Isaac Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3754 people with the Isaac surname? In that year Isaac was ranked number 1135 for popularity in the UK. |
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Historical References
"ISAAC. From the Hebrew yishdq, Tie laugheth,' the name given to the son of Abraham and Sarah from the circumstances of his birth. "A well-known personal name in the surname period, but no more confined to the Jews than Adam or Abel. Hundreds of English people bear one or other of these surnames in whose veins there flows not a single drop of Jewish blood (Bardsley). The name was not " uncommon among ecclesiastics in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Isaac was prior of Scone from 1154 till 1162 (Annals, p. 68), and Magister Isaac was a cleric of St. Andrews, 1201 (ibid., p. 334). Ysaac of Brechin was a charter witness there c. 1178-98 (REB., n, 257), and Ysaac de Banevin (Benvie) was one of a jury regarding the Kirkelnn of Aberbuthenoth, 1205 (SCM., v, p. 210). Isaac, son of Samuel, was one of the witnesses to the gift by Walter, son of Alan, to the monks of Scon, c. 1214 (Scon, p. 91), and Isaac, burgess of Aberbrothoc, witnessed a charter by Matilda, countess of Anegus c. 124243 (RAA., i, p. 82). Isaac of Scone witnessed a quit-claim of the land of Drumkarauch in 1260 (RPSA., p. 346), and Gillandes Macysac witnessed a charter in favor of the priory of Beauly in 1231 (Beauty, p. 33). 'Sir Thomas Isaac was a witness in Edinburgh in 1358 (Bain, rv, 17), Andrew Isak of Scotland had a safe conduct into England in 1405, John Ysaac had a safe conduct to pass to France in 1447 (ibid., 687, 1203), and Thomas Esok was canon of a church of Argyll in 1448 (HP., n, p. 182). Thomas Esak was messenger-at-arms for Dunbartane in 1569 (RFC., i, p. 659), Jonet Isack was a witch in Kilwinning, 1662 (HP., m, p. 25), and in 1671 a charge of usury was brought against Robert Isack in Kirkcaldy (Just. Rec., n, p. 55). "A certain squire named Thomas Isaac" married Matilda, daughter of King Robert Bruce ( (Fordun, Annals, clxix). Concerning this singular mesalliance the late eminent genealogist, Mr. Alexander Sinclair, writes: "The name was not so low as it seemed. It was disguised into Ysac, Ysaac, and de Ysaac to make it appear noble . . . This individual not long after had his name borne by gentry bearing the same name with coat armour, in the south of England. In Devonshire there were Isaacs of Buriat, temp. Henry m, who bore Sable, a bend or, on a canton argent a leopard's face gules. In 1460 there was also John Isaac of Bekesbourne, sheriff of Kent, who had the same arms, but the leopard's face or. Probably Thomas, the lucky adventurer, was connected with one of these old families" (Herald and genealogist, vi, p. 594). Isaac, clericus, was bailie and burgess of Aberdeen in 1332 (ER., i, p. 427).Eizack 1694. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Isaac Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Isaac Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Isaac family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4055 people with the Isaac surname in the UK? Isaac is now ranked number 1428 for popularity in the UK. |
Isaac Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Isaac surname in the USA? Isaac is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Isaac Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Isaac family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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