If you are still interested:
1771 John Isaac married Sarah Dedman at St Lawrence’s Church Alton.
1772 John paid the Alton Poor Rate for one of ‘Coombes Cottages’.
1773-1789 Baptism of Isaac children - Sarah 1773, David 1779, Joseph 1784, George 1789. (Alton reg.)
NB - as you will have seen if you have searched the St Lawrence parish registers - there are many gaps in the Alton baptism and burial records for this period hence John and Sarah probably had other children apart from these. For example - most of the last half of 1776 is blank. No other Isaac head of household has been found in the Alton area at this time so any Isaac children must have come from John and Sarah - for instance Ann and Martha as well as Mary. It is interesting to note that James Ayling was living in one of John’s houses in the early 1800s.
John is listed in Directories as a gingerbread maker and he appears in many local records.
You will have noticed the following Alton marriages:
1796 26 July, Mary Isaac married James Ayling, witness George Ralphs.
1798 9 April, Ann Isaac married John White, witness George Ralph, Martha Isaac.
1805 11 Nov., Martha Isaac married Joseph White.
and:
1811 22 Mar, Charlotte Ann Isaac Stevens, daughter of Charlotte Stevens, was baptised. Presumably the daughter of George. (Alton reg.) Charlotte was under age so her parents may have wanted her to wait before getting married. Also, George was only aged about 21 and may not have finished his training to be a carpenter and may not have been in a position to support a wife and child.
1812 George Isaac and Charlotte Stevens were married by licence. Charlotte was aged 19 and needed her father, James’, permission. (Marriage allegations) Assuming that George and Charlotte were free to marry at the time of Charlotte Ann’s birth, the baby became legitimate with their marriage.
I have quite a bit of information on the Isaac family. Yours Jane
