Isaac Messenger, Jr.

1745 - 1839  (93 years)

• Name	Isaac Messenger
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	25 Aug 1745	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Death	08 May 1839	Concord, Lake, Ohio, United States
  Burial	08 May 1839	Concord Township Cemetery, Concord, Lake, Ohio, United States
  Person ID	I312684223179	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Isaac Isaiah Messenger,   b. 29 Mar 1717, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 02 Jun 1801, West Simsbury, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Hannah Alford,   b. 29 Mar 1724, Simsbury, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 28 Jan 1811, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	1740	Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Ward,   b. Jun 1751, Simsbury, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 31 Aug 1850, Concord, Lake, Ohio, United States (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	1770	Simsbury, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Biography in Find A Grave Isaac Messenger was a native of Simsbury, CT. the family moved to Berkhamsted, Ma and resided in a house that Isaac built on Ratlun Mountain. In about 1797the family moved again to Chenango Co. NY, to the town of Ostellic, near German. In 1817 Isaac and some of his grandchildren (children of dau. Hannah) moved to Lake Co. Ohio. The trip from Nw York to Ohio was by sleigh. Upon arriving in Ohio they stayed with his son Ashbel Messenger who came to Ohio in 1815 and residing in Leroy twp. They spent the remainder of the winter in his log cabin. When the weather permitted Isaac, with the help of his grandsons, chose a spot in Concord Twp. near "Little Mountain". to build their first log cabin. In 1822 Joseph Tuttle, grandson of Isaac built a more pretentious log cabin for his grandparents just west of his own cabin. Here the Messengers spend the remainder of their lives. Mr. Messenger was a soldier in the American Revolution, in Amasa Hill's Co., Col. Roger Eno's Regt. July 4, 1778. He was at West Point to assist in the first fortification there under General George Washington. Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: M. Invalid seal-to-parents temple code: M. Line 11082 from GEDCOM File not recogniz Line 11082 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC DATE 11 OCT 1963 M ! marr: Anna Ward; sealed 7 May 1992 IFA ! marr: Anna Ward; sealed 7 May 1992 IFALL ! marr: Anna Ward; sealed 7 May 1992 IFALL Isaac Messenger II married Anna Ward the Isaac Messenger II married Anna Ward the daughter of Gamaliel and Elizabeth Ward. About 1767 they built a house in Ratium Mountain section of Barkhamsted, Connecticut. The house they built was still standing there a few years ago, but we are not sure if it is still there in 1990. They lived there until 1794 when they moved to Madison County (now a part of Chenango County), New York. In 1778 Isaac Messenger II enlisted and served with Captain Amasa Mills Militia Company, commanded by Col. Roger Eno. (Eno's Regiment). In this regiment he served with his brother, Simeon, Reuben and Elijah Messenger. Isaac Messenger II and part of his family moved to Geauga County, Ohio. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA Line 28598 from GEDCOM File not recogniz Line 28598 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC DATE 11 OCT 1963 M From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) REPO: @R01@; ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; ;