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Henry Isham Sr.
(Abt 15 Aug 1625 - 1 Feb 1670)
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''#profile:Prefix #profile:RealName #profile:LastNameAtBirth'' is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons [[Albini-39
William d'Aubigné]], [[Clare-651
Richard de Clare]], [[Clare-673
Gilbert de Clare]], [[Lacy-284
John de Lacy]], [[Quincy-226
Saher de Quincy]], and [[Ros-162
Robert de Ros]].[[Category:Albini-39 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]][[Category:Lacy-284 Descendants]][[Category:Quincy-226 Descendants]][[Category:Ros-162 Descendants]] ---- US Southern Colonist ----- == Biography ==Ancestor of [[Jefferson-1
Thomas Jefferson]] 3rd US President As well as many others : [[Isham-12
'''Capt. Henry ISHAM, Gent.,''']] was born 1627/28 in Northamptonshire, England.''Royal Ancestry'' ; ''Magna Carta Ancestry'': Father: [[Isham-13
'''William Isham''']], Gent, of Little Harrowden, Northants : Mother: [[Brett-7
'''Mary Brett''']] : Immigrated: abt. 1656 to Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia.: Death Date: before 11 September 1677 For those who do not read footnotes, please note the date of death is per Richardson's Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, page 404.: Place of Death: Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia. : [[Isham-12
'''Henry''']] married [[Banks-68
'''Katherine BANKS''']], widow of Joseph Royall, daughter of Christopher BANKS.: She died in 1686 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia. (Will dated 10 Oct, proved 1 Dec.) : Katherine had several children with her 1st husband Joseph Royall: details on her profile. : Children of [[Isham-12
'''Henry ISHAM''']] and [[Banks-68
'''Katherine BANKS''']]:* Mary ISHAM, m. Col. William Randolph; they became grandparents of '''President Thomas Jefferson''' * Anne ISHAM, m. Francis Eppes * Henry ISHAM : '''Henry Isham's''' daughter, '''Mary''', married one of the first '''Randolphs''' to emigrate to Colonial America, and belonged to a family that had long been seated in Northamptonshire, and had retained its high social standing down to the present day, which is represented in the ''English Baronetage''. : '''Henry''' was a nephew of '''Sir Edward Everett''', who had been knighted by '''Charles I''' for brilliant services as an officer, and who by his will seems to have devised a considerable estate to '''Isham's''' two daughters.''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'' : His occupation was as an attorney in Virginia ''Survey of the Ishams in England and America'' == Sources ==:# Source: ''Pepys Diary'' URL: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/546/:# Source: '''Richardson, Douglas''' ; ''Royal Ancestry : A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. III, page 404. :# Source: '''Richardson, Douglas''' : ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA462&dq=richardson+magna+carta+ancestry+pytchley+boxted&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lkZCVdvgGMfzUMW9gKgJ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=richardson%20magna%20carta%20ancestry%20pytchley%20boxted&f=false Vol II, page 462], Henry Isham.:# Source: ''Survey of the Ishams in England and America: Eight Hundred and Fifty Years of History of Genealogy''. Compiled by Homer Worthington Brainard. (Rutland, Vermont., The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc.1938).:# Source: Bruce, Philip A., ''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'':# Source: ''Katherine Banks (1627-1686)''. Familypedia.wikia.com. Policy Content is available under CC-BY-SA. Accessed 29 January 2015. URL: http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Katherine_Banks_(1627-1686) :# Source: : ''My Heritage'' Record ID Number: MH:I500172* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Colonial_Virginia Map of Bermuda Hundred]* [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=d1u8VKmaN4mbyQSBn4GwBw&url=http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Bermuda_Hundred_During_the_Colonial_Period&ved=0CCEQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFgELipvaDzehXJ_9mSAlybWqHrpQ&sig2=kNRBEi1jv1QsZqW-Bm3s8Q Encyclopedia of Virginia: Bermuda Hundred During the Colonial Period] === Acknowledgments ===:* Isham-340 was created by [[Basinski-3
Judy Basinski]] through the import of Rich-Cox Tree 8-18-14.ged on Aug 18, 2014. :* Thank you to Arik Russell for his contributions towards this profile on June 8, 2012.:* Thank you to [[Raber-23
'''Lynden Raber Castle Rodriguez''']] for her contributions to the development of this profile on behalf of the ''Magna Carta Project'' January 29, 2015. ----
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----}[[Category: Northamptonshire]] [[Category: Gateway Ancestors]][[Category: Henrico County, Virginia]][[Category: Henrico County, Virginia Colony]] [[Category: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia]][[Category: US President Direct Ancestor]]
-----'''NOTE''': [[Isham-190|Mary Phoebe (Isham) Belcher]] is not a daughter of Henry Isham and has been removed. Henry and his wife [[Banks-68|Katherine]] had only three children: [[Isham-18|Henry]] Isham, Jr., [[Isham-16|Mary]] (Isham) Randolph, and [[Isham-25|Ann]] (Isham) Eppes.Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pages 402-404, ISHAM
Ancestor of [[Jefferson-1| Thomas Jefferson]], 3rd President of the United States of America, through his daughter Mary (Isham) Randolph.}
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== Biography ==
'''Capt. Henry Isham, Gent.'''
: Henry Isham was '''born''' 1627/28 in Northamptonshire, England.
:'''Father''': [[Isham-13|William Isham]], Gent, of Little Harrowden, Northhamptonshire, third son of [[Isham-388|Euseby Isham]], Knt., and his wife [[Borlase-1|Anne Borlase]], daughter of John and Anne (Lytton) Borlase.
: '''Mother''': [[Brett-7|Mary Brett]], daughter of Mary and William Brett, Esq., of Hearne (in Toddington), Bedfordshire.
: Henry Isham '''immigrated''' to Virginia about 1656 and settled in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia.
: Henry '''married''' [[Banks-68|Katherine Banks]], widow of [[Royall-2|Joseph Royall]] of Henrico County (died March 10, 1655Source: See [[Royall-2|Joseph Royall's profile]]) and daughter of [[Banks-1672|Christopher Banks]].Katherine and her1st husband Joseph Royall had several children. See [[Banks-68|her profile]] for more information. Henry and Katherine married in 1656.}
: '''Children''':* [[Isham-16|Mary Isham]], married Col. [[Randolph-94|William Randolph]]* [[Isham-25|Anne Isham]], married Francis Eppes
* [[Isham-16|Henry Isham]], Jr.
: Henry Isham's daughter [[Isham-16|Mary]] married one of the first Randolphs to emigrate to Colonial America, and belonged to a family that had long been seated in Northamptonshire, and had retained its high social standing down to the present day, which is represented in the ''English Baronetage''.} Col. William Randolph and Mary Isham were the grandparents of President Thomas Jefferson.}
: Henry was a nephew of Sir Edward Everett, who had been knighted by Charles I for brilliant services as an officer.Bruce, Philip A., ''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'' His uncle Sir [[Brett-16|Edward Brett]], in his December 1682 will, left "£200 apiece to the two daughters of his nephew Henry Isham, late of Virginia, deceased, by Katherine his wife.""Original Letters," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct., 1892), pp. 99-109 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1939798). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1939798 Stable URL]
: Henry's occupation was as an attorney in Virginia.''Survey of the Ishams in England and America: Eight Hundred and Fifty Years of History of Genealogy''. Compiled by Homer Worthington Brainard. (Rutland, Vermont., The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc.1938).
: Henry Isham '''died''' at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia before 11 September 1677. His widow Elizabeth died there in 1686 (will dated 10 Oct, proved 1 Dec.).
== Sources ==
* ''Pepys Diary'' URL: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/546/* ''Katherine Banks (1627-1686)''. Familypedia.wikia.com. Policy Content is available under CC-BY-SA. Accessed 29 January 2015. URL: http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Katherine_Banks_(1627-1686)* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Colonial_Virginia Map of Bermuda Hundred]* [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=d1u8VKmaN4mbyQSBn4GwBw&url=http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Bermuda_Hundred_During_the_Colonial_Period&ved=0CCEQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFgELipvaDzehXJ_9mSAlybWqHrpQ&sig2=kNRBEi1jv1QsZqW-Bm3s8Q Encyclopedia of Virginia: Bermuda Hundred During the Colonial Period]* W. G. Stanard, "Brett-Isham-Randolph," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct., 1916), pp. 132-133 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, DOI: 10.2307/1915197). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915197 Stable URL]
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-- MERGED NOTE ------------
*'''Henry Isham1
*'''M, b. circa 1628, d. before 11 September 1677
*Father William Isham b. 20 Mar 1588, d. a 4 Oct 1630
*Mother Mary Brett b. c 1604, d. b 22 Dec 1682
*''' Henry Isham was born circa 1628 at of Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England. He married Katherine Banks, daughter of Christopher Banks, circa 1659; They had 1 son (Henry) and 2 daughters (Mary & Anne). Henry Isham died before 11 September 1677 at Bermunda Hundred, Henrico, VA.
*'''Family Katherine Banks b. c 1630
*Children
**Mary Isham2 b. c 1660, d. 25 Dec 1735
**Anne Isham+ b. c 1665, d. 1718
*Citations
*1.[S6018] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 338; Family Group Sheets in SLC Archives.
*2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 603.
*From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p648.htm#i19474
*--------------------
*'''A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two ... By Craig Hart
*http://books.google.com/books?id=TOae78XVP0kC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=Susannah+Isham&source=bl&ots=CCXU44eoLG&sig=n3K1owaDwAyuI72NvTqCnrPjw7A&hl=en&ei=tOXQTPRyj8SwA9DdjMgL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=Susannah%20Isham&f=false
*Pg.136-139
*Martha Wayles, b. October 19, 1748, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. September 6, 1782, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va., m.(1) Bathurst Skelton, m(2) January 1, 1772, Thomas Jefferson, b. April 13, 1743, Virginia; d. Monticello
*G-3
*Francis Eppes, b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Va.; d. 1718 or 1719, Henrico Co., Va., m. Anne Isham, b. Henrico Co., Va; d. Va.
*G-4
*'''HENRY ISHAM, b. 1628, England; d. 1675, m. KATHERINE BANKS, b. 1632, England
*G-5
*William Isham, b. March 20, 1587 or 1588, Pytchley, England; d. 1631, Pytchley, England, m. Mary Brett, b. 1603, Toddington, England; d. 1675
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*'''The Virginia magazine of history and biography (1893)
*http://www23.us.archive.org/details/virginiamagazin09socigoog
*http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/virginiamagazin09socigoog#page/n87/mode/1up
*Pg. 75
*Joseph Royall m. Thomasin m. Ann; brother Henry; land patent 1637
Note. Joseph Royall probable son of above patentee, m. '''Katherine __, who m. 2nd Henry Isham, Sr.'''
*________
Henry Isham son of William Isham, of Bedfordshire, England, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Edward Brett, of Blendenhall, county Kent, England, came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. Settled at Bermuda Hundred, where he married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall of Henrico county, and had: 1. Henry, who died unmarried. 2. Mary, who married William Randolph. 3. Elizabeth, who married Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. A fine impression of the Isham arms, on a red wax seal, is attached to a paper at Henrico court house. IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
Col. William Randolph of Warwickshire, but late of Virginia, Gent., died April 11, 1711. Mrs. Mary Randolph, his only wife. She was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Catherine his wife. He was of Northamptonshire, but late of Virginia, Gent. In 1674 he emigrated to Virginia and settled at Turkey Island, on James River, Henrico County, Va. Was clerk of Henrico County from 1683 to 1711; was member of the House of Burgesses from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1705, and again in 1710; Speaker of the House, 1690; Clerk of the House, 1702; Attorney General, 1696, and of the Royal Council a member. There is on file at Henrico Court House a paper dated 1698 bearing signature and a fine impression of his arms-"Gu, upon a cross or, fin mullets gu." Col. William Randolph married (1680) Mary Isham, daughter of Henry Isham, of Burmuda Hundred on James River, and Catherine, his wife (maiden name unknown). Their children, arranged in order, by John Randolph of Roanoke, are as follows: 1. William Randolph, Jr., known as Councillor Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Nov. 1681. Married (1705) Elizabeth Beverly. 2. Thomas Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, June, 1683, settled at Tuckahoe on James River, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1710) Judith Churchill. 3. Isham Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Dec. 1684, settled at Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1717) Jane Rogers, of Shadgate Street, London, Eng. 4. Richard Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, May, 1686, settled at Curls Neck. Married (1714) Jane Bolling. 5. Henry Randolph, b. Oct. 1687; d. unmarried, in England and willed his share of Curls estate to Richard. 6. Sir John Randolph, Knight, b. at Turkey Island, April, 1689; settled in Williamsburg, Va. Married (1718) Susanna Beverly, sister of his brother William's wife. 7. Edward Randolph, b. Oct. 1690, settled in Bristol, Eng. Married (1715) Miss Grosvenor, of Bristol, and had among other children Edward Randolph, Jr., who married Lucy Harrison; Elizabeth, married Mr. Yates, of Gloucester Co.; Mary, married Rev. Robert Yates. Their daughter, Catherine, married Dr. Robert Wellford, a surgeon in the English army, who settled in Fredericksburg. (See Secretary Nelson's record.)
