Individual Details
Enoch Poor
(21 Jun 1736 - 8 Sep 1780)
Brigadier General during the Revolution
Died in New Jersey during the war. He was on garrison duty in New Jersey. There is a story (likely a myth) that he died from wounds from a duel. The medical reports states he died of typhus. The encyclopedia of biography entry also notes that he died of fever.
Died in New Jersey during the war. He was on garrison duty in New Jersey. There is a story (likely a myth) that he died from wounds from a duel. The medical reports states he died of typhus. The encyclopedia of biography entry also notes that he died of fever.
Events
| Birth | 21 Jun 1736 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1768 | Martha Osgood | |||
| Death | 8 Sep 1780 | Hackensack, New Jersey |  | ||
| Probate | 31 Jan 1781 | Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire |  |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Osgood (1747 - 1830) |
| Child | Mary Poor (1769 - 1848) |
| Child | Martha Poor (1770 - 1834) |
| Child | Harriet Poor (1780 - 1838) |
| Father | Thomas Poor (1703 - 1779) |
| Mother | Mary Adams (1707 - ) |
| Sibling | Abraham Poor (1730 - 1730) |
| Sibling | Thomas Poor (1732 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Mary Poor (1734 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Stephen Poor (1735 - 1756) |
| Sibling | Anna Poor (1738 - 1783) |
| Sibling | Daniel Poor (1740 - 1814) |
| Sibling | Abraham Poor (1741 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Sarah Poor (1743 - 1766) |
| Sibling | Susan "Suse" Poor (1745 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Joseph Poor (1747 - 1747) |
| Sibling | Joseph Poor (1748 - 1815) |
Notes
Probate
New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire, Estate Papers, No 4566-4701, 1779-1781, case number 4684The estate of Enoch Poor was appraised at 196 pounds of personal estate and about 1700 pounds of real estate including a mansion house and acreages in excess of 100 acres in Sandwich, Effingham, Loudon, and Gilmanton. The claims against the estate totaled 600 pounds. The dower was set off to widow Martha Poor. Martha Poor was administrator of the estate.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. VI.