Notes for ISAAC ARLEDGE:
ISAAC ARLEDGE (b. 1721 d. 1790), son of William ALDRIDGE/ARLEDGE
and second wife Sarah of Northumberland Co, VA; married (1) ??? and (2)
Anna/Hannah
Time Line for Isaac Arledge prepared by Pam Wilson:
1721. Born December, 1721. Date based on 1728 Court record (below)
setting his age.
1725: Named in Will of father, William ARLEDGE: Will of WILLIAM ARLEDGE
Northumberland Co (VA) Record Book 19:375, dated 25 August 1724, proved
21 Jan 1725: leaves tract of land in Wiccocomoco Parush to be equally divided
between sons William and John; his still to be divided between sons William,
John and Clement; his widow Sarah Arledge to have rest of moveable estate,
but if she remarries to be equally divided between her, daughter Jane,
and sons William, John, Clement and Isaac. Names WILLIAM FALLIN as to have
the tuition of son William until he comes to the age of 21 years, and CHARLES
FALLIN to have the tuition of son John until he is 21. Wife Sarah as Executrix.
Wit: THOMAS NORMAN and CHARLES FALLIN. [Northumberland County Record Book
1718-1726, page 389, as abstracted]. Apparently his widow SARAH ARLIDGE
died not long afterward; there is notice of her estate being administered
by RICHARD FULKS in an entry dated 19 April 1727. [Northumberland County
Order Book, 1719/20-1729, Administrations, p.261]
1728: Northumberland County, VA. At the death of his father, William,
in 1724 and his mother Sarah (whose estate was administered in 1727): "ISAAC
Orphant of WILLIAM ARLEDGE is bound aprentis to JOHN CALLAHAN until he
arrives to the age of 21 years he being Six years old last Christmas in
consideration whereof the said Callahan doth oblige himself to find the
said Orphant Sufficient and Cleanly Lodging Cloathing and Diet and to learn
him to Read and write and the Trade of a weaver. Charles Fallin came into
Court and entere'd into a Recognizance with the said Callahan each of five
thousand pounds of Tobacco for performance of Covenants." Northumberland
County Order Book, Court Records of 21 August 1728: [Order Book 1719-1729,
307]. Clay Fulcher's notes : "Isaac probably
moved
to New Bern, Craven Co., NC with his guardian, John Callahan, who went
there after 1738. He was first apprenticed to Callahan, then made his ward.
His apprenticeship would have ended about 1742. He was to learn the trade
of a weaver. (It is somewhat unusual for the master to later be named guardian
to his apprentices. The best reason for it being done was so that he could
take them with him when he left the county.) Callahan was made guardian
to both Isaac and his sister Sarah. But he did not leave the county immediately.
He was still in Northumberland Co. in 1738 [PW: I don't know what the source
of this date is], but left soon afterward. The next record of him was from
North Carolina [PW: I don't know of this record]."
14 Jan 1748. At some point Isaac moved to the Fairfield County, South
Carolina, area. Alice Sekanick (1994, p. 63) writes that there is a 1748
SC record of "an ISAAC ARLEDG witnessing, by making a mark, a sale of land
'in the low grounds of Santee (Congaree) River, opposite Saxegotha [Saxa
Gotha] Township.'" [Her source: Clara A. Langley, ed. South Carolina Deed
Abstracts 1755-1768, Vol. III (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984),
p. 219.] Graham Louer writes (personal correspondence): 14 Jan 1748, Isaac
witnessed land sale (John FRASER to Jacob PENNINGTON) low grounds of Santee
(Congaree) River, opposite Saxegotha Twp--other witnesses included Roger
PAGETT (See Deed Abstracts v. 3, p. 219). Was this in Camden District?
Are there records for Isaac's land acquisitions prior to this date? This
1748 deed is not listed in the SC State Archives index that I have, but
if it is true, it is the earliest record of an Arledge in SC.
PW's transcription/abstract from original: Charleston Deeds Book
3 pp. 80-86. 13 January 1748 Lease for a year between John Frasher/Fraser
and wife, Planter of Craven Co, SC and Jacob Pennington, Blacksmith. That
said Fraser for 200 pounds current money of the Province paid by Pennington
does bargain and sell to Pennington 99 acres in Craven County in the Low
Grounds of Santee otherwise Congaree River opposite Saxegotha Township,
adjoining Thomas Walexelson, James Denly, Jacob Young. for one year for
one peppercorn if lawfully demanded... John {his I mark} Frasher, Elizabeth
{her + mark} Frasher. Wit: Roger Paget, Isaac {his X mark} ARLEDG and Abraham
Pennington. Recorded 11 April 1764.
