Isaac Canada (1732 - 1799)

Born 23 Dec 1732 in Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Meriam (Fitch) Kennedy — married 25 Feb 1761 in Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1799 at age 66 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Isaac, son of Isaac Canada & Phebe, was born on 23 December 1732 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.^[1][2]

Isaac married Meriam Fitch on 26 February 1761 in Windham, Connecticut, United States.^[3]

Isaac died June 5, 1799 ^[4]

Research Notes

His name may have been spelled as 'Kennedy' in the 1790 census.

Married Miriam Fitch on February 25, 1761, Miriam Fitch, born at Windham, June 9, 1741, died June 5, 1799 (see Windham Town Records, Book B, p. 60). John Fitch, Jr., father of Miriam, was a son of Captain John Fitch and grandson of the Rev. James Fitch. The father of Alice Fitch, who married John Jr., her second cousin, was Ebenezer Fitch, son of Major James Fitch. Captain John Fitch, born in Norwich, Connecticut, in January, 1667, died May 24, 1743; married, July 10, 1695, Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman. He was a son of Rev. James Fitch, of Bocking, England, and Norwich, Connecticut, and Priscilla, daughter of Captain John Mason, the Indian fighter. ^[5]

Isaac was the owner and founder of a store in Windham that dealt in paint and floor tiles, among other things. ^[6]

He fought in the French and Indian war "The forces under Johnson during the winter of 1755-56 remained in their quarters at Fort Edward, strengthening it and completing and equipping Fort William Henry at the southwestern extremity of Lake George, and constructing a more commodious road between these two important positions....But there is sufficient evidence to show that Windham county took hold of the matter of frontier defense with no laggard or indifferent spirit. Among the Windham county names, the following were honored...The company headed by Captain Eleazer Fitch comprised the following men, most of whom were from Windham; James Tracy and Ezekiel Fitch, lieutentants;... Isaac Canada...privates." ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
   citing FHL microfilm: 2900;
   FamilySearch Record: F7HM-QW5 (accessed 7 November 2022)
   Isaac Canada born on 23 Dec 1732, son of Isaac Canada & Phebe, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
2. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
   Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 54
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1034 #240263 (accessed 7 November 2022)
   Isaac Canada born on 23 Dec 1732 in Windham, Connecticut, USA.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
   Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 54
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1062 #240264 (accessed 7 November 2022)
   Isaac Canada marriage to Meriam Fitch on 26 Feb 1761 in Windham, Connecticut, USA.
4. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook. The Barbour collection of Connecticut town vital records. Vol. 54. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002. p.128
5. ↑ Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. 1913th ed., vol. 3, Clearfield Co., 2003.
6. ↑ Excerpt from Eileen Alford's THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF CONSIDER ALFORD AND HIS WIFE LUCY FITCH KENNEDY A SAGA OF THEIR LIVES AND TIMES IN OLD ENGLAND AND COLONIAL AMERICA-:Pages 39-51 as published in AAFA Action, September 1992 http://www.alfordassociation.org/ACTION/aact1830.pdf
7. ↑ 'The French and Indian War, <http://www.rays-place.com/history/ct/windham-fr-ind.htm>

• Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 56
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQY-D8D : accessed 3 November 2022), entry for Isaac Canada, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Robert Moody Sherman, CG, FASG; Verle Delano Vincent: Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 15) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants.