Isaac Armistead (1775 - 1838)

Born 1775 in Mathews County, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 5 May 1838 at about age 63 in Mathews County, Virginia

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Biography

Origin

Isaac was born to Richard Armistead and Elizabeth Jarvis in 1775. ^[1]Revolutionary War Roster Gloucester Records

From the pension application for his mother Elizabeth Jarvis Armistead we learn that "18 Aug. 1837. Mathews Co., Va. Robert Hudgins proved in Court that Elizabeth Armistead widow of Richard Armistead died 23 Dec. l836 leaving children Elizabeth Tumberlin, Susan Armistead and Isaac Armistead. ^[1]

U.S. Census

Isaac Armistead is enumerated as living in Mathews County, Virginia in 1820, 1830 and 1840.^[2][3][4]

Marriage

Issac married Sarah Foster.^[5][6]

They had children Harriet, Catherine and William.

War of 1812 Military Service

Isaac served in the War of 1812 in Gayles Company, 61st Regiment, Virginia Militia.^[7]

Sources

• Cate, Margaret Randolph, Cate, Wirt Armistead. "The Armistead family and collaterals : among others Anderson, Cate, Harrison, Mayo, Nelson, Phipps, Tabb, Waller", 1905. Ex Libris(pg. 47).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Dorman, John Frederick. Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications: Abstracted. Washington, 1958. HathiTrust.org (pp. 78-79; 83-84).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLY-DVM : accessed 20 August 2017), Isaac Armistead, Mathews, Virginia, United States; citing p. 27, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 142; FHL microfilm 193,701.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5H-W4S : 18 August 2015), Isaac Armistead, Mathews, Virginia, United States; citing 133, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 196; FHL microfilm 29,675.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR1-3ML : 20 August 2017), Isaac S Armistead, Mathews, Virginia, United States; citing p. 331, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 565; FHL microfilm 29,688.
5. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5BW-P9N : 5 December 2014), Sarah Armistead and husband Issac Armistead as parents in entry for Wm. Armistead and Lucy Brownley, 02 Dec 1862; citing Mathews, Virginia, reference pg 104 ln 4; FHL microfilm 2,048,461.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DD-MZQ : 12 April 2016), Sarah Armistead in household of William Armistead, Mathews county, Mathews, Virginia, United States; citing family 66, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-P3VF : 11 March 2016), Isaac Armistead, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 6; FHL microfilm 882,524.

Notes

I have Isaac Armistead born 1775, son of Richard Armistead and Elizabeth Jarvis, married Sarah Foster on December 23, 1807. Children are; Harriet Armistead born 1810, married Robert Hudgins, she died Aug 17, 1879, Catherine Armistead born April 14, 1814 married John E. Hudgins, she died Sept 9, 1897, William Armistead born Dec 10, 1815 married first, Margaret A, Brownley, second Lucy Armistead, he died Feb 21, 1897. Much of this info is courtesy of Sandra Diggs of Mathews County.