A family in England bearing the name of de Isham or Isham has existed over a period of eight hundred and fifty years. For about three hundred and forty years the line is somewhat uncertain, but from the year 1424 to the present time the family may be definitely traced in its ancient home in Northamptonshire, England. In the sixteenth century the fortunes of the family began to improve and in 1627 the then representative of the family was made a baronet, a title which has continued to the present time, although not in the direct line. The account of the Isham family is based upon the researches of the Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, the seat of the baronets Isham, and who had the use of the very extensive archives and family papers there preserved. Other families bearing the name are found in Shropshire and Somersetshire.
Henry Isham of the ancient house of Pitchley emigrated to Virginia. Who his first wife was is unknown: several references to her suggest her name to Elizabeth. Phoebe Isham is a daughter from this marriage and a son, Edward or Edmund.
He had no surviving son by his second wife Kathrine:(Henry jr. died at an early age), daughters Mary and Ann Isham from this marriage.
"The Virginians themselves are inclined to suspect that Henry had more children by his first wife Elizabeth???
son Henry by his second wife mentions only his immediate family in his will. Philip Alexander Bruce says there is a possible daughter who married a Cherstain--otherwise he cannot account for an Isham Cherstain, except as a fancy name.
Phoebe, that married Robert Belcher, shows up in Virginia b: 1649-50 there in Henrico county, the only possibility of being Henrys daughter, the other daughters and son henry were not born til around 1660. Katherine out lived henry and married again and had other children this leads us to believe Henry was older and Katherine Younger when he married her, giving rise to the fact he was married before.
Edward Isham a son by the first marriage:
possible descendents
John Isham in Henry County in Nansemond, further west toward Kentucky--he very likely from Edward; Ann Isham Gordon as late as 1796 (will) of Prince George county, near Bermuda Hundred.
15. EUSEBY ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1586-87 at Braunston; married Susan, widow of Daniel Kechen. In 1630 he was dwelling at Pytchley. No issue.
16. WILLIAM ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1587-88 at Braunston; married at Toddington, county Bedford, Aug. 15, 1625, Mary Brett, sister of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley in Kent, knight, serjeant-porter to the king, whose will of Dec. 22, 1682, proved Mar. 17, 1683-84, mentions his Virginia nephew, Henry Isham (Henry sr's son by Katherine), deceased, and his two daughters.
16. WILLIAM, bapt. Mar. 20, 1587-88; m. Mary Brett; was
living 1627.
CHILDREN
Euseby, bapt. June 7, 1626, at Pytchley; d. Jan. 30, 1653-54,
and was buried at Wroxton near Banbury in Oxfordshire,
with an inscription on a small brass.
The inscription is as follows: Heare lyeth the body of Euseby Isam sonne of William Isam of Pichly in the conty of North-hampton, esquire, buryed the 31 day of Ianuary anno domini 1653. "The family had no connection that I know of with Wroxton, and there was no reason why he should have been buried there, unless the young man (he was only twenty-seven) in the troubles of the time fell in some skirmish or brawl. The register of the church is badly kept, and makes no mention even of his burial, nor does the name of Isham occur in it. I conclude he was almost without doubt unmarried."
24. Henry, of Bermuda Hundred upon James River in Henrico
county, Virginia;m#1 Elizabeth Anne. #2 m: Katherine Banks
17. THOMAS ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Dec. 20, 1600; died Feb. 6, 1669-70, and was buried at Wheatfield, where his monument remains; married at Pytchley Aug. 28, 1628, Elizabeth Denton, baptized at Stowe May 6, 1610, daughter of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Bucks, knight. She died Sept. 20, 1667, and was buried at Hillesden, where her monument remains.
Thomas Isham resided at Radclive, county Buckingham, and at Wheatfield, county Oxford. He and his wife are often named in the well-known letters of the Verney family and he was fined œ10 in 1649 by the parliamentary committee, having compounded, on June 28 of that year, lest his estate should be sequestrated for anything said or done by him during the first civil war. His wife's Buckinghamshire connections may have been the reason for his keeping house at Radclive, but he was of Wheatfield, Feb. 1, 1669-70, when he made his will.
CHILDREN
Euseby, d. in infancy and was buried Aug. 2, 1629, at Hillesden.
Thomas, b. at Wheatfield, where the registers are lost;
d. unmarried July 17, 1676, and was buried at Hillesden,
with a monument. He matriculated at Merton College,
Oxford, Mar. 31, 1664, being then aged seventeen and
received B.A. June 20, 1667; barrister-at-law of the
Middle Temple in 1675. By his will of June 13, 1676,
he gave œ400 in trust, to be paid to the heir apparent
or heir male of the body of his cousin german, Henry
Isham of Virginia, if such heir should come to reside
in England for one whole year. He gave to his uncle
Denton, a doctor of physic œ100, and other sums to
his cousins Alexander Denton, a doctor of the Middle
Temple, George Nicholas of Covent Garden and Anne
his wife and Robert Dormer, a barrister of Lincoln's
Inn, but all his lands and real estate he gave to his
friend and cousin, Francis Drake of Stratton Audley.
By a codicil of July 17, 1676, he gave his law books and
notes to Nicholas Page and his best piece of plate to
"my cousin Anne Woodward, my dear Franck Drake's
mother." A memorandum added to the will, which was
proved July 20, 1676, by Francis Drake, the executor,
explains that a reason for the Virginian legacy was,
that Sir Edward Brett might be encouraged to be very
kind to the Virginian cousin "and therefore I begg his
kindness for his kinsman and mine."
Anne, buried at Hillesden Sept. 9, 1632, an infant.
18. SIR JOHN ISHAM of Lamport (Thomas, John of Lamport, Euseby), born on Friday July 27, 1582, according to father's notes; died at Lamport July 8, 1651, and was buried the next day at Lamport under a tombstone of black marble; married at Brixworth Oct. 19, 1607, Judith Lewin, born about Oct. 31, 1590, died June 25, 1625, in thirty-fifth year and was buried at Lamport, a tablet of black marble over the altar describing her as "Daughter to learned William Lewin." She was the youngest daughter of William Lewin of Otteringden in Kent, a doctor of the civil law and a judge of the prerogative court.
Sir John's godfathers were John Isham his grandfather, then sheriff of Northamptonshire, and his great-uncle Henry Isham, citizen of London and controller of the Custom House and his godmother, Alice, wife of Thomas Aldershawe.
On May 30, 1627, he had a patent of a baronetcy from King Charles II. He added to the family estates by buying from Francis Saunders, esquire, the manor of Shangton in Leicestershire on Apr. 15, 1637, for a sum of œ12,225, but his sympathy for the royal cause impoverished the family, the king borrowing money of him and the parliament sequestrating his estates.
Elizabeth Isham the wyfe & widow of Thomas Isham Esquire my loving and religious mother daparted this lyfe on the 9th day of August being Thursday betweene the houres of 9 & 10 of the clok in the forenoone Anno Domini 1621 and was buried on the Saturday following she having lived in the worlde 69 yeares wanting 7 weekes, Shee kept
24. HENRY ISHAM (William, Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), date of birth and death unknown; married #1 unknown #2 Katharine Banks, daughter of (???) Banks of Canterbury. Her will was proved Dec. 1, 1686, in Virginia. She had married second, Joseph Royall or Ryal, and perhaps had issue by him.
As Captain Harry Isham of Bermuda Hundred, he is named in the will of John Smith of Bristol in 1676, and he was also a legatee in the will of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley.
Children:
Worthy to note here:
Henry is reputed to have had other Children by his first wife: Several sons and a daughter:
Many genealogies have Phoebe Isham listed as the first daughter born: This Phoebe Isham was married to Robert Belcher.
She was not mentioned in her stepbrothers will nor was any other earlier children of Henry's.
Children of Henry and Katherine Banks Royall:
Henry, of Henrico county in Virginia, to whom Thomas Isham of the Middle Temple, his cousin german once removed, gave a legacy in his will of June 13, 1676, on condition that he should come back to spend a whole year in England. This legacy was a fatal one for he d. on his voyage from England to Virginia after the completion of the year. His will of Nov. 13, 1678, was proved in London June 5, 1680, and in Virginia Feb. 1, 1678-79, by William Randolph the executor. He gave legacies
to his half-brother, Joseph Ryalland to his mother,
Mrs. Katharine Isham. His plantation, called Doggams,
in Charles City county in Virginia, he bequeathed
to his sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. (i.e. Mistress,
now Miss) Anne Isham, and the residue of his
estate in Virginia and England to Mr. William Randolph.
He was never m. and was probably the last male of the elder line of the Ishams of Pytchley.
Mary, m. in or before 1678 to William Randolph of Turkey Island in Virginia.
Anne, unmarried at the date of her brother's will of 1678. In 1685 she was m. to Francis Eppes, Jr.
The ancestry of Henry Isham of Virginia has become known through the researches of Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, and is a distinguished antiquary and genealogist of Northamptonshire families. He was M.A. of Keble College, Oxford and rector of Heyford, county Northampton, and later of a parish of Northampton itself. In 1898 he published a book having the title: Some Notes on Sir Euseby Isham of Pytchley in the County of Northampton with special reference to his Virginian Descendants. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 140 Wardour Street, 1898. He gave me a copy of this rare work in 1908, which is now given to the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford, Conn. I give the gist of his researches in his own words:
I have not given all the Randolph particulars in this pedigree, but I must just say that Richard Randolph is given two brothers, Thomas Randolph the Poet, and Henry Randolph of Randolph's River, near Apomatocks, who left issue. Their father's habitation was Morton Hall in or near Warwick; but in these particulars there is not complete accuracy.
Some further notes there are, written about the manuscript probably by the person who handed in the Pedigree.
To enquire after the estate of Sr. Eusebius Isham of Pitchley in Northampton, and another estate of his named Isham; endeavor to see will.
Mrs Isham's estate in Gloucestershr, she was dau'r in Law to Christian Policy Clerk in the same County.
The estate of Sr Edward Brett in Kent known by the name of Blendome (on) Hall (in Bexle parish Dec. 22, 1682, probate Mar. 17, 1683, codicil Nov. 7, 1683), his will dated 1684.
The Family of Wathews
Banks in Kent.
Hare 27, Mar. 27, 1684.
a son of William Isham and Mary Brett, who were married at Toddington, where many of the Brett family occur in parish registers.
Henry, the only son, died as a young man. His will (P. C.C., 81 Bath), dated 13 November 1678, was proved in Virginia 1 February 1678-9 and in London 5 June 1680 by William Randolph his executor. After bequests to his half-brother Joseph Royalland others, he leaves to his honoured mother Mrs. Katherine Isham one-third of his estate "both of what is in Virginia and England"; to his sister Mrs. Anne Isham a third; and his plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known as Doggams, equally between his two sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. Anne Isham. Mr. William Randolph to be his residuary legatee and sole executor. Mary Isham had married Col. William Randolph, and on the latter's monument she is described as daughter
The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 [from Ancestry.com] Isham Family Henrico County RecordsSamuel Torke , of Grandhurst , in Kent County , clothier, admr. with will annexed of Henry Richards , late of London , Mercht., decd. unadministered by John Richards late brother & executor of last will & testament of sd. Henry Richards , allsoe, decd. and admr. of sd. John Richards . to Henry Isham , of London Mercht. 140: lawfull money of England , all those several debts & sumes of money & parcell of Tobaccoe due by bill, account, pr goods or otherwise, & all those goods wares merchandizes Commoditys & things whatsoever menconed, expressed & sett downe in a schedule to these presents annexed (bee they norr more or less) either by reason of the late Rebellion in Virginia in part beyond the Seas or other causalthes ways or means whatsoever. Sept. 20, 1678 . Proved in Henrico Co. Court Feby. 1, 1678/9 . Vol. 1677 , 1692 : p. 76.