Followed by Release in Fee 14 Jan 1748. Same parties. Land granted
to Frasher 20 May 1747 99 acres; reserving unto King's Majesty Quit Rent
of 3 shillings sterling or 4 shillings proclamation money for every
hundred acres; for 200 pounds current money paid by Pennington to Frashers....John
{his I mark} Frasher, Elizabeth {her + mark} Frasher. Wit: Roger Paget,
Isaac {his X mark} ARLEDG and Abraham Pennington. Recorded 11 April 1764.
1763-1765. 1 Nov 1763, Petition for Warrant of Survey for 100 a on
Wateree River to Isaac ARNAGE (Graham Louer's notes: One Isaac ARNAGE received
two grants of 100 acres each on Crooked Creek of the Wateree River March
12, 1765 and September 10, 1765; presumably another Isaac ALDRIDGE received
a grant on October 22, 1768 [Source: Alice Sekanick, The Hutchison Family,
1994, p. 64; grant records filed in Royal Grants Vol. 12, p. 148; Vol.
13, p. 164, and Vol. 17, p. 30, in the SC Department of Archives and History.]
[WHICH ISAAC is WHICH? And upon what basis does Sekanick make the decision
that these were two different Isaacs in these particular transactions?
She may not have been aware of all the other transactions (below) in which
one of the Isaac Arledges figured].
The following are listings for Isaac ALDRIDGE/ARLEDGE's involvement
in land transactions in all of SC prior to the formation of Fairfield County.
It is not clear which of these is attributed to the elder Isaac (b. 1721)
and which to his nephew. It might be possible to map the land patterns,
since the younger Isaac would likely have stayed in the same general area
as his mother Elizabeth, her husband Mathias Fellows, and his uncle William
Aldridge. On the other hand, the elder Isaac seemed to take his own path
and not settle as close to his brothers' families.
[ARNAGE, Isaac. Grant for 100 acres on Crooked Creek of Wateree River,
12 Mar 1765]--from Sekanick
[ALDERAGE, Isaac. 200 acres between land laid out for said ALDERAGE
on Wateree River in Craven Co. 6 August 1765]--from deed itself
[ARNAGE, Isaac. Grant for 100 acres on Crooked Creek of Wateree River,
10 Sept 1765]--from Sekanick
ALDERAGE, Isaac. Plat for 200 acres on Wateree River, certified 27
Sept 1765
ALDRIDGE, Isaac. Plat for 200 acres on Wateree River 24 June 1768;
[also 4 October 1768]
ALDRIDGE, Isaac. Land Grant for 200 acres on Wateree Creek (bounding
NE his own land, other sides vacant), Craven County, 22 October 1768
ALDRIDGE, Isaac. Memorial for 200 acres on Wateree River, Craven
County, 23 Jan 1769
ALDRIGE, Isaac. John LONG. Plat for 100 a. Craven Co. 9 Dec 1771
ARLEGE, Isaac from Jonathan GREGORY, Lease and Release, 1774: from
Jonathan Gregory of Oringburgh District to Isaac ARLIG, of 278 acres for
10 shillings. From Brent Holcomb's SC Deed Abstracts: Book S-4 pp.
153-158: Lease and Release, 13-14 Nov 1774, Jonathan GREGORY of Orangeburgh
District, Planter, to ISAAC ARLEDGE, both of Province of SC, for 300 pounds
SC money, 278 acres onsouth side of Wateree River granted to
Richard Gregory and said Gregory died without a will and said Jonathan
Gregory, oldest son, is the heir at law. Jonathan Gregory (LS), wit: Isabell
Fairchild, John Thos. Fairchild, Abraham Fairchild. Proved in Orangeburgh
Dist before John Fairchild, JP 14 Nov 1774. Recorded 28 June 1775.
ALRIDGE, Isaac. Land Grant for 50 acres in Craven County 1 June 1775.
ALDRIDGE, Isaac. Memorial for 50 acres on Catawba or Wateree River, Craven
County, bounding said Aldridge's land on both NE and NW Survey certified
5 May 1775 and granted 1 June 1775. 7 October 1775
ALDRIDGE, Isaac. John WINN, Memorial for 2 tracts in Craven Co (250
acres and 100 acres) 16 November 1775
ALDRIDGE, Isaac to Robert and John ELLISON, lease and release, 1783.
