Isaiah Hamblin

Isaiah Hamblin (1790 - 1856), the eighth of nine children of Barnabas Hamblin and Mary Bassett, was born at Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts on 20 June 1790. He died 7 October 1856 at Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah Territory, and was buried at Santa Clara Cemetery, Plot A11. He married (1) Daphne Haynes (1797 - 1847), on 30 November 1812 at North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, and (2) Lydia Emery Loring (born 1800), married on 23 June 1850.

Marriages and Children

1. Daphne Haynes (1797 - 1847), married 30 November 1812 North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont
   1. Melissa
   2. Emily Haynes Hamblin (1816 - 1841)
   3. Jacob Vernon Hamblin (1819 - 1886)
   4. Adeline Amarilla Hamblin (1823 - 1895)
   5. Obed Hamblin (1826 - 1848)
   6. Alsen Haynes Hamblin (1828 - 1862)
   7. William Haynes Hamblin (1830 - 1872)
   8. Oscar Hamblin (1833 - 1862)
   9. Edwin Hamblin (1835 - 1925)
   10. Francis Marion Hamblin (1839 - 1881)
   11. Fredrick Hamblin (1841 - 1922)
2. Lydia Emery Loring (1800 - ____), married 23 June 1850

History of Isaiah Hamblin written by Ila V. Hamblin

Isaiah Hamblin was born at Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts on 20 June 1790, the eighth of nine children born to Barnabus and Mary Bassett Hamblin. The family moved to Vermont when Isaiah was a child. Barnabus died when Isaiah was about seven [either 10 May 1797 or 1799].

On 30 November 1812 Isaiah married Daphne Haynes at North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont. Daphne was the daughter of William and Polly Stoddard Haynes. She was born 29 August 1797 in North Hero. Their first child, Melissa, was born there on 2 February 1814.

Isaiah was a soldier in the War of 1812. He served under General Dearborn. He was wounded at the Battle of Plattsburg, New York, on 11 September 1814. When his wife heard the guns of battle she put her baby, some bandages and medicine into a boat and traveled twenty miles to the scene of action just in time to see the British flag go down. Isaiah's hearing was damaged from being so close to the cannons.

Their second daughter, Emily, was born in North Hero on 31 August 1816. Later, Isaiah worked in lumbering on the St. Lawrence River in northern New York. He employed Canadian workmen who lived in lumber camps with crude bunks for sleeping, arranged around an open fireplace. The men often slept with their feet to the fire to keep them warm. The "Kanucks" thought it was funny to put pitchwood splinters between the toes of the "Yankees" when they were asleep, then lighting them and burning their feet. Some of the men were disabled this way, and so Isaiah determined to put a stop to it. He went to bed and pretended to be asleep. A big Kanuck crept quietly from his bed looking for his next victim and saw Isaiah asleep with his feet sticking out of his bunk. He whispered to the others,"Lasha! Lasha!" ("the boss, the boss"). Then he prepared the splinters for the fun. As he stooped to set them on fire Isaiah drew back his feet and kicked him in the chest so hard that the man fell back on the bed of live coals. This raised an uproar and turned out the entire camp. The man was burned rather badly. Isaiah regretted the affair, but there were no more burned feet in the camp.

The following spring, Isaiah was rafting a load of lumber down the river. He ran aground near a settlement which proved to be the home of the man who was burned at the camp. Isaiah went ashore with his brother-in-law William Haynes and a man by the name of Dodge to get supplies. A crowd gathered around the store, and as they came out two big fellows grabbed Isaiah and William Haynes, telling them boisterously that they must wrestle with them. Isaiah told Mr. Dodge to hurry quickly to the raft with their supplies while he and Mr. Haynes stopped to settle with the mob. Isaiah and Mr. Haynes threw down their assailants and ran for the raft. When they reached it Mr. Dodge was knocking Kanucks right and left with a heavy chain and soon had the raft clear. The raft floated free and they were safely on their way again.

Isaiah and his family moved to Salem, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where Isaiah was sheriff for awhile. Jacob was born there on 2 April 1819 and Olive was born on 7 May 1821. Then they moved to Geauga County, a wilderness covered with a heavy growth of timber. It took twenty days of hard work to clear one acre of land. In about three years the stumps would rot and the soil could then be plowed. Isaiah was overseeing some gristmills there. Three more children were born while the family was in Munson, Ohio: Adeline on 18 September 1823, Obed on 25 October 1825, and Alsen on 28 April 1827.

