Benjamin Isaacs Explained

Benjamin Isaacs
Office:Member of the Connecticut Senate
from the 12th District
Term Start:1836
Term End:1837[1]
Predecessor:Charles Hawley
Successor:Charles Hawley
Office2:Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
Term Start2:May 1813
Term End2:May 1814
Predecessor2:Jabez Gregory,
Thomas Reed
Successor2:Moses W. Reed,
John Eversley
Alongside2:Thomas Reed,
Moses W. Reed
Term Start3:May 1815
Term End3:May 1817
Predecessor3:Jacob Osborne,
Lewis Mallory
Successor3:Samuel B. Warren,
William J. Street
Alongside3:Thaddeus Betts,
John Eversley,
Samuel B. Warren
Term Start4:October 1818
Term End4:1821
Predecessor4:William J. Street,
Dan Taylor
Successor4:Moses Gregory,
James Quintard, Jr.
Alongside4:Moses Gregory,
Andrew Hanford,
Dan Taylor
Term Start5:1822
Term End5:1823
Predecessor5:Moses Gregory,
James Quintard, Jr.
Successor5:Moses Gregory,
Noah Wilcox
Alongside5:Noah Wilcox
Term Start6:1824
Term End6:1826
Predecessor6:Moses Gregory,
Noah Wilcox
Successor6:Thomas Reed,
David Roberts
Alongside6:Thomas Reed,
Moses Gregory
Term Start7:1827
Term End7:1829
Predecessor7:Thomas Reed,
David Roberts
Successor7:Charles Wiley Taylor,
Clark Bissell
Alongside7:Samuel B. Warren,
Moses Gregory
Term Start8:1834
Term End8:1835
Predecessor8:Thomas B. Butler,
John D. Lounsbury
Successor8:Noah Wilcox,
Charles W. Taylor
Alongside8:Samuel Comstock
Birth Date:17 July 1778[2] [3]
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut
Death Date:[4]
Death Place:Norwalk, Connecticut
Occupation:merchant
Spouse:Fanny Bryan (m. November 18, 1798)
Children:Richard Isaacs, Elizabeth Isaacs Lynes, Ann T. Isaacs St. John, Isaac S. Isaacs, Sophia Isaacs Lockwood, William B. Isaacs

Benjamin Isaacs (July 17, 1778 – July 25, 1846) was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1836 to 1837, and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in the sessions of May and October 1813, May and October 1815, May and October 1816, May 1817, October 1818, and the years 1819, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828, and 1834.

He was the son of Isaac Scudder Isaacs and Susanna St. John Isaacs.[3]

He was the parish clerk of St. Paul's on the Green from 1815 to 1846.[5]

He served as town clerk of Norwalk from 1814 to 1844.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ul0EAAAAYAAJ Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
  2. "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74S-4DW : accessed 26 May 2013), Benjamin Isaacs, 17 Jul 1778.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=WhYfAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Benjamin+Isaacs%22+norwalk&pg=PA181 The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass, Volume 1
  4. "Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7D7-X6P : accessed 26 May 2013), Benjamin Isaacs, 25 Jul 1846; citing reference pg 423, FHL microfilm 3147.
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=cjVKAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Benjamin+Isaacs%22+norwalk&pg=PA40 Charles Melbourne Selleck, Address
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22William+J.+Street%22+norwalk&pg=PA80 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk