Captain
Henry
Isham
Sr.
Born about in Northamptonshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Isham
and Mary (Brett) Isham
Brother of
Anne Isham and Euseby Isham
Husband of
Katherine (Banks) Isham
— married
about 1659 in Henrico County, Virginia
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 50
in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia
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Henry Isham is the second great grandfather of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America (see text) and in a badged trail to seven Magna Carta surety barons (see text).
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Biography
Henry Isham Sr. was born in Northamptonshire, England.
Henry Isham Sr. was a Virginia colonist.
Origins
Captain Henry Isham was the son of William Isham of Little Harrowden, Northamptonshire and Mary Brett. He was born in 1627/8, presumably in Northamotnshire.[1][2]
Virginia
Henry went to Virginia in about 1656, settling in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County.[1][2]
Marriage and Children
Henry married Katherine Banks, widow of Joseph Royall of Henrico County (died 10 March 1655[3]) (by whom she had had several children - see her profile) and daughter of Christopher Banks.[1][2] He and Katherine had one son and two daughters,:
- Mary Isham, married Col. William Randolph,[1][2][4] named in her brother Henry's 1678 as his sister Mrs Mary Randolph[5][6]
- Anne Isham, married Francis Eppes[1][2][7] (wrongly called Elizabeth by by W G Stannard in a 1916 article;[4] named as Anne in both her brother Henry's 1678 will[5][6]) and her mother's will (see her mother's profile for a transcript)
- Henry Isham, Jr.,[1][2][4] who named his mother in his 1678 will[5][6]
Henry's uncle Sir Edward Brett (who had been knighted by Charles I for military service[8]), in his December 1682 will, left "£200 apiece to the two daughters of his nephew Henry Isham, late of Virginia, deceased, by Katherine his wife."[9]
Death
Henry died in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia before 11 September 1677. His wife survived him, dying in 1686.[1][2]
Presidential Lineage
- Henry Isham is the second great grandfather of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America[10]
- 3. Thomas Jefferson is the son of Jane (Randolph) Jefferson bp. St. Paul’s Church, Shadwell, London 20 Feb. 1720-Monticello 31 Mar. 1776.[10]
- 6. Jane Randolph Jefferson is the daughter of Isham Randolph Turkey Island, Henrico Co. Jan. 1685-Dungenss, Goochland Co. Nov. 1742, White Chapel, London c. 1718.[10]
- 13. Isham Randolph is the son of Mary (Isham) Randolph c. 1660-post 1713/14[10]
- 26. Mary (Isham) Randolph is the daughter of Henry Isham Sr., prob. Pytchley, Northamptonshire c. 1628-prob. Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., Va. c. 1675, c. 1659.[10]
Research Notes
Disambiguation
The Henry of this profile should not be confused with a Captain Henry Isham of Charles II's Royal Navy referred to in entries dated 1660-1662 in the diary of Samuel Pepys.[11]
A Henry Isham married Elizabeth Brian, widow at All Hallows the Less, London on 23 March 1649. There is no evidence that this was the Henry of this profile. This Henry may be, or be connected with, a Henry Isham, recorded, with a John Isham, as a London merchant in June 1636.[12]
In 1665 a Henry Isham, not the Henry of this profile, was given a lease of tithes in Derbyshire.[13]
Previously-attached Daughter
Phoebe (Isham) Belcher was previously attached as a daughter, but there is no evidence for this - and no reliable evidence has been found for her last name at birth being Isham. The will of Henry's son Henry, referred to above, indicates there were two daughters, Mary and Anne, and the will of Henry's uncle Sir Edward Brett, also referred to above, confirms there were only two daughters.
Bermuda Hundred
For general information on Bermuda Hundred, see Encyclopaedia Virginia, Bermuda Hundred during the Colonial Period
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 462, ISHAM 16, Google Books
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 404, ISHAM 20
- ↑ Source: See Joseph Royall's profile
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Stannard, W G. "Brett-Isham-Randolph," in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct., 1916), pp. 132-133, Hathi Trust
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lathrop Withington. Virginia Gleanings in England in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 18, 1916, pp. 85-86, Internet Archive
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/363/148, Will of Henry Isham of Virginia, proved 5 June 1680, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
- ↑ Annie Lash Jester and Martha Woodroof Hidden. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Order of First Families of Virginia, 1956, pp. 163-164, Familysearch
- ↑ Philip Alexander Bruce. ''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, 1907 (1964 reissue by Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, ), pp. 62-63, Internet Archive]
- ↑ Original Letters, in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct., 1892), pp. 99-109 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1939798). Stable URL
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. 2009 Edition. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Massachusetts.
