19 Facts About Roger Enos

Roger Enos was a colonial Vermont political and military leader during the American Revolution.

Roger Enos was raised in Simsbury and Windsor, and became a farmer.

In 1759 Enos joined the militia for the French and Indian War.

Roger Enos rose to sergeant major, was commissioned as an ensign, and soon advanced to regimental adjutant.

In 1764 Roger Enos was promoted to captain in the regiment commanded by Israel Putnam.

At the start of the American Revolution, Roger Enos was a major in the 2nd Regiment of Connecticut Militia.

Roger Enos joined the Continental Army and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of Connecticut's 22nd Regiment.

Roger Enos was acquitted and returned to service as lieutenant colonel of the 16th Connecticut Regiment.

Roger Enos subsequently commanded the 1st Connecticut State Regiment in 1777, and Roger Enos' Regiment of Connecticut Troops, a militia unit that served in the Hudson Valley during 1778.

Roger Enos resigned from the Connecticut Militia in 1780 and moved to Windsor County, Vermont, settling on a farm in Hertford, the town that later became Hartland.

Roger Enos was almost immediately appointed colonel in command of a regiment of the Vermont Militia.

Some informants told Haldimand that Roger Enos was willing to raise a regiment for British service if he received a commission in the British Army and if his regiment was treated as a regular Army organization, not as militia.

When Vermont reorganized its militia in the late 1780s, Roger Enos was appointed commander of the 1st Division and later the 4th Division as a major general.

Roger Enos was a Member of the Vermont Board of War from 1781 to 1792, served in the Vermont House of Representatives, and was a Trustee of the University of Vermont.

Roger Enos is buried in Ethan Allen's plot at Greenmount Cemetery in Burlington.

Roger Enos lived in Windsor County, Vermont and was the wife of Noadiah Bissell, a merchant, innkeeper and militia officer.

Roger Enos's name is variously spelled as Sibil, Sybil, Sibbell, etc.

Roger Enos served as a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Collector of Customs during the Madison administration, and a member of the Vermont House of Representatives.

Pascal Paoli Roger Enos graduated from Dartmouth College in 1794, practiced law in Vermont and St Louis, and was one of the founders of Springfield, Illinois as Receiver of the United States Land Office in Illinois during the Monroe administration.