Margaret (Unknown) Isaac (abt. 1647 - abt. 1696)

Wife of Joseph Isaac — married 30 Oct 1671 in Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died about 1696 at about age 49 in Calvert County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Margaret (Unknown) Isaac was a Marylander.

Birth and Parents

This is the profile of the wife of Joseph Isaac. There is some documentation about Isaac's wife, but little documentation about her parents.

In 1912 Mackenzie noted that the maiden name of Margaret, the wife of Joseph Isacke, is unknown. ^[1]

Marshall has Margaret born before 1646 and died after 1689 in Calvert County, Maryland. Most importantly, Margaret was living in 1688 and named in her husband's will. Marshall is also cautious, stating that Isaac married Margaret (Maiden Name Unknown) Browne -- and that he did so in Calvert County, Maryland. ^[2]

Mackenzie estimated that Margaret had been married twice before marrying Isaac. If the first Isaac children were born in 1678, the marriage could have taken place as late as 1677. Others have estimated her birth year as 1647 which would make her age 30 at her third marriage, with her children born in the following decade. All this is undocumented, but plausible.

First Marriage to Brown

Margaret first married Brown, and had a child who is named in Joseph Isacke's will.

Mackenzie writes in 1912, "It is evident from (Joseph's) will that Margaret, the wife of Joseph Isacke, had been married before she became the wife of Joseph, first to one Brown, and secondly to a certain Clifford. ^[1]

Second Marriage to Clifford

Margaret second married Clifford and had a child who is named in Joseph Isacke's will.

Mackenzie writes in 1912, "It is evident from (Joseph's) will that Margaret, the wife of Joseph Isacke, had been married before she became the wife of Joseph, first to one Brown, and secondly to a certain Clifford. ^[1]

1677 Third Marriage to Joseph Isacke

Margaret married as her third husband Joseph Isacke. She survived him and is named in his will.

Joseph Isaac's birth year is uncertain. Family Search gives the year as 1651; ^[3] Dowling estimates the year as 1652 ^[4]while Marshall believes it was "before 1646. ^[2]

Dowling gives Isaac's place of birth as Lincolnshire, England. ^[4] Family Search provides greater detail, making the place of birth to be Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England.^[3]

Dowling states that Joseph Isaac was the son of Richard Isaac and Elizabeth Sharpe, Elizabeth in turn being the daughter of William Sharpe ca 1589-1615 married (1612) and Elizabeth Coney 1592- ^[4]

1689 Named in Will of Husband Joseph Isacke

Joseph Isacke of Calvert County wrote his will 29 December 1688 and died before 23 February 1688/9. ^[2]

Family Search ^[3] and Dowling ^[4] give the date of death as 23 February 1688/89 in Calvert County, Maryland; this is not the date of death, but the date the will was proved.

Isacke, Joseph, Calvert Co., 29th Dec., 1688; 23rd Feb., 1688-9. ^[2]

• To son Richard and hrs., 100 A. (unnamed); to be of age at 21 yrs.
• To son Joseph at 16 yrs. of age, personalty.
• To daus. Eliza: and Rebecca, and to son-in-law [old term for step-sons], Joseph Brown, and to James Clefford, personalty.
• To wife Margaret, extx., dower rights. Residue of estate to be divided equally among child. afsd.
• Test: Thos. Beall, Diana Fenixe, Wm. Dacres. 6. 53.

Joseph Isaack 24.221 A PG £4.10.0 £2.5.0 {1703}

• Received from: Jos. Hall.
• Administrator: Mr. Richard Isaack (son). ^[2]

