Person:Isaac Wardwell (5)

His will dated 13 Aug 1814, probated 10 Dec 1814. (Will Book A-1, page 363 Cayuga Co. Court House, Auburn, N.Y.). His will mentions sons: Isaac, David T, Guy and daughters Elizabeth, Hannah & Huldah.: To sons Isaac, 62 1/2 cents; David T., riding mare and 2 cows; Guy, real estate in the town of Scipio, plus plough, best axe, large kettle, pot, skillet, featherbed. To daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Josiah Phelps, Hannah, wife of William Chase, Huldah, wife of Andrew T. Gault, 62 1/2 cents each. The real estate to be leased until Guy comes of age.

He married ca 1775 Hannah Thrall who was born 4 Oct 1749 daughter of Charles and Hannah (Clark) Thrall of Windsor. She died before her husband's will was written. Isaac resided in Windsor at the time of the Revolutionary War; in 1790 Census was listed in Ballstown, N.Y which shows 3 white males under 16 and 3 white females; and he died in Scipio, N.Y. Isaac enlisted in the Revolutionary War May 1777; arrived in camp 3 July 1778 - Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Roger Enos' Military Reg't on the Hudson. He enlisted again 1 July 1780 and was discharged 2 December 1780, among the short term levies for the 5th Conn. Line - Col. Bradley's Reg't, prob in Capt. Prior's Co. On Windsor Bounty list of 1781, page 276 where he should have received 100 acres. -Wardwell Family Genealogy Amy Chase Loftin

"Following his service, Isaac was offered a bounty of 100 acres of land (Windsor Bounty list). In writing a letter to the editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, George Wardwell said, 'The soldiers of that War were paid no money but were given title to a square mile of land somewhere in the western wilderness. My Grandfather's was said to be beside or near to Cincinnati. Grandfather had 200 acres in Cayuga County, New York, and said he wouldn't bring his family 'to the Ohio wilderness to be scalped by the Indians'. So I suppose that land title was treated as so much waste paper. At least, no one knows what became of it.' This paragraph is marvelous because it shows the perils of oral tradition as well as its value in keeping history alive. First, it was George's great grandfather (his father's grandfather) who received the bounty. Second, the bounty was for 100 acres. Third, the farm in Cayuga County was 25 acres. And Fourth, the whole thing happened in Connecticut. However, there is enough underlying fact in the story to permit the tracking down of the records. The other story is a gem of feminine ingenuity. It seems as if some of the women in the family had just woven some linen. Cloth of any kind was scarce during the war and linen was especially valuable for binding up wounds. These women heard that some soldiers (our story-tellers always say that they were tories) were confiscating needed supplies from households in their vicinity. These women were not about to lose their precious linen. When the soldiers came to the house and demanded entry, they found a couple of women in the kitchen with a baby sleeping nearby in a cradle. The baby's mother told the soldiers that they could look around but there was nothing of value. She then begged them not to disturb the baby since she had just gotten it to sleep - she'd been up all night with it - a colicky baby, you know. The soldiers complied and the linen was saved." -jeanne andriot <jandriot@@erols.com>

1. ↑ Somers Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
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   WARDWELL, Isaac, s. Samuel & Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1755

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Wardwell Family Genealogy Amy Chase Loftin.