Henry Isham's Will -- 1678, Henrico County, VA
13 November 1678 , Henrico County, VA
Will #3:
In the name of God Amen, November 13,1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in
Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to
Almighty God therefore do make , ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testament
in manner of form following:
First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation
of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit
everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall
permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath as
followeth.
Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be
delivered him within twelve months after my decease.
Item: I give Richard PERRIN & Wife, John WILKINSON & Wife, William BRYD &
Wife, to each a gold ring about twelve shillings price.
Item: I give and bequeath to my honored mother,Catharine ISHAM, one full third part of my
personal estate both of what is in Virginia and England after legacies above are satisfied.
Item: I give and bequeath to my loving sister, Ann ISHAM, one full third part of my personal
estate as above.
Item: I give and bequeath my plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known by
the name of Doggums, with all the land thereto---------- , all the house, fences, woods,-------- to be
equally divided between my two sisters Mrs. Mary RANDOLPH and Miss Anne ISHAM,
aforesaid to them and their heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to William RANDOLPH, with rest of my estate, both in Virginia and
England or elsewhere any ways to me belonging or appertaining and I also nominate and appoint
the said William Randolph my full and sole executor.
Lastly, I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills hertofore by me
made either written or verbal.
Henry Isham
Signed, Sealed & delivered
as his Last Will and Testament
in the presence of:
James Tubb, John Wynn, Willbert Danielt, Hugh Davis.
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Mrs Mary Randolph "was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Katherin (sp). his wife: (Her 2nd marriage). He was of Northampstonshire but late of Virginial Gen'l." Son of William Isham and his wife Mary (Brett).------------------------- Henry Isham died about 1670; his son Henry Isham, Jr.'s will was dated 1678. The dates of death for the two are often confused. Here is the start of the younger man's will which refers to his mother Catherine Banks who married his father, Henry: In the name of God Amen, November 13, 1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to Almighty God therefore do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testamentin manner of form following: First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath asfolloweth. Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be delivered him within twelve months after my decease
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"Henry Isham1
M, b. circa 1628, d. before 11 September 1677
Father William Isham b. 20 Mar 1588, d. a 4 Oct 1630
Mother Mary Brett b. c 1604, d. b 22 Dec 1682
Henry Isham was born circa 1628 at of Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England. He married Katherine Banks, daughter of Christopher Banks, circa 1659; They had 1 son (Henry) and 2 daughters (Mary & Anne). Henry Isham died before 11 September 1677 at Bermunda Hundred, Henrico, VA.
Family Katherine Banks b. c 1630
Children
Mary Isham2 b. c 1660, d. 25 Dec 1735
Anne Isham+ b. c 1665, d. 1718
Citations
1.[S6018] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 338; Family Group Sheets in SLC Archives.
2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 603.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p648.htm#i19474
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A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two ... By Craig Hart
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Martha Wayles, b. October 19, 1748, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. September 6, 1782, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va., m.(1) Bathurst Skelton, m(2) January 1, 1772, Thomas Jefferson, b. April 13, 1743, Virginia; d. Monticello
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Francis Eppes, b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Va.; d. 1718 or 1719, Henrico Co., Va., m. Anne Isham, b. Henrico Co., Va; d. Va.
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HENRY ISHAM, b. 1628, England; d. 1675, m. KATHERINE BANKS, b. 1632, England
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William Isham, b. March 20, 1587 or 1588, Pytchley, England; d. 1631, Pytchley, England, m. Mary Brett, b. 1603, Toddington, England; d. 1675
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Joseph Royall m. Thomasin m. Ann; brother Henry; land patent 1637
Note. Joseph Royall probable son of above patentee, m. Katherine __, who m. 2nd Henry Isham, Sr.
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Henry Isham son of William Isham, of Bedfordshire, England, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Edward Brett, of Blendenhall, county Kent, England, came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. Settled at Bermuda Hundred, where he married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall of Henrico county, and had: 1. Henry, who died unmarried. 2. Mary, who married William Randolph. 3. Elizabeth, who married Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. A fine impression of the Isham arms, on a red wax seal, is attached to a paper at Henrico court house. IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
Col. William Randolph of Warwickshire, but late of Virginia, Gent., died April 11, 1711. Mrs. Mary Randolph, his only wife. She was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Catherine his wife. He was of Northamptonshire, but late of Virginia, Gent. In 1674 he emigrated to Virginia and settled at Turkey Island, on James River, Henrico County, Va. Was clerk of Henrico County from 1683 to 1711; was member of the House of Burgesses from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1705, and again in 1710; Speaker of the House, 1690; Clerk of the House, 1702; Attorney General, 1696, and of the Royal Council a member. There is on file at Henrico Court House a paper dated 1698 bearing signature and a fine impression of his arms-"Gu, upon a cross or, fin mullets gu." Col. William Randolph married (1680) Mary Isham, daughter of Henry Isham, of Burmuda Hundred on James River, and Catherine, his wife (maiden name unknown). Their children, arranged in order, by John Randolph of Roanoke, are as follows: 1. William Randolph, Jr., known as Councillor Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Nov. 1681. Married (1705) Elizabeth Beverly. 2. Thomas Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, June, 1683, settled at Tuckahoe on James River, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1710) Judith Churchill. 3. Isham Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Dec. 1684, settled at Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1717) Jane Rogers, of Shadgate Street, London, Eng. 4. Richard Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, May, 1686, settled at Curls Neck. Married (1714) Jane Bolling. 5. Henry Randolph, b. Oct. 1687; d. unmarried, in England and willed his share of Curls estate to Richard. 6. Sir John Randolph, Knight, b. at Turkey Island, April, 1689; settled in Williamsburg, Va. Married (1718) Susanna Beverly, sister of his brother William's wife. 7. Edward Randolph, b. Oct. 1690, settled in Bristol, Eng. Married (1715) Miss Grosvenor, of Bristol, and had among other children Edward Randolph, Jr., who married Lucy Harrison; Elizabeth, married Mr. Yates, of Gloucester Co.; Mary, married Rev. Robert Yates. Their daughter, Catherine, married Dr. Robert Wellford, a surgeon in the English army, who settled in Fredericksburg. (See Secretary Nelson's record.)
A family in England bearing the name of de Isham or Isham has existed over a period of eight hundred and fifty years. For about three hundred and forty years the line is somewhat uncertain, but from the year 1424 to the present time the family may be definitely traced in its ancient home in Northamptonshire, England. In the sixteenth century the fortunes of the family began to improve and in 1627 the then representative of the family was made a baronet, a title which has continued to the present time, although not in the direct line. The account of the Isham family is based upon the researches of the Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, the seat of the baronets Isham, and who had the use of the very extensive archives and family papers there preserved. Other families bearing the name are found in Shropshire and Somersetshire.
Henry Isham of the ancient house of Pitchley emigrated to Virginia. Who his first wife was is unknown: several references to her suggest her name to Elizabeth. Phoebe Isham is a daughter from this marriage and a son, Edward or Edmund. He had no surviving son by his second wife Kathrine:(Henry jr. died at an early age), daughters Mary and Ann Isham from this marriage.
"The Virginians themselves are inclined to suspect that Henry had more children by his first wife Elizabeth???
son Henry by his second wife mentions only his immediate family in his will. Philip Alexander Bruce says there is a possible daughter who married a Cherstain--otherwise he cannot account for an Isham Cherstain, except as a fancy name.
Phoebe, that married Robert Belcher, shows up in Virginia b: 1649-50 there in Henrico county, the only possibility of being Henrys daughter, the other daughters and son henry were not born til around 1660. Katherine out lived henry and married again and had other children this leads us to believe Henry was older and Katherine Younger when he married her, giving rise to the fact he was married before.
Edward Isham a son by the first marriage: possible descendents
John Isham in Henry County in Nansemond, further west toward Kentucky--he very likely from Edward; Ann Isham Gordon as late as 1796 (will) of Prince George county, near Bermuda Hundred.
15. EUSEBY ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1586-87 at Braunston; married Susan, widow of Daniel Kechen. In 1630 he was dwelling at Pytchley. No issue.
16. WILLIAM ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1587-88 at Braunston; married at Toddington, county Bedford, Aug. 15, 1625, Mary Brett, sister of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley in Kent, knight, serjeant-porter to the king, whose will of Dec. 22, 1682, proved Mar. 17, 1683-84, mentions his Virginia nephew, Henry Isham (Henry sr's son by Katherine), deceased, and his two daughters.
16. WILLIAM, bapt. Mar. 20, 1587-88; m. Mary Brett; was living 1627. CHILDREN
Euseby, bapt. June 7, 1626, at Pytchley; d. Jan. 30, 1653-54, and was buried at Wroxton near Banbury in Oxfordshire, with an inscription on a small brass.
The inscription is as follows: Heare lyeth the body of Euseby Isam sonne of William Isam of Pichly in the conty of North-hampton, esquire, buryed the 31 day of Ianuary anno domini 1653. "The family had no connection that I know of with Wroxton, and there was no reason why he should have been buried there, unless the young man (he was only twenty-seven) in the troubles of the time fell in some skirmish or brawl. The register of the church is badly kept, and makes no mention even of his burial, nor does the name of Isham occur in it. I conclude he was almost without doubt unmarried."
24. Henry, of Bermuda Hundred upon James River in Henrico county, Virginia;m#1 Elizabeth Anne. #2 m: Katherine Banks
17. THOMAS ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Dec. 20, 1600; died Feb. 6, 1669-70, and was buried at Wheatfield, where his monument remains; married at Pytchley Aug. 28, 1628, Elizabeth Denton, baptized at Stowe May 6, 1610, daughter of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Bucks, knight. She died Sept. 20, 1667, and was buried at Hillesden, where her monument remains.
Thomas Isham resided at Radclive, county Buckingham, and at Wheatfield, county Oxford. He and his wife are often named in the well-known letters of the Verney family and he was fined œ10 in 1649 by the parliamentary committee, having compounded, on June 28 of that year, lest his estate should be sequestrated for anything said or done by him during the first civil war. His wife's Buckinghamshire connections may have been the reason for his keeping house at Radclive, but he was of Wheatfield, Feb. 1, 1669-70, when he made his will. CHILDREN
Euseby, d. in infancy and was buried Aug. 2, 1629, at Hillesden.
Thomas, b. at Wheatfield, where the registers are lost; d. unmarried July 17, 1676, and was buried at Hillesden, with a monument. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, Mar. 31, 1664, being then aged seventeen and received B.A. June 20, 1667; barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple in 1675. By his will of June 13, 1676, he gave œ400 in trust, to be paid to the heir apparent or heir male of the body of his cousin german, Henry Isham of Virginia, if such heir should come to reside in England for one whole year. He gave to his uncle Denton, a doctor of physic œ100, and other sums to his cousins Alexander Denton, a doctor of the Middle Temple, George Nicholas of Covent Garden and Anne his wife and Robert Dormer, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, but all his lands and real estate he gave to his friend and cousin, Francis Drake of Stratton Audley. By a codicil of July 17, 1676, he gave his law books and notes to Nicholas Page and his best piece of plate to "my cousin Anne Woodward, my dear Franck Drake's mother." A memorandum added to the will, which was proved July 20, 1676, by Francis Drake, the executor, explains that a reason for the Virginian legacy was, that Sir Edward Brett might be encouraged to be very kind to the Virginian cousin "and therefore I begg his kindness for his kinsman and mine."
Anne, buried at Hillesden Sept. 9, 1632, an infant.
18. SIR JOHN ISHAM of Lamport (Thomas, John of Lamport, Euseby), born on Friday July 27, 1582, according to father's notes; died at Lamport July 8, 1651, and was buried the next day at Lamport under a tombstone of black marble; married at Brixworth Oct. 19, 1607, Judith Lewin, born about Oct. 31, 1590, died June 25, 1625, in thirty-fifth year and was buried at Lamport, a tablet of black marble over the altar describing her as "Daughter to learned William Lewin." She was the youngest daughter of William Lewin of Otteringden in Kent, a doctor of the civil law and a judge of the prerogative court.
Sir John's godfathers were John Isham his grandfather, then sheriff of Northamptonshire, and his great-uncle Henry Isham, citizen of London and controller of the Custom House and his godmother, Alice, wife of Thomas Aldershawe.
On May 30, 1627, he had a patent of a baronetcy from King Charles II. He added to the family estates by buying from Francis Saunders, esquire, the manor of Shangton in Leicestershire on Apr. 15, 1637, for a sum of œ12,225, but his sympathy for the royal cause impoverished the family, the king borrowing money of him and the parliament sequestrating his estates.
