Born circa 1690 in Virginia or England.
Constable of Caroline County 1737
Formerly of Orange County.
Originally of King William County.
Associate of James Madison Sr and Col. Zachary Taylor, father and grandfather of U.S. presidents Madison and Taylor.
Colonial Caroline p353:
Caroline Jurors, 1732-45:
Henry Isbell (2 times)
P476: Henry Isbell was executor of William Isbell estate
Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
Burial site is uncertain; a guess only, because his brother may be buried there. Most of the marked graves are much later. He could have been buried at Mangohick Church. Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb p.331 says he died after 1740, probably in Orange County. If it is correct that his youngest sons were Benjamin and Jason, as Sarah Coon believed, and under age when he died, while Zachariah was of age, then he died c1746-47.
"Located at Ruther Glen, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, established in 1720, was one of the three original parishes of Caroline County and encompassed the area lying between the Mattapony and the North Anna-Pamunkey boundaries. In the beginning, St. Margaret's Parish extended beyond Caroline into King William and Spotsylvania counties, but in 1742 the General Assembly placed the lands outside Caroline County in other parishes. Since that time all of St. Margaret's Parish has been in Caroline County.
"There were three large brick churches in this parish: Chesterfield, Bull Church and Reedy Church. When the old churches were destroyed, an unpretentious frame clapboard building was erected near Ruther Glen to take their place.
"Mangohick Church served parishioners as a chapel of ease in the eighteenth century. William Byrd referred to Mangohick as the New Brick Church in 1732 (it was built about 1730). It is currently a Baptist church."
"VLR Listing Date 08/15/1972
NRHP Listing Date 12/05/1972
NPS property number 72001402
Built ca. 1730-32 as a chapel of ease for St. Margaret's Parish, but soon became the upper church of St. David's Parish. "
Dale Robinson (49941611) notes: "Mangohick Church is located at Mangohick in King William County, NOT Ruther Glen, which is in Caroline County."
Isbells were members of Carmel Baptist Church when it was established at Ruther Glen in 1773 (History of Caroline County by Marshall Wingfield, p. 319).
"St. Margaret's Parish was originally part
of King William County. When the Parish became part of Caroline, the settlement remained the chief commercial center of the Parish and attracted settlers from all sections of the parish district."(History of Caroline County.)
"On 21 February 1720, William Isbell had land in King William County, Virginia, St. John's Parrish, when Henry Webber patented 260 acres adjoining Isbell's Land (Nugent, Vol III, 226).
…Henry Isbell in Caroline County, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, on 27 September 1727. Isaac Allen bought 50 acres of land adjoining Henry Isbell's land for 5 Shillings (Nugent, Vol III, 359) [A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield, p. 74 (Book 13, p.400).] In the Court Minutes of Caroline County, … Henry Isbell was appointed Executor of the estate of his neighbor, Isaac Allen, on 14 February 1733/34 (Caroline Or Bk Pt 1, 62 and Cambell, 470)." (Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb, p.321.)
An unsourced family tree shows him as born 1694 and dying 1798 in Caroline County but seems to be confusing two generations.
A number of other family trees show his full name Henry Pendleton Isbell, which is only a guess albeit a good one as he likely was named for Henry Pendleton. But no contemporary document has been found showing any middle name and in fact does not appear in family records for 200 years, although the name Pendleton is handed down in nearly all branches of his descendants.
Henry Isbell's land in Caroline County adjoined Nicholas Dillard (Sr) which was originally in King William County. Nicholas Dillard Sr. was the father of Lewis Dillard who married Ann__ and are said to be parents of Ann Dillard who married William Isbell, son of Henry Isbell.
Dillard Research of Chris Kraft:
1704: George DILLARD (325 acres), Nicholas DILLIARD (150 acres), Edward DILLIARD (150 acres) and Thomas DILLARD (170 acres) were listed together on the King and Queen Co., VA quit rent rolls. Nicholas DILLARD paid quit rent on 150 acres, King & Queen Co., VA. The same land later became part of Caroline Co., VA. Two LEWISes had adjoining land.
1717, 1 Apr: Nicholas DILLARD was living in King William Co., VA on land adjoining the 600 acre patent of John SUTTON, Richard MAULDIN, and Thomas TERRY, between Mattapony River & Reedy Swamp. [NOTE: King William Co. was formed in 1701/2 from King and Queen Co., with the Mattapony River forming the boundary between King William and King and Queen Co.]
1718, 22 Jan: Nicholas DYLLYARD patented 200 acres of new land on head of the Gum branch, between Reedy Swamp, adjoining Paul PIGG and Thomas BROWNING.
1724: Acquired 200 more acres, King William Co., VA.
1727, 27 Sep: Isaac ALLEN patented in St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline Co., VA, on branches of the Reedy Swamp, at the corner of William OGLEVIE and Nicholas DILLARD, and on lines of Henry ISBELL and Paul PIGG. [NOTE: Caroline Co. was created 1727/8 from King William, King and Queen and Essex Counties. Reedy Swamp and Nicholas's land fell within the southern third of Caroline Co. on the south side of the Mattapony River.]
1728, 2 Sep: John SUTTON, Gent., patented land on the south side of Mattapony River adjacent to Nicholas DILLARD.
1733, 14 Feb: Caroline County court appointed Peter Claybrook, Henry Isbell and others to appraise the estate of Isaac Allen and return their proceedings to the next court.
