*Isaac Elder  (I1154)
Name:
*Isaac Elder
Gender: Male Male
      
 Birth: 19 January 1738/39 (30 January 1739) Windham, Cumberland, Maine
Death: 15 July 1795 Gorham, Cumberland, Maine

Personal Facts and Details
Birth 19 January 1738/39 (30 January 1739) Windham, Cumberland, Maine
Marriage 6 October 1761 (Age 22) *Mary Hunnewell - Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine

OFFI: Mr. /Smith/

Source: *Records of Falmouth, Maine N.E.H.G.R.
Publication: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860


Show Details Note: *NEHGR, Records of Falmouth, Maine, Elder, Brackettp.226
"Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell, both of N. Marblehead, Sept. 12,
1761 .... Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell (married by Mr. Smith)
Oct. 6, 1761."
(me, Windham, Maine's original name was New Marblehead, as it was
settled by people from the Marblehead, Massachusetts area.)

*Hunnewell -The Descendants of Roger (pt.4)
" 2. Mary5 (or Molly) bapt. Mar. 11, 1743/4; m. Oct. 6, 1761, at
Falmouth, Isaac Elder of Windham (N.E.H.G. Reg., vol. 14)"

*Elder-Memoirs of the Elder Family
"....our grandfather was born in 1744 (?), and whose name was Isaac.
He married MARY HUNNEWELL and moved to the twon (sic) of GORHAM about
1765"

*Elder-Grandma's notes/Elder family
Isaac married Mary Hunnewell Oct. 6, 1761.
Mary was the daughter of Zerrubbabel and Hannah Hoskins (sic)
Hunnewell.

*Maine Families in 1790
(children of Zerubbabel Hunnewell and Hannah Haskell)
Children: by first wife, VR Windham
.....
ii. Mary, bp. 11 Mar. 1743/4 : d. Gorham 14 Sept. 1804 ae 60 y.: m.
16 (sic?) Oct. 1761 Isaac Elder.
Death 15 July 1795 (Age 56) Gorham, Cumberland, Maine


Source: *Elder-Gorham, Maine, records of
Publication: Picton Press, 1991


Show Details Note: conflicting death dates.will use date from Records of Gorham, Maine, until I can verify.
*Elder - Gorham, Maine, records of
under Deaths;
p.178
Elder, Isaac, July 15, 1795, aged 57.
(wife Mary not listed)

*Elder-History of Gorham, Maine
"....Mr. and Mrs. Elder lived many years on their farm on Queen
street [sic] in Gorham and died there; he, July 15, 1796, aged 57,
and she, Sept. 14, 1804, aged 60. They are buried in the old cemetery
on South St."

*Hunnewell -The Descendants of Roger (pt.4)
"Mary....m...., at Falmouth, Isaac Elder of Windham (N.E.H.G. Reg.,
vol. 14) They removed to Gorham in 1781. She d. Sept. 14, 1804 and he
d. July 15, 1796

*Elder-Memoirs of the Elder Family
"...He died at the age of 68."

*Elder-Windham in the past
"...they moved to Gorham, Me., and lived many years on a farm on
Queen Street, and died there. He died July 15, 1796, aged 57. She
died Sept. 14, 1804, aged. 60. They are buried in the old cemetery on
South Street, Gorham Village.

Notes

Note 		no.160 on chart

note; 'Memoirs of the Elder Family' give his date of birth as 1744
Marriage *NEHGR, Records of Falmouth, Maine, Elder, Brackett
p.226
"Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell, both of N. Marblehead, Sept. 12,
1761 .... Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell (married by Mr. Smith)
Oct. 6, 1761."
(me, Windham, Maine's original name was New Marblehead, as it was
settled by people from the Marblehead, Massachusetts area.)

*Hunnewell -The Descendants of Roger (pt.4)
" 2. Mary5 (or Molly) bapt. Mar. 11, 1743/4; m. Oct. 6, 1761, at
Falmouth, Isaac Elder of Windham (N.E.H.G. Reg., vol. 14)"

*Elder-Memoirs of the Elder Family
"....our grandfather was born in 1744 (?), and whose name was Isaac.
He married MARY HUNNEWELL and moved to the twon (sic) of GORHAM about
1765"

*Elder-Grandma's notes/Elder family
Isaac married Mary Hunnewell Oct. 6, 1761.
Mary was the daughter of Zerrubbabel and Hannah Hoskins (sic)
Hunnewell.