Elizabeth Isham the wyfe & widow of Thomas Isham Esquire my loving and religious mother daparted this lyfe on the 9th day of August being Thursday betweene the houres of 9 & 10 of the clok in the forenoone Anno Domini 1621 and was buried on the Saturday following she having lived in the worlde 69 yeares wanting 7 weekes, Shee kept
24. HENRY ISHAM (William, Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), date of birth and death unknown; married #1 unknown #2 Katharine Banks, daughter of (???) Banks of Canterbury. Her will was proved Dec. 1, 1686, in Virginia. She had married second, Joseph Royall or Ryal, and perhaps had issue by him. As Captain Harry Isham of Bermuda Hundred, he is named in the will of John Smith of Bristol in 1676, and he was also a legatee in the will of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley. Children: Worthy to note here:
Henry is reputed to have had other Children by his first wife: Several sons and a daughter:
Many genealogies have Phoebe Isham listed as the first daughter born: This Phoebe Isham was married to Robert Belcher.
She was not mentioned in her stepbrothers will nor was any other earlier children of Henry's.
Children of Henry and Katherine Banks Royall:
Henry, of Henrico county in Virginia, to whom Thomas Isham of the Middle Temple, his cousin german once removed, gave a legacy in his will of June 13, 1676, on condition that he should come back to spend a whole year in England. This legacy was a fatal one for he d. on his voyage from England to Virginia after the completion of the year. His will of Nov. 13, 1678, was proved in London June 5, 1680, and in Virginia Feb. 1, 1678-79, by William Randolph the executor. He gave legacies to his half-brother, Joseph Ryalland to his mother, Mrs. Katharine Isham. His plantation, called Doggams, in Charles City county in Virginia, he bequeathed to his sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. (i.e. Mistress, now Miss) Anne Isham, and the residue of his estate in Virginia and England to Mr. William Randolph. He was never m. and was probably the last male of the elder line of the Ishams of Pytchley.
Mary, m. in or before 1678 to William Randolph of Turkey Island in Virginia.
Anne, unmarried at the date of her brother's will of 1678. In 1685 she was m. to Francis Eppes, Jr.
The ancestry of Henry Isham of Virginia has become known through the researches of Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, and is a distinguished antiquary and genealogist of Northamptonshire families. He was M.A. of Keble College, Oxford and rector of Heyford, county Northampton, and later of a parish of Northampton itself. In 1898 he published a book having the title: Some Notes on Sir Euseby Isham of Pytchley in the County of Northampton with special reference to his Virginian Descendants. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 140 Wardour Street, 1898. He gave me a copy of this rare work in 1908, which is now given to the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford, Conn. I give the gist of his researches in his own words:
I have not given all the Randolph particulars in this pedigree, but I must just say that Richard Randolph is given two brothers, Thomas Randolph the Poet, and Henry Randolph of Randolph's River, near Apomatocks, who left issue. Their father's habitation was Morton Hall in or near Warwick; but in these particulars there is not complete accuracy.
Some further notes there are, written about the manuscript probably by the person who handed in the Pedigree.
To enquire after the estate of Sr. Eusebius Isham of Pitchley in Northampton, and another estate of his named Isham; endeavor to see will.
Mrs Isham's estate in Gloucestershr, she was dau'r in Law to Christian Policy Clerk in the same County.
The estate of Sr Edward Brett in Kent known by the name of Blendome (on) Hall (in Bexle parish Dec. 22, 1682, probate Mar. 17, 1683, codicil Nov. 7, 1683), his will dated 1684.
The Family of Wathews Banks in Kent. Hare 27, Mar. 27, 1684.
a son of William Isham and Mary Brett, who were married at Toddington, where many of the Brett family occur in parish registers.
Henry, the only son, died as a young man. His will (P. C.C., 81 Bath), dated 13 November 1678, was proved in Virginia 1 February 1678-9 and in London 5 June 1680 by William Randolph his executor. After bequests to his half-brother Joseph Royalland others, he leaves to his honoured mother Mrs. Katherine Isham one-third of his estate "both of what is in Virginia and England"; to his sister Mrs. Anne Isham a third; and his plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known as Doggams, equally between his two sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. Anne Isham. Mr. William Randolph to be his residuary legatee and sole executor. Mary Isham had married Col. William Randolph, and on the latter's monument she is described as daughter
The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 [from Ancestry.com] Isham Family Henrico County RecordsSamuel Torke , of Grandhurst , in Kent County , clothier, admr. with will annexed of Henry Richards , late of London , Mercht., decd. unadministered by John Richards late brother & executor of last will & testament of sd. Henry Richards , allsoe, decd. and admr. of sd. John Richards . to Henry Isham , of London Mercht. œ140: lawfull money of England , all those several debts & sumes of money & parcell of Tobaccoe due by bill, account, pr goods or otherwise, & all those goods wares merchandizes Commoditys & things whatsoever menconed, expressed & sett downe in a schedule to these presents annexed (bee they norr more or less) either by reason of the late Rebellion in Virginia in part beyond the Seas or other causalthes ways or means whatsoever. Sept. 20, 1678 . Proved in Henrico Co. Court Feby. 1, 1678/9 . Vol. 1677 , 1692 : p. 76.
Henry Isham's Will -- 1678, Henrico County, VA 13 November 1678 , Henrico County, VA Will #3:
In the name of God Amen, November 13,1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to Almighty God therefore do make , ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testament in manner of form following: First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath as followeth. Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be delivered him within twelve months after my decease. Item: I give Richard PERRIN & Wife, John WILKINSON & Wife, William BRYD & Wife, to each a gold ring about twelve shillings price. Item: I give and bequeath to my honored mother,Catharine ISHAM, one full third part of my personal estate both of what is in Virginia and England after legacies above are satisfied. Item: I give and bequeath to my loving sister, Ann ISHAM, one full third part of my personal estate as above. Item: I give and bequeath my plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known by the name of Doggums, with all the land thereto----------, all the house, fences, woods,--------to be equally divided between my two sisters Mrs. Mary RANDOLPH and Miss Anne ISHAM, aforesaid to them and their heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to William RANDOLPH, with rest of my estate, both in Virginia and England or elsewhere any ways to me belonging or appertaining and I also nominate and appoint the said William Randolph my full and sole executor. Lastly, I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills hertofore by me made either written or verbal.
Henry Isham Signed, Sealed & delivered as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of: James Tubb, John Wynn, Willbert Danielt, Hugh Davis.
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Mrs Mary Randolph "was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Katherin (sp). his wife: (Her 2nd marriage). He was of Northampstonshire but late of Virginial Gen'l." Son of William Isham and his wife Mary (Brett).-------------------------Henry Isham died about 1670; his son Henry Isham, Jr.'s will was dated 1678. The dates of death for the two are often confused. Here is the start of the younger man's will which refers to his mother Catherine Banks who married his father, Henry: In the name of God Amen, November 13, 1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to Almighty God therefore do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testamentin manner of form following: First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath asfolloweth. Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be delivered him within twelve months after my decease
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Early Henrico CO VA Henry Isham's plantation in the Bermuda Hundred of Dale Parish was one major center of social life. He was partially resonsible for talking Bacon into the expedition against the Indians "after a night of drinking and convesation with Henry Isham et al".
Henry ISHAM
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1626 in Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England
Death: 1 Feb 1678/1679 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia
Note:
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died about 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico Co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue(1) Henry, died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of"Turkey Island," Henrico Co.,and (3) Anne, married Frances Eppes, ofHenrico Co. (4) Phoebe md Robert G. Belcher
In his will dated 13, November 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. namesmother, sisters and step brother.
Change Date: 4 Jun 2001 at 01:00:00Marriage 1 SpouseUnknown
Children
Phoebe ISHAM
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B.L. and R.J. Owens 1982, Sims Kin, History andGenealogy, The Descendants of William Symes of Poundsford andRelated Families[:UND].E.P. Isham 1984, An Index of the Ishams in England andAmerica[:UND]. Died between 13 November 1678 and 1 February1678/9 and 5 June 1680 when his estate was probated in Englandand Virginia. He never married.Two sisters are mentioned in his will.Mary Newton Stanard, 1917, Colonial Virginia: Its Peopleand Customs[:UND], p. 155. A Henry Isham co-owned with twoLondon merchants named Richards a store in the village ofBermuda Hundred in 1678. Thisvillage would have been on the "frontier" at this time. Aninventory has been preserved in the records of Henrico Countyand includes:men's,women's and children's shoes, "French falls," axes,steel spades, a bramble saw, shovels and tongs, hammers,reaping hooks, "scarlet cloth," tapestry, men's woolenstockings, brown sheeting, lawn, "pintadales," fine calico,tufted hollands, blue linen, gloves, women's bodices,children's, women's, and boys' stockings, whalebone,candlewick, thread of various colors, girls' and women's hoods,pins, ribbon, ivory and horn combs, children's caps, buttons,silk galloon, silk floss, "tammy," "East India petticoats,"canvas, wax, spoons, chains, brandy, guns, gunlocks, powder,nutmegs, pepper, trays, strainers, bellows, salt, trenchers,milk-pails, and steelyards."
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography[:ITAL], 4, 123, 1896. His willwas dated 13 November 1678 in Henrico County and proved 1 February 1678/9. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography[:ITAL], 18, 87, 1910. Will dated 13 November 1678 and proved 5 June 1680. This mentions his sisters Anne Isham andMrs. Mary Randolph and his half-sisters and theirhusbands Richard Perrin and John Wilkinson. Also William Byrd and his wife. 1
CAPTAIN; WENT TO VIRGINIA AND SETTLED AT BERMUDA HUNDRED
He immigrated to Virginia.
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died
after 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue (1) Henry died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," Henrico Co., and (3) Anne, married Frances Epps, of Henrico Co. In his will dated 13, January 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. names mother, sisters and step brother." Does this mean that Katherine may have had a child or children from
her previous marriage to Joseph Royall? Is it possible that Phoebe Isham could have been born Phoebe Royall and formally or informally assumed the Isham name when her mother married Capt. Henry Isham?
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died
after 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue (1) Henry died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," Henrico Co., and (3) Anne, married Frances Epps, of Henrico Co. In his will dated 13, January 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. names mother, sisters and step brother." Does this mean that Katherine may have had a child or children from
her previous marriage to Joseph Royall? Is it possible that Phoebe Isham could have been born Phoebe Royall and formally or informally assumed the Isham name when her mother married Capt. Henry Isham?
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died
after 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue (1) Henry died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," Henrico Co., and (3) Anne, married Frances Epps, of Henrico Co. In his will dated 13, January 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. names mother, sisters and step brother." Does this mean that Katherine may have had a child or children from
her previous marriage to Joseph Royall? Is it possible that Phoebe Isham could have been born Phoebe Royall and formally or informally assumed the Isham name when her mother married Capt. Henry Isham?
