Person Sheet


Name Isaac RANKIN23,18, R525, 2089, M
Birth 1763, Cumberland Co., PA23,18
Death 1813, Augusta Co., VA23,18
Spouses:
1 Anne SEAWRIGHT18,23, 5G Aunt, S623, 2083, F
Birth 1760, Augusta Co., Va.,18,23
Alias/AKA Jane
Father John SEAWRIGHT, 2081, M (1717->1784)
Mother Sarah LEEPER, 2082, F (1725-1794)
Marriage 2 Jun 1789, Aug Stone Church, Augusta Co., VA23,100
Children: Anna S., 3092, F
Mary Bell, 3091, F
George, 3074, M (1790-1849)
James Seawright, 3075, M (1794-1849)
Research Notes for Isaac RANKIN
From: Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" by Lyman
Chalkley, page 404, Volume I. "November 1794: Henry Spearing vs. Isaac
Rankin,-In 1787 plaintiff lived in Richmond and was a shoemaker. Isaac Rankin,
persuaded him to come to Augusta and his brother Richard. Writ, llth April,
1792."

Information on Isaac Rankin from descendant Michelle Bley, 115 Laughing Gull
Lane, Palm Harbor, FL 34683. Phone 813/784-2858. She also furnished
information on the children.

There was a suit in Augusta County entitled Seawright vs William Blair, 1780,
1782, March, Nov. Court continued to March 1783. Anne Seawright complaint
against William Blair - Slander. Claim of Seawright's two daughters Anne and
Jane, father John Seawright mother Sarah Sarah Leeper against William Blair
Jury found for the plantiff 50 poumds Specie Damages.

"Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia", by Lyman Chalkley,
Vol. I, page 379 Am Searight, Infant, by George Seawright, her brother and
next friend, vs. William Blair.--Case, 22nd April, 1780. Am had a sister
Jane.

Vol. II, page 176-177. Seawright vs. Seawright--O.S. 220; N.S. 78-- ..."Am
Rankin, daughter of John Seawright, whose will is dated 1784, deposes ... Isaac
Rankin and Am, his wife .... Wife Sarah Seawright; son James; daughter Am;"...
Ibid, Page 291. 1789--June 1, Isaac /rankin and Ame Searight; surety, James
Searight; witness, John Hall.

Ibid., page 350--1789, Jme 2d, Isaac Rankin and Ame Seawright.

Ibid, page 410, 1780, Am Seawright, infant, George Seawright to pay.18



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