*Maine Families in 1790
(children of Zerubbabel Hunnewell and Hannah Haskell)
Children: by first wife, VR Windham
.....
ii. Mary, bp. 11 Mar. 1743/4 : d. Gorham 14 Sept. 1804 ae 60 y.: m.
16 (sic?) Oct. 1761 Isaac Elder.
Marriage *NEHGR, Records of Falmouth, Maine, Elder, Brackett
p.226
"Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell, both of N. Marblehead, Sept. 12,
1761 .... Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell (married by Mr. Smith)
Oct. 6, 1761."
(me, Windham, Maine's original name was New Marblehead, as it was
settled by people from the Marblehead, Massachusetts area.)

*Hunnewell -The Descendants of Roger (pt.4)
" 2. Mary5 (or Molly) bapt. Mar. 11, 1743/4; m. Oct. 6, 1761, at
Falmouth, Isaac Elder of Windham (N.E.H.G. Reg., vol. 14)"

*Elder-Memoirs of the Elder Family
"....our grandfather was born in 1744 (?), and whose name was Isaac.
He married MARY HUNNEWELL and moved to the twon (sic) of GORHAM about
1765"

*Elder-Grandma's notes/Elder family
Isaac married Mary Hunnewell Oct. 6, 1761.
Mary was the daughter of Zerrubbabel and Hannah Hoskins (sic)
Hunnewell.

*Maine Families in 1790
(children of Zerubbabel Hunnewell and Hannah Haskell)
Children: by first wife, VR Windham
.....
ii. Mary, bp. 11 Mar. 1743/4 : d. Gorham 14 Sept. 1804 ae 60 y.: m.
16 (sic?) Oct. 1761 Isaac Elder.
Death conflicting death dates.
will use date from Records of Gorham, Maine, until I can verify.
*Elder - Gorham, Maine, records of
under Deaths;
p.178
Elder, Isaac, July 15, 1795, aged 57.
(wife Mary not listed)

*Elder-History of Gorham, Maine
"....Mr. and Mrs. Elder lived many years on their farm on Queen
street [sic] in Gorham and died there; he, July 15, 1796, aged 57,
and she, Sept. 14, 1804, aged 60. They are buried in the old cemetery
on South St."

*Hunnewell -The Descendants of Roger (pt.4)
"Mary....m...., at Falmouth, Isaac Elder of Windham (N.E.H.G. Reg.,
vol. 14) They removed to Gorham in 1781. She d. Sept. 14, 1804 and he
d. July 15, 1796

*Elder-Memoirs of the Elder Family
"...He died at the age of 68."

*Elder-Windham in the past
"...they moved to Gorham, Me., and lived many years on a farm on
Queen Street, and died there. He died July 15, 1796, aged 57. She
died Sept. 14, 1804, aged. 60. They are buried in the old cemetery on
South Street, Gorham Village.

Sources

Source		 *Elder-1790 Maine, Cumberland County

Show Details Note: 1790 Maine census, Cumberland County,Gorham & Scarborough

line 7 (Reuben and Saml Elder in the two previous lines)
Isaac Elder
2 males 16 and over
3 males under 16
2 (? hard to read) females (all, no age stated)

analysis, according to my information on this family;

my guess is that this Isaac Elder refers to the senior Isaac Elder
(b. 1738, d. 1796)
he would be about 52 or 53 in 1790

Source		 *Elder-Gorham, Maine, records of
Publication: Picton Press, 1991

Show Details Note: under Deaths;p.178
Elder, Isaac, July 15, 1795, aged 57.
(wife Mary not listed)

Source		 *Elder-Grandma's notes-Elder family

Show Details Note: "Third generation.Isaac Elder (son of Reuben)
b.Jan. 19, 1739, at Windham.
d. July 5, 1796. Old Cemetery on South Street.
Resided Gorham, Maine (1 mi. north on Queen St. 1765)
Lived on a farm on Queen St. many years and died there.

Isaac was in the Battle of Bennington, Va. under General Stark, and
the three days battle and surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, N.Y.

Isaac married Mary Hunnewell Oct. 6, 1761.
Mary was the daughter of Zerrubbabel and Hannah Hoskins
(sic)Hunnewell.
Mary was b. March 8, 1744 and d. Sept. 14, 1809. (Old Cemetery on
South St., Gorham, Maine)

Isaac and Mary had 13 children, all of whom are listed by Mabel Elder
in the record which she gave me (Grace Elder Lloyd) in October 1956.
This record of the Isaac and Mary Elder Family was compiled by Roger
Emerson Elder at Tacoma, Washington from "A true copy from the
records of births and deaths of the family of Isaac and Mary Elder,
Oct. 28, 1809, then by Elvaton (me, sp?) Elder April 19, 1849, and by
F. A. Elder Jan. 22, 1878. Isaac and Mary being great grandparents of
Ferdinand A. Elder. In family Bible in possession of Edna Elder
Klebe, daughter of Ferdinand A. Elder. And "History of Gorham Maine."

