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Descendants of Gideon Ison, Sir

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN² ISOM, SR. (GIDEON¹ ISON, SIR) was born Abt. 1680 in Shropshire, England, and died 1759 in Amherst Co., Virginia. He married MARTHA ELIZABETH HOUGH Bef. 1710 in Shropshire, England. She was born July 06, 1675 in Cheshire, England, and died in Augusta Co., Virginia.

Notes for JOHN ISOM, SR.:
1. John's father disapproved of his marriage to an Austrian girl. John then moved to Ireland and later to Virginia. (An Index of Ishams in England & America, by Edward Paul Isham, p. 567)

2. John apparently came first to Cumberland Co., PA, the Maryland, and then Virginia. (Abstracts of Sampson Co., NC, 1784-1896; Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1, p. 247-48; Baltlimore Co., Maryland Marriage Records, Vol. 1, p. 18); (Gretchen Isom notes, IS-50)

Notes for MARTHA ELIZABETH HOUGH:
1. Martha Elizabeth was of German or Austrian ancestry, and a commoner. Her marriage to John was not approved by his father, Gideon. (Carl Ison Breeding, 1982)

Children of JOHN ISOM and MARTHA HOUGH are:

3.	i.	GIDEON³ ISON II, b. Abt. 1710, Amherst Co., Virginia.
4.	ii.	JOHN JR. ISOM, b. Abt. 1712, Amherst Co., Virginia; d. Tyron Co., North Carolina.
5.	iii.	JAMES ISOM, b. 1714, Amherst Co., Virginia; d. November 02, 1753, Union Co., South Carolina.
	iv.	MARY ISOM, b. 1715, Amherst Co., Virginia; m. (1) WILLIAM JONES; b. Abt. 1715, Amherst Co., Virginia; m. (2) (UFN HUSB OF MARY ISOM) FERGUSON.
6.	v.	CHRISTIAN ISOM, b. October 04, 1717, Amherst Co., Virginia.
7.	vi.	WILLIAM ISOM, b. 1719, Amherst Co., Virginia; d. Virginia.
	vii.	FREDERICK ISOM, b. 1721, Amherst Co., Virginia; d. Jones Co., North Carolina; m. (1) FRANCES AVORY; m. (2) SARAH BRYAN; b. Abt. 1721, Amherst Co., Virginia.

Notes for FREDERICK ISOM:
Some records state that Frenerick was born in Mecklenberg county, Virginia

8.	viii.	JONATHAN ALEXANDER ISOM, b. Abt. 1723, Amherst Co., Virginia; d. 1852, Wayne county, Tennessee.
	ix.	GEORGE ISOM, b. Abt. 1725, Amherst Co., Virginia.
	x.	CHARLES (ELIJAH) ISOM, b. Bet. 1727 - 1729, Amherst Co., Virginia.
	xi.	ELIZABETH ISOM, b. Abt. 1731, Amherst Co., Virginia; m. THOMAS HUFF.

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