Isaac Dayton, (iii) <

1720 - 1804  (84 years)

• Name	Isaac Dayton  [1]
  Suffix	(iii) <
  Birth	30 Aug 1720	New Haven, CT   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Nov 1804	Newport, Newport, RI   [2]
  Person ID	I14321	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Isaac Dayton, Jr,   b. Abt 1684   d. 30 Dec 1756, North Haven, New Haven, CT (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Todd, >,   b. 12 Feb 1690, Quinnipiac, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States d. 30 Mar 1752, North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1708	New Haven, CT   [3]
  Family ID	F5969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Heaton,   b. 19 Sep 1716   d. 15 Sep 1793, Newport, Newport, RI (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1744	Newport, Newport, RI   [4]
  Children	1. Benedict Dayton, <,   b. Abt 1745, Newport, Newport, RI d. 3 Oct 1800 (Age 55 years)   2. Hezekiah Dayton, >,   b. Abt 1749, Newport, Newport, RI d. 30 May 1823, Hudson, Columbia, NY (Age 74 years)   3. Henry Dayton, <,   b. Abt 1751, Newport, Newport, RI d. 14 Apr 1792, Newport, Newport, RI (Age 41 years)   4. Lydia Dayton, <,   b. 18 Feb 1752, Newport, Newport, RI d. Yes, date unknown   5. Isaac Dayton, (iv) <,   b. 14 Jun 1753, Newport, Newport, RI d. 23 Mar 1825, Hudson, Columbia, NY (Age 71 years)   6. Elizabeth Dayton, <,   b. Abt 1755, Newport, Newport, RI d. Salisbury, Rowan, NC   7. Samuel Dayton, <,   b. Abt 1760, Newport, Newport, RI d. 16 Feb 1796, Salisbury, Rowan, NC (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F6207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26511&tree=Schirado. Isaac went to Newport about 1743 where he served in the local government and rose from Quarter-Master in 1753 to Lieut.-Col. in 1770 in the Militia. He was imprisoned by the English during their occupation of Newprot during the Revolution. Isaac “was a shoemaker, of Newport, RI, where he was prominent, and active in the Revolution; Col. of Militia. Upon the British taking possession of Newport, he was imprisoned for refusing to sign the association. His son Benedict was captured and placed on board the British man-of-war Rose, Capt. Wallace commander; Benedict's wife was very active in securing his release, petitioning everyone from George Washington to Capt. Wallace. “Civil & Mil. Lists of R. I. He was commissioned QuarterMaster of the 1st Newport Troop of Horse, June 1758; Lieut. of the same, June 1761; and Capt., Aug. 1763; Maj. of Newport County Regt., May 1769; and Lieut.-Col. of the same, May 1770.” [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26511&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26246&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26524&tree=Schirado.