Isham Fuqua (abt. 1742 - 1815)

Born about 1742 in Bedford County, Virginia, Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hammons) Fuqua — married 27 Jan 1777 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died 31 May 1815 at about age 73 in Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Isham Fuqua is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Isham was the son of Ralph Fuqua and Priscilla Owen, born 1750, in Bedford, Charlotte, Virginia.

He married Mary Hammons on January 27, 1777. They had a family of nine children, two daughters and seven sons.

They were the parents of:

• Peter Fuqua
• Thomas Fuqua
• Nathan Fuqua
• Jesse Fuqua
• Joel Fuqua
• William Fuqua
• Elizabeth Fuqua
• Mary Fuqua

Isham Fuqua was a Baptist minister of Bedford County, Virginia. On June 27, 1796 he was given permission to perform marriage ceremonies and many of his relatives were married by him, including his oldest son, the Rev. Peter Fuqua. Six of the seven sons also became Baptist ministers, as well as several of his grandsons.

On September 25, 1804, John Otey sold to the "trustees of the Baptist Church lately convened in liberty in the county of Bedford under the care of Isham Fuqua, their pastor, to wit: James Bramblet, John Hancock, Joseph Fuqua, and John Otey, for $15.00, one and one-half acres a adjoining the town of Liberty, for the purpose of building a Baptist Meeting House on". This transaction can be found in Bedford Co,, Virginia, Deed Book K11, on pages 1071 and 1072.

The house was built of brick and was used a church, called "Little Otter" until 1850 when it was sold and converted into a residence. In 1850, the trustees of Little Otter Church; Armiste ad Otey, Benjamin H. Mansfield, Abner Fuqua, Abraham Fuqua, and Adam J. Boyer, purchased from the estate of James Meyse, for $290, the lot on Main Street where the present Church stands . At that time, the name was changed to Liberty Baptist Church. In 1901, the name of the town was changed to Bedford, and the name of the church then became Bedford Baptist Church.

In 1805, Isham Fuqua organized Suck Spring and Timber Ridge Baptist Churches in Bedford County, Virginia and apparently migrated shortly after that time, or at least by 1810 to Davidson County, Tennessee near Nashville and was accompanied by most of his children. Isham Fuqua apparently died before the 1820 census, since the census lists only his wife and two children at that time.

In an old letter written about 1900, Rev. William T. Fuqua, living then at Farmington in Graves County, Kentucky, stated that: "my grandfather was Isham Fuqua of Virginia . My branch of the family is a branch of preachers. Isham was a preacher, his six sons were preachers and were: Peter, Thomas, Nathan, Jesse, Joel, and William. My father was Jesse. He had three sons, one a preacher, and I have a nephew who is a preacher. I and my brothers were all born near Nashville. (RJFPoyner)

Isham died May 31st, 1815 in Davidson, Tennessee, USA.

Fuqua, Isham, Born ABT 1748 in Goochland County, Virginia, Died May 31 1815 in Giles County, Tennessee

Sources

• https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=gpguyway&surname=Fuqua
• Christine Fuqua Neyer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 1810 Kentucky 1810 Census of White Residents, Bullitt County, Page 177
• Source: S36 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA.
• Bible Record: Isham's date of death is from the Bible of Joel Fuqua, his son.
• Source: S37 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004.

Notes U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Mary Hammons Name: Mary Hammons Gender: Female Birth Place: TN Birth Year: 1755 Spouse Name: Isham Fuqua Spouse Birth Place: VA Spouse Birth Year: 1750 Marriage Year: 1777 Marriage State: VA

• WILL, Date: 24 Jul 1770, Place: Bedford, Virginia. DAR proven.

!lst Minister of Timber Ridge Baptist Church, in Lowery, VA. ^[1]

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MQ4H-315 : accessed 2016-11-01), entry for Isham Fuqua.
• Campbell Chronicles, Page 178, Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches, embracing the histor y of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926 (Bedford) by R. H. Early, J. PI Bel Company, Luncyb urg, VA, 1927: Fuqua, Isham of the Baptist Church, June 27, 1796; Fuqua, William, of the Baptist Church, October 23, 1815
• See Also: Rootsweb Family Trees:
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dblocher&id=I336348
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sitiv1&id=I8137

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/LZTD-8RM

• Earliest Pullen settlers in the south and their descendants

Author Burge, Gladys Pullen Pages 181. Lists Isham as Elizabeth's Father. Also, has his father listed as Fuilliane Fuqua a Huguenot immigrant. ^[2]