of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
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''#profile:Prefix #profile:RealName #profile:LastNameAtBirth'' is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons [[Albini-39
William d'Aubigné]], [[Clare-651
Richard de Clare]], [[Clare-673
Gilbert de Clare]], [[Lacy-284
John de Lacy]], [[Quincy-226
Saher de Quincy]], and [[Ros-162
Robert de Ros]].[[Category:Albini-39 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]][[Category:Lacy-284 Descendants]][[Category:Quincy-226 Descendants]][[Category:Ros-162 Descendants]] ---- US Southern Colonist ----- == Biography ==Ancestor of [[Jefferson-1
Thomas Jefferson]] 3rd US President As well as many others : [[Isham-12
'''Capt. Henry ISHAM, Gent.,''']] was born 1627/28 in Northamptonshire, England.''Royal Ancestry'' ; ''Magna Carta Ancestry'': Father: [[Isham-13
'''William Isham''']], Gent, of Little Harrowden, Northants : Mother: [[Brett-7
'''Mary Brett''']] : Immigrated: abt. 1656 to Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia.: Death Date: before 11 September 1677 For those who do not read footnotes, please note the date of death is per Richardson's Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, page 404.: Place of Death: Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia. : [[Isham-12
'''Henry''']] married [[Banks-68
'''Katherine BANKS''']], widow of Joseph Royall, daughter of Christopher BANKS.: She died in 1686 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia. (Will dated 10 Oct, proved 1 Dec.) : Katherine had several children with her 1st husband Joseph Royall: details on her profile. : Children of [[Isham-12
'''Henry ISHAM''']] and [[Banks-68
'''Katherine BANKS''']]:* Mary ISHAM, m. Col. William Randolph; they became grandparents of '''President Thomas Jefferson''' * Anne ISHAM, m. Francis Eppes * Henry ISHAM : '''Henry Isham's''' daughter, '''Mary''', married one of the first '''Randolphs''' to emigrate to Colonial America, and belonged to a family that had long been seated in Northamptonshire, and had retained its high social standing down to the present day, which is represented in the ''English Baronetage''. : '''Henry''' was a nephew of '''Sir Edward Everett''', who had been knighted by '''Charles I''' for brilliant services as an officer, and who by his will seems to have devised a considerable estate to '''Isham's''' two daughters.''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'' : His occupation was as an attorney in Virginia ''Survey of the Ishams in England and America'' == Sources ==:# Source: ''Pepys Diary'' URL: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/546/:# Source: '''Richardson, Douglas''' ; ''Royal Ancestry : A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. III, page 404. :# Source: '''Richardson, Douglas''' : ''[http://amzn.com/1461045207 Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families]'', Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA462&dq=richardson+magna+carta+ancestry+pytchley+boxted&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lkZCVdvgGMfzUMW9gKgJ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=richardson%20magna%20carta%20ancestry%20pytchley%20boxted&f=false Vol II, page 462], Henry Isham.:# Source: ''Survey of the Ishams in England and America: Eight Hundred and Fifty Years of History of Genealogy''. Compiled by Homer Worthington Brainard. (Rutland, Vermont., The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc.1938).:# Source: Bruce, Philip A., ''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'':# Source: ''Katherine Banks (1627-1686)''. Familypedia.wikia.com. Policy Content is available under CC-BY-SA. Accessed 29 January 2015. URL: http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Katherine_Banks_(1627-1686) :# Source: : ''My Heritage'' Record ID Number: MH:I500172* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Colonial_Virginia Map of Bermuda Hundred]* [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=d1u8VKmaN4mbyQSBn4GwBw&url=http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Bermuda_Hundred_During_the_Colonial_Period&ved=0CCEQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFgELipvaDzehXJ_9mSAlybWqHrpQ&sig2=kNRBEi1jv1QsZqW-Bm3s8Q Encyclopedia of Virginia: Bermuda Hundred During the Colonial Period] === Acknowledgments ===:* Isham-340 was created by [[Basinski-3
Judy Basinski]] through the import of Rich-Cox Tree 8-18-14.ged on Aug 18, 2014. :* Thank you to Arik Russell for his contributions towards this profile on June 8, 2012.:* Thank you to [[Raber-23
'''Lynden Raber Castle Rodriguez''']] for her contributions to the development of this profile on behalf of the ''Magna Carta Project'' January 29, 2015. ----
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----}[[Category: Northamptonshire]] [[Category: Gateway Ancestors]][[Category: Henrico County, Virginia]][[Category: Henrico County, Virginia Colony]] [[Category: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia]][[Category: US President Direct Ancestor]]
-----'''NOTE''': [[Isham-190|Mary Phoebe (Isham) Belcher]] is not a daughter of Henry Isham and has been removed. Henry and his wife [[Banks-68|Katherine]] had only three children: [[Isham-18|Henry]] Isham, Jr., [[Isham-16|Mary]] (Isham) Randolph, and [[Isham-25|Ann]] (Isham) Eppes.Douglas Richardson, ''[http://www.royalancestry.net/ Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families],'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pages 402-404, ISHAM
Ancestor of [[Jefferson-1| Thomas Jefferson]], 3rd President of the United States of America, through his daughter Mary (Isham) Randolph.}
----
== Biography ==
'''Capt. Henry Isham, Gent.'''
: Henry Isham was '''born''' 1627/28 in Northamptonshire, England.
:'''Father''': [[Isham-13|William Isham]], Gent, of Little Harrowden, Northhamptonshire, third son of [[Isham-388|Euseby Isham]], Knt., and his wife [[Borlase-1|Anne Borlase]], daughter of John and Anne (Lytton) Borlase.
: '''Mother''': [[Brett-7|Mary Brett]], daughter of Mary and William Brett, Esq., of Hearne (in Toddington), Bedfordshire.
: Henry Isham '''immigrated''' to Virginia about 1656 and settled in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia.
: Henry '''married''' [[Banks-68|Katherine Banks]], widow of [[Royall-2|Joseph Royall]] of Henrico County (died March 10, 1655Source: See [[Royall-2|Joseph Royall's profile]]) and daughter of [[Banks-1672|Christopher Banks]].Katherine and her1st husband Joseph Royall had several children. See [[Banks-68|her profile]] for more information. Henry and Katherine married in 1656.}
: '''Children''':* [[Isham-16|Mary Isham]], married Col. [[Randolph-94|William Randolph]]* [[Isham-25|Anne Isham]], married Francis Eppes
* [[Isham-16|Henry Isham]], Jr.
: Henry Isham's daughter [[Isham-16|Mary]] married one of the first Randolphs to emigrate to Colonial America, and belonged to a family that had long been seated in Northamptonshire, and had retained its high social standing down to the present day, which is represented in the ''English Baronetage''.} Col. William Randolph and Mary Isham were the grandparents of President Thomas Jefferson.}
: Henry was a nephew of Sir Edward Everett, who had been knighted by Charles I for brilliant services as an officer.Bruce, Philip A., ''Social Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century'' His uncle Sir [[Brett-16|Edward Brett]], in his December 1682 will, left "£200 apiece to the two daughters of his nephew Henry Isham, late of Virginia, deceased, by Katherine his wife.""Original Letters," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct., 1892), pp. 99-109 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1939798). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1939798 Stable URL]
: Henry's occupation was as an attorney in Virginia.''Survey of the Ishams in England and America: Eight Hundred and Fifty Years of History of Genealogy''. Compiled by Homer Worthington Brainard. (Rutland, Vermont., The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc.1938).
: Henry Isham '''died''' at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia before 11 September 1677. His widow Elizabeth died there in 1686 (will dated 10 Oct, proved 1 Dec.).
== Sources ==
* ''Pepys Diary'' URL: http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/546/* ''Katherine Banks (1627-1686)''. Familypedia.wikia.com. Policy Content is available under CC-BY-SA. Accessed 29 January 2015. URL: http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Katherine_Banks_(1627-1686)* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Colonial_Virginia Map of Bermuda Hundred]* [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=d1u8VKmaN4mbyQSBn4GwBw&url=http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Bermuda_Hundred_During_the_Colonial_Period&ved=0CCEQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNFgELipvaDzehXJ_9mSAlybWqHrpQ&sig2=kNRBEi1jv1QsZqW-Bm3s8Q Encyclopedia of Virginia: Bermuda Hundred During the Colonial Period]* W. G. Stanard, "Brett-Isham-Randolph," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct., 1916), pp. 132-133 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, DOI: 10.2307/1915197). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915197 Stable URL]
== Acknowledgments ==:Click the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Isham-12 Changes tab] to see edits to this profile; from that list, click WikiTree IDs other than Isham-12 to see changes to those profiles prior to being merged. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile, including [[Raber-23|Lynden Raber Castle Rodriguez]] for her contributions to the development of this profile on behalf of the ''Magna Carta Project'' January 29, 2015.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
*'''Henry Isham1
*'''M, b. circa 1628, d. before 11 September 1677
*Father William Isham b. 20 Mar 1588, d. a 4 Oct 1630
*Mother Mary Brett b. c 1604, d. b 22 Dec 1682
*''' Henry Isham was born circa 1628 at of Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England. He married Katherine Banks, daughter of Christopher Banks, circa 1659; They had 1 son (Henry) and 2 daughters (Mary & Anne). Henry Isham died before 11 September 1677 at Bermunda Hundred, Henrico, VA.
*'''Family Katherine Banks b. c 1630
*Children
**Mary Isham2 b. c 1660, d. 25 Dec 1735
**Anne Isham+ b. c 1665, d. 1718
*Citations
*1.[S6018] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 338; Family Group Sheets in SLC Archives.
*2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 603.
*From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p648.htm#i19474
*
*'''A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two ... By Craig Hart
*http://books.google.com/books?id=TOae78XVP0kC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=Susannah+Isham&source=bl&ots=CCXU44eoLG&sig=n3K1owaDwAyuI72NvTqCnrPjw7A&hl=en&ei=tOXQTPRyj8SwA9DdjMgL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=Susannah%20Isham&f=false
*Pg.136-139
*Martha Wayles, b. October 19, 1748, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. September 6, 1782, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va., m.(1) Bathurst Skelton, m(2) January 1, 1772, Thomas Jefferson, b. April 13, 1743, Virginia; d. Monticello
*G-3
*Francis Eppes, b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Va.; d. 1718 or 1719, Henrico Co., Va., m. Anne Isham, b. Henrico Co., Va; d. Va.
*G-4
*'''HENRY ISHAM, b. 1628, England; d. 1675, m. KATHERINE BANKS, b. 1632, England
*G-5
*William Isham, b. March 20, 1587 or 1588, Pytchley, England; d. 1631, Pytchley, England, m. Mary Brett, b. 1603, Toddington, England; d. 1675
*
*'''The Virginia magazine of history and biography (1893)
*http://www23.us.archive.org/details/virginiamagazin09socigoog
*http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/virginiamagazin09socigoog#page/n87/mode/1up
*Pg. 75
*Joseph Royall m. Thomasin m. Ann; brother Henry; land patent 1637
Note. Joseph Royall probable son of above patentee, m. '''Katherine __, who m. 2nd Henry Isham, Sr.'''
*________
Henry Isham son of William Isham, of Bedfordshire, England, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Edward Brett, of Blendenhall, county Kent, England, came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. Settled at Bermuda Hundred, where he married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall of Henrico county, and had: 1. Henry, who died unmarried. 2. Mary, who married William Randolph. 3. Elizabeth, who married Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. A fine impression of the Isham arms, on a red wax seal, is attached to a paper at Henrico court house. IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
Col. William Randolph of Warwickshire, but late of Virginia, Gent., died April 11, 1711. Mrs. Mary Randolph, his only wife. She was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Catherine his wife. He was of Northamptonshire, but late of Virginia, Gent. In 1674 he emigrated to Virginia and settled at Turkey Island, on James River, Henrico County, Va. Was clerk of Henrico County from 1683 to 1711; was member of the House of Burgesses from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1705, and again in 1710; Speaker of the House, 1690; Clerk of the House, 1702; Attorney General, 1696, and of the Royal Council a member. There is on file at Henrico Court House a paper dated 1698 bearing signature and a fine impression of his arms-"Gu, upon a cross or, fin mullets gu." Col. William Randolph married (1680) Mary Isham, daughter of Henry Isham, of Burmuda Hundred on James River, and Catherine, his wife (maiden name unknown). Their children, arranged in order, by John Randolph of Roanoke, are as follows: 1. William Randolph, Jr., known as Councillor Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Nov. 1681. Married (1705) Elizabeth Beverly. 2. Thomas Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, June, 1683, settled at Tuckahoe on James River, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1710) Judith Churchill. 3. Isham Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Dec. 1684, settled at Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1717) Jane Rogers, of Shadgate Street, London, Eng. 4. Richard Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, May, 1686, settled at Curls Neck. Married (1714) Jane Bolling. 5. Henry Randolph, b. Oct. 1687; d. unmarried, in England and willed his share of Curls estate to Richard. 6. Sir John Randolph, Knight, b. at Turkey Island, April, 1689; settled in Williamsburg, Va. Married (1718) Susanna Beverly, sister of his brother William's wife. 7. Edward Randolph, b. Oct. 1690, settled in Bristol, Eng. Married (1715) Miss Grosvenor, of Bristol, and had among other children Edward Randolph, Jr., who married Lucy Harrison; Elizabeth, married Mr. Yates, of Gloucester Co.; Mary, married Rev. Robert Yates. Their daughter, Catherine, married Dr. Robert Wellford, a surgeon in the English army, who settled in Fredericksburg. (See Secretary Nelson's record.)
A family in England bearing the name of de Isham or Isham has existed over a period of eight hundred and fifty years. For about three hundred and forty years the line is somewhat uncertain, but from the year 1424 to the present time the family may be definitely traced in its ancient home in Northamptonshire, England. In the sixteenth century the fortunes of the family began to improve and in 1627 the then representative of the family was made a baronet, a title which has continued to the present time, although not in the direct line. The account of the Isham family is based upon the researches of the Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, the seat of the baronets Isham, and who had the use of the very extensive archives and family papers there preserved. Other families bearing the name are found in Shropshire and Somersetshire.