- ↑ Diary of Samuel Pepys, entries dated 1660-1662, listed - with links to the entries - here (accessed 7 April 2024)
- ↑ 'Charles I - volume 327: June 20-30, 1636', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I, 1636-7, (London, 1867) pp. 1-38, British History Online (entry for 24 June 1636), accessed 4 April 2024
- ↑ 'Charles II - volume 118: April 12-22, 1665', in Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1664-5, (London, 1863) pp. 305-325, [1] (entries for 13 April 1665), accessed 6 April 2024
- See also:
- Brainard, Homer Worthington . A Survey of the Ishams in England and America, Tuttle Publishing Company, 1938, p. 50, Internet Archive (available on 1-hour renewable loan)
- Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts), 2009
- Stannard, W G. "Brett-Isham-Randolph," in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct., 1916), pp. 132-133, Hathi Trust
- Torrence, William Clayton. Henrico County, Virginia: Beginnings of its Families, in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 24, 1915, pp. 206 and 209, Internet Archive
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was re-reviewed 15 January 2018 by Liz Shifflett and again by Michael Cayley on 16 June 2023.
- Henry Isham Sr. is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros (vol. II, pages 461-462 ISHAM) in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed March 2016 by a Magna Carta project member). Henry Isham is also the Gateway in trails to other surety barons that were badged in 2015/2016, including: William d'Aubigny, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy and Saher de Quincy. Henry Isham is also the Gateway in trails badged in November 2022 to surety barons Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod and William Malet. All of these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section, below.
- See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
Magna Carta Trails
- Badged Richardson-documented trail to Ros (MCA II:461-462 ISHAM):
- Gateway Ancestor Henry Isham (badged/re-reviewed 16 June 2023)
- 1. Henry is the son of William Isham (badged/re-reviewed 18 June 2023)
- 2. William is the son of Anne Borlase (badged/re-reviewed 20 June 2023)
- 3. Anne is the daughter of Anne Lytton (badged/re-reviewed 22 June 2023)
- 4. Anne is the daughter of Robert Lytton (badged/re-reviewed 24 June 2023)
- 5. Robert is the son of Audrey Booth (badged/re-reviewed 26 June 2023)
- 6. Audrey is the daughter of Margaret Hopton (badged/re-reviewed 26 June 2023)
- 7. Margaret is the daughter of William Hopton (badged/re-reviewed 1/2020)
- 8. William is the son of John Hopton (badged/100% 5-star)
- 9. John is the son of Margaret Pert (badged/re-reviewed 5/2020)
- 10. Margaret is the daughter of Joan le Scrope (badged/100% 5-star)
- 11. Joan is the daughter of Stephen le Scrope (badged/100% 5-star)
- 12. Stephen is the son of Ivette de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)
- 13. Ivette is the daughter of William de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)
- 14. William is the son of William de Roos (badged/100% 5-star)
- 15. William is the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Ros
- Badged trails to Albini, the Clares, Lacy and Quincy (2015):
- 7. Margaret Hopton is the daughter of Margaret Wentworth (badged/100% 5-star)
- 8. Margaret is the daughter of Margery Despenser (badged/100% 5-star)
- 9. Margery is the daughter of Elizabeth de Tiptoft (badged/100% 5-star)
- 10. Elizabeth is the daughter of Robert de Tibetot (badged/100% 5-star)
- 11. Robert is the son of John de Tibetot (badged/100% 5-star)
- 12. John is the son of Agnes de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)
- 13. Agnes is the daughter of William de Ros (badged/100% 5-star)
- 14. William is the son of Isabel Albini (badged/100% 5-star)
- 15. Isabel is the daughter of William d'Aubigny (badged/100% 5-star)
- 16. William is the son of Magna Carta Surety William d'Aubigny
- 11. Robert de Tibetot is the son of Margaret de Badlesmere (badged/100% 5-star)
- 12. Margaret is the daughter of Margaret de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
- 13. Margaret is the daughter of Thomas de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
- 14. Thomas is the son of Richard de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
- 15. Richard is the son of Magna Carta Surety Gilbert de Clare
- 16. Gilbert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Richard de Clare
- 14. Thomas (Clare) de Clare is the son of Maud de Lacy (badged/100% 5-star)
- 15. Maud is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety John de Lacy
- 15. Maud de Lacy is the daughter of Margaret de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
- 16. Margaret is the daughter of Robert de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
- 17. Robert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy
- Badged trail to the Bigods and Malet:
- 9. Margery is the daughter of Philip le Despenser (badged/R&A 9 Nov 2022)
- 10. Philip is the son of Philip le Despenser (badged/R&A 10 Nov 2022)
- 11. Philip is the son of Philip le Despenser (badged/R&A 11 Nov 2022)
- 12. Philip is the son of Philip le Despenser (badged/R&A 11 Nov 2022)
- 13. Philip is the son of Isabel Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)
- 14. Isabel is the daughter of Maud FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)
- 15. Maud is the daughter of Isabel le Bigod (badged/100% 5-star)
- 16. Isabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Hugh le Bigod
- 17. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Roger le Bigod
- 11. Philip le Despenser is the son of Joan Cobham (badged/R&A 12 Nov 2022)
- 12. Joan is the daughter of Joan de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)
- 13. Joan is the daughter of John de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)
- 14. John is the son of Cecily Vivonne (badged/100% 5-star)
- 15. Cecily is the daughter of William (Vivonne) de Forz (badged/100% 5-star)
- 16. William is the son of Mabel Malet (badged/100% 5-star)
- 17. Mabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety William Malet
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I believe the "noticeboard" was Historic Marker K 202, which can be viewed here: https://www.chesterfield.gov/ImageRepository/Document?documentId=29237 (from this Government website - US Government offices do not/cannot hold copyright).
See also the pdf of the paperwork for the Historic District designation of the Town of Bermuda Hundred.
edited by Michael Cayley
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources maintains a website for Historical Markers in the State, including an image for the display board for Bermuda Hundred which is similar to the one Liz gave the link for. You can find it via this search page if you input "Bermuda Hundred": https://vcris.dhr.virginia.gov/HistoricMarkers/ The Department says that "Data contained anywhere on this website is Copyright © of Department of Historic Resources" and requires users to agree to this: https://vcris.dhr.virginia.gov/HistoricMarkers/Account/Logon
There is a volunteer-run national US database of historical markers: HMDB. This states that copyright of photos is shared between the photographer and the website. See question 19 here: https://www.hmdb.org/faq.asp. This includes "If you find your image used elsewhere without attribution, or used commercially, check with us first to make sure we did not grant permission for commercial use, then please proceed to vigorously defend your work.". As you will see if you go to the site's copyright page, the site allows non-commercial use provided that a minimum credit is given to the site and the photographer: https://www.hmdb.org/copyright.asp.
It is clear that others believe that images of historic markers can be copyright.
edited by Michael Cayley
edited by Michael Cayley
edited by Michael Cayley
Of course she wouldn't want any of his property to go to Phoebe. I think we have to take human nature into account here. Henry may have dis-owned her because of who she married. I'm going to accept Phoebe until there is positive proof one way or the other. '
edited by Michael Cayley
Anne Bryant Born 1628. They were Married in 1649 London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/ALH8/A/001/MS05160/001. They had two children: 1. Gideon 1650 2. Phoebe 1653. Elizabeth died shortly after in 1654. Therefore Phoebe and Gideon would be the step children and perhaps not listed under Katherine Banks children.
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, <Ref.> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3VP-24Q : 3 February 2023), Thomas Bryant in entry for Elizabeth Bryant, 1629. <Ref>
Pepys' diary for the years 1660-2 refers to a different Captain Henry Isham being then in London: he was a captain in the British Royal Navy. There is a list of entries at https://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/546/#references.
No reliable evidence has been found so far for the family origins, or last name at birth, of the Phoebe who married George Belcher. Suggestions in some family trees on the web that she was an Isham by birth, and daughter of the Henry of this profile, lack good sourcing and should not be relied on. Please see Phoebe's profile for wills which suggest that she was not a daughter of Henry.
Nor has any reliable evidence been found so far for Henry having a son called Gideon. Several trees on the web refer, without sourcing, to a Gideon/Gidea Ison/Isom/Isham/Isam, usually said to be born in Shropshire, England and to have died in 1701, sometimes given the unevidenced prefix Sir, with several given him a second forename, George: again, these trees should not be trusted. (And there is no evidence for anyone of this name being knighted.) One book, which lacks clear sourcing, says that a Gideon Isham was born in Shropshire in about 1635 and moved to Virginia, with nothing known of his family origins: Edward Paul Isham, An index of the Ishams in England and America. 1984, p.567, Internet Archive. If this is accurate, a Gideon born in 1635 cannot be the son of the Henry of this profile.
I will edit the research notes on this, and Phoebe's, profiles.
[corrected for typos]
edited by Michael Cayley
The children of Capt. Henry and Katherine Isham were Henry II (d. 1678), Anne Elizabeth (1665-1718), and Mary Royall (1658/60-December 29, 1735).
Henry Isham II died at sea without having been married. Anne Elizabeth Isham married Col. Francis Epes. Mary Royall Isham was born at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia and died at Turkey Island in Henrico County. She married Col. William Randolph I.
edited by Andrea (Stawski) Pack
This profile is on the long list of profiles managed by the Magna Carta Project that need attention.
edited by Michael Cayley
edited by Adella Brown
1670-02-01 Henrico County, Virginia, USA
From We Relate (accessed 24 Feb 2018):
Aug 26, 2017 - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004).