1734, 8 Aug: George Foster was ordered to pay Henry Isbell 30 poounds of tobacco for one day's attendance at (Caroline Co.) court as a witness for him. A descendant of one George Foster (1695-1789) wrote some years ago that George Foster was married to Elizabeth "Betty" Isbell (source unknown). Was his wife a sister of Henry Isbell?
1734, 10 October mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735, 13 February: mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735: From 1735, George, Thomas, and Nicholas DILLARD appear in Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen Co., VA. also.
1735, 14 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1736, 12 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1737, 12 Aug: Henry Isbell acknowledged in Caroline Co. court his deed of land to Jeremiah Rawlings.
1737/8, 10 Mar: The Caroline Co. court record reports: "Peter Claybrook is hereby appointed constable of ye precinct in which Henry Isbell is at present constable, and it is ordered that the said Henry do summon the said Peter before a justice, to be sworn accordingly, and when he is sworn the said Henry Isbell is discharged."
1735, 13 Oct: Nicholas DILLARD, at a Vestry meeting held for Stratton Major Parish at the Upper Parish Church, was ordered to procession land between Pepetico Swamp and the Southern Branch of the Arracoe. Thomas DILLARD was ordered to procession between the Southern and Western Branches of the Arracoe. [NOTE: Same Nicholas?]
1737, 12 Aug: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of lease and release indented to Head LYNCH, Gent., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1737, 24 Nov: Henry Isbell witnessed a deed in nearby Orange County
1738, 12 May: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of gift to his son Nicholas DILLARD Jr., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1738, 16 Dec: James Cox of St. Mark's Parish in Orange County bequeathed by his will of 16 December 1738, "To Henry Isbell three hundred acres of land which the said Henry Isbell now lives on."
Henry Isbell was among the witnesses of the will.
1738/9, 22 Mar: Henry Isbell was appointed an appraiser at the inventory of the estate of James Cox.
1739, "28 February 1739, O.S. p. 111: Henry Isbell is hereby appointed Overseer from the road from the Toombstone to Colo: Willis's ordnary in the room of Zachary Taylor Gent and its ordered that the said Isbell with the tithables
that were under the said Zachary Taylor cause the highways to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law. (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.43).
1740, 13 Jun: Caroline Co., VA Court, ejectionae firma dismissed, Thomas TRYTITLE lessee of John EVANS agt. Nicholas DYLLARD. Ordered that John EVINS pay William ISBELL 160 pounds tobacco for one day's attendance and coming and going 45 miles once as an evidence for him against DYLLARD.
1741, "27 March 1741, O.S. p. 338: Ordered that Henry Isbell be Overseer of the road in the room of Edward Haley from the Office to the County Line near Wm Gaines's and that the hands that formerly workd on the said road
under James Cox and the other Overseers work on the said road & Its further ordered that he cause the said road to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.55). Note: Edward Haley may have been a nephew of Mrs. Henry Isbell.
1741, "23 July 1741, O.S. p. 426: Henry Rice is hereby appointed Overseer of the road from the Tombstone to the Trapp & that twenty of the convenientest tithables out of Henry Isbells gang Serve under him and in Case the Mine run Bridge be broke by a ffresh that the said Isbell assist ye sd Rice wth his gang to repair it. And its further orderd that the sd Henry Rice with the said Gang cause." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.58.)
1743, "25 August 1743, O.S. p. 1
On the Motion of Wm. Waller gent Ordered that James Healy be appointed Overseer of the Road leading from the Office to ye County Road in ye Room of Henry Isbell & that all Tithables who wrought under Isbell do work under Healy." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.89.)
In 1738, 1739 and 1740 Henry was ordered to view and value the improvements being made to land by other citizens, and in 1739 and 1741 he was a road overseer. He also appears on an undated Orange County Tithe list from about 1739. The transfer of land deeded by William Cox on 28 January arid 25 February 1741 was witnessed by Henry Isbell. In 1741 and 1742 Henry brought one Alexander Waugh into court in Orange County.
24-5B54-1760 , Caroline County, Virginia:
On 5-22-1760, Benjamin Hurt and Titus Hurt of Caroline County conveyed to Obadiah Hendrick, of Amelia County for 40 pounds, 304 acres of land in Amelia County between the branches of Sandy Creek and Flat Creek and bounded by Abraham Bosser, Henry Isbells and Morrisses corners.
The Hurts were probably relatives of Isabella Hurt Pendleton, wife of Philip Pendleton the immigrant and mother of Henry Pendleton.
LINEAGE:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County; father of Henry, William Jr., John
+ wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spots Orders, 7 Aug, p.240); sons: James (1720), William (1722), Henry Jr. (1724), Zachariah (c1726), possibly others
Sources:
Bound for the Promised Land by Joan C. Cobb, page 331-332
Virginians (2005) by John W. Pritchett
Southside Virginia Genealogies (2007) by John W. Pritchett, p. 3348
Walker County (GA) Heritage p. 228
Monroe County (Georgia) Heritage (1997), p.253
"The Isbell Family of Washington Co., TN" by John Miller, Watauga Assn of Genealogists Bulletin (Johnson City, TN) v.25 n.2 (1996), pp.112-14.
Constable of Caroline County 1737
Formerly of Orange County.
Originally of King William County.
Associate of James Madison Sr and Col. Zachary Taylor, father and grandfather of U.S. presidents Madison and Taylor.