The family next moved to LaFayette, Wisconsin. Western Historical Company's 1882 publication "History of Walworth County" states "Isaiah Hamblin, first settler in the town, a native of the state of Ohio. He came to LaFayette, Wisconsin in the month of June, 1836, and settled on the southeast quarter of section twenty-five on July 18. The logs for his house being ready, the settlers from neighboring towns turned out to assist him in "raising" the first house in the town of LaFayette." His daughter, Olive, married Henry Johnson in LaFayette's first wedding.

Gravestone Inscription

So Shall Your Seed and Your Name Remain Before Me, Saith The Lord.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 42030
• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Isaiah Hamblin, Aaron Johnson Company (1850); Approximate age at departure: 60
• The Hamlin Family, by Franklin Andrews
• History of Walworth County, page 921-22
• "History of Isaiah Hamblin" by Ila V. Hamblin
• - very detailed biography

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Isaiah Hamblin was the son of Barnabas Hamblin and Mary Bassett. He married Daphne Haynes, 30 November 1812, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont. They had the following children - William Haynes Hamblin, Mellissa Daphne Hamblin, Emily Haynes Hamblin, Jacob Vernon Hamblin, Olive Haynes Hamblin, Adeline Amerilla Hamblin, Obed Hamblin, Alsen (Olson) Haynes Hamblin, Oscar Hamblin, Edwin Hamblin, Francis Marion Hamblin, Frederick Hamblin

Married Lydia Emery, 23 Jun 1850 on the plains; referred to as "widow Loron" by Jacob Hamblin - Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel. Sealing marriage performed 11 Jun 1852, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.

History of Isaiah Hamblin written by Ila V. Hamblin

Isaiah Hamblin was born at Falmouth, Massachusetts, 20 June 1790. He was the eighth of nine children born to Barnabus and Mary Bassett Hamblin. The family moved to Vermont when Isaiah was a child.

Barnabus died when Isaiah was seven or nine. There are two dates of his death, 10 May 1797 or 1799. On November 30, 1812, Isaiah married Daphne Haynes at North Hero, Vermont. Daphne is the daughter of William and Polly Stoddard Haynes. She was born 29 August 1797 in North Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont. Grand Isle County is two islands. North and South Hero are in Lake County Champlain

Isaiah was a soldier in the war of 1812. He served under General Dearborn. He was wounded at Plattsburg, New York. When his wife heard the guns of battle she put her baby, some bandages and medicine into a boat and rowed twenty miles to the scene of action just in time to see the British flag go down. Isaiah's hearing was damaged by being so close to the cannons.

Their first baby, Melissa, was born 2 February 1814, North Hero, Vermont. Their second daughter, Emily, was born in North Hero on 31 August 1816.

They lived in North Hero for awhile, but after that Isaiah worked in lumbering on the St. Lawrence river in northern New York. He employed Canadian workmen. They lived in lumber camps with crude bunks for sleeping. These were arranged around an open fireplace. The natives often slept with their feet to the fire to keep them warm. The "Kanucks" had a habit of putting pitch wood splinters between the toes of the "Yankees" when they were asleep, then lighting them and burning their feet. They did this just for sport. Some of the men were disabled this way, and so Isaiah determined to put a stop to it. The Kanuck's were in the habit of stripping naked to go to bed. Isaiah went to bed and pretended to be asleep. A big Kanuck crept quietly from his bed looking for his next victim. He saw Isaiah asleep with his feet sticking out of his bunk. He whispered to the others,"Lasha! Lasha!" (the boss, the boss). Then he prepared the splinters for the fun. As he stooped to set them on fire Isaiah drew back his feet and kicked the fellow in the chest landing him stark naked on the bed of live coals. This raised an uproar and turned out the entire camp. Isaiah regretted the affair, but there were no more burned feet in the camp. The man was burned rather badly. This wasn't the end of the matter.

