Generation XIII
John Isam
1630–?
Life
John Isam, also recorded as Isum, Isom and Esom, lived at Walton in the parish of Kimcote, Leicestershire, and was probably born about 1630.1,2,3 He is thought to have been a younger son of Richard Isham of Gilmorton, two miles away, but no record names his parents.?
He married Theophila about 1654.? Their son John was christened in 1655 and buried on 9 March 1655/6.1,4 A son Thomas was born on 16 September 1659; he stayed at Walton, married Katherine, and was buried at Kimcote in March 1693/4.3 A daughter Hannah was christened on 6 March 1662/3 and was buried in December 1714.5,6,7 On a page headed 1666 the register records the baptism on 28 April of "John ye sonn of John Isum & Theophila his wiffe"; the FamilySearch index gives the year as 1667.2,8 This younger John has been proposed as John Isham of Barnstable, Massachusetts, who signed his will "John Isum" in 1713.?
No will or administration for John Isam of Walton has been found.?
- John Isame in entry for John Isame, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Isum in entry for John Isum, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Isom in entry for Isom, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John, "England, Leicestershire, Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- John Isam in entry for Hannah Isam, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John, "England, Leicestershire, Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- John, "England, Leicestershire, Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- John, "England, Leicestershire, Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
? marks 4 statements for which no attached source was found.
Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.
Records
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1655
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1656
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1659
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1663
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1663
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1667
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1667
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1714