Isaac Zane, Sr.

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Isaac Zane, Sr.

Also Known As: "White Eagle Zane"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Moorefield, Virginia, United States
Death: October 1816 (62)
Zanesville, Logan, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Zane and Anna Nolan
Husband of Princess Myeerah Wyandot and Princess Myeerah "Mary" White Crane Zane
Father of Ebenezer Zane; Ebenezer Zane; Samuel Zane; William Zane; General Isaac W Zane, Jr and 5 others
Brother of Simeon Zane; Capt. Silas Zane; Colonel Ebenezer Zane; William Andrew Zane, Sr.; Elizabeth Clark McLaughlin and 2 others

Occupation: Virginia House of Delegates
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About Isaac Zane, Sr.

Around 1757-58, (brothers) Jonathan and Isaac (Zane) were kidnapped by Indians and lived with them for several years. Following a successful escape, Isaac returned and married Myeerah, the daughter of a Wyandot chief. ~'Zane Grey' By THOMAS H. PAULY Published: January 1, 2006

DAR A 130550, Patriotic Service, VA.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/7856/zane/zane.html

15. ISAAC6 ZANE (WILLIAM ANDREW5, NATHANIEL4, ROBERT3, ROBERT SR.2, SIMON1) was born 26 November 1753 in Moorefield, Virginia, and died 1816 in Zanesfield, Logan Co. Ohio. He married PRINCESS MYEERAH 1770 in Wheeling, VA, daughter of CHIEF TARHE and MISS DURANTE.

Notes for ISAAC ZANE:

Isaac was kidnaped by Wyandot Indians about 1762 from their home near Moorefield, Virginia, and adopted into the tribe. Marries Princess Myeerah, daughter of the Chief.

Notes for PRINCESS MYEERAH:

Princess Myeerah's mother was a French Canadian who married Chief Tarhe. The Princess was said to have been quite beautiful.

Children of ISAAC ZANE and PRINCESS MYEERAH are:

i. EBENEZER7 ZANE, b. 1771; d. 1836; m. HANNAH UNKNOWN.

ii. SAMUEL ZANE, b. 1773.

iii. WILLIAM ZANE, b. 1775; d. 1837; m. REBECCA.

23. iv. ISAAC JR ZANE, b. 1777; d. 12 May 1850.

24. v. NANCY ZANE, b. 1778; d. 1848.

vi. ELIZABETH ZANE, b. 1780; d. 10 September 1823; m. (1) ROBERT ROBITAILLE; m. (2) JAMES MANNING REED.

vii. SARAH ZANE, b. 1783; d. 22 February 1843.

viii. CATHERINE ZANE, b. 1793; d. 1851; m. ALEXANDER LONG.



Served in the Revolutionary War.

Was called "The Great White Eagle"

He is buried in an unmarked grave in Zanesfield, OH



It's reported Isaac was captured by a Wyandot Indian tribe when he was nine years of age. This led to his eventual marriage to Myeerah, half Wyandot Indian and half french

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Isaac Zane, Sr.'s Timeline

1753
November 26, 1753
Moorefield, Virginia, United States
1771
1771
Ohio
1773
1773
1775
1775
Ohio
1777
1777
Zanesfield, Logan County, OH, United States
1778
1778
Ohio
1780
1780
Zanesfield, Logan, OH
1782
1782
1783
1783
Beaver Dam, Hardin, Ohio, United States