Colonial Caroline p353:
Caroline Jurors, 1732-45:
Henry Isbell (2 times)
P476: Henry Isbell was executor of William Isbell estate
Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
Burial site is uncertain; a guess only, because his brother may be buried there. Most of the marked graves are much later. He could have been buried at Mangohick Church. Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb p.331 says he died after 1740, probably in Orange County. If it is correct that his youngest sons were Benjamin and Jason, as Sarah Coon believed, and under age when he died, while Zachariah was of age, then he died c1746-47.
"Located at Ruther Glen, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, established in 1720, was one of the three original parishes of Caroline County and encompassed the area lying between the Mattapony and the North Anna-Pamunkey boundaries. In the beginning, St. Margaret's Parish extended beyond Caroline into King William and Spotsylvania counties, but in 1742 the General Assembly placed the lands outside Caroline County in other parishes. Since that time all of St. Margaret's Parish has been in Caroline County.
"There were three large brick churches in this parish: Chesterfield, Bull Church and Reedy Church. When the old churches were destroyed, an unpretentious frame clapboard building was erected near Ruther Glen to take their place.
"Mangohick Church served parishioners as a chapel of ease in the eighteenth century. William Byrd referred to Mangohick as the New Brick Church in 1732 (it was built about 1730). It is currently a Baptist church."
"VLR Listing Date 08/15/1972
NRHP Listing Date 12/05/1972
NPS property number 72001402
Built ca. 1730-32 as a chapel of ease for St. Margaret's Parish, but soon became the upper church of St. David's Parish. "
Dale Robinson (49941611) notes: "Mangohick Church is located at Mangohick in King William County, NOT Ruther Glen, which is in Caroline County."
Isbells were members of Carmel Baptist Church when it was established at Ruther Glen in 1773 (History of Caroline County by Marshall Wingfield, p. 319).
"St. Margaret's Parish was originally part
of King William County. When the Parish became part of Caroline, the settlement remained the chief commercial center of the Parish and attracted settlers from all sections of the parish district."(History of Caroline County.)
"On 21 February 1720, William Isbell had land in King William County, Virginia, St. John's Parrish, when Henry Webber patented 260 acres adjoining Isbell's Land (Nugent, Vol III, 226).
…Henry Isbell in Caroline County, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, on 27 September 1727. Isaac Allen bought 50 acres of land adjoining Henry Isbell's land for 5 Shillings (Nugent, Vol III, 359) [A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield, p. 74 (Book 13, p.400).] In the Court Minutes of Caroline County, … Henry Isbell was appointed Executor of the estate of his neighbor, Isaac Allen, on 14 February 1733/34 (Caroline Or Bk Pt 1, 62 and Cambell, 470)." (Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb, p.321.)
An unsourced family tree shows him as born 1694 and dying 1798 in Caroline County but seems to be confusing two generations.
A number of other family trees show his full name Henry Pendleton Isbell, which is only a guess albeit a good one as he likely was named for Henry Pendleton. But no contemporary document has been found showing any middle name and in fact does not appear in family records for 200 years, although the name Pendleton is handed down in nearly all branches of his descendants.
Henry Isbell's land in Caroline County adjoined Nicholas Dillard (Sr) which was originally in King William County. Nicholas Dillard Sr. was the father of Lewis Dillard who married Ann__ and are said to be parents of Ann Dillard who married William Isbell, son of Henry Isbell.
Dillard Research of Chris Kraft:
1704: George DILLARD (325 acres), Nicholas DILLIARD (150 acres), Edward DILLIARD (150 acres) and Thomas DILLARD (170 acres) were listed together on the King and Queen Co., VA quit rent rolls. Nicholas DILLARD paid quit rent on 150 acres, King & Queen Co., VA. The same land later became part of Caroline Co., VA. Two LEWISes had adjoining land.
1717, 1 Apr: Nicholas DILLARD was living in King William Co., VA on land adjoining the 600 acre patent of John SUTTON, Richard MAULDIN, and Thomas TERRY, between Mattapony River & Reedy Swamp. [NOTE: King William Co. was formed in 1701/2 from King and Queen Co., with the Mattapony River forming the boundary between King William and King and Queen Co.]
1718, 22 Jan: Nicholas DYLLYARD patented 200 acres of new land on head of the Gum branch, between Reedy Swamp, adjoining Paul PIGG and Thomas BROWNING.
1724: Acquired 200 more acres, King William Co., VA.
1727, 27 Sep: Isaac ALLEN patented in St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline Co., VA, on branches of the Reedy Swamp, at the corner of William OGLEVIE and Nicholas DILLARD, and on lines of Henry ISBELL and Paul PIGG. [NOTE: Caroline Co. was created 1727/8 from King William, King and Queen and Essex Counties. Reedy Swamp and Nicholas's land fell within the southern third of Caroline Co. on the south side of the Mattapony River.]
1728, 2 Sep: John SUTTON, Gent., patented land on the south side of Mattapony River adjacent to Nicholas DILLARD.
1733, 14 Feb: Caroline County court appointed Peter Claybrook, Henry Isbell and others to appraise the estate of Isaac Allen and return their proceedings to the next court.
1734, 8 Aug: George Foster was ordered to pay Henry Isbell 30 poounds of tobacco for one day's attendance at (Caroline Co.) court as a witness for him. A descendant of one George Foster (1695-1789) wrote some years ago that George Foster was married to Elizabeth "Betty" Isbell (source unknown). Was his wife a sister of Henry Isbell?
1734, 10 October mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735, 13 February: mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735: From 1735, George, Thomas, and Nicholas DILLARD appear in Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen Co., VA. also.
1735, 14 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1736, 12 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1737, 12 Aug: Henry Isbell acknowledged in Caroline Co. court his deed of land to Jeremiah Rawlings.
1737/8, 10 Mar: The Caroline Co. court record reports: "Peter Claybrook is hereby appointed constable of ye precinct in which Henry Isbell is at present constable, and it is ordered that the said Henry do summon the said Peter before a justice, to be sworn accordingly, and when he is sworn the said Henry Isbell is discharged."
1735, 13 Oct: Nicholas DILLARD, at a Vestry meeting held for Stratton Major Parish at the Upper Parish Church, was ordered to procession land between Pepetico Swamp and the Southern Branch of the Arracoe. Thomas DILLARD was ordered to procession between the Southern and Western Branches of the Arracoe. [NOTE: Same Nicholas?]
1737, 12 Aug: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of lease and release indented to Head LYNCH, Gent., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1737, 24 Nov: Henry Isbell witnessed a deed in nearby Orange County
1738, 12 May: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of gift to his son Nicholas DILLARD Jr., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1738, 16 Dec: James Cox of St. Mark's Parish in Orange County bequeathed by his will of 16 December 1738, "To Henry Isbell three hundred acres of land which the said Henry Isbell now lives on."
Henry Isbell was among the witnesses of the will.
1738/9, 22 Mar: Henry Isbell was appointed an appraiser at the inventory of the estate of James Cox.
1739, "28 February 1739, O.S. p. 111: Henry Isbell is hereby appointed Overseer from the road from the Toombstone to Colo: Willis's ordnary in the room of Zachary Taylor Gent and its ordered that the said Isbell with the tithables
that were under the said Zachary Taylor cause the highways to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law. (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.43).
1740, 13 Jun: Caroline Co., VA Court, ejectionae firma dismissed, Thomas TRYTITLE lessee of John EVANS agt. Nicholas DYLLARD. Ordered that John EVINS pay William ISBELL 160 pounds tobacco for one day's attendance and coming and going 45 miles once as an evidence for him against DYLLARD.
1741, "27 March 1741, O.S. p. 338: Ordered that Henry Isbell be Overseer of the road in the room of Edward Haley from the Office to the County Line near Wm Gaines's and that the hands that formerly workd on the said road
under James Cox and the other Overseers work on the said road & Its further ordered that he cause the said road to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.55). Note: Edward Haley may have been a nephew of Mrs. Henry Isbell.
1741, "23 July 1741, O.S. p. 426: Henry Rice is hereby appointed Overseer of the road from the Tombstone to the Trapp & that twenty of the convenientest tithables out of Henry Isbells gang Serve under him and in Case the Mine run Bridge be broke by a ffresh that the said Isbell assist ye sd Rice wth his gang to repair it. And its further orderd that the sd Henry Rice with the said Gang cause." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.58.)
1743, "25 August 1743, O.S. p. 1
On the Motion of Wm. Waller gent Ordered that James Healy be appointed Overseer of the Road leading from the Office to ye County Road in ye Room of Henry Isbell & that all Tithables who wrought under Isbell do work under Healy." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.89.)
In 1738, 1739 and 1740 Henry was ordered to view and value the improvements being made to land by other citizens, and in 1739 and 1741 he was a road overseer. He also appears on an undated Orange County Tithe list from about 1739. The transfer of land deeded by William Cox on 28 January arid 25 February 1741 was witnessed by Henry Isbell. In 1741 and 1742 Henry brought one Alexander Waugh into court in Orange County.
24-5B54-1760 , Caroline County, Virginia:
On 5-22-1760, Benjamin Hurt and Titus Hurt of Caroline County conveyed to Obadiah Hendrick, of Amelia County for 40 pounds, 304 acres of land in Amelia County between the branches of Sandy Creek and Flat Creek and bounded by Abraham Bosser, Henry Isbells and Morrisses corners.
The Hurts were probably relatives of Isabella Hurt Pendleton, wife of Philip Pendleton the immigrant and mother of Henry Pendleton.
LINEAGE:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County; father of Henry, William Jr., John
+ wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spots Orders, 7 Aug, p.240); sons: James (1720), William (1722), Henry Jr. (1724), Zachariah (c1726), possibly others
Sources:
Bound for the Promised Land by Joan C. Cobb, page 331-332
Virginians (2005) by John W. Pritchett
Southside Virginia Genealogies (2007) by John W. Pritchett, p. 3348
Walker County (GA) Heritage p. 228
Monroe County (Georgia) Heritage (1997), p.253
"The Isbell Family of Washington Co., TN" by John Miller, Watauga Assn of Genealogists Bulletin (Johnson City, TN) v.25 n.2 (1996), pp.112-14.
Born circa 1690 in Virginia or England.
Constable of Caroline County 1737
Formerly of Orange County.
Originally of King William County.
Associate of James Madison Sr and Col. Zachary Taylor, father and grandfather of U.S. presidents Madison and Taylor.