Memoranda relating to Elder Ancestry
2. Isaac Elder B. in Falmouth January 19th, 1739, married Mary
Hunnewell, October 16th, 1761, lived Windham until March 1781, when
the family moved to Gorham, lived many years on the farm on Queen
Street and died there, he, July 15th 1796 - age 57, she, September
14th, 1804, age 60, buried in old cemetery in South Street.

Source		 *Elder-Memoirs of the Elder Family

Show Details Note: ".............in the town of WINDHAM, then in Mass., now MAINE) whereour grandfather was born in 1744 (?), and whose name was Isaac. He
married MARY HUNNEWELL and moved to the twon (sic) of GORHAM about
1765 and owned the first plastered room in the town, about one mile
north of GORHAM CORNER on the so-called Queen Street. In the years
1777 and 1778, GORHAM had filled her quota of men in the
Revolutionary War, when GEN. BURGOYNE marched from Montreal to
Vermont and New York when there was a call for more men and the town
voted to pay eight dollars per month and maintain the families. The
enlistment was for three years and grandfather volunteered. He was in
the battle of Bennington, Vermont, under GEN. STARK and the three
days' battle and the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, N.Y. He
served the full three years. He died at the age of 68."

Source		 *Elder-P. P.-Portrait & Bio Record of.... Franklin County Kansas
Publication: Chapman Publishing Company, 1899

Show Details Note: p.278"Hon. P. P. Elder, vice-president of the Ottawa Publishing Company
and a pioneer of 1857 in Franklin County, was born in Somerset
County, Me., September 30, 1823, a son of Isaac and Mary (Quint)
Elder. The Elder family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. In an early day
some of that name crossed the ocean from the north of Ireland. From
1717 they were identified with the history of Cumberland County, Me.
There the paternal grandfather was born and reared, and from there he
accompanied a company of soldiers to engage in the service of his
country during the Revolutionary war. As a private in General Stark's
army he endured all the hardships and perils incident to that
memorable struggle. In the battle of Bennington he was wounded in one
eye, but with that exception escaped unharmed.


Source		 *Elder-Windham in the past
Publication: Merrill and Webber Co. Auburn, Maine, 1916

Show Details Note: p.95Those who owned the Covenant for Baptism
...........
p.96
Mar. 21, 1762, Isaac and Mary Elder.

p.112
...........
On the church records we find the following entry, evidently placed
there by Mr. Smith:
"The number of Church members living when I was Ordained..... Thomas
Haskell lived in Falmouth..........
"Families in the Town when I was ordained: ...... Zerubbabel
Hunnewell............. Isaac Elder........ William Elder.........

p.213
(start of list of Windham citizens that served in the War of the
Revolution)

p.214
Isaac Elder, 2 mos. 15 days service.

p.371 (in Genealogies)

Elder

Samuel Elder's life is described in Chapter II. His children were as
follows:
..............
3. Isaac, b. in Falmouth, Jan. 19, 1839 (sic); married Mary
Hunnewell, Oct. 16, 1761.

p.372
.....
Isaac, son of Samuel Elder, m. Mary Hunnewell. She was the dau. of
Zerubbabel and Hannah (Haskell) Hunnewell. The church records of
Windham show that she was bapt. by Rev. John Wight, first pastor of
the Church in Windham, Mar. 11, 1744. They lived in Windham till Mar.
8, 1781, when they moved to Gorham, Me., and lived many years on a
farm on Queen Street, and died there. He died July 15, 1796, aged 57.
She died Sept. 14, 1804, aged. 60. They are buried in the old
cemetery on South Street, Gorham Village. Their children were;

1. Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1762, d. Oct. 10, 1781 or 1789
2. Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1769; m. Jan. 4, 1787, Daniel Gammon.
3. Anna, b. Sept. 17, 1765; m. Dec. 20, 1786, David McDougal.
4. Matilda, b. June 8, 1767; m. Dec. 8, 1785, William Hanson of
Windham; d. Sept. 15, 1818.
5. Isaac, b. May 8, 1769, died young.
6. Samuel, b. May 24, 1771, died young.
7. Elijah, b. June 25, 1772.
8. Margaret, b. Dec. 22, 1774, m. Samuel Lummus.
9. Isaac, b. Feb. 9, 1777, died in 1848.
10. Dorcas, b. May 25, 1779, died young.
11. William, b. Aug. 1, 1781, died young.
12. John, b. Aug. 9, 1783; d. July 18, 1816; unmarried.
13. David, b. Feb. 6, 1786, m. Mar. 26, 1826, Abigail Cobby of
Windham. He d. Dec. 23, 1869. She d. May 16, 1852, aged 65. Had no
children.

p.590 (Appendix)
Selectmen.
.....................
1765-1766, James Bailey, Thomas Chute, Isaac Elder.


