Isaiah
Dexter
Born in Rochester, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Seth Dexter
and Mary (Kirby) Dexter
Brother of
Sarah (Dexter) Macomber, Jabez Dexter, Mary (Dexter) Ellis, Elisha Dexter, Elizabeth Dexter and Elias Dexter
Husband of
Mary (Davis) Dexter
— married
22 Oct 1775 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca (Dexter) Chandler
Died
at age 31
in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Isiah Dexter, son of Seth Dexter and Mary Kirby was born Dec 31 1752.[1]
He married Mary Davis, 29 Oct 1775 in Rochester, Plymouth, Mass. [1][2]
They had three children
- Rebecca Dexter; m Charles Chandler
- Edith Dexter; m - Washburn
- Lydia Dexter; m. Thomas Sherman.
Corporal Isaiah Dexter served with 4th Regiment, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
He served in the American Revolution in 1775 [3][4][5]
Probate
Isaiah Dexter of Rochester, yeoman died intestate and on 8 September 1784, his widow Mary was granted the administration of his estate.[6]
His inventory was taken on 27 October 1784 in Rochester.[7]
In 1793, Joseph Leavitt of Rochester was appointed guardian of his daughters, Nancy, and Recebba, who were under the age of 14; and Lydia, who was above the age of 14 years, made the choice of Joseph Leavitt to be her guardian.[8]
Notes
According to Warden, Isaiah and Mary had two other daughters: Edith, who married a Washburn and Lydia who married Thomas Sherman.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Warden, William A.(William Albert), b 1852; Dexter, Robert L. 1847; Genealogy of the Dexter family in America; descendants of Thomas Dexter, together with a record of other allied families; Worcester, Mass. [The Blanchard Press] Publication date 1905 pg. 195
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8Z-5P5 : 9 February 2018), Isaiah Dexter and Mary Davice, 29 Oct 1775; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
- ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-WM9J : 18 March 2018), Isaiah Dexter, 1775.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-2JST : 17 March 2018), Isaiah Dexter, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,710.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-RG5G : 17 March 2018), Isaiah Dexter, 01 Jan 1779; citing Military Service, Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,710.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XWGB : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 360 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6HYW : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 548 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-X7LT : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 146 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
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"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-YJ9 : 4 December 2014), Seth Dexter in entry for Isaiah Dexter, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.