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Isaac Whittier Jr (1754 - 1808)

Isaac Whittier Jr
Born in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 2 May 1776 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at age 53 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Isaac Whittier was born on August 18, 1754 at Amesbury, Massachusetts, the son of Isaac Whittier and Ruth Blaisdell. [1]

His father Isaac Sr. died at the age of 28 on November 20, 1754. [2] He died intestate and his widow Ruth was appointed administrator of his estate. His inventory was assessed on December 6, 1754. [3]

On October 12, 1757, widow Ruth was granted guardianship of their son Isaac Whittier, minor under the age of 14 years. [4]

His mother Ruth married second, Matthias Hoyt on April 3, 1759. [2] [5]

On March 28, 1769, Isaac Whittier, minor above the age of 14 years, chose his 'father-in-law', Matthias Hoyt, Innholder of Amesbury, as his guardian. [4]

Isaac Jr. married Rhoda Sargent at Amesbury, May 2, 1776. His wife Rhoda was baptized there on July 27, 1755, the daughter of Robert Sargent and Ann Coffin. [2]

Rhoda died at Amesbury on May 15, 1794 when she was 38 years old. [2] [6]

Rhoda's father Robert wrote his will on October 13, 1797 and it was proved on March 10, 1808. In it he names among his heirs, my grandchildren, children of my daughter Rhoda Whittier, deceased [7]

Those signing receipts acknowledging payment on January 22, 1811, by Amos Sargent, Rhoda's brother and executor of Robert's estate included:

  • John Whittier, Joshua Whittier, Edmund Whittier, James Whittier, Rhoda Whittier, Thomas Whittier, Sally Patten [7]

Colonel Isaac Whittier died on February 18, 1808. [2]

Children

  1. Isaac born on July 4, 1777. [2]
  2. Sally born on November 11, 1779; married Moses Patten, intentions published on February 6, 1801. [2]
  3. James born on August 19, 1782. [2]
  4. Rhoda born on January 5, 1785. [2]
  5. Joshua born on April 7, 1787. [2]
  6. John born on April 14, 1789. [2]
  7. Edmund baptized on November 6, 1791. [2]
  8. Thomas baptized on August 10, 1794. [2]

Military

1776 Project
Private Isaac Whittier Jr served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Isaac Whittier Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A125513.
  • 1775: July 1: Whittier Isaac: Receipt for advance pay, Captain John Currier's company, Colonel Frye's Frye-478 regiment [8]
  • 1775: November 16: Order for bounty coat Cambridge Camp. [8]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-QDFS : 22 October 2020), Issac Whittier in entry for Issac Whittier, 1754. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9XF-WZQG?mode=g&cc=2241430
  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 Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the Endof the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913, p. 212: 258: 474: 597
  3. ↑ Case 29709: p. 1-8 : Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Case 29710: p. 1- 6 :Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
  5. ↑ Hoyt Family: A Genealogical History of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield, (Massachusetts,) and Their Descendants: with Some Account of the Earlier Connecticut Hoyts, and an Appendix, Containing the Family Record of William Barnes of Salisbury, a List of the First Settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, etc., C.B. Richardson, 1857, p. 48-9: 69
  6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83847713 Lower Corner Cemetery, Merrimac, Massachusetts.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Case 24684:p. 1-39: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24684-co18/31471148
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State, Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War : a compilation from the archives, Volume 17, Wright and Potter Print. Co., Boston, Massachusetts, p. 278




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