A 1783 deed exists between Isaac ARLEDGE, planter of Camden District, and
Robert and John Ellison for the same 278 acres. From Brent Holcomb's SC
Deed Abstracts: Book H-5 pp. 279-283: Lease and Release 13-14 August 1783.
ISAAC ARLEDGE of Camden District, Planter, to Robert and John Ellison of
said District, planters, for 100 pounds sterling, 278 acres in Craven County
on south side of Wateree River on Wateree Creek originally granted to Richard
Gregory, conveyed to said Isaac Arledge 13-14 Nov 1774. Isaac Arledge (I0
(LS) Wit: Joseph Miiliagan, Saml Adams. Recorded 10 Nov 1783.
An Isaac ALDRIDGE received a royal grant in 1768 for 200 acres in
Craven Co, SC, to which he added land purchases to build a large plantation
on the Wateree River in Fairfield Co, SC.
Notes: S.C. MAGAZINE OF ANCESTRAL RESEARCH. Vol. I. p. 65. Henry
and Elizabeth Bishop were husband and wife and were killed Aug. 1, 1780,
Rev. War. p. 96. James Bishop was a purchaser of Henry and Nancy Ivey's
estate Mar. 25, 1791, Fairfield Co., S.C. So were Burrel Ivy and Isaac
Aldrige (variation of Arledge) purchasers of this estate. [NOTE: Isaac
Arledge (Sr.) 's daughter Sarah married James Bishop, and Henry was apparently
a brother to James. Burrell Ivey was the son-in-law of James and Sarah
Arledge Bishop].
Isaac was cited in 1784 for having provided 2000 pounds of beef for
Continental Army use in 1782, for which the US govt owed him 250 pounds,
13 shillings, 4 pence plus interest. [Wylma Anne Wates, ed. 1955, "Stub
Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against SC Growing Out of
the Revolution," Columbia: SC Archives, pp. v and 4]. [WHICH ISAAC?]
Will of Isaac ARLEDGE, Sr. of Fairfield Co, SC written 5 January
1790; proved 18 November 1790. Recorded in Fairfield Co, SC Will Book No
1, pages 92 & 93: "In the name of God Amen, I Isaac Arledge Senr of
the State of South Carolina in Fairfield County being sick and weak of
body but of sound mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God I do hereby
make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last Will and Testament in
writing and form following. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Joseph
Arledge one plantation or tract of land containing one hundred acres--whereon
he now dwelleth. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Clement Arledge a
certain tract or parcel of land containing seventy five acres more or less
being the upward part of this plantation ot tract of land whereon I now
dwell, beginning at a hickory (tree) on the river, thence off to Joseph
Arledge's line, thence down his line to a pine(tree) marked for a corner.
This said line contains about three hundred & twenty yards in length.
Thense from the said pine in a south course to the river. Item, All the
rest of my lands not yet given together with all the rest of my movable
estate, I give to my beloved wife Anna Arledge during her Widowhood, excepting
the following articles. I give and bequeath to my daughter Huldah one Sorrrel
Horse and seven head of cattle. I give and bequeath to my daughter Rachel,
one black horse and five head of cattle. I giveth and bequeath to my son
Isaac twelve head of cattle. I give and bequeath to my son William, eight
head of cattle. These cattle belonging to Isaac and William I desire may
remain for and to the use of my wife until the boys comes of age. And after
her widowhood is ended, I will that what is lent to her be sold at public
sale and the money to be divided as follows. Namely to my son Caleb, fifty
Shillings Sterling and my daughter Ann Bishop, fifty Shillings, and to
my daughter Sarah fifty Shillings. The remainer to be equally divided amongst
Joseph, Clement, Amos, Rachel and Huldah, excepting two negroes namely
one wench named Dolly and a child named Lucy to my son Isaac, and a negro
boy named March and a girl named Phillis to my son William, and a feather
bed and furniture to fall to my son Isaac, and another bed and furniture
to William, my youngest son. And the remainder of my lands not before given,
I will that my son Amos Arledge shall inherit the same, him and his heirs
forever. And lastly I do constitute and appoint my two sons, namely Joseph
and Clement, Executors to this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof
I have thereunto set my Hand and Seal this Fifth Day of January in the
year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety." his Isaac (x)
Arledge mark. Witnesses: John Yarbrough, Thomas Hicks. her Hannah (x) Arledge
mark
p. 100 Inventory and appraisement of the Goods and Chattels of Isaac
Arledge deceased:
51 head of cattle ...63.15
Flax, fodder, tobacco...21.5
150 bushels of corn & plantation tools...14.5
Plows, grindstone, pair of Shillards(?)...1.16
Bacon; 4 beds and furniture...19
13 head of sheep; kitchen furniture....7.6
Cow hides; home beer (?), wheat...1.2.6
15 head of hogs, bedsteads and sundries...8.2
3 spinning wheels; pewter...2.0.0
books, cotton and cards...1
Spun cotton; flour and bag...2.0
Bottles; table and seats; fowls...2.3
Potatoes; seven negroes...240.15
Four stoves; five bells...21.12
Tobacco; pickling tub; sundries...1.3
peas and beans; parcel of hogs...5.10
Drawing knife and sundries...0.14
3 Sickles....0.3
10 head of Sky hogs; Slab...4.8.