Henry Isham of the ancient house of Pitchley emigrated to Virginia. Who his first wife was is unknown: several references to her suggest her name to Elizabeth. Phoebe Isham is a daughter from this marriage and a son, Edward or Edmund.
He had no surviving son by his second wife Kathrine:(Henry jr. died at an early age), daughters Mary and Ann Isham from this marriage.
"The Virginians themselves are inclined to suspect that Henry had more children by his first wife Elizabeth???
son Henry by his second wife mentions only his immediate family in his will. Philip Alexander Bruce says there is a possible daughter who married a Cherstain--otherwise he cannot account for an Isham Cherstain, except as a fancy name.
Phoebe, that married Robert Belcher, shows up in Virginia b: 1649-50 there in Henrico county, the only possibility of being Henrys daughter, the other daughters and son henry were not born til around 1660. Katherine out lived henry and married again and had other children this leads us to believe Henry was older and Katherine Younger when he married her, giving rise to the fact he was married before.
Edward Isham a son by the first marriage:
possible descendents
John Isham in Henry County in Nansemond, further west toward Kentucky--he very likely from Edward; Ann Isham Gordon as late as 1796 (will) of Prince George county, near Bermuda Hundred.
15. EUSEBY ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1586-87 at Braunston; married Susan, widow of Daniel Kechen. In 1630 he was dwelling at Pytchley. No issue.
16. WILLIAM ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1587-88 at Braunston; married at Toddington, county Bedford, Aug. 15, 1625, Mary Brett, sister of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley in Kent, knight, serjeant-porter to the king, whose will of Dec. 22, 1682, proved Mar. 17, 1683-84, mentions his Virginia nephew, Henry Isham (Henry sr's son by Katherine), deceased, and his two daughters.
16. WILLIAM, bapt. Mar. 20, 1587-88; m. Mary Brett; was
living 1627.
CHILDREN
Euseby, bapt. June 7, 1626, at Pytchley; d. Jan. 30, 1653-54,
and was buried at Wroxton near Banbury in Oxfordshire,
with an inscription on a small brass.
The inscription is as follows: Heare lyeth the body of Euseby Isam sonne of William Isam of Pichly in the conty of North-hampton, esquire, buryed the 31 day of Ianuary anno domini 1653. "The family had no connection that I know of with Wroxton, and there was no reason why he should have been buried there, unless the young man (he was only twenty-seven) in the troubles of the time fell in some skirmish or brawl. The register of the church is badly kept, and makes no mention even of his burial, nor does the name of Isham occur in it. I conclude he was almost without doubt unmarried."
24. Henry, of Bermuda Hundred upon James River in Henrico
county, Virginia;m#1 Elizabeth Anne. #2 m: Katherine Banks
17. THOMAS ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Dec. 20, 1600; died Feb. 6, 1669-70, and was buried at Wheatfield, where his monument remains; married at Pytchley Aug. 28, 1628, Elizabeth Denton, baptized at Stowe May 6, 1610, daughter of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Bucks, knight. She died Sept. 20, 1667, and was buried at Hillesden, where her monument remains.
Thomas Isham resided at Radclive, county Buckingham, and at Wheatfield, county Oxford. He and his wife are often named in the well-known letters of the Verney family and he was fined œ10 in 1649 by the parliamentary committee, having compounded, on June 28 of that year, lest his estate should be sequestrated for anything said or done by him during the first civil war. His wife's Buckinghamshire connections may have been the reason for his keeping house at Radclive, but he was of Wheatfield, Feb. 1, 1669-70, when he made his will.
CHILDREN
Euseby, d. in infancy and was buried Aug. 2, 1629, at Hillesden.
Thomas, b. at Wheatfield, where the registers are lost;
d. unmarried July 17, 1676, and was buried at Hillesden,
with a monument. He matriculated at Merton College,
Oxford, Mar. 31, 1664, being then aged seventeen and
received B.A. June 20, 1667; barrister-at-law of the
Middle Temple in 1675. By his will of June 13, 1676,
he gave œ400 in trust, to be paid to the heir apparent
or heir male of the body of his cousin german, Henry
Isham of Virginia, if such heir should come to reside
in England for one whole year. He gave to his uncle
Denton, a doctor of physic œ100, and other sums to
his cousins Alexander Denton, a doctor of the Middle
Temple, George Nicholas of Covent Garden and Anne
his wife and Robert Dormer, a barrister of Lincoln's
Inn, but all his lands and real estate he gave to his
friend and cousin, Francis Drake of Stratton Audley.
By a codicil of July 17, 1676, he gave his law books and
notes to Nicholas Page and his best piece of plate to
"my cousin Anne Woodward, my dear Franck Drake's
mother." A memorandum added to the will, which was
proved July 20, 1676, by Francis Drake, the executor,
explains that a reason for the Virginian legacy was,
that Sir Edward Brett might be encouraged to be very
kind to the Virginian cousin "and therefore I begg his
kindness for his kinsman and mine."
Anne, buried at Hillesden Sept. 9, 1632, an infant.
18. SIR JOHN ISHAM of Lamport (Thomas, John of Lamport, Euseby), born on Friday July 27, 1582, according to father's notes; died at Lamport July 8, 1651, and was buried the next day at Lamport under a tombstone of black marble; married at Brixworth Oct. 19, 1607, Judith Lewin, born about Oct. 31, 1590, died June 25, 1625, in thirty-fifth year and was buried at Lamport, a tablet of black marble over the altar describing her as "Daughter to learned William Lewin." She was the youngest daughter of William Lewin of Otteringden in Kent, a doctor of the civil law and a judge of the prerogative court.
Sir John's godfathers were John Isham his grandfather, then sheriff of Northamptonshire, and his great-uncle Henry Isham, citizen of London and controller of the Custom House and his godmother, Alice, wife of Thomas Aldershawe.
On May 30, 1627, he had a patent of a baronetcy from King Charles II. He added to the family estates by buying from Francis Saunders, esquire, the manor of Shangton in Leicestershire on Apr. 15, 1637, for a sum of œ12,225, but his sympathy for the royal cause impoverished the family, the king borrowing money of him and the parliament sequestrating his estates.
Elizabeth Isham the wyfe & widow of Thomas Isham Esquire my loving and religious mother daparted this lyfe on the 9th day of August being Thursday betweene the houres of 9 & 10 of the clok in the forenoone Anno Domini 1621 and was buried on the Saturday following she having lived in the worlde 69 yeares wanting 7 weekes, Shee kept
24. HENRY ISHAM (William, Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), date of birth and death unknown; married #1 unknown #2 Katharine Banks, daughter of (???) Banks of Canterbury. Her will was proved Dec. 1, 1686, in Virginia. She had married second, Joseph Royall or Ryal, and perhaps had issue by him.
As Captain Harry Isham of Bermuda Hundred, he is named in the will of John Smith of Bristol in 1676, and he was also a legatee in the will of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley.
Children:
Worthy to note here:
Henry is reputed to have had other Children by his first wife: Several sons and a daughter:
Many genealogies have Phoebe Isham listed as the first daughter born: This Phoebe Isham was married to Robert Belcher.
She was not mentioned in her stepbrothers will nor was any other earlier children of Henry's.
Children of Henry and Katherine Banks Royall:
Henry, of Henrico county in Virginia, to whom Thomas Isham of the Middle Temple, his cousin german once removed, gave a legacy in his will of June 13, 1676, on condition that he should come back to spend a whole year in England. This legacy was a fatal one for he d. on his voyage from England to Virginia after the completion of the year. His will of Nov. 13, 1678, was proved in London June 5, 1680, and in Virginia Feb. 1, 1678-79, by William Randolph the executor. He gave legacies
to his half-brother, Joseph Ryalland to his mother,
Mrs. Katharine Isham. His plantation, called Doggams,
in Charles City county in Virginia, he bequeathed
to his sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. (i.e. Mistress,
now Miss) Anne Isham, and the residue of his
estate in Virginia and England to Mr. William Randolph.
He was never m. and was probably the last male of the elder line of the Ishams of Pytchley.
Mary, m. in or before 1678 to William Randolph of Turkey Island in Virginia.
Anne, unmarried at the date of her brother's will of 1678. In 1685 she was m. to Francis Eppes, Jr.
The ancestry of Henry Isham of Virginia has become known through the researches of Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, and is a distinguished antiquary and genealogist of Northamptonshire families. He was M.A. of Keble College, Oxford and rector of Heyford, county Northampton, and later of a parish of Northampton itself. In 1898 he published a book having the title: Some Notes on Sir Euseby Isham of Pytchley in the County of Northampton with special reference to his Virginian Descendants. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 140 Wardour Street, 1898. He gave me a copy of this rare work in 1908, which is now given to the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford, Conn. I give the gist of his researches in his own words:
I have not given all the Randolph particulars in this pedigree, but I must just say that Richard Randolph is given two brothers, Thomas Randolph the Poet, and Henry Randolph of Randolph's River, near Apomatocks, who left issue. Their father's habitation was Morton Hall in or near Warwick; but in these particulars there is not complete accuracy.
Some further notes there are, written about the manuscript probably by the person who handed in the Pedigree.
To enquire after the estate of Sr. Eusebius Isham of Pitchley in Northampton, and another estate of his named Isham; endeavor to see will.
Mrs Isham's estate in Gloucestershr, she was dau'r in Law to Christian Policy Clerk in the same County.
The estate of Sr Edward Brett in Kent known by the name of Blendome (on) Hall (in Bexle parish Dec. 22, 1682, probate Mar. 17, 1683, codicil Nov. 7, 1683), his will dated 1684.
The Family of Wathews
Banks in Kent.
Hare 27, Mar. 27, 1684.
a son of William Isham and Mary Brett, who were married at Toddington, where many of the Brett family occur in parish registers.
Henry, the only son, died as a young man. His will (P. C.C., 81 Bath), dated 13 November 1678, was proved in Virginia 1 February 1678-9 and in London 5 June 1680 by William Randolph his executor. After bequests to his half-brother Joseph Royalland others, he leaves to his honoured mother Mrs. Katherine Isham one-third of his estate "both of what is in Virginia and England"; to his sister Mrs. Anne Isham a third; and his plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known as Doggams, equally between his two sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. Anne Isham. Mr. William Randolph to be his residuary legatee and sole executor. Mary Isham had married Col. William Randolph, and on the latter's monument she is described as daughter
The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 [from Ancestry.com] Isham Family Henrico County RecordsSamuel Torke , of Grandhurst , in Kent County , clothier, admr. with will annexed of Henry Richards , late of London , Mercht., decd. unadministered by John Richards late brother & executor of last will & testament of sd. Henry Richards , allsoe, decd. and admr. of sd. John Richards . to Henry Isham , of London Mercht. 140: lawfull money of England , all those several debts & sumes of money & parcell of Tobaccoe due by bill, account, pr goods or otherwise, & all those goods wares merchandizes Commoditys & things whatsoever menconed, expressed & sett downe in a schedule to these presents annexed (bee they norr more or less) either by reason of the late Rebellion in Virginia in part beyond the Seas or other causalthes ways or means whatsoever. Sept. 20, 1678 . Proved in Henrico Co. Court Feby. 1, 1678/9 . Vol. 1677 , 1692 : p. 76.
Henry Isham's Will -- 1678, Henrico County, VA
13 November 1678 , Henrico County, VA
Will #3:
In the name of God Amen, November 13,1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in
Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to
Almighty God therefore do make , ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testament
in manner of form following:
First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation
of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit
everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall
permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath as
followeth.
Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be
delivered him within twelve months after my decease.
Item: I give Richard PERRIN & Wife, John WILKINSON & Wife, William BRYD &
Wife, to each a gold ring about twelve shillings price.
Item: I give and bequeath to my honored mother,Catharine ISHAM, one full third part of my
personal estate both of what is in Virginia and England after legacies above are satisfied.
Item: I give and bequeath to my loving sister, Ann ISHAM, one full third part of my personal
estate as above.
Item: I give and bequeath my plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known by
the name of Doggums, with all the land thereto
equally divided between my two sisters Mrs. Mary RANDOLPH and Miss Anne ISHAM,
aforesaid to them and their heirs forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to William RANDOLPH, with rest of my estate, both in Virginia and
England or elsewhere any ways to me belonging or appertaining and I also nominate and appoint
the said William Randolph my full and sole executor.
Lastly, I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills hertofore by me
made either written or verbal.
