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Biographical
ISAAC WALDRON

John Morrill (son of Richard Morrill and grandfather of Charles Henry Morrill) married Mary Watkins, who was the daughter of Jacob Waldron, whose first wife was Sarah Abbott. Jacob Waldron was the son of Isaac Waldron, who was on the Alarm List of Warner, N. H., in the Revolutionary War.
     Isaac Waldron, Sr., and his two sons, Isaac Waldron, Jr., and Jacob Waldron, settled in Warner, N. H. (from Rumford, now Concord, N. H.) in 1763.

     Colonial Service:
     Isaac Waldron, Sr., was a soldier in Capt. John Webster's company for the protection of Rumford (now Concord, N. H.) March 4, 1747, and sergeant in Col. Blanchard's regiment on the Merrimac River August 23 to November 16, 1755. Also on GARRISON DUTY at different times.

     Revolutionary War Service:
     The RECORDS of Warner, N. H., give ISAAC WALDRON, SR., on the "ALARM LIST" and Isaac Waldron, Jr., and Jacob Waldron "GONE IN SERVICE." Reported in Capt. Daniel Flood's company, 1776 from Warner, N. H. Vol. II, page 886 Gen. and Fam. History of the State of N. H. Edited by Ezra Stearns, 1908. Also N. H. State Papers, and Rev. Rolls. See separate application for the REV. WAR SERVICE Of JACOB WALDRON, son of Isaac Waldron, above.

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Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire.
(Ezra Stearns, 1908)

Vol. II, page 886. WALDRON.
     Primeval solitude prevailed over the greater part of the Granite State when the ancestor of this FAMILY settled in Concord.
     I. Isaac Waldron must have been in RUMFORD, formerly Pennycook, now Concord, as early as his marriage in 1742. He first appears in the Records, March 2, 1743, when his son Jacob was born. There are records of him at Rumford, June 14, 1744, March 8, 1745, as "FIELD DRIVER." May 15, 1746, on duty at GARRISON HOUSE. New Hampshire State Papers, Vol. XIV, Vol. 3, REV. ROLLS.
     I. Isaac Waldron, who died in Warner, New Hampshire, may have been brother of Richard Kenny Waldron and Col. Isaac, the latter's son may have been named for him, but no place for him has been found in any other New Hampshire family. Like his CONJECTURAL BROTHER, RICHARD KENNY WALDRON, he was a SOLDIER in early life in Capt. John Webster's company at Pennycook (now Concord, N. H.), March, 1747. In Col. Blanchard's regiment on Merrimac River, 1754, serving as sergeant. He acquired and conveyed land in that region, 1747 to 1760, in Rumford (now Concord, N. H.), Canterbury, Contoocook, and elsewhere. In 1763 he settled in New Amesbury, now Warner, N. H., and was living there in 1776. His wife, Susanna Chandler, died at Concord, 1802, aged 83.

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     They had sons: Isaac Waldron, b. June 18, 1746; Jacob Waldron, b. March 2, 1743, and daughter Susannah (or Susan), b. June 9, 1751, and perhaps other children.
     JACOB WALDRON was among those who had the honor of being the first civil officers in the legal town of Warner. At a meeting March 29, 1774 Lieut. Jacob Waldron was chosen assessor.
     Fast Day: At a meeting September 26, 1771; "Voted Mr. Kelly appoint a Day of Fast, and that Mr. Isaac Waldron go to the neighboring MINISTERS and invite them to attend the FAST." Page 182, Mr. Kelly called the meeting.
     November 4, 1771, the inhabitants met at the meeting house and after choosing moderator and clerk. "Voted to give Mr. William Kelly a call to settle in the ministry and that our said committee WALDRON, CHASE AND SAWYER shall extend the CALL."
     Page 184, Ordination. Rev. William Kelly was ordained February 5, 1772. The only record referring to the ordination is found in the minutes of their annual meeting, held March 25, 1775. "Voted to allow Mr. Isaac Waldron's account for PROVISION he made the minister at the ORDINATION."
     Service, 1747, of Isaac Waldron Sr. (Capt. John Webster's company, 1747). "A muster Roll of the Company in His Majesty's service and pay of the Government of New Hampshire, under the command of John Webster Captain, March £4, 1747 for the Protection of the Inhabitance of Pennycook, etc. Viz."

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     [Capt. Webster was of CHESTER. The men entered March 14 and were paid for two months' service, each.-EDITOR.]
     1754, page 920-21 (detachment, from Col. Blanchard's Regiment, 1754). "A Muster roll, of the troops employed in His Majesty's Service on Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, under the Command of Col. Joseph Blanchard by him posted under proper officers agreeable to His Excellency orders at the several stations.

"August 23, 1754 IMPRESSED.
"Isaac Waldron, 12 weeks, 2 days."

Biographical
JACOB WALDRON

     John Morrill (son of Richard Morrill and grandfather of Charles Henry Morrill) married Mary Watkins, who was the daughter of Jason Watkins, who married Sarah Waldron; she was the daughter of Lieut. Jacob Waldron.
     Lieutenant JACOB WALDRON, of Warner, N. H., served as Lieutenant from Warner, N. H., March 5, 1774, in the Fifteenth New Hampshire Militia, Twelfth Company of New Amesbury (Warner, N. H.), in Captain William Stilson's company, the second company in Col. Wyman's New Hampshire Regiment. See Vol. II, page 886, Gen. and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Stearns), 1908.
     The name of Jacob Waldron appears as LIEUTENANT on roll of Capt. Wm. Stilson's in the Northern Army

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