TOTAL: 419.5.6 pounds
Feb 13, 1791 12 certify that to the best of our knowledge we have
fairly appraised the above property.
John Allison
Amos Arledge
Bartlet {hisI mark} Hinson
Recorded 14 April 1791
Graham Louer (personal correspondence) writes: "Although Isaac Sr.
died in 1790, the estate sale was evidently not held until 7 December 1798
(unless there was also an earlier sale). A possible reason might be, I
suppose, that they waited until Isaac's widow Anna had also passed away,
as stipulated in the will. Then, the sale wasn't certified by Clement,
one of the executors (with Joseph), until 27 February 1802. (The estate
appraisal was completed on 13 February 1791.)"
Estate of Isaac Arledge Administration; names include: Jonathan Belton,
John Ellison, Charles Pickett, Isaac Arledge (all due estate) and Amos
Arledge, Charles Pickett, Clement Arledge, Zachariah Thompson, Doctor Knox,
James Bishop, John Ellison (credits). Certified by Clement Arledge, Executor,
27 Feb 1802, recorded 20 Dec 1802.
Bill of sale of the Estate of Isaac Arledge, Deceased [held 7 Dec
1798]:
purchasers of livestock: Joseph Arlege, Jos. Dobbins, Isaac Arledge,
Jos. Arledge, Amos Arledge, Philemon Starke, Zachariah Thompson, Isaac
Arledge, Edmund Strange, Joseph Arledge, Isaac Arledge, William Picket,
Hugh Malone, Willm Sibley, Charles Raby, Amos Areldge, Mabra Hill. Purchasers
of tools, etc: Thos. Land, Randolph Wright, Joseph Arledge, Willm Arledge
of Taylors Creek, James Ware, Thos. Land, John Flowers, Philemon Day, John
Mosely, John Hornsby, Amos Arledge, Gerard Duntze, Zach. Thomson; Isaac
Arledge, Willm Arledge, David George, Willm Mclure, Jos. Arledge, Isaac
Arledge, Jas. Garrett, Daniel Elliott, Thos. Stone, Gervis Gibson, Isaac
Arledge, Jere Burge, Willm Mcluer, Charles Raly, Isaac Areldge, Robert
Shirley, Isaac Arledge, Jos. Arledge, Bird Owens, John Flood. Purchasers
of slaves: Daniel Elliott (negro man named Tom), Joseph Arledge (negro
man). Total sale 249.18.6 pounds. Recorded 23 Dec 1802
Graham Louer has carefully tracked the Arledge family through the
Fairfield legal records in the aftermath of patriarch Isaac's death. On
20 August 1798, he writes, daughter Rachel and husband Mabry Hill "signed
away Rachel's share of the estate for the sum of 20 pounds paid by Isaac
and William Arledge....Others who signed receipts (so far found) for their
share of the estate" [include]: CALEB on 25 January 1800 (50 shillings
from Clement); SARAH BISHOP on 27 April 1800 (2 pounds 10 chillings from
Clement); ANNE BISHOP on 3 June 1800 (2 pounds 10 shillings from Clement);
and WILLIAM ARLEDGE, ISAAC ARLEDGE, JESSE GINN and AMOS ARLEDGE on 22 July
1803 for unspecified amounts. [Beside the entry for Jesse Ginn, Louer has
noted "This would be for Jesse Wright."