Children and Grandchildren

Children named in Will

1. Joseph Isaac , b. Bef 1678, Calvert County, Maryland ^[2] Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[2] Joseph Isaac (1681–1703)^[5] Joseph, born 1681, died 1703, probably unmarried, as on 30th September of that year Richard Isaac, his brother, filed in Prince George's County Court his administrator's bond on Joseph isaac's estate. ^[1]
2. Richard Isaac, b. 1679, Calvert County, Maryland, d. 28 Jun 1759, Prince George's County, Maryland - Probate (Age 80 years) ^[2] Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[2] Richard Isaac 1679-1757 Married to Sarah Pottenger 1688-1743 with ^[4] Richard Isaac (1679–1757)^[5] Richard and Sarah (Pottenger) Isaacs were the parents of Jemima, born May 21, 1727, who married Mordecai Jacob on December 7, 1745. ^[6] Richard, born 1679, d. June 1759^[1]
3. Rebecca Isaac Walker , b. 1679, Calvert County, Maryland d. 8 Aug 1767, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 88 years) ^[2]Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[2] Rebecca Isaac 1680-1767/ Married about 1694, Calvert Co., MD, to Charles Walker 1663-1730 with ^[4] Rebecca Mary Isaac (1680–1767)^[5] Rebecca, born 1680, married Charles Walker, Jr, of Bacon Hall, Prince George's County, Maryland, b. 1668, according to his deposition in Prince George's County (Chancery Record, P. I., folio 27) and died 1730. ^[1]
   1. Elizabeth Walker 1695- Married 14 February 1714, Prince George's Co., MD, to Van Swearingen ca 1693-1787 with :
      1. John Swearingen 1720-1784
      2. Ruth Swearingen 1732-1795
      3. Charles Swearingen 1735-1818
   2. Charles Walker 1698-1772/ Married about 1720, Maryland, to Mary x ca 1705- with :
      1. Isaac Walker 1725-
      2. Charles Walker, Rev. ca 1727-1768
4. Elizabeth Isaac, b. Abt 1680, Calvert County, Maryland ^[2] Elizabeth Isaac 1677-1757 Married in 1693, Prince George's Co., MD, to Jonathan Simmons ca 1680-1726 with ^[4] Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[2]Elizabeth Isaac (1677–1757)^[5] Possibly same as Elisa Isaac. Eliza Isaac (1685–Deceased)^[5] Elizabeth, born circa 1677-78; otherwise unknown ^[1]
   1. Elizabeth Simmons 1694-1733 Married in 1712, Prince George's Co., MD, to John Ridgeway ca 1691-1733 with : ^[4]
      1. Jonathan Ridgeway †ca 1801
   2. Richard Simmons 1711-1784 Married 22 June 1738, Prince George's Co., MD, to Susannah Pottenger 1719-1780 with :
   3. Jonathan Simmons 1740-1824 ^[4]

Children not named in Will

1. Sarah Isaac 1714-1789. Not named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[2] Married to Westall Ridgely 1705-1771 with : ^[4]
   1. Westall Ridgely 1729-1779
   2. Alice Ridgely 1745-1792

Children linked on Wikitree but not otherwise documented

1. Ann (Isaac) Brown, born 1679

Children not linked on Wikitree and not documented

1. John Isaac, born 1675^[5]
2. Edward Isaac (1688–Deceased)^[5]

Research Notes

Margaret as Margaret Sharpe

Dowling finds marriage data in England: On 30 October 1671 in Lincolnshire, England, Joseph Isaac married Margaret Sharpe. She was born in 1651 and was deceased in 1696 in Calvert County, Maryland. ^[4][3]

Family Search gives more detail as to place, it was Forston, Lincolnshire and provides the name of Margaret's father, William S. Sharpe (1605–1687) Family Search provides dubious information about Margaret Sharpe's birth, stating it was in 1651 in Prince George's County, Maryland. This would hardly be consistent with a marriage in Lincolnshire 20 years later, and there was no Prince George's County until 1694. ^[5]

Family Search states that Margaret Sharpe died in 1696 in Calvert County, Maryland. ^[5]

Margaret as Jane Margaret Beall

A SAR membership application states that Jane Margaret Beall ^[7] was born in Scotland in 1647.

The application reported that in 23 April 1651 she was in Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges County, Maryland. (Note: There was no such place until about 1697). ^[7]

Margaret was previously shown as a daughter of Ninian Beall and his wife Elizabeth Gordon. There is no evidence that Ninian Beall had such a daughter, or any marriage and children before leaving Scotland, and no evidence that Margaret had such parents.

Family Search also shows Joseph Isaac married to a Jane Alexander Beall (?) (1659–1696) with a daughter Ann Isaac (1679-1757) resulting from this union. ^[3] Such a union would be inconsistent with a marriage to Margaret Sharpe prior to Ann's birth in 1679, and Margaret shown as the widow in the 1688 will.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} George Norbury Mackenzie and Natson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families in the United States of America in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 Volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1966, 1995. Volume III, Page 268. Accessed 12/29/2019 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Entry for Joseph Isaac; accessed 6/6/2017
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Family Search.Entry for Joseph Isaac Accessed 12/25/2019 jhd
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Tim Dowling. Tim Dowling's Family Tree Entry for Joseph Isaac Accessed 12/25/2019 jhd
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Family Search.Entry for Margaret Sharpe Accessed 12/25/2019 jhd
6. ↑ Harry Wright Newman. Anne Arundel Gentry: A Genealogical History of Twenty-two Pioneers of Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Their Descendants. Maryland Pioneer Series, 1933. pp. 444-445
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Volume: 320; SAR Membership Number: 63837 APID: 1,2204::620793