Isaac Salls
M, b. circa 1730, d. after July 1797
| Relationship | 6th great-grandfather of Pamela Joyce Wood |
| Charts | Pedigree for Shirley M. Dean |
| Last Edited | 4 Jul 2021 |
Isaac Salls was born circa 1730.1 He married Hannah Hawley circa 1749. Isaac Salls died after July 1797 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.
The earliest that Isaac Salls can be placed is 1756 as a taxpayer in Salisbury, Litchfield Co, Connecticut, but he is listed as Isaac "Searl" and was charged 24 pounds.
In 1760, he is listed as Isaac "Sall" and taxed for 34 pounds. Isaac and Hannah's son, Isaac Jr, b. 2 September 1757 was likely born there, and he was buried there in April of 1759. Their son Jacob's birth is registered in Salisbury as 16 Feb 1759. Apparently, during or soon after 1760 the family must have moved onward, probably towards New York. Son Abraham was born about 1760, but his birth was not registered in Salisbury, but Isaac was taxed during that year.
Within Rev. Gideon Bostwick's records for St. James Episcopal Church of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, we find baptisms for the Salls family. Rev. Bostwick served this congregation from June 1770 on and traveled between Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and New York. It is again interesting to note that the entries within Bostwick's records are written as Searls, not Salls, and that in 1770 they were then residents of New Canaan, NY.
On 27 Dec 1779, the tax list for King's District shows the family as Searls, with real estate for Samuel as 45£, Isaac at 55£, Abraham at 25£ and Hix at 100£. The 1779 census for Livingston Manor, New York list Isaac, Samuel and Hix "Salls".
The original deed of concession from Gabriel Christie to "Isaac Searles Senior" is dated 14 July 1797. The document is written in French, but the signature is clear: "Isaac Salls".
For many years this writer pursued the idea that Isaac Salls was the Isaac Searl, b. 1723, son of James Searl and Mary Mansfield. As convincing as much of the evidence was, I could not conclusively prove them to be one and the same. Too many times, land records would show Isaac "of Hoosick", when our Isaac was most definitely either of Canaan, New York or Quebec.
The only record known at this writing (1995) to give us Hannah's last name, and indicate that Isaac Salls did actually leave New York and for a time live in Quebec was found within Leon Lalanne's records. A sale dated 27 July 1824 between Abraham Salls and wife to Enoch Salls gave us all this wonderful information: "...Abraham and Jacob (Salls)...by right of succession to Isaac Salls Sr. and Hannah Hawley, his wife, their parents late of Noyan aforesaid, both deceased...known and distinguished by Lot #15 on the Fourth Range...".2,3,4
The earliest that Isaac Salls can be placed is 1756 as a taxpayer in Salisbury, Litchfield Co, Connecticut, but he is listed as Isaac "Searl" and was charged 24 pounds.
In 1760, he is listed as Isaac "Sall" and taxed for 34 pounds. Isaac and Hannah's son, Isaac Jr, b. 2 September 1757 was likely born there, and he was buried there in April of 1759. Their son Jacob's birth is registered in Salisbury as 16 Feb 1759. Apparently, during or soon after 1760 the family must have moved onward, probably towards New York. Son Abraham was born about 1760, but his birth was not registered in Salisbury, but Isaac was taxed during that year.
Within Rev. Gideon Bostwick's records for St. James Episcopal Church of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, we find baptisms for the Salls family. Rev. Bostwick served this congregation from June 1770 on and traveled between Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and New York. It is again interesting to note that the entries within Bostwick's records are written as Searls, not Salls, and that in 1770 they were then residents of New Canaan, NY.
On 27 Dec 1779, the tax list for King's District shows the family as Searls, with real estate for Samuel as 45£, Isaac at 55£, Abraham at 25£ and Hix at 100£. The 1779 census for Livingston Manor, New York list Isaac, Samuel and Hix "Salls".
The original deed of concession from Gabriel Christie to "Isaac Searles Senior" is dated 14 July 1797. The document is written in French, but the signature is clear: "Isaac Salls".
For many years this writer pursued the idea that Isaac Salls was the Isaac Searl, b. 1723, son of James Searl and Mary Mansfield. As convincing as much of the evidence was, I could not conclusively prove them to be one and the same. Too many times, land records would show Isaac "of Hoosick", when our Isaac was most definitely either of Canaan, New York or Quebec.
The only record known at this writing (1995) to give us Hannah's last name, and indicate that Isaac Salls did actually leave New York and for a time live in Quebec was found within Leon Lalanne's records. A sale dated 27 July 1824 between Abraham Salls and wife to Enoch Salls gave us all this wonderful information: "...Abraham and Jacob (Salls)...by right of succession to Isaac Salls Sr. and Hannah Hawley, his wife, their parents late of Noyan aforesaid, both deceased...known and distinguished by Lot #15 on the Fourth Range...".2,3,4
Family | Hannah Hawley |
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Citations
- [S60] Carroll M. Salls Ph.D, Salls Families.
- [S667] Personal Research & Conjecture of Pam Wood Waugh.
- [S96] Notarial Records, Joseph-Edouard Faribault;, 27 Jul 1827, Sale: Abraham Salls and wife to Enoch Salls.
- [S209] Arthur C.M. Kelly, Bostwick Records.