Henry Isham
Signed, Sealed & delivered
as his Last Will and Testament
in the presence of:
James Tubb, John Wynn, Willbert Danielt, Hugh Davis.
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Mrs Mary Randolph "was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Katherin (sp). his wife: (Her 2nd marriage). He was of Northampstonshire but late of Virginial Gen'l." Son of William Isham and his wife Mary (Brett).
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"Henry Isham1
M, b. circa 1628, d. before 11 September 1677
Father William Isham b. 20 Mar 1588, d. a 4 Oct 1630
Mother Mary Brett b. c 1604, d. b 22 Dec 1682
Henry Isham was born circa 1628 at of Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England. He married Katherine Banks, daughter of Christopher Banks, circa 1659; They had 1 son (Henry) and 2 daughters (Mary & Anne). Henry Isham died before 11 September 1677 at Bermunda Hundred, Henrico, VA.
Family Katherine Banks b. c 1630
Children
Mary Isham2 b. c 1660, d. 25 Dec 1735
Anne Isham+ b. c 1665, d. 1718
Citations
1.[S6018] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 338; Family Group Sheets in SLC Archives.
2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 603.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p648.htm#i19474
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A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two ... By Craig Hart
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Martha Wayles, b. October 19, 1748, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. September 6, 1782, Monticello, Charlottesville, Va., m.(1) Bathurst Skelton, m(2) January 1, 1772, Thomas Jefferson, b. April 13, 1743, Virginia; d. Monticello
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Francis Eppes, b. 1659, Shirley Hundred, Va.; d. 1718 or 1719, Henrico Co., Va., m. Anne Isham, b. Henrico Co., Va; d. Va.
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HENRY ISHAM, b. 1628, England; d. 1675, m. KATHERINE BANKS, b. 1632, England
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William Isham, b. March 20, 1587 or 1588, Pytchley, England; d. 1631, Pytchley, England, m. Mary Brett, b. 1603, Toddington, England; d. 1675
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Joseph Royall m. Thomasin m. Ann; brother Henry; land patent 1637
Note. Joseph Royall probable son of above patentee, m. Katherine __, who m. 2nd Henry Isham, Sr.
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Henry Isham son of William Isham, of Bedfordshire, England, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Edward Brett, of Blendenhall, county Kent, England, came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. Settled at Bermuda Hundred, where he married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall of Henrico county, and had: 1. Henry, who died unmarried. 2. Mary, who married William Randolph. 3. Elizabeth, who married Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. A fine impression of the Isham arms, on a red wax seal, is attached to a paper at Henrico court house. IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons
Col. William Randolph of Warwickshire, but late of Virginia, Gent., died April 11, 1711. Mrs. Mary Randolph, his only wife. She was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Catherine his wife. He was of Northamptonshire, but late of Virginia, Gent. In 1674 he emigrated to Virginia and settled at Turkey Island, on James River, Henrico County, Va. Was clerk of Henrico County from 1683 to 1711; was member of the House of Burgesses from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1705, and again in 1710; Speaker of the House, 1690; Clerk of the House, 1702; Attorney General, 1696, and of the Royal Council a member. There is on file at Henrico Court House a paper dated 1698 bearing signature and a fine impression of his arms-"Gu, upon a cross or, fin mullets gu." Col. William Randolph married (1680) Mary Isham, daughter of Henry Isham, of Burmuda Hundred on James River, and Catherine, his wife (maiden name unknown). Their children, arranged in order, by John Randolph of Roanoke, are as follows: 1. William Randolph, Jr., known as Councillor Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Nov. 1681. Married (1705) Elizabeth Beverly. 2. Thomas Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, June, 1683, settled at Tuckahoe on James River, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1710) Judith Churchill. 3. Isham Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Dec. 1684, settled at Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1717) Jane Rogers, of Shadgate Street, London, Eng. 4. Richard Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, May, 1686, settled at Curls Neck. Married (1714) Jane Bolling. 5. Henry Randolph, b. Oct. 1687; d. unmarried, in England and willed his share of Curls estate to Richard. 6. Sir John Randolph, Knight, b. at Turkey Island, April, 1689; settled in Williamsburg, Va. Married (1718) Susanna Beverly, sister of his brother William's wife. 7. Edward Randolph, b. Oct. 1690, settled in Bristol, Eng. Married (1715) Miss Grosvenor, of Bristol, and had among other children Edward Randolph, Jr., who married Lucy Harrison; Elizabeth, married Mr. Yates, of Gloucester Co.; Mary, married Rev. Robert Yates. Their daughter, Catherine, married Dr. Robert Wellford, a surgeon in the English army, who settled in Fredericksburg. (See Secretary Nelson's record.)
A family in England bearing the name of de Isham or Isham has existed over a period of eight hundred and fifty years. For about three hundred and forty years the line is somewhat uncertain, but from the year 1424 to the present time the family may be definitely traced in its ancient home in Northamptonshire, England. In the sixteenth century the fortunes of the family began to improve and in 1627 the then representative of the family was made a baronet, a title which has continued to the present time, although not in the direct line. The account of the Isham family is based upon the researches of the Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, the seat of the baronets Isham, and who had the use of the very extensive archives and family papers there preserved. Other families bearing the name are found in Shropshire and Somersetshire.
Henry Isham of the ancient house of Pitchley emigrated to Virginia. Who his first wife was is unknown: several references to her suggest her name to Elizabeth. Phoebe Isham is a daughter from this marriage and a son, Edward or Edmund. He had no surviving son by his second wife Kathrine:(Henry jr. died at an early age), daughters Mary and Ann Isham from this marriage.
"The Virginians themselves are inclined to suspect that Henry had more children by his first wife Elizabeth???
son Henry by his second wife mentions only his immediate family in his will. Philip Alexander Bruce says there is a possible daughter who married a Cherstain--otherwise he cannot account for an Isham Cherstain, except as a fancy name.
Phoebe, that married Robert Belcher, shows up in Virginia b: 1649-50 there in Henrico county, the only possibility of being Henrys daughter, the other daughters and son henry were not born til around 1660. Katherine out lived henry and married again and had other children this leads us to believe Henry was older and Katherine Younger when he married her, giving rise to the fact he was married before.
Edward Isham a son by the first marriage: possible descendents
John Isham in Henry County in Nansemond, further west toward Kentucky--he very likely from Edward; Ann Isham Gordon as late as 1796 (will) of Prince George county, near Bermuda Hundred.
15. EUSEBY ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1586-87 at Braunston; married Susan, widow of Daniel Kechen. In 1630 he was dwelling at Pytchley. No issue.
16. WILLIAM ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Mar. 20, 1587-88 at Braunston; married at Toddington, county Bedford, Aug. 15, 1625, Mary Brett, sister of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley in Kent, knight, serjeant-porter to the king, whose will of Dec. 22, 1682, proved Mar. 17, 1683-84, mentions his Virginia nephew, Henry Isham (Henry sr's son by Katherine), deceased, and his two daughters.
16. WILLIAM, bapt. Mar. 20, 1587-88; m. Mary Brett; was living 1627. CHILDREN
Euseby, bapt. June 7, 1626, at Pytchley; d. Jan. 30, 1653-54, and was buried at Wroxton near Banbury in Oxfordshire, with an inscription on a small brass.
The inscription is as follows: Heare lyeth the body of Euseby Isam sonne of William Isam of Pichly in the conty of North-hampton, esquire, buryed the 31 day of Ianuary anno domini 1653. "The family had no connection that I know of with Wroxton, and there was no reason why he should have been buried there, unless the young man (he was only twenty-seven) in the troubles of the time fell in some skirmish or brawl. The register of the church is badly kept, and makes no mention even of his burial, nor does the name of Isham occur in it. I conclude he was almost without doubt unmarried."
24. Henry, of Bermuda Hundred upon James River in Henrico county, Virginia;m#1 Elizabeth Anne. #2 m: Katherine Banks
17. THOMAS ISHAM (Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), baptized Dec. 20, 1600; died Feb. 6, 1669-70, and was buried at Wheatfield, where his monument remains; married at Pytchley Aug. 28, 1628, Elizabeth Denton, baptized at Stowe May 6, 1610, daughter of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden, Bucks, knight. She died Sept. 20, 1667, and was buried at Hillesden, where her monument remains.
Thomas Isham resided at Radclive, county Buckingham, and at Wheatfield, county Oxford. He and his wife are often named in the well-known letters of the Verney family and he was fined œ10 in 1649 by the parliamentary committee, having compounded, on June 28 of that year, lest his estate should be sequestrated for anything said or done by him during the first civil war. His wife's Buckinghamshire connections may have been the reason for his keeping house at Radclive, but he was of Wheatfield, Feb. 1, 1669-70, when he made his will. CHILDREN
Euseby, d. in infancy and was buried Aug. 2, 1629, at Hillesden.
Thomas, b. at Wheatfield, where the registers are lost; d. unmarried July 17, 1676, and was buried at Hillesden, with a monument. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, Mar. 31, 1664, being then aged seventeen and received B.A. June 20, 1667; barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple in 1675. By his will of June 13, 1676, he gave œ400 in trust, to be paid to the heir apparent or heir male of the body of his cousin german, Henry Isham of Virginia, if such heir should come to reside in England for one whole year. He gave to his uncle Denton, a doctor of physic œ100, and other sums to his cousins Alexander Denton, a doctor of the Middle Temple, George Nicholas of Covent Garden and Anne his wife and Robert Dormer, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, but all his lands and real estate he gave to his friend and cousin, Francis Drake of Stratton Audley. By a codicil of July 17, 1676, he gave his law books and notes to Nicholas Page and his best piece of plate to "my cousin Anne Woodward, my dear Franck Drake's mother." A memorandum added to the will, which was proved July 20, 1676, by Francis Drake, the executor, explains that a reason for the Virginian legacy was, that Sir Edward Brett might be encouraged to be very kind to the Virginian cousin "and therefore I begg his kindness for his kinsman and mine."
Anne, buried at Hillesden Sept. 9, 1632, an infant.
18. SIR JOHN ISHAM of Lamport (Thomas, John of Lamport, Euseby), born on Friday July 27, 1582, according to father's notes; died at Lamport July 8, 1651, and was buried the next day at Lamport under a tombstone of black marble; married at Brixworth Oct. 19, 1607, Judith Lewin, born about Oct. 31, 1590, died June 25, 1625, in thirty-fifth year and was buried at Lamport, a tablet of black marble over the altar describing her as "Daughter to learned William Lewin." She was the youngest daughter of William Lewin of Otteringden in Kent, a doctor of the civil law and a judge of the prerogative court.
Sir John's godfathers were John Isham his grandfather, then sheriff of Northamptonshire, and his great-uncle Henry Isham, citizen of London and controller of the Custom House and his godmother, Alice, wife of Thomas Aldershawe.
On May 30, 1627, he had a patent of a baronetcy from King Charles II. He added to the family estates by buying from Francis Saunders, esquire, the manor of Shangton in Leicestershire on Apr. 15, 1637, for a sum of œ12,225, but his sympathy for the royal cause impoverished the family, the king borrowing money of him and the parliament sequestrating his estates.
Elizabeth Isham the wyfe & widow of Thomas Isham Esquire my loving and religious mother daparted this lyfe on the 9th day of August being Thursday betweene the houres of 9 & 10 of the clok in the forenoone Anno Domini 1621 and was buried on the Saturday following she having lived in the worlde 69 yeares wanting 7 weekes, Shee kept
24. HENRY ISHAM (William, Sir Euseby, Gregory, Euseby), date of birth and death unknown; married #1 unknown #2 Katharine Banks, daughter of (???) Banks of Canterbury. Her will was proved Dec. 1, 1686, in Virginia. She had married second, Joseph Royall or Ryal, and perhaps had issue by him. As Captain Harry Isham of Bermuda Hundred, he is named in the will of John Smith of Bristol in 1676, and he was also a legatee in the will of Sir Edward Brett of Bexley. Children: Worthy to note here:
Henry is reputed to have had other Children by his first wife: Several sons and a daughter:
Many genealogies have Phoebe Isham listed as the first daughter born: This Phoebe Isham was married to Robert Belcher.
She was not mentioned in her stepbrothers will nor was any other earlier children of Henry's.
