Joseph Isaac

brief biography and family

will

Will of Joseph Isacke, Prerogative Court (Wills) 6

[MdHR 1286 1-11-1-9], pp. 53-54. In the name of God Amen. That whereas I Joseph Isacke of Calvert County and province of Maryland, planter being very sick and weake of Body but in good sound perfect memory and sense Doe here make my Last will and Testament renouncing all other wills before these presents ~

ITEM I Give and bequeath my Soule unto almighty God who gave it me and my body to ye Earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried Trusting in and through ye merritts of Jesus Christ my Saviour to enjoy a Joyful resurection at ye Last Day And as for my small portion of Estate that it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give and bequeath in form & manner as follows:

(see attached for the full document transcription, or this link: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ISAACS/1999-01/091668... )

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Surname has also been reported to be Ysac.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be circa 1642 at an unspecified location <unattested>.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be before February 23, 1689 in Lincolnshire, England <unattested>.

sources

• British Roots of Maryland Families, Author: Robert Barnes

links

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151364358/joseph-isaac
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/e/r/P-Beres/GENE5-0005...
• https://books.google.com/books?id=J1tlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA279&lpg=PA279&d...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0918...

content to clean up

58. Joseph[9] Isaac (A258). Born in Eng. Died, 1689, in Q. Anne's Par., Calvert Co., MD. Prob of Est: 23 Feb 1688/9, in Calvert Co., MD, Liber 6, p. 53. Occupation: farmer. He married[22] Margaret unknown (Brown?) (59) (A259), 1675 (?), in MD. Children:

• i. Elizabeth[8] Isaac. Born, circa 1677, in MD.
• ii. Richard Isaac. Born, 1679, in Calvert Co., MD. Died, Jun 1759.He married Sarah Pottenger, circa 1710, in MD. 51
• iii. Rebecca Isaac.
• iv. Joseph Isaac. Born, 1681, in Calvert Co., MD. Died, 30 Sep 1703, in Q. Anne's Par., Cal/Pr. Geo. Co., MD.

59. Margaret[9] unknown[22] (A259). Born, 1650 (?). Died in MD. Occupation: housewife.

She married first ------ Brown. Child, i. Joseph Brown, b ~ 1688 d. aft 1688.

She married second ----- Clifford. Child, i. James Clifford b aft 1668 d. aft 1688

She married[22] third, Joseph Isaac (58) (A258).

Joseph Ysac/Isack died between December 29, 1688 and February 23, 1689
Queen Anne Parish, Calvert County, Maryland, United States
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Father: Richard ISAACK b: 1606 c: 23 Feb 1605/1606 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: Elizabeth Sharpe b: 1612 in Great Gonerby, LIncolnshire, England
ch: 24 Feb 1612/1613 in Bassingthorpe, Lincoln, England

Marriage 1 Jane Margaret Brown b: 1651 in Of Queen Anne's, Calvert, Maryland
Married: 1676 in Lincolnshire, England 3

Children

Elizabeth ISAAC b: in , Calvert, Maryland

Richard Isaac b: 1679 in Queen Anne Par., Prince George, Md

Rebecca ISAAC b: 1680 in Queen Anne Par., Prince George, Md

Joseph ISAAC b: 1681 in Queen Anne's Par, Prince George's, Maryland

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Descendants of: RICHARD YSAC
1 RICHARD YSAC b. ? d. BEF 1547, m. AGNES *UNKNOWN
2 WILLIAM ISACKE b. ? d. CA 1547, William is known from his mother's will where he is called Sir William Isacke; "Lincolnshire Notes & Queries" shows him as the clerk at Westborough, Lincolnshire in 1556 and as clerk ("clergy" may mean pastor) at Fleet by "a grant to him and others, for his turn, made by the lady Anne de Cleve, to the church of Fleet..." He was living in 1531 when he signed a will as an executor, but dead in 1547 when Agnes made out her will as a widow.
3 RICHARD ISAACKE b. 1543 d. 1591; m. CA 1568 Lincolnshire, England to ALICE *UNKNOWN
4 EDWARD ISAACKE b. 1585; m. 6 May 1605 possibly Fulbeck, Lincolnshire to JANE CHAYNEY b. CA 1582 Fulbeck, Lincolnshire ? LISTED IN FATHER'S WILL OF 1591
5 RICHARD "MR." ISAAK b. 1606 Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, England, m. 30 Oct 1632 Elizabeth Sharpe b. 1612
6 Mary Isaak b. 1634
6 Sutton Isaak b. 1637
6 Richard Isaak b. 1633, Richard is in Baltimore County by 1692 (THIS Richard?) as a taxable in Northside of Gunpower Hundred, and died by 05-24-1700 (estate inventory by William Peckett and Henry Wriothesley, Balt. Co. Tax List. 138; 206-1 lb:14
6 JOSEPH ISACKE b. 1642 d. 1689 CALVERT CO MD; m. MARGARET *UNKNOWN; WILL PROBATED 23 FEB 1688-9 SHOWS CHILDREN.
CALVERT CO MD TEST:THOS. BEALL
DIANA FENIXE WILLIAM DACRES. JOSEPH CAME TO AMERICA AS AN OFFICER OF THE
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN POLITICAL PRISONERS AMONG WHOM WAS THE
FOUNDER OF THE BOWIE FAMILY IN AMERICA.
SOURCE:COLONIAL FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATES, PG 268,269. HIS CHILDREN SPELLED THEIR NAMES 'ISAAC'.
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Joseph's will, entered for probate 1-23-1689, was made 12-19-1688. In addition to the Records shows an estate inventory for Richard Isack, "late of Baltimore", with a value of 28 Isaac, were have said to have been English army officers sent to the colonies with Scottish Clifford.
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Land record has "Giants Range", 100 acres, Calvert Co, VA dated 24 Feb 1682, Ref 24/394 and 31/5

Will Extraction, Calvert Co, VA: dated 29 Dec 1688, recorded 23 Feb 1688/89, Son Richard, 100 ac, Son Joseph, Daughters Eliza and Rebecca, Son-in-law Joseph Brown, wife Margaret,
Book 6, Page53 Calvert Wills