Colonial Caroline p353:
Caroline Jurors, 1732-45:
Henry Isbell (2 times)
P476: Henry Isbell was executor of William Isbell estate
Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
Burial site is uncertain; a guess only, because his brother may be buried there. Most of the marked graves are much later. He could have been buried at Mangohick Church. Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb p.331 says he died after 1740, probably in Orange County. If it is correct that his youngest sons were Benjamin and Jason, as Sarah Coon believed, and under age when he died, while Zachariah was of age, then he died c1746-47.
"Located at Ruther Glen, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, established in 1720, was one of the three original parishes of Caroline County and encompassed the area lying between the Mattapony and the North Anna-Pamunkey boundaries. In the beginning, St. Margaret's Parish extended beyond Caroline into King William and Spotsylvania counties, but in 1742 the General Assembly placed the lands outside Caroline County in other parishes. Since that time all of St. Margaret's Parish has been in Caroline County.
"There were three large brick churches in this parish: Chesterfield, Bull Church and Reedy Church. When the old churches were destroyed, an unpretentious frame clapboard building was erected near Ruther Glen to take their place.
"Mangohick Church served parishioners as a chapel of ease in the eighteenth century. William Byrd referred to Mangohick as the New Brick Church in 1732 (it was built about 1730). It is currently a Baptist church."
"VLR Listing Date 08/15/1972
NRHP Listing Date 12/05/1972
NPS property number 72001402
Built ca. 1730-32 as a chapel of ease for St. Margaret's Parish, but soon became the upper church of St. David's Parish. "
Dale Robinson (49941611) notes: "Mangohick Church is located at Mangohick in King William County, NOT Ruther Glen, which is in Caroline County."
Isbells were members of Carmel Baptist Church when it was established at Ruther Glen in 1773 (History of Caroline County by Marshall Wingfield, p. 319).
"St. Margaret's Parish was originally part
of King William County. When the Parish became part of Caroline, the settlement remained the chief commercial center of the Parish and attracted settlers from all sections of the parish district."(History of Caroline County.)
"On 21 February 1720, William Isbell had land in King William County, Virginia, St. John's Parrish, when Henry Webber patented 260 acres adjoining Isbell's Land (Nugent, Vol III, 226).
…Henry Isbell in Caroline County, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, on 27 September 1727. Isaac Allen bought 50 acres of land adjoining Henry Isbell's land for 5 Shillings (Nugent, Vol III, 359) [A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield, p. 74 (Book 13, p.400).] In the Court Minutes of Caroline County, … Henry Isbell was appointed Executor of the estate of his neighbor, Isaac Allen, on 14 February 1733/34 (Caroline Or Bk Pt 1, 62 and Cambell, 470)." (Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb, p.321.)
An unsourced family tree shows him as born 1694 and dying 1798 in Caroline County but seems to be confusing two generations.
A number of other family trees show his full name Henry Pendleton Isbell, which is only a guess albeit a good one as he likely was named for Henry Pendleton. But no contemporary document has been found showing any middle name and in fact does not appear in family records for 200 years, although the name Pendleton is handed down in nearly all branches of his descendants.
Henry Isbell's land in Caroline County adjoined Nicholas Dillard (Sr) which was originally in King William County. Nicholas Dillard Sr. was the father of Lewis Dillard who married Ann__ and are said to be parents of Ann Dillard who married William Isbell, son of Henry Isbell.
Dillard Research of Chris Kraft:
1704: George DILLARD (325 acres), Nicholas DILLIARD (150 acres), Edward DILLIARD (150 acres) and Thomas DILLARD (170 acres) were listed together on the King and Queen Co., VA quit rent rolls. Nicholas DILLARD paid quit rent on 150 acres, King & Queen Co., VA. The same land later became part of Caroline Co., VA. Two LEWISes had adjoining land.
1717, 1 Apr: Nicholas DILLARD was living in King William Co., VA on land adjoining the 600 acre patent of John SUTTON, Richard MAULDIN, and Thomas TERRY, between Mattapony River & Reedy Swamp. [NOTE: King William Co. was formed in 1701/2 from King and Queen Co., with the Mattapony River forming the boundary between King William and King and Queen Co.]
1718, 22 Jan: Nicholas DYLLYARD patented 200 acres of new land on head of the Gum branch, between Reedy Swamp, adjoining Paul PIGG and Thomas BROWNING.
1724: Acquired 200 more acres, King William Co., VA.
1727, 27 Sep: Isaac ALLEN patented in St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline Co., VA, on branches of the Reedy Swamp, at the corner of William OGLEVIE and Nicholas DILLARD, and on lines of Henry ISBELL and Paul PIGG. [NOTE: Caroline Co. was created 1727/8 from King William, King and Queen and Essex Counties. Reedy Swamp and Nicholas's land fell within the southern third of Caroline Co. on the south side of the Mattapony River.]
1728, 2 Sep: John SUTTON, Gent., patented land on the south side of Mattapony River adjacent to Nicholas DILLARD.
1733, 14 Feb: Caroline County court appointed Peter Claybrook, Henry Isbell and others to appraise the estate of Isaac Allen and return their proceedings to the next court.
1734, 8 Aug: George Foster was ordered to pay Henry Isbell 30 poounds of tobacco for one day's attendance at (Caroline Co.) court as a witness for him. A descendant of one George Foster (1695-1789) wrote some years ago that George Foster was married to Elizabeth "Betty" Isbell (source unknown). Was his wife a sister of Henry Isbell?
1734, 10 October mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735, 13 February: mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735: From 1735, George, Thomas, and Nicholas DILLARD appear in Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen Co., VA. also.
