Isaac Briscoe UE (1729 - 1805)

Born 5 Feb 1729 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Hawley) Brisco — married 23 Feb 1761 in Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1805 at age 76 in Ernestown, Addington, Upper Canada

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Biography

Isaac Briscoe was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Note: The "Brisco" family files of Herbert Clarence Burleigh contain notes, biographical information and cemetery records for Isaac & his family. In one military record, "Isaac Brisco of Connecticut" measures 5 feet 8 inches and has served 1 year 4 months in Captain William Fraser's Company.^[1]

From the State Papers of Vermont, edited by Mary Green Nye (1941), Vol. VI, Sequestration, Confiscation and Sale of Estates, p.38:^[2]

• "An Act to prevent the return to this state of certain persons ...who have left ... and joined the enemy." List includes Isaac Brisco, Sam Rose, Joseph Lockwood of Manchester, David Castle and Reuben Hawley of Paulet, David Shorey,^[3] Robert Perry of Rutland, Dan Hill Jr. and Timothy Hill, Justus Sherwood, N. Haven. If these or any others return they must go before a J.P., be whipped on the naked back, not more than forty, nor less than twenty stripes punishment inflicted and ordered to quit the state immediately. Further if such a person should continue to stay one month or return again after such conviction he shall be convicted before the Supreme Court of State and put to Death. If any person should harbour or conceal, he must pay 500 pounds, 2/3 to State, 1/3 to the prosecutor." (dated 26 Feb 1779, repeated 8 Nov 1780)

"Nancy, surnamed Brisco, a negro living with Isaac, baptised 25 Dec 1795", presumably in Ernestown.^[4]

Birth

Issac Briscoe (spelling on christening info.) was born February 5, 1729

Connecticut Births and Christenings

Name: Isaac Briscoe

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 05 Feb 1729

Birthplace: MILFORD TWP,NEW HAVEN,CONNECTICUT

Father's Name: Samuell Briscoe^[5][6]

Parents: Samuel Brisco 1678 - 1756 & Abigail Brisco (born Platt) 1687 - 1773 ^[7]

Death

Death: Aug 17 1805 Ernestown, Lennox, Ontario, Canada^[8]

Marriage

Issac married Ruth Hawley on 23 Feb 1761, New Haven, Connecticut

Children include:

1. Nathan Brisco 6 Feb 1769, d. 15 Jan 1846^[9]
2. Norris Brisco UE b. 25 May 1763, d. 9 Feb 1849
3. Abigail Brisco b. 1764, d. 1854
4. Anna Hawley Brisco Bell b. 1767-1854^[10]

American Revolutionary War Information

Regiment : King's Rangers Enlistment Date: Joined Gen Burgoyne in 1777 Date & Place of Birth: About 1740, Connecticut Settled before war : Arlington & Sunderland Buried: 17 Aug 1805, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Upper Canada

Property Ownership

Listed on list Ernestown Township Map, First Registered Deeds Granted^[11]

Research Notes

Further research is needed to beef-up this profile with more primary sources.

Sources

1. ↑ Herbert Clarence Burleigh, "Brisco" family files, archived at Queen's University, Toronto:
   • https://archive.org/details/hcbbrisco_ii/page/6/mode/2up
2. ↑ As re-printed in the Brisco family files, assembled by Herbert Clarence Burleigh, archived in Queen's University, Toronto:
   • https://archive.org/details/hcbbrisco_ii/page/14/mode/2up
3. ↑ Possibly the father/uncle of Rufus Shorey
4. ↑ From the "Brisco" family files, p.162:
   • https://archive.org/details/hcbbrisco_ii/page/162/mode/2up
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch ([1] : accessed 21 April 2015), Isaac Briscoe, 05 Feb 1729; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ MyHeritage [2] May be associated with import of cady6_2016-03-24_01.ged on Mar 24, 2016
7. ↑ MyHeritage [3] May be associated with import of cady6_2016-03-24_01.ged on Mar 24, 2016
8. ↑ MyHeritage [4] May be associated with import of cady6_2016-03-24_01.ged on Mar 24, 2016
9. ↑ Burleigh notes for Nathan Brisco indicate he lived from 6 Feb 1769 to 15 Jan 1846, dying at the age of 76 years 11 months.
   • https://archive.org/details/hcbbrisco_ii/page/n1/mode/2up
   • https://archive.org/details/hcbbrisco_ii/page/6/mode/2up
10. ↑ MyHeritage [5] May be associated with import of cady6_2016-03-24_01.ged on Mar 24, 2016
11. ↑ Ernestown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario: First Lot Owners page 1 of 9, Ernestown Township Map, First Registered Deeds Granted, Extracted from map in possession of Lennox & Addington County Museum & Archives, by Sharon J. Cadieux, UE. Names are transcribed exactly as shown on the lots on the map, which accounts for variations in spelling.[6]

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Acknowledgments

• Briscoe-611 was created by Caryn Cady through the import of cady6_2016-03-24_01.ged on Mar 24, 2016.
• Thank you to Michael Hawley for creating WikiTree profile Brisco-79 through the import of RWHGed.ged on Jul 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.