While taking his raft of lumber down the river the following spring, Isaiah ran aground near a settlement which proved to be the home of the man who was burned at the camp. Isaiah went ashore with his brother-in-law William Haynes and a Mr. Dodge to get supplies. A crowd gathered around the place where they were trading, and as they came out of the store a big fellow grabbed Isaiah and another did the same with Mr. Haynes telling them in a boisterous way that they must wrestle with them. Isaiah told Mr. Dodge to hurry quickly to the raft with their supplies while he and Mr. Haynes stopped to settle with the mob. Some of the crowd, seeing what they were going to do, ran for the raft and reached it before Mr. Dodge did. Isaiah and Mr. Haynes threw down their assailants and ran for the raft. When they reached it Mr. Dodge was knocking Kanucks right and left with a heavy chain and soon had the raft clear. The raft floated and they were again safe on their journey.

The Hamblin Family, by Franklin Andrews

Isaiah and his family moved to Ohio. First to Salem, Ashtabula county where Isaiah was sheriff for awhile, and then to Geauga county, a wilderness covered with a heavy growth of timber. It took twenty days of hard work to clear one acre of land to be harrowed and planted with wheat. In about three years the stumps would rot and the soil could then be plowed. Isaiah was overseeing some grist mills there. While the family lived in Salem Jacob and Olive were born, Jacob on 2 April 1819 and Olive on 7 May 1821. Three other children were born in Munson, Ohio, Adeline on 18 Sep 1823, Obed 25 Oct 1825, and Alsen 28 Apr 1827.

According to records Isaiah was the first settler of the town of LaFayette, Wisconsin. In the book "History of Walworth County", the chapter "First Settlers in Town of LaFayette" (page 921-22) it states, "Isaiah Hamblin, first settler in the town, a native of the state of Ohio. He came to LaFayette, Wisconsin, in the month of June, 1836, and settled on the southeast quarter of section twenty-five on July 18. The logs for his house being ready, the settlers from neighboring towns turned out to assist him in "raising" the first house in the town of LaFayette."

Page 925 states: The first marriage in LaFayette was of Henry Johnson, son of Alpheus Johnson, to Miss Hamblin in 1837. Col. Terez Merreck of Spring Prairie solemnized the marriage. Hamblin genealogy states that Olive Hamblin married Henery Johnson, however, the date family records have is 27 August 1838.

Jacob Hamblin's Journal

In late 1836 Isaiah and his son Jacob moved to Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, to make a new home for the family. They passed through Chicago, Illinois, on the way. It was then a small village. Jacob said about Spring Prairie, "It was the most delightful country I had ever seen. It was beautiful with rolling prairies, groves of timber, numerous springs of pure water, and an occasional lake abounding with fish. My father and I each made a claim on 80 acres of government land which was expected soon to come into the market. I was not yet of age and my father, wishing to return to Ohio for his family, proffered to give me the remainder of my time during the summer if I would take care of the crop already sown."

It isn't known just when the family moved to Wisconsin. Possibly the summer of 1837 was spent in Spring Prairie preparing soil and planting crops. They probably moved to Spring Prairie in 1838. A son, Francis Marion, was born in Walmouth County, Wisconsin, 27 Nov 1838. Their youngest son, Frederick, was born in Spring Prairie, 12 Feb. 1841. Daphney was then 43 years old. Frederick was their twelfth child. Their daughter, Olive, had died in 1839 in Ohio.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Aaron Johnson Company (1850); Approximate age at departure: 60

Parents:

Barnabas Hamblin (1747 - 1799)

Mary Bassett Hamblin (1745 - 1799)

Spouses:

Dephine Haynes Hamblin (1797 - 1847)

Lydia Emery Loring (1800 - ____)

Children:

Emily Haynes Hamblin Fuller (1816 - 1841)

Jacob Vernon Hamblin (1819 - 1886)

Adeline Amarilla Hamblin Riggs (1823 - 1895)

Obed Hamblin (1826 - 1848)

Alsen Haynes Hamblin (1828 - 1862)

William Haynes Hamblin (1830 - 1872)

Oscar Hamblin (1833 - 1862)

Edwin Hamblin (1835 - 1925)

Francis Marion Hamblin (1839 - 1881)

Fredrick Hamblin (1841 - 1922)

Inscription: So Shall Your Seed and Your Name Remain Before Me, Saith The Lord.

Maintained by: SMSmith

Originally Created by: Utah State Historical Society

Record added: Feb 02, 2000

Find A Grave Memorial# 42030

• Religion: Mormon, Latter Day Saints
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 24 2017, 8:23:28 UTC