Is Isaac Garnsey (1767-?) of Stamford the same man as Isaac Garnsey of Lewisbor
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In reply to:
Re: Isaac Garnsey (1767-?) of Stamford
Barbara Kaye 4/05/04
There is no solid evidence linking Isaac Garnsey to William Garnsey, and therefore I am not convinced the Garnsey genealogy is correct. For instance, there is no baptismal record, no will, no deeds showing Isaac to be a son of William. The link between the two men seems to be solely based on the fact that both men lived in the Lewisboro area (but not at the same time). There is no record that William Garnsey even had a son named Isaac.
I am looking at other possibilities. I see a Isaac Garnsey of Stamford of about the same age as Isaac of Lewisboro, and the fact that Stamford and Lewisboro are near to each other, and I wonder if they could be the same man.
It would be easy to disprove if Isaac of Stamford married and had children elsewhere. To my knowledge, it seems that Isaac of Stamford disappears from Stamford records. If that is the case, then I think it might be worthwhile for me to inquire further if they might be the same man.
William Garnsey appears in South Salem records in 1760 when he baptizes two sons in 1760 (Joseph and William). There is no record in Salem of any other sons born to him. He appears in Revolutionary War records, but not in the 1790 census. Not only does he disappear in records in 1790, but so do Joseph and William. I wonder if William and his family moved west.
Isaac shows up in Bedford, Lewisboro, Salem area in 1810 census. There is no records to my knowledge of his early life. By 1810, he is already married and has children. While his date of birth is not a match with that of Isaac of Stamford, it was calculated by subtracting his age from his dod on his gravestone - so it could be incorrect. In any event, they are close in age.
So, it seems to me that Isaac of Stamford disappears from Stamford records when he was a young man. Isaac of Lewisboro suddenly appears in those records as man with a family. Could they be the same man?
If someone can show me that Isaac of Stamford married and had a family somewhere else, then I could rule him out. But I think at this point, it is a possibility worth exploring.
Kurt Wieting