Source		 *History of Gorham, Maine (Elder, Haskell, Brackett)
Publication: 1903

Show Details Note: p.481....
Children of Samuel Elder:
...
ISAAC, b. in Falmouth, Jan 19, 1739. m. Mary HUNNEWELL, Oct 16, 1761
.............
(2) ISAAC ELDER, son of Samuel, married Mary HUNNEWELL, and lived in
WINDHAM till Mar. 8, 1781, when the family moved to Gorham. Mr. and
Mrs. Elder lived many years on their farm on Queen street [sic] in
Gorham and died there; he, July 15, 1796, aged 57, and she, Sept. 14,
1804, aged 60. They are buried in the old cemetery on South St.

Children:
HANNAH, b. Feb. 11, 1762, d. Oct. 10, 1781, or 1789 [me, big
difference!]
MARY, b. Oct. 1, 1763, m. Daniel GAMMON, Jan. 4, 1787
ANNA, b. Sept. 17, 1765, m. David McDOUGALL, Dec. 20, 1786.
MATILDA, b. June 8, 1767, m. Wm. HANSON of Windham, Dec. 8, 1785, d.
Sept. 15, 1818.

[contd. on p. 482]
ISAAC, b. May 8, 1769, d. young
SAMUEL, b. May 24, 1770, d. young
ELIJAH, b. June 25, 1772, m. Eleanor, dau. of Alexander and Margaret
McLELLAN, Aug. 19, 1798; was for some years a merchant in BATH; one
child recorded in Gorham, John, b. Dec. 5, 1798. Mr. E. d. May 10,
1812.
MARGARET, b. Dec. 22, 1774, m. Samuel LUMMUS, May 31, 1801.
ISAAC, b. Feb. 9, 1777, m. ____ GILMAN; d. Dec. 16, 1848.
DORCAS, b. May 25, 1779, d. young.
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 1, 1781, d. young.
JOHN, b. Aug. 9, 1783, d. unm. July 18, 1816.
DAVID, b. Feb. 6, 1786, m. Abigail COLLEY of Windham, Mar. 22, 1826;
no. ch; d. Dec. 23, 1869 and she, May 16, 1852, ag. 65.

Source		 *Hunnewell-The Descendants of Roger (pt.4)
Publication: 1972

Show Details Note: p.9(Children of Zerubbabel Hunnewell and Hannah Haskell)

2. Mary5 (or Molly) bapt. Mar. 11, 1743/4; m. Oct. 6, 1761, at
Falmouth, Isaac Elder of Windham (N.E.H.G. Reg., vol. 14) They
removed to Gorham in 1781. She d. Sept. 14, 1804 and he d. July 15,
1796 (One account says they had 13 chn.)
Children (Elder) b. Windham.
1. Hannah6, b. Feb. 13, 1762.
2. Mary6, b. Oct. 1, 1763
3. Anne6, b. Sept. 17, 1765.
4. Matilda6, b. June 28, 1767
5. Elijah6, b. June 26, 1772.
6. Margaret6 (or Peggy) b. Dec. 22, 1774
7. Isaac6 b. Feb. 9, 1777.
8. David6
9. John6

(source notes for above "Private Records of the Hunnewell Family",
mss. Maine Hist. Soc. (noted above as "p.r.")

Source		 *Maine Families in 1790
Publication: Maine Genealogical Society, 1988

Show Details Note: v.1 p.156(under Zerubbabel Hunnewell)

"... ii. Mary, bp. 11 Mar. 1743/4 : d. Gorham 14 Sept. 1804 ae 60 y.:
m. 16 (sic?) Oct. 1761 Isaac Elder."

Source		 *Records of Falmouth, Maine N.E.H.G.R.
Publication: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860

Show Details Note: p.226Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell, both of N. Marblehead, Sept. 12,
1761 .... Isaac Elder with Molly Hunnewell (married by Mr. Smith)
Oct. 6, 1761.
(me, Windham, Maine's original name was New Marblehead, as it was
settled by people from the Marblehead, Massachusetts area.)
Marriage *Records of Falmouth, Maine N.E.H.G.R.
Publication: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860
Marriage *Records of Falmouth, Maine N.E.H.G.R.
Publication: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860
Marriage *Records of Falmouth, Maine N.E.H.G.R.
Publication: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860
Death *Elder-Gorham, Maine, records of
Publication: Picton Press, 1991

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