Isaiah Candee (1779 - 1856)

Born 31 Jul 1779 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Melissa (Riggs) Candee — married 25 Oct 1807 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Died 20 Sep 1856 at age 77 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States

Biography

Isaiah CANDEE was born 31 Jul 1779 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was christened 22 Mar 1780 in Oxford Congregational Church. He died 20 Sep 1856 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States and was buried in Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States. Isaiah married Melissa RIGGS on 25 Oct 1807 in Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States.

Sources

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 44. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/044.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 10. " 1809

Apriel 16, Samuel Heaton, Widdow Sabry Riggs, & Isaiah Cande & Malissa his wife, recvd to full Communion." (Oxford Congregational) http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/010.html.

• 1850 Oxford Census.

• J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 534. " The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ..."

• 1820 Oxford Census.

• 1840 Oxford Census.

• 1850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 541.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 61. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/061.html.

• Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), 28, 53.

• Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 35. "Josiah."

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 19. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/019.html.

• Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, p. 60. "Candee, Esther, relict of Naboth, died July 31, 1813, age 87 yrs.

Candee, Naboth, died Oct. 30, 1784, age 50 yrs. Candee, John, born May 4, 1816, died Mar. 22 1895 Candee, Lucy A., wife of John, born Jan. 19, 1836, died Mar. 6, 1900 Candee, Mary A., died Aug. 20, 1873, age 53 yrs. Candee, Eunice A., died Sept. 20, 1860, age 50 yrs. Candee, Melissa, wife of Isaiah, died Aug. 22, 1867, age 82 yrs. Candee, Isaiah, died Sept. 20, 1856, age 77 yrs. Candee, Julia A., daughter of Isaiah & Melissa, died Feb. 5, 1816, age 2 yrs. 5 mos. Candee, Burritt, son of Justice & Eunice, died Aug. 16, 1807, age 21 yrs. Mallory, Eunice C., daughter of Ransom & Lucy, died Mar. 13, 1815, age 7 days Candee, Justus, died Dec. 25, 1842, age 87 yrs. Candee, Eunice, wife of Deacon Justus, died Dec. 25 1840, age 83 yrs." http://oxfordpast.net/jhcemscan60.html.

• Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem2065.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 73. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/073.html.

• Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy, p.3.

• Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, 66, 85.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile. Isaiah and Gregory are second cousins 7 times removed. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Greg and others.