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ENSOR, Thomas Rainford
1806 - 1846 (39 years) Has 10 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1777 - 1844 (67 years)-
Name ENSOR, Thomas Rainford Birth 24 Jan 1806 St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England 
Gender Male Death 23 Jan 1846 Kentish Town, Middlesex, England Person ID I6394 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ENSOR, James, b. 1779, St. Michael, Highgate, Middlesex d. 18 Jan 1868, Kensington Registration District, London (Age 89 years) Relationship natural Mother RAINFORD, Elizabeth, b. 1777, Wallasey, Cheshire, England d. 10 May 1844, Brentford Registration District, Middlesex (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Marriage 8 Jun 1800 Wallasey, Cheshire, England Family ID F2250 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MILES, Emma, b. Between 1805 and 1806 d. 6 Mar 1855, Leamington, Warwickshire, England (Age 50 years) Marriage 1835 St. Giles-In-The-Fields, Middlesex, England Children 1. ENSOR, Jane Rainford, b. 17 Jan 1836, St. Pancras, Middlesex, London, England d. 29 May 1893, Brighton, Sussex, England (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2439 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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THOMAS RAINFORD ENSOR 1806-1846
Thomas Rainford, son of James ENSOR and Elizabeth, was baptised at the Old Church, St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 25 February 1806. He was born on 24 January 1806.
(FamilySearch)
All five sons of James ENSOR went to Merchant Taylors' School:
James Rainford ENSOR, born 6 March 1804, in January 1814.
*Thomas Rainford ENSOR, born 24 January 1806, in June 1814.
Sidney Rainford ENSOR, dated of birth not stated, in June 1815.
Frederick Rainford ENSOR, date of birth not stated, in June 1815.
Samuel Rainford ENSOR, date of birth not stated, in October 1815.
(source: Register of the Scholars of Merchant Taylors' School, 1562-1874 Volune II)
Thomas Rainford ENSOR married Emma MILES, grandaughter of Captain Thomas Miles, Post Captain RN, by licence at St. Giles in the Fields in 1835.
(Pallot's Marriage Index)
Edward STAUNTON, applicant for the bar, assigned to Thomas Rainford ENSOR, 14, South Square, Gray's Inn.
(The Legal Observer, June 1839, Volume 18, page 172.
From the 1841 census of Kentish Town, St. Pancras, Middlesex:
*Thomas ENSOR, aged 35, solicitor, born in Middlesex;
Emma ENSOR, aged 35, NOT born in Middlesex;
Jane ENSOR, aged 5, born in Middlesex.
(HO107/683/6/17/29)
The death of Thomas Rainford ENSOR was registered in 1846.
(GRO June Q 1846 St. Pancras 1 224)
Thomas Rainford ENSOR, Esq., of South Square, Gray's Inn, died at Kentish Town on 23 January 1846 aged 39.
(Gentleman's Magazine, VolumeXXV page 329)
Thomas Rainford ENSOR of 31 Fortress Terrace, Kentish Town, was buried at Highgate Cemetery, Middlesex, on 31 January 1846 aged 39.
In his will made on 23 September 1845 Thomas Rainford ENSOR bequeaths everything to his "dear wife Emma" and appoints her the sole executrix as well as guardian of their "infant daughter Jane Rainford ENSOR and of all other children we may have". Probate was granted at London on 18 June 1846.
"This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Rainford Ensor of 14 South Square Grays Inn in the County of Middlesex and of 31 Fortess Terrace Kentish Town in the same County Solicitor I give devise appoint and bequeath all Real and Personaal Estate that I may die seized possessed of or entitled to wheresover situate and of whatsoever nature over which I now or at any time hereafter have any power of disposition or appointment and all contingent executory or other interests therein and all rights thereto respectively unto and to the use of my dear wife Emma Ensor her heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature thereof respectively for her and their absolute use and benefit And I appoint my said deear wife sole Executrix of this my will and sole Guardian of our infant daughter Jane Rainford Ensor and of all other children we may have And revoking all other wills and testamentary instruments by me at any time heretofore made I declare thihis only to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I the said Thoma Rainford Ensor have hereunto set my hand this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five - Thomas R Ensor. Signed and declared by the said Thomas Rainford Ensor as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time and who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses - Saml. John Pittendreigh South Square Grays Inn Solr. - Jn.Yarnold clerk to Ensor & Pittendreigh Grays Inn.
Proved at London 18th June 1846 before the Worshipful William Calverley Curteis Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Emma Ensor the relict the sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn only to administer."
(National Archives PROB 11/2037)
(revised 24.02.2012)