Louer continues, "As yet no record has been seen of payments to the
remaining two legatees, Joseph and Clement, who were the executors. (It
was also the custom or law, apparently, not to make distribution to legatees
until they came of age or married). At any rate, both Sarah Bishop and
Anne Bishop were presumably widowed by the time they received their shares,
since each signed for herself." (Graham Louer, personal correspondence,
1998)
DISCUSSION OF THE ISAAC ARLEDGE PROBLEM in FAIRFIELD CO, SC
_________________________
There is some confusion about which Isaac Arledge various Fairfield
Co, SC records refer to. The work of Alice Sekanick (The Hutchison Family,
1994) has brought to light some important records. An older ("Isaac , Sr.")
and a younger Isaac ("Isaac Jr.") are listed as members of the Broad River
Baptist Church in Fairfield County, SC, "whose members were scattered between
the Broad and Wateree Rivers." Sekanick also notes that "each of these
men received grants for 200 acres on Crooked Creek of the Wateree River.
This area is desginated as Aldridge's Shoals on very early maps. Since
land grants were based on headwrights, with 50 acres allotted to each person,
[the two Isaacs] each had four family members in their households at the
time of their grants. Surveys are dated 1765 for [one] Isaac and 1768 for
[the other] Isaac." [Sources: Sekanick, 1994, p. 64. Her sources are Leah
Townsend, South Carolina Baptists 1670-1805 (Florence, SC: Florence Printing
Company, 1935), p. 173; Brent Holcomb ed. Some South Carolina County Records,
Vol. 1 (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1981)]
A search of early SC land records actually shows a much more extensive
pattern of Aldridge/Arledge land transactions than indicated above. It
shows land acquisitions on or along Wateree Creek, Wateree River, the Edisto
River, and Dutchman's Creek, among other places, by at least three Aldridge/Arledge
relatives (John, William and Isaac) starting as early as 1749.
It seems that researchers on this family keep finding new Isaac Arledges
as time goes by. Both Franklin R. Aldridge and Rulon C. Allred, according
to Alice Sekanick, were "unaware that there were two Isaac Arledges" and
conflated the records of the Isaacs (Sekanick, 1994, FN, p. 235).
Sekanick's work provides some important distinctions. Yet like her predecessors,
she was unaware of yet another Isaac Arledge whose existence causes
her interpretations to need re-examination. Alice Sekanick proposed that,
"based on the preceding information, a reasonable case can be made for
the following scenario": in summary, she speculates that Isaac, the son
of William & Sarah, married Elizabeth; that he died between 1772-1789,
his widow married Mathias Fellows; his children included Isaac and Moses.
Then, she speculates, this younger Isaac became the Fairfield County patriarch
married to Anna, who was the father of Joseph, Clement, Amos, Caleb et
al.
However, I respectfully disagree with this interpretation by Sekanick.
New information sheds a different light on the relationships. Based upon
all existing evidence available to me today (1998), I believe that the
"Isaac Jr" in her scenario was not the son but was rather the nephew of
"Isaac Sr" (b. 1721), and that indeed, as F.R. Aldridge had concluded,
the patriarch of the Fairfield Co, SC Arledge clan (who died in 1790) was
the same Isaac who was born in Northumberland Co, VA in 1721.
I believe there were THREE Isaacs who figure into this scenario in
Fairfield between 1750 and 1820, rather than just two: the elder Isaac
(1721-1790, married Anna/Hannah), his nephew (born 1730-1740, died 1820,
married Sallie McCormick), and the elder Isaac's son (born after 1769,
died 1847, married Lydia ???). I believe that Sekanick conflated these
three into two.
Based upon incomplete evidence that I hope will be found (missing
wills, etc.), here are the relationships as I see them. It seems that there
were three sons of William Aldridge of Northumberland County who migrated
to SC: William (b.c. 1704), John (b.c. 1706) and Isaac (b. 1721). [Another
son Clement moved to Bertie or Granville County, NC; his son Isaac (another
one!) settled in Randolph County, NC. I will not consider him at this time.]
Keep in mind that Isaac (b. 1721) was William (Sr)'s son by his second
wife, Sarah, so was considerably (15-20 years) younger than his older half
brothers.
I believe that the Elizabeth in question (nee Elizabeth Thomas of
Northumberland Co, VA, daughter of Richard Thomas), was married to one
of the older brothers, most likely John--not Isaac, as Sekanick has proposed--and
together they had five children: Isaac, Moses (note: Moses was a Thomas
family name), Lydia (who married William Millar), John, and William. Elizabeth
was named in her father's 1741 will as Elizabeth Aldridge, so she was married
prior to this time, and probably still in VA. [It is unlikely that Isaac
b. 1721 was married by 1741 since he was apprenticed to John Callahan.]
