Joseph Isaac (abt. 1651 - bef. 1689)

Born about 1651 in Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Unknown) Isaac — married 30 Oct 1671 in Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died before 23 Feb 1689 before about age 38 in Calvert County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

1646 Birth and Parents

Joseph Isaac's birth year is uncertain. Family Search gives the year as 1651; ^[1] Dowling estimates the year as 1652 ^[2]while Marshall believes it was "before 1646. ^[3]

Dowling gives Isaac's place of birth as Lincolnshire, England. ^[2] Family Search provides greater detail, making the place of birth to be Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England.^[1]

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- ^[2]

Siblings

Joseph Isacke is believed to have been the brother of Edward Isacke, whose will dated 3d Dec, 1693 ^[4] mentioned his wife, Jane, and his son, Sutton. The brother referred to in Edward Isacke's will is not named, but there is no doubt that he was the Joseph Isacke who had died in 1689 in Calvert County. ^[5]

1671 Marriage to Margaret

Mackenzie writes in 1912, "It is evident from (Joseph's) will that Margaret, the wife of Joseph Isacke, had been married efore she became the wife of Joseph, first to one Brown, and secondly to a certain Clifford. Her maiden name is unknown. ^[5]

Marshall is also cautious, stating that Isaac married Margaret (Maiden Name Unknown) Browne -- and that she did so in Calvert County, Maryland. 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. ^[3]

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. ^[2][1]

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. ^[6]

Family Search states that Margaret Sharpe died in 1696 in Calvert County, Maryland. ^[6]

Immigration to Maryland

Mackenzie simply reports the arrival of the Isaac family to Maryland "during the latter part of the seventeenth century." ^[5]

Mackenzie adds "There is a tradition in this branch of the family that the first settlers of the name, to come to this State, were two brothers, who came from England as officers of the English Government, in charge of certain political prisoners, among whom was the founder of the Bowie family in Maryland." ^[5]

Residence

Joseph Isacke lived and died in that part of Calvert County which, about 1705, became Queen Anne's Parish, in Prince George's County.

1689 Will and Death

Joseph Isacke of Calvert County wrote his will 29 December 1688 and died before 23 February 1688/9. ^[3]

Family Search ^[1] and Dowling ^[2] 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. ^[3]

• 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). ^[3]

Witnessed by, Thomas Beall s/o Ninian Beal ^[7]

Children and Grandchildren

Children named in Will

1. Joseph Isaac , b. Bef 1678, Calvert County, Maryland ^[3] Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[3] Joseph Isaac (1681–1703)^[6] 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. ^[5]
2. Richard Isaac, b. 1679, Calvert County, Maryland, d. 28 Jun 1759, Prince George's County, Maryland - Probate (Age 80 years) ^[3] Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[3] Richard Isaac 1679-1757 Married to Sarah Pottenger 1688-1743 with ^[2] Richard Isaac (1679–1757)^[6] Richard and Sarah (Pottenger) Isaacs were the parents of Jemima, born May 21, 1727, who married Mordecai Jacob on December 7, 1745. ^[8] Richard, born 1679, d. June 1759^[5]
3. Rebecca Isaac Walker , b. 1679, Calvert County, Maryland d. 8 Aug 1767, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 88 years) ^[3]Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[3] Rebecca Isaac 1680-1767/ Married about 1694, Calvert Co., MD, to Charles Walker 1663-1730 with ^[2] Rebecca Mary Isaac (1680–1767)^[6] 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. ^[5]
   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 ^[3] Elizabeth Isaac 1677-1757 Married in 1693, Prince George's Co., MD, to Jonathan Simmons ca 1680-1726 with ^[2] Named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[3]Elizabeth Isaac (1677–1757)^[6] Possibly same as Elisa Isaac. Eliza Isaac (1685–Deceased)^[6] Elizabeth, born circa 1677-78; otherwise unknown ^[5]
   1. Elizabeth Simmons 1694-1733 Married in 1712, Prince George's Co., MD, to John Ridgeway ca 1691-1733 with : ^[2]
      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 ^[2]

Children not named in Will

1. Sarah Isaac 1714-1789. Not named in Joseph Isacke's 1688 will. ^[3] Married to Westall Ridgely 1705-1771 with : ^[2]
   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^[6]
2. Edward Isaac (1688–Deceased)^[6]

Research Notes

Marriage to Jane Beall

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. ^[1] 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} Family Search.Entry for Joseph Isaac Accessed 12/25/2019 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Tim Dowling. Tim Dowling's Family Tree Entry for Joseph Isaac Accessed 12/25/2019 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Entry for Joseph Isaac; accessed 6/6/2017
4. ↑ Wills, Record No. 2, folio 332, Land Office, Annapolis, cited by Mackenzie
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} 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
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} Family Search.Entry for Margaret Sharpe Accessed 12/25/2019 jhd
7. ↑ Source: Early Families of Southern Maryland by Elise Greenup Jourdan, Vol. 6; Pg. 135
8. ↑ 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

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Isaac-39 created through the import of wolfefamily.ged on Jun 26, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe.
• This family was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.