Children of Henry and Katherine Banks Royall:
Henry, of Henrico county in Virginia, to whom Thomas Isham of the Middle Temple, his cousin german once removed, gave a legacy in his will of June 13, 1676, on condition that he should come back to spend a whole year in England. This legacy was a fatal one for he d. on his voyage from England to Virginia after the completion of the year. His will of Nov. 13, 1678, was proved in London June 5, 1680, and in Virginia Feb. 1, 1678-79, by William Randolph the executor. He gave legacies to his half-brother, Joseph Ryalland to his mother, Mrs. Katharine Isham. His plantation, called Doggams, in Charles City county in Virginia, he bequeathed to his sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. (i.e. Mistress, now Miss) Anne Isham, and the residue of his estate in Virginia and England to Mr. William Randolph. He was never m. and was probably the last male of the elder line of the Ishams of Pytchley.
Mary, m. in or before 1678 to William Randolph of Turkey Island in Virginia.
Anne, unmarried at the date of her brother's will of 1678. In 1685 she was m. to Francis Eppes, Jr.
The ancestry of Henry Isham of Virginia has become known through the researches of Rev. Henry Isham Longden, who was born at Lamport, and is a distinguished antiquary and genealogist of Northamptonshire families. He was M.A. of Keble College, Oxford and rector of Heyford, county Northampton, and later of a parish of Northampton itself. In 1898 he published a book having the title: Some Notes on Sir Euseby Isham of Pytchley in the County of Northampton with special reference to his Virginian Descendants. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 140 Wardour Street, 1898. He gave me a copy of this rare work in 1908, which is now given to the Connecticut Historical Society at Hartford, Conn. I give the gist of his researches in his own words:
I have not given all the Randolph particulars in this pedigree, but I must just say that Richard Randolph is given two brothers, Thomas Randolph the Poet, and Henry Randolph of Randolph's River, near Apomatocks, who left issue. Their father's habitation was Morton Hall in or near Warwick; but in these particulars there is not complete accuracy.
Some further notes there are, written about the manuscript probably by the person who handed in the Pedigree.
To enquire after the estate of Sr. Eusebius Isham of Pitchley in Northampton, and another estate of his named Isham; endeavor to see will.
Mrs Isham's estate in Gloucestershr, she was dau'r in Law to Christian Policy Clerk in the same County.
The estate of Sr Edward Brett in Kent known by the name of Blendome (on) Hall (in Bexle parish Dec. 22, 1682, probate Mar. 17, 1683, codicil Nov. 7, 1683), his will dated 1684.
The Family of Wathews Banks in Kent. Hare 27, Mar. 27, 1684.
a son of William Isham and Mary Brett, who were married at Toddington, where many of the Brett family occur in parish registers.
Henry, the only son, died as a young man. His will (P. C.C., 81 Bath), dated 13 November 1678, was proved in Virginia 1 February 1678-9 and in London 5 June 1680 by William Randolph his executor. After bequests to his half-brother Joseph Royalland others, he leaves to his honoured mother Mrs. Katherine Isham one-third of his estate "both of what is in Virginia and England"; to his sister Mrs. Anne Isham a third; and his plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known as Doggams, equally between his two sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. Anne Isham. Mr. William Randolph to be his residuary legatee and sole executor. Mary Isham had married Col. William Randolph, and on the latter's monument she is described as daughter
The Valentine Papers, Vol 1-4, 1864-1908 [from Ancestry.com] Isham Family Henrico County RecordsSamuel Torke , of Grandhurst , in Kent County , clothier, admr. with will annexed of Henry Richards , late of London , Mercht., decd. unadministered by John Richards late brother & executor of last will & testament of sd. Henry Richards , allsoe, decd. and admr. of sd. John Richards . to Henry Isham , of London Mercht. œ140: lawfull money of England , all those several debts & sumes of money & parcell of Tobaccoe due by bill, account, pr goods or otherwise, & all those goods wares merchandizes Commoditys & things whatsoever menconed, expressed & sett downe in a schedule to these presents annexed (bee they norr more or less) either by reason of the late Rebellion in Virginia in part beyond the Seas or other causalthes ways or means whatsoever. Sept. 20, 1678 . Proved in Henrico Co. Court Feby. 1, 1678/9 . Vol. 1677 , 1692 : p. 76.
Henry Isham's Will -- 1678, Henrico County, VA 13 November 1678 , Henrico County, VA Will #3:
In the name of God Amen, November 13,1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to Almighty God therefore do make , ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testament in manner of form following: First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath as followeth. Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be delivered him within twelve months after my decease. Item: I give Richard PERRIN & Wife, John WILKINSON & Wife, William BRYD & Wife, to each a gold ring about twelve shillings price. Item: I give and bequeath to my honored mother,Catharine ISHAM, one full third part of my personal estate both of what is in Virginia and England after legacies above are satisfied. Item: I give and bequeath to my loving sister, Ann ISHAM, one full third part of my personal estate as above. Item: I give and bequeath my plantation in Charles City County in Virginia, commonly known by the name of Doggums, with all the land thereto----------, all the house, fences, woods,--------to be equally divided between my two sisters Mrs. Mary RANDOLPH and Miss Anne ISHAM, aforesaid to them and their heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to William RANDOLPH, with rest of my estate, both in Virginia and England or elsewhere any ways to me belonging or appertaining and I also nominate and appoint the said William Randolph my full and sole executor. Lastly, I declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills hertofore by me made either written or verbal.
Henry Isham Signed, Sealed & delivered as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of: James Tubb, John Wynn, Willbert Danielt, Hugh Davis.
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Mrs Mary Randolph "was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Katherin (sp). his wife: (Her 2nd marriage). He was of Northampstonshire but late of Virginial Gen'l." Son of William Isham and his wife Mary (Brett).-------------------------Henry Isham died about 1670; his son Henry Isham, Jr.'s will was dated 1678. The dates of death for the two are often confused. Here is the start of the younger man's will which refers to his mother Catherine Banks who married his father, Henry: In the name of God Amen, November 13, 1678, Henry ISHAM, of Henrico County in Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound memory, blessed and praised to Almighty God therefore do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this my Last Will and Testamentin manner of form following: First, I bequeath my soul to God that gave the same having through and merrit and mediation of my ever blessed Savior to obtain pardon and redemption for all my sins and to inherit everlasting life. I order my body to be decently buried , as time, place and opportunity shall permitt and for those worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath asfolloweth. Item; I give to my half brother , Joseph ROYALL, the full value of forty pounds of food to be delivered him within twelve months after my decease
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Early Henrico CO VA Henry Isham's plantation in the Bermuda Hundred of Dale Parish was one major center of social life. He was partially resonsible for talking Bacon into the expedition against the Indians "after a night of drinking and convesation with Henry Isham et al".
Henry ISHAM
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1626 in Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England
Death: 1 Feb 1678/1679 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia
Note:
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died about 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico Co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue(1) Henry, died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of"Turkey Island," Henrico Co.,and (3) Anne, married Frances Eppes, ofHenrico Co. (4) Phoebe md Robert G. Belcher
In his will dated 13, November 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. namesmother, sisters and step brother.
Change Date: 4 Jun 2001 at 01:00:00Marriage 1 SpouseUnknown
Children
Phoebe ISHAM
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B.L. and R.J. Owens 1982, Sims Kin, History andGenealogy, The Descendants of William Symes of Poundsford andRelated Families[:UND].E.P. Isham 1984, An Index of the Ishams in England andAmerica[:UND]. Died between 13 November 1678 and 1 February1678/9 and 5 June 1680 when his estate was probated in Englandand Virginia. He never married.Two sisters are mentioned in his will.Mary Newton Stanard, 1917, Colonial Virginia: Its Peopleand Customs[:UND], p. 155. A Henry Isham co-owned with twoLondon merchants named Richards a store in the village ofBermuda Hundred in 1678. Thisvillage would have been on the "frontier" at this time. Aninventory has been preserved in the records of Henrico Countyand includes:men's,women's and children's shoes, "French falls," axes,steel spades, a bramble saw, shovels and tongs, hammers,reaping hooks, "scarlet cloth," tapestry, men's woolenstockings, brown sheeting, lawn, "pintadales," fine calico,tufted hollands, blue linen, gloves, women's bodices,children's, women's, and boys' stockings, whalebone,candlewick, thread of various colors, girls' and women's hoods,pins, ribbon, ivory and horn combs, children's caps, buttons,silk galloon, silk floss, "tammy," "East India petticoats,"canvas, wax, spoons, chains, brandy, guns, gunlocks, powder,nutmegs, pepper, trays, strainers, bellows, salt, trenchers,milk-pails, and steelyards."
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography[:ITAL], 4, 123, 1896. His willwas dated 13 November 1678 in Henrico County and proved 1 February 1678/9. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography[:ITAL], 18, 87, 1910. Will dated 13 November 1678 and proved 5 June 1680. This mentions his sisters Anne Isham andMrs. Mary Randolph and his half-sisters and theirhusbands Richard Perrin and John Wilkinson. Also William Byrd and his wife. 1
CAPTAIN; WENT TO VIRGINIA AND SETTLED AT BERMUDA HUNDRED
He immigrated to Virginia.
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died
after 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue (1) Henry died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," Henrico Co., and (3) Anne, married Frances Epps, of Henrico Co. In his will dated 13, January 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. names mother, sisters and step brother." Does this mean that Katherine may have had a child or children from
her previous marriage to Joseph Royall? Is it possible that Phoebe Isham could have been born Phoebe Royall and formally or informally assumed the Isham name when her mother married Capt. Henry Isham?
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died
after 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue (1) Henry died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," Henrico Co., and (3) Anne, married Frances Epps, of Henrico Co. In his will dated 13, January 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. names mother, sisters and step brother." Does this mean that Katherine may have had a child or children from
her previous marriage to Joseph Royall? Is it possible that Phoebe Isham could have been born Phoebe Royall and formally or informally assumed the Isham name when her mother married Capt. Henry Isham?
Henry Isham, Sr., came to Virginia about 1656, where he had a grant of land. As the records of Henrico Co., where he lived at Bermuda Hundred, previous to 1677 have been destroyed, no copy of his will remains; but the records show that he died
after 1675. He married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royall, of Henrico co., (stated in the Isham pedigree to be a daughter of Banks, of Canterbury, England) and had issue (1) Henry died 1679, unmarried. (2) Mary, married William Randolph, of
"Turkey Island," Henrico Co., and (3) Anne, married Frances Epps, of Henrico Co. In his will dated 13, January 1678 Henry Isham, Jr. names mother, sisters and step brother." Does this mean that Katherine may have had a child or children from
her previous marriage to Joseph Royall? Is it possible that Phoebe Isham could have been born Phoebe Royall and formally or informally assumed the Isham name when her mother married Capt. Henry Isham?
of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
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Events
| Birth | Abt 15 Aug 1625 | Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England |  | ||
| Birth | Abt 15 Aug 1625 | Bedford, England | | ||
| Birth | 1 Mar 1627 | ||||
| Christen | 1 Mar 1627 | Wold Northa, England | |||
| Birth | 1628 | South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England | | ||
| Birth | 1628 | Pytchley, Northamptonshire, England | | ||
| Marriage | 1656 | Henrico County, Virginia Colony - Katherine Banks | |||
| Emigration | 1656 | England to Virginia | |||
| JUSTICE OF CHARLES CITY COUNTY | 1657 | Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America | |||
| Marriage | 1659 | Henrico Co., Virginia - Katherine Banks | |||
| Patented land in Bermuda Hundred | 1661 | Patented land in Bermuda Hundred - Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America | |||
| CAPTAIN AND HIGH SHERIFF OF HENRICO COUNTY | From 1669 to 1670 | Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America | |||
| Death | 1 Feb 1670 | Bermuda, Hundred, Henrico, Virginia, USA | | ||
| Death | 1675 | ||||
| Death | 1676 | Bermuda, Hundred, Henrico, Virginia, USA | | ||
| Death | 1 Feb 1678 | Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia, USA | | ||
| Alt name | Henry Isham I | ||||
| Burial | Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle, Henrico County, Virginia, United States | | |||
| Title (Nobility) | Captain | ||||
| Burial | Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle |
Families
| Spouse | Katherine Banks (1627 - 1686) |
| Child | Phoebe Isham (1650 - 1735) |
| Child | Henry Isham (1654 - 1679) |
| Child | Mary Phoebe Isham (1660 - 1735) |
| Child | Anne Fitzhugh Isham (1665 - 1718) |
| Father | William Isham Gent. (1587 - 1631) |
| Mother | Mary Anne Brett (1604 - 1682) |
| Sibling | Euseby Isham (1626 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Anne Isham ( - ) |
| Father | William Isham ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812.
2. Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).
3. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812.
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
5. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812.
6. Ancestry.com, Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
7. Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812.
8. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
11. Ancestry.com, Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
12. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).