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Daniel Isham

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Daniel Isham

Birth
East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
27 Jun 1841 (aged 90)
Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Saint George, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Daniel Isham was born in Hadlyme Parish of East Haddam, Conn.

FATHER: Joshua Isham
MOTHER: Abigail Crocker

1ST WIFE: Rhoda Lord (m. Nov.25, 1773)
2ND WIFE: Mrs. Hannah Nichols (m. Mar. 11, 1826)

CHILDREN:

1. Anna (b. Nov. 23, 1774, Shelburne, VT)
2. David (b. Dec. 11, 1776) m. Mary Greene
3. Daniel (b. Jan. 17, 1799) m. Mary Hull
4. William Lord (b. May 8, 1781) m. Hannah Greene
5. Ira (b. Jan. 30, 1784) d. young
6. Rhoda (b. Mar. 22, 1787) m. Russell K. Lawrence
7. Joshua (b. April 4, 1789) m. Lucy Warren
8. Ira (b. Feb 4, 1792) m. Phoebe Lockwood
9. Lydia (b. Sept. 2, 1794) m. Phineas Brewster
10. Julius (b. Dec. 28, 1796) m. Louisa Severance

ADD'L INFO: Daniel Isham was a Revolutionary soldier, although printed Revolutionary War Rolls do not contain his name. The Pension Report of 1834 shows that "Daniel Isham, residing in Chittenden county, Vt., " a private, aged 84 in 1834, was receiving a pension. In 1781 Daniel Isham was living at Halifax, Vt., but some years later he had joined his relatives at Shelburne or St. George.

SOURCE: Book "AN INDEX OF THE ISHAMS IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA" Compiled by Edward Paul Isham (Nov. 1984)Pages 147, 148.

Sources named in book are..."Bible record owned by George Brewster of Irasburg, Vt.; letter of Myra Owen, Hinsdale, N.H.,letter of Mrs. Carrie A. MacMurphy, South Burlington, Vt., Aug. 16, 1909."

OBITUARY: Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, Vermont) July 2, 1841: "Died in Williston on the 27th ult after a lingering and painful illness of several months Mr. Daniel Isham a soldier of the revolution aged 90 years. Mr. Isham was one of the first settlers o Williston has ever sustained the character of an hon-t and upright man, and after having lived eo a good old age he has gone to the enjoyment of a better world where the wicked cease from troubling and the wear are at rest. Printers in New York are requested &c."
Daniel Isham was born in Hadlyme Parish of East Haddam, Conn.

FATHER: Joshua Isham
MOTHER: Abigail Crocker

1ST WIFE: Rhoda Lord (m. Nov.25, 1773)
2ND WIFE: Mrs. Hannah Nichols (m. Mar. 11, 1826)

CHILDREN:

1. Anna (b. Nov. 23, 1774, Shelburne, VT)
2. David (b. Dec. 11, 1776) m. Mary Greene
3. Daniel (b. Jan. 17, 1799) m. Mary Hull
4. William Lord (b. May 8, 1781) m. Hannah Greene
5. Ira (b. Jan. 30, 1784) d. young
6. Rhoda (b. Mar. 22, 1787) m. Russell K. Lawrence
7. Joshua (b. April 4, 1789) m. Lucy Warren
8. Ira (b. Feb 4, 1792) m. Phoebe Lockwood
9. Lydia (b. Sept. 2, 1794) m. Phineas Brewster
10. Julius (b. Dec. 28, 1796) m. Louisa Severance

ADD'L INFO: Daniel Isham was a Revolutionary soldier, although printed Revolutionary War Rolls do not contain his name. The Pension Report of 1834 shows that "Daniel Isham, residing in Chittenden county, Vt., " a private, aged 84 in 1834, was receiving a pension. In 1781 Daniel Isham was living at Halifax, Vt., but some years later he had joined his relatives at Shelburne or St. George.

SOURCE: Book "AN INDEX OF THE ISHAMS IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA" Compiled by Edward Paul Isham (Nov. 1984)Pages 147, 148.

Sources named in book are..."Bible record owned by George Brewster of Irasburg, Vt.; letter of Myra Owen, Hinsdale, N.H.,letter of Mrs. Carrie A. MacMurphy, South Burlington, Vt., Aug. 16, 1909."

OBITUARY: Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, Vermont) July 2, 1841: "Died in Williston on the 27th ult after a lingering and painful illness of several months Mr. Daniel Isham a soldier of the revolution aged 90 years. Mr. Isham was one of the first settlers o Williston has ever sustained the character of an hon-t and upright man, and after having lived eo a good old age he has gone to the enjoyment of a better world where the wicked cease from troubling and the wear are at rest. Printers in New York are requested &c."

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Daniel Isham, died June 27, 1841. Aged 90 years.



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17418338/daniel-isham: accessed ), memorial page for Daniel Isham (22 Jun 1751–27 Jun 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17418338, citing Saint George Village Cemetery, Saint George, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Mel (contributor 46865611).