Isaac Platts (1711 - 1789)

Born 19 Mar 1711 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Bartlett) Platts — married 10 Mar 1736 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1789 at age 78 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth

Isaac Platts was born at Bradford, Massachusetts, on 19 Mar 1710/11, the son of Jonas Platts and Anne (Bailey) Platts.^[1]

Marriage

Isaac Platts of Bradford, Massachusetts, married Margaret Bartlett of Newbury, Massachusetts, at Newbury on 10 Mar 1735/36.^[2][3] The will of Richard Bartlett of Newbury, made on 28 Sep 1747, names among his heirs his daughter Margaret Plats.^[4]

Children

After their marriage, Isaac and Margaret Platts lived at Newbury, Massachusetts, where they recorded the following children:^[5]

1. daughter (record is torn), born on 28 February 1736/37. She is almost certainly the Betty Platts who married Anthony Morse at Newbury on 9 Mar 1758. (See the Research Note on her profile.)
2. Margaret Platts, b. 17 Jan 1738/39; m. Jacob Hills, 21 Apr. 1757; d. 9 Sep. 1809
3. Mary Platts, b. 12 Mar 1741/42; m. Barnes Short, abt. 1770; d. 10 Mar. 1821 or 1822
4. Isaac Platts, b. 1 Jul 1743; m. Rachel Chase, 21 Sep. 1773; d. 27 Sep. 1835
5. Susanna Platts, b. 11 Nov 1746; bpt. 28 Dec. 1746; m. Ebenezer Mullicken, 1777; d. 29 Dec. 1786
6. John Platts, b. 9 Apr. 1749; m. Sarah Hale; d. Oct. 1781.

Later Life and Death

In 1774, Isaac Platts was living at Bradford, Massachusetts; his son Isaac is referred to as "Isaac Platts Jr." in the birth record of his daughter Rachel.^[6] On 26 Mar 1775, the Platts family sold property at Bradford through a deed signed by Isaac Platts, Margaret Platts (by mark), John Platts, and Susanna Platts.^[7] Isaac and Margaret may have then moved in with Isaac Jr. and Rachel Platts at Bradford and accompanied them to Leominster, Massachusetts, when they moved there sometime after March 1785.

Isaac Platts died at Leominster on 3 Apr 1789, at the reported age of 79.^[8]

Probate

There is no probate record on file for Isaac Platts in the online Worcester County probate records at AmericanAncestors.org.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass., 1907), 138, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00brad/page/138
2. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass., 1907), 262, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00brad/page/262
3. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Mass., to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass., 1911), 2:34, Page 400 https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofne22newb/page/n57
4. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.), case 1947, page 10, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13744/1947-co10/30052265
5. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Mass., to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass., 1911),, 1:413, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofne01newb_0/page/n829
6. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass., 1907), 138, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00brad/page/138
7. ↑ Photo of deed that had been offered for sale on eBay, https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1775-bradford-mass-isaac-platts-1881412297, accessed on 12 Apr 2019
8. ↑ Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Worcester, Mass., 1911), 346, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofle00leom/page/346

See Also:

• Family Search | Isaac Platts
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill,| Page 121, lower right-hand column
• The Bailey Family; History and genealogy of descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts who came to Michigan by way of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York, 1635-1990, with Allied Families (Ann Arbor, Michigan : After Thoughts, Inc., 1991) | Page 46