1735, 14 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1736, 12 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1737, 12 Aug: Henry Isbell acknowledged in Caroline Co. court his deed of land to Jeremiah Rawlings.
1737/8, 10 Mar: The Caroline Co. court record reports: "Peter Claybrook is hereby appointed constable of ye precinct in which Henry Isbell is at present constable, and it is ordered that the said Henry do summon the said Peter before a justice, to be sworn accordingly, and when he is sworn the said Henry Isbell is discharged."
1735, 13 Oct: Nicholas DILLARD, at a Vestry meeting held for Stratton Major Parish at the Upper Parish Church, was ordered to procession land between Pepetico Swamp and the Southern Branch of the Arracoe. Thomas DILLARD was ordered to procession between the Southern and Western Branches of the Arracoe. [NOTE: Same Nicholas?]
1737, 12 Aug: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of lease and release indented to Head LYNCH, Gent., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1737, 24 Nov: Henry Isbell witnessed a deed in nearby Orange County
1738, 12 May: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of gift to his son Nicholas DILLARD Jr., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1738, 16 Dec: James Cox of St. Mark's Parish in Orange County bequeathed by his will of 16 December 1738, "To Henry Isbell three hundred acres of land which the said Henry Isbell now lives on."
Henry Isbell was among the witnesses of the will.
1738/9, 22 Mar: Henry Isbell was appointed an appraiser at the inventory of the estate of James Cox.
1739, "28 February 1739, O.S. p. 111: Henry Isbell is hereby appointed Overseer from the road from the Toombstone to Colo: Willis's ordnary in the room of Zachary Taylor Gent and its ordered that the said Isbell with the tithables
that were under the said Zachary Taylor cause the highways to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law. (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.43).
1740, 13 Jun: Caroline Co., VA Court, ejectionae firma dismissed, Thomas TRYTITLE lessee of John EVANS agt. Nicholas DYLLARD. Ordered that John EVINS pay William ISBELL 160 pounds tobacco for one day's attendance and coming and going 45 miles once as an evidence for him against DYLLARD.
1741, "27 March 1741, O.S. p. 338: Ordered that Henry Isbell be Overseer of the road in the room of Edward Haley from the Office to the County Line near Wm Gaines's and that the hands that formerly workd on the said road
under James Cox and the other Overseers work on the said road & Its further ordered that he cause the said road to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.55). Note: Edward Haley may have been a nephew of Mrs. Henry Isbell.
1741, "23 July 1741, O.S. p. 426: Henry Rice is hereby appointed Overseer of the road from the Tombstone to the Trapp & that twenty of the convenientest tithables out of Henry Isbells gang Serve under him and in Case the Mine run Bridge be broke by a ffresh that the said Isbell assist ye sd Rice wth his gang to repair it. And its further orderd that the sd Henry Rice with the said Gang cause." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.58.)
1743, "25 August 1743, O.S. p. 1
On the Motion of Wm. Waller gent Ordered that James Healy be appointed Overseer of the Road leading from the Office to ye County Road in ye Room of Henry Isbell & that all Tithables who wrought under Isbell do work under Healy." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.89.)
In 1738, 1739 and 1740 Henry was ordered to view and value the improvements being made to land by other citizens, and in 1739 and 1741 he was a road overseer. He also appears on an undated Orange County Tithe list from about 1739. The transfer of land deeded by William Cox on 28 January arid 25 February 1741 was witnessed by Henry Isbell. In 1741 and 1742 Henry brought one Alexander Waugh into court in Orange County.
24-5B54-1760 , Caroline County, Virginia:
On 5-22-1760, Benjamin Hurt and Titus Hurt of Caroline County conveyed to Obadiah Hendrick, of Amelia County for 40 pounds, 304 acres of land in Amelia County between the branches of Sandy Creek and Flat Creek and bounded by Abraham Bosser, Henry Isbells and Morrisses corners.
The Hurts were probably relatives of Isabella Hurt Pendleton, wife of Philip Pendleton the immigrant and mother of Henry Pendleton.
LINEAGE:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County; father of Henry, William Jr., John
+ wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spots Orders, 7 Aug, p.240); sons: James (1720), William (1722), Henry Jr. (1724), Zachariah (c1726), possibly others
Sources:
Bound for the Promised Land by Joan C. Cobb, page 331-332
Virginians (2005) by John W. Pritchett
Southside Virginia Genealogies (2007) by John W. Pritchett, p. 3348
Walker County (GA) Heritage p. 228
Monroe County (Georgia) Heritage (1997), p.253
"The Isbell Family of Washington Co., TN" by John Miller, Watauga Assn of Genealogists Bulletin (Johnson City, TN) v.25 n.2 (1996), pp.112-14.
Constable of Caroline County 1737
Formerly of Orange County.
Originally of King William County.
Associate of James Madison Sr and Col. Zachary Taylor, father and grandfather of U.S. presidents Madison and Taylor.
Colonial Caroline p353:
Caroline Jurors, 1732-45:
Henry Isbell (2 times)
P476: Henry Isbell was executor of William Isbell estate
Colonial Dames of the XVII Century
Burial site is uncertain; a guess only, because his brother may be buried there. Most of the marked graves are much later. He could have been buried at Mangohick Church. Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb p.331 says he died after 1740, probably in Orange County. If it is correct that his youngest sons were Benjamin and Jason, as Sarah Coon believed, and under age when he died, while Zachariah was of age, then he died c1746-47.
