Isaac Ford Sr. (1786 - abt. 1846)

Born 17 Jun 1786 in Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Powers) Ford — married before 1813 in Missouri

Descendants

Died about 22 Feb 1846 at about age 59 in St Clair, St Clair, Illinois, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Isaac Ford Sr. was born on 17 Jun 1786 in Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut as the tenth child ofDaniel Ford and Phebe Camp.^[1][2][3] He had nine siblings, namely: Betsey, Phebe, Daniel, Heman, Nancy, Eli, Anne, Temperance, and Aaron.^[3] He died on 22 Feb 1846 in St Clair, Illinois, USA. He married Abigail Powers, daughter of John Wesley Powers and Naomi Pennington, sometime before 1813 in Missouri, USA.

Isaac Ford Sr. enlisted for 5 years on 26 Jul 1808 and was attached to 4th U.S. Infantry under Capt. S. Ramney (Co. commander) and Col. Jno P. Boyd (Reg. commander).^[4][5] He was discharged 26 July 1813.^[4] He purchased a land patent for 120 acres in St Clair, Illinois, USA on 01 Aug 1838.^[6]

Isaac Ford Sr. and Abigail Powers had the following children:

1. John Ford was born about 1813 in Missouri, USA. He married Eliza Billingsly on 14 Jun 1831 in Clinton, Illinois, USA.
2. Daniel Ford was born about 1815. He married Sally Simons in 1833 in Clinton, Illinois, USA.
3. Melinda Ford was born about 1817. She married Henry Simons in 1830 in Clinton, Illinois, USA.
4. Andrew Ford was born about 1820 in Missouri, USA. He married Elisabeth Dial on 07 Apr 1846 in St Clair, Illinois, USA.
5. Isaac Ford Jr. was born about 1822 in Missouri, USA. He died in Dec 1869. He married Mary A. Fitz on 26 Nov 1843 in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
6. Wright A. Ford was born in Sep 1824 in Illinois, USA. He died in Aug 1904 in Shawnee Mound, Missouri, USA. He married Martha Ann Griffin on 20 Mar 1850 in Perry County, Missouri, USA.
7. Sarah (Sally) Ford was born about 1824.
8. Pennington Ford was born about 1828 in Illinois, USA. He married Martha Griffea on 09 Feb 1854 in St. Clair, Illinois, United States.
9. Abigail Ford was born on 06 Oct 1830.
10. Naomi Ford was born about 1830.
11. Margaret (Peggy) Ford was born about 1832.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)", Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), citing White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Isaac Ford, born 18 Jun 1786, Watertown, Connecticut, son of Daniel Ford and Phebe Camp.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74L-451 : 11 February 2018), Isaac Ford, 18 Jun 1786; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} George Catlin Woodruff, A genealogical register of the inhabitants of the town of Litchfield, Conn., from the settlement of the town, A. D. 1720, to the year 1800, whereby one knowing his father's name, may perhaps ascertain who were some of his antecedent progenitors (Hartford, CT: The Case Lockwood & Brainard company, 1900), p. 79. Entry for Daniel Ford, wife and children. Archives.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914", Ancestry.com (http:www.ancestry.com), Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C. entry for Isaac Ford, 22 y/o, Litchfield, Connecticut, farmer, enlisted for 5 years on 26 Jul 1808, 4th U.S. Infantry, Capt. S. Ramney (co. commander), Col. Jno P. Boyd (reg. commander), discharged 26 July 1813 (Book 666).
5. ↑ "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-JDZB : 9 March 2018), Isaac Ford, 26 Jul 1808; citing p. 130, volume 009, , , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 5; FHL microfilm 350,311.
6. ↑ Kaskaskia, St. Clair, Illinois, IL Vol. 136, p. 341, #4976, Isaac Ford, 120 acres, 1 Aug 1838; digital images, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Managment (https://glorecords.blm.gov).