Registration District, Middlesex (Age 75 years)3. ENSOR, James Rainford, b. 6 Mar 1804, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 14 Dec 1877, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 73 years)4. ENSOR, Thomas Rainford, b. 24 Jan 1806, St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England d. 23 Jan 1846, Kentish Town, Middlesex, England (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. ENSOR, Frederic Rainford, b. 21 Jun 1807, Somers Town, St. Pancras, Middlesex, England d. 13 Dec 1892, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 85 years)6. ENSOR, Sidney Rainford, b. 13 Nov 1808, St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England d. 3 Jul 1876, St. Paul, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. ENSOR, Samuel Rainford, b. 7 Aug 1809, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 9 Feb 1852, Malines, Antwerpen, Belgium (Age 42 years)8. ENSOR, Caroline Rainford, b. 5 Mar 1811, St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England d. 1 Feb 1831, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England (Age 19 years)Family ID F2250 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZABETH ENSOR née RAINFORD Circa 1777-1844
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah RAINFORD of St. Hilary, Wallasey, Cheshire, was baptised at Wallasey, Cheshire, on 27 June 1777.
(FamilySearch)
James ENSOR married Elizabeth RAINFORD at Wallasey, Cheshire, on 8 June 1800. In the marriage entry (Cheshire Records Office) James is described as "of HM Navy" (In England the Royal Marines are attached to the Royal Navy). Elizabeth RAINFORD was from a prominent Cheshire family with estates in Jamaica.
(FamilySearch)
(Mike Young - ENSOR Message Board on Ancestry 25.02.2009)
The 1841 Census of Grove House, Bath Road, Heston, Middlesex:
*James ENSOR, aged 60, Ind(ependent Means), born in Middlesex;
Elizabeth ENSOR, aged 60, NOT born in Middlesex;
Emma DOWSETT, aged 20, F(emale S(ervant), born in Middlesex.
(HO107/658/47/18)
The death of Elizabeth ENSOR was registered in 1844.
(GRO June Q 1844 Brentford 3 18)
She was buried in Highgate Cemetery. The inscription on her grave reads:
"To the memory of Elizabeth, the beloved wife of James ENSOR, Esq. Died the 10th of May, 1844, aged 67 years. Respected and esteemed by all who knew her."
(Laura1814, www.findagrave.com)
The Will of Elizabeth ENSOR formerly RAINFORD, husband of James ENSOR:
"This is the last Will and Testament of me Elizabeth Ensor wife of James ENSOR formerly of
Austin Friars in the City of London Merchant now of Hownslow in the County of Middlesex Gentleman I do hereby direct and appoint give will and bequeath to my dear husband James Ensor his executors administrators and assigns for his and their absolute use and benefit all my estate real and personal of whatever nature kind or description the same may be wherever situated and from whatever source arising to which I am entitled or of which I have the power of disposing by virtue of any appointment under any and every deed or settlement
or otherwise howsoever and I hereby nominate and appoint my said dear son James Rainford ENSOR Executors of this my last will and Testament and I revoke cancel and make void all former wills and testamentary dispositions and I declare this onlnlnly to be my last will and Testament to which I have set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three - Elizabeth ENSOR. Signed sealed published and declared by the said testatrix Elizabeth Ensor as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us who in her presence at her request and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - John HENLEY Surgeon Ji P. Hounslow Thos. DIXCEY artist Hounslow.
On the 13th July 1844 Admon (with the will annexed) of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of Elizabeth ENSOR (wife of James ENSOR Esq.) formerly RAINFORD spinster late of Hounslow in the County of Middlesex deceased was granted to t the said James ENSOR the lawful husband of the said deceased and as such the sole person entitled to her personal estate and effects over which she had no disposing power and concerning which she is dead Intestate and one of the Executors named in the said will he having been first sworn duly to administer James Rainford ENSOR the the son the other Executor named in the said will having first [indecypherable] the probate and execution thereof as by acts of Court appears."
(National Archives PROB 11/2011
(revised 06.03.2012)