"Located at Ruther Glen, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, established in 1720, was one of the three original parishes of Caroline County and encompassed the area lying between the Mattapony and the North Anna-Pamunkey boundaries. In the beginning, St. Margaret's Parish extended beyond Caroline into King William and Spotsylvania counties, but in 1742 the General Assembly placed the lands outside Caroline County in other parishes. Since that time all of St. Margaret's Parish has been in Caroline County.
"There were three large brick churches in this parish: Chesterfield, Bull Church and Reedy Church. When the old churches were destroyed, an unpretentious frame clapboard building was erected near Ruther Glen to take their place.
"Mangohick Church served parishioners as a chapel of ease in the eighteenth century. William Byrd referred to Mangohick as the New Brick Church in 1732 (it was built about 1730). It is currently a Baptist church."
"VLR Listing Date 08/15/1972
NRHP Listing Date 12/05/1972
NPS property number 72001402
Built ca. 1730-32 as a chapel of ease for St. Margaret's Parish, but soon became the upper church of St. David's Parish. "
Dale Robinson (49941611) notes: "Mangohick Church is located at Mangohick in King William County, NOT Ruther Glen, which is in Caroline County."
Isbells were members of Carmel Baptist Church when it was established at Ruther Glen in 1773 (History of Caroline County by Marshall Wingfield, p. 319).
"St. Margaret's Parish was originally part
of King William County. When the Parish became part of Caroline, the settlement remained the chief commercial center of the Parish and attracted settlers from all sections of the parish district."(History of Caroline County.)
"On 21 February 1720, William Isbell had land in King William County, Virginia, St. John's Parrish, when Henry Webber patented 260 acres adjoining Isbell's Land (Nugent, Vol III, 226).
…Henry Isbell in Caroline County, Virginia, St. Margaret's Parish, on 27 September 1727. Isaac Allen bought 50 acres of land adjoining Henry Isbell's land for 5 Shillings (Nugent, Vol III, 359) [A History of Caroline County, Virginia by Marshall Wingfield, p. 74 (Book 13, p.400).] In the Court Minutes of Caroline County, … Henry Isbell was appointed Executor of the estate of his neighbor, Isaac Allen, on 14 February 1733/34 (Caroline Or Bk Pt 1, 62 and Cambell, 470)." (Bound for the Promised Land by Joan Cobb, p.321.)
An unsourced family tree shows him as born 1694 and dying 1798 in Caroline County but seems to be confusing two generations.
A number of other family trees show his full name Henry Pendleton Isbell, which is only a guess albeit a good one as he likely was named for Henry Pendleton. But no contemporary document has been found showing any middle name and in fact does not appear in family records for 200 years, although the name Pendleton is handed down in nearly all branches of his descendants.
Henry Isbell's land in Caroline County adjoined Nicholas Dillard (Sr) which was originally in King William County. Nicholas Dillard Sr. was the father of Lewis Dillard who married Ann__ and are said to be parents of Ann Dillard who married William Isbell, son of Henry Isbell.
Dillard Research of Chris Kraft:
1704: George DILLARD (325 acres), Nicholas DILLIARD (150 acres), Edward DILLIARD (150 acres) and Thomas DILLARD (170 acres) were listed together on the King and Queen Co., VA quit rent rolls. Nicholas DILLARD paid quit rent on 150 acres, King & Queen Co., VA. The same land later became part of Caroline Co., VA. Two LEWISes had adjoining land.
1717, 1 Apr: Nicholas DILLARD was living in King William Co., VA on land adjoining the 600 acre patent of John SUTTON, Richard MAULDIN, and Thomas TERRY, between Mattapony River & Reedy Swamp. [NOTE: King William Co. was formed in 1701/2 from King and Queen Co., with the Mattapony River forming the boundary between King William and King and Queen Co.]
1718, 22 Jan: Nicholas DYLLYARD patented 200 acres of new land on head of the Gum branch, between Reedy Swamp, adjoining Paul PIGG and Thomas BROWNING.
1724: Acquired 200 more acres, King William Co., VA.
1727, 27 Sep: Isaac ALLEN patented in St. Margaret's Parish, Caroline Co., VA, on branches of the Reedy Swamp, at the corner of William OGLEVIE and Nicholas DILLARD, and on lines of Henry ISBELL and Paul PIGG. [NOTE: Caroline Co. was created 1727/8 from King William, King and Queen and Essex Counties. Reedy Swamp and Nicholas's land fell within the southern third of Caroline Co. on the south side of the Mattapony River.]
1728, 2 Sep: John SUTTON, Gent., patented land on the south side of Mattapony River adjacent to Nicholas DILLARD.
1733, 14 Feb: Caroline County court appointed Peter Claybrook, Henry Isbell and others to appraise the estate of Isaac Allen and return their proceedings to the next court.
1734, 8 Aug: George Foster was ordered to pay Henry Isbell 30 poounds of tobacco for one day's attendance at (Caroline Co.) court as a witness for him. A descendant of one George Foster (1695-1789) wrote some years ago that George Foster was married to Elizabeth "Betty" Isbell (source unknown). Was his wife a sister of Henry Isbell?
1734, 10 October mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735, 13 February: mention is made of Henry Isbell's gang for clearing roads and mending bridges (Caroline Co.)
1735: From 1735, George, Thomas, and Nicholas DILLARD appear in Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen Co., VA. also.