There is also newly-discovered evidence that John and Elizabeth Thomas
Arledge were in Frederick County, VA prior to settling in SC. "John
ARLEDGE of Virginia" (and presumably Elizabeth) applied for in 1749, and
received in 1750, a royal grant along the Wateree River near present-day
Camden, SC. Elizabeth was widowed from her Arledge husband prior to her
remarriage to Matthias Fellows. Elizabeth Arledge received a royal
grant of 100 acres on Dutchman's Creek in Craven County beside William
Arledge on 12 Dec 1766; on 6 Oct 1767 this was certified for Mathias Fellewis.
I believe she was widowed by the time she received this grant; also, I
believe this provides evidence that she was *not* married to William (since
he still seems to be alive and kicking at this time). It seems she probably
had the land grant certified for Fellows upon their marriage. If not, then
she married Fellows later, at least prior to his 1789 will. His will names
"her son" Moses Arledge, as well as Isaac Arledge and Lydia Millar (also
presumably her children). They are also named in a nasty litigation brought
against the Arledge family by Moses' widow Susannah over her share of Moses'
inheritance when she remarried Charles McDaniel (1791-1795). I also have
come to believe that of five children implied in the land grant, the other
two were John Arledge (who settled in Edgefield Co, SC) and William Arledge
(who settled in Fairfield and then Kershaw County, SC).
Okay, so we have the elder Isaac who probably came to SC in the late
1740s, about the same time as his brothers John and William. Sekanick speculates,
and I agree, that Isaac was probably married twice, since his younger children
were born late in his life and were a great deal younger than the older
children. His second wife was Anna or Hannah. In his 1789 will, he remarked
that sons Isaac and William were not yet of age, so that means they were
born after 1768-9 if they were under 21. Older sons were Joseph, Amos,
Clement and Amos, and all of them were born by the mid-1750s, based upon
their ages being listed as "over 45" in the 1800 census.
This means we have
(a) Isaac 1721-1790 son of William & Sarah, with a 1789 Fairfield
Co, SC will; his children were Joseph, Caleb, Clement, Amos, Huldah, Anne,
Rachel, Sarah, William, Isaac (c)
(b) Isaac c 1735?-1820 son of Elizabeth and John [son of William
& Alice, so half-brother of Isaac (A)], who lived in Fairfield County
until 1804, when he moved to Rutherford County (with Amos) and died 1820
with a Rutherford Co, NC will (his wife was Sallie McCormick, and he was
the foster father of Harriett, who married Amos' son Jonathan, and who
was the matriarch of the Polk County ARLEDGE clan) and
(c) Isaac born aft. 1769 (died 1847), son of Isaac (A) and Hannah,
who lived his whole life in Fairfield Co. SC. He married Lydia ???, and
his children were William, Isaac, John, Austin, James, Charlotte, Eliza
and Lydia. I suspect that this line will prove to be fruitful for many
of our "unconnected branches"of the Arledge tree. A number of these children
migrated to Northwest Louisiana (Bossier Parish), but many eventually returned
to SC.
If you try to assign deeds and other documents to one of these three
Isaacs, at times it becomes difficult to know which of at least two of
them the deed might apply to. Both Isaac (A) and Isaac (B) were active
in Fairfield County affairs in the late 1700s, and for some of the land
records from the 1760s-1780s it is unclear which of these men is involved.
Since Isaac (C) did not come of age until around 1800, then it is clear
that the many references to an Isaac Arledge in the 1790s are to Isaac
(B). Fortunately, Isaac (B) left Fairfield County in 1804, so after that
time it is clear that most references can be attributed to Isaac (C) --
at least until *his* son Isaac comes of age in the 1830s!
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Notes for ANNA/HANNAH ???: Note from Graham Louer on 16 May 1999:
The pay-out dates to the estate's executors, Joseph & Clement,
have not yet been found, but Calib signed for his share 25 Jan 1800, signaling
that Anna's widowhood had ended prior to that date, probably several months
to a year or more earlier. Whether she died or remarried is unknown, but
if she were going to remarry it seems likely [based on what other widows
who remarried usually did in those times] that she would have done so sooner
after Isaac's death than 8 or 9 years afterward. thus we will for the moment
presume that Anna died in c1798 or 1799.