1735, 14 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1736, 12 Nov: Henry Isbell served on Caroline Co. Grand Jury
1737, 12 Aug: Henry Isbell acknowledged in Caroline Co. court his deed of land to Jeremiah Rawlings.
1737/8, 10 Mar: The Caroline Co. court record reports: "Peter Claybrook is hereby appointed constable of ye precinct in which Henry Isbell is at present constable, and it is ordered that the said Henry do summon the said Peter before a justice, to be sworn accordingly, and when he is sworn the said Henry Isbell is discharged."
1735, 13 Oct: Nicholas DILLARD, at a Vestry meeting held for Stratton Major Parish at the Upper Parish Church, was ordered to procession land between Pepetico Swamp and the Southern Branch of the Arracoe. Thomas DILLARD was ordered to procession between the Southern and Western Branches of the Arracoe. [NOTE: Same Nicholas?]
1737, 12 Aug: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of lease and release indented to Head LYNCH, Gent., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1737, 24 Nov: Henry Isbell witnessed a deed in nearby Orange County
1738, 12 May: Nicholas DILLARD acknowledged his deed of gift to his son Nicholas DILLARD Jr., Caroline Co., VA Court.
1738, 16 Dec: James Cox of St. Mark's Parish in Orange County bequeathed by his will of 16 December 1738, "To Henry Isbell three hundred acres of land which the said Henry Isbell now lives on."
Henry Isbell was among the witnesses of the will.
1738/9, 22 Mar: Henry Isbell was appointed an appraiser at the inventory of the estate of James Cox.
1739, "28 February 1739, O.S. p. 111: Henry Isbell is hereby appointed Overseer from the road from the Toombstone to Colo: Willis's ordnary in the room of Zachary Taylor Gent and its ordered that the said Isbell with the tithables
that were under the said Zachary Taylor cause the highways to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law. (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.43).
1740, 13 Jun: Caroline Co., VA Court, ejectionae firma dismissed, Thomas TRYTITLE lessee of John EVANS agt. Nicholas DYLLARD. Ordered that John EVINS pay William ISBELL 160 pounds tobacco for one day's attendance and coming and going 45 miles once as an evidence for him against DYLLARD.
1741, "27 March 1741, O.S. p. 338: Ordered that Henry Isbell be Overseer of the road in the room of Edward Haley from the Office to the County Line near Wm Gaines's and that the hands that formerly workd on the said road
under James Cox and the other Overseers work on the said road & Its further ordered that he cause the said road to be cleared and the bridges to be repaired in the said precinct according to Law." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.55). Note: Edward Haley may have been a nephew of Mrs. Henry Isbell.
1741, "23 July 1741, O.S. p. 426: Henry Rice is hereby appointed Overseer of the road from the Tombstone to the Trapp & that twenty of the convenientest tithables out of Henry Isbells gang Serve under him and in Case the Mine run Bridge be broke by a ffresh that the said Isbell assist ye sd Rice wth his gang to repair it. And its further orderd that the sd Henry Rice with the said Gang cause." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.58.)
1743, "25 August 1743, O.S. p. 1
On the Motion of Wm. Waller gent Ordered that James Healy be appointed Overseer of the Road leading from the Office to ye County Road in ye Room of Henry Isbell & that all Tithables who wrought under Isbell do work under Healy." (ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749 by Ann Brush Miller, p.89.)
In 1738, 1739 and 1740 Henry was ordered to view and value the improvements being made to land by other citizens, and in 1739 and 1741 he was a road overseer. He also appears on an undated Orange County Tithe list from about 1739. The transfer of land deeded by William Cox on 28 January arid 25 February 1741 was witnessed by Henry Isbell. In 1741 and 1742 Henry brought one Alexander Waugh into court in Orange County.
24-5B54-1760 , Caroline County, Virginia:
On 5-22-1760, Benjamin Hurt and Titus Hurt of Caroline County conveyed to Obadiah Hendrick, of Amelia County for 40 pounds, 304 acres of land in Amelia County between the branches of Sandy Creek and Flat Creek and bounded by Abraham Bosser, Henry Isbells and Morrisses corners.
The Hurts were probably relatives of Isabella Hurt Pendleton, wife of Philip Pendleton the immigrant and mother of Henry Pendleton.
LINEAGE:
1 John Isbell (England to Gloucester County, Virginia by 1664), presumptive father of
2 William Isbell of Isbell Spring, St. John's Parish, King William County; father of Henry, William Jr., John
+ wife unknown; next door to Enfield Plantation
3 Henry Isbell b.c1690 of Orange Co.; constable of Caroline Co., d. c1760
+ daughter of "James Cox, Gent.," d c1739 St. Mark's Parish, Orange Co. (July 25, 1733; Spots Orders, 7 Aug, p.240); sons: James (1720), William (1722), Henry Jr. (1724), Zachariah (c1726), possibly others
Sources:
Bound for the Promised Land by Joan C. Cobb, page 331-332
Virginians (2005) by John W. Pritchett
Southside Virginia Genealogies (2007) by John W. Pritchett, p. 3348
Walker County (GA) Heritage p. 228
Monroe County (Georgia) Heritage (1997), p.253
"The Isbell Family of Washington Co., TN" by John Miller, Watauga Assn of Genealogists Bulletin (Johnson City, TN) v.25 n.2 (1996), pp.112-14.
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