War of 1812 veteran.
Isaac Painter, probably a son of Sarah (née Williams) and Thomas Painter, was born about 1791, probably in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where the Thomas Painter household was enumerated in 1790 and 1800. (Thomas Painter is not found in later records.) Isaac Painter's presumed elder brothers, John and Joel, were enumerated in 1810 in North Huntingdon Township, as was Isaac Painter's future father-in-law Enoch Watson.
Isaac Painter on 12 September 1814 enlisted as a private for 5 years' service, and was assigned to the 22nd Regiment, U.S. Infantry. According to a military record, he was a farmer, aged 23 years, born in "Washington Pa."; he was 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and had blue eyes, sandy hair and complexion. Private Isaac Painter's discharge date is unknown; the 22d Regiment was disbanded in early 1815. In 1820, Isaac Painter was enumerated living by himself in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Brother Joel Painter was also enumerated in that county.
Isaac Painter married Eliza Watson, a daughter of Mary (née Ong) and Enoch Watson, in the late 1820s, probably in Westmoreland County. The couple are known to have been the parents of ten children. The first seven were born in Pennsylvania, probably in Westmoreland County, where the Isaac Painter household was enumerated in 1830 and 1840, and where Isaac Painter purchased land in 1833. In the early 1840s, the family moved to Ohio, and settled in Wesley Township, Washington County. The couple's last three children were born (in 1843, 1845, and 1847) in Ohio. (Washington County is along the Ohio River. It is likely that the Isaac Painter family traveled there by boat.*)
Isaac Painter died between 1846 and 1850. He paid taxes in 1846 in Wesley Township. Eliza Painter was enumerated as the head of household on 12 September 1850 in Wesley Township, and she remarried (to widower John Addis) on 8 November 1850.
Isaac Painter's burial place is not known. (There are about a dozen cemeteries in Wesley Township.)
In addition to his widow Eliza, Isaac Painter was survived by their ten children. Four of his sons fought for the Union in the Civil War (a fifth was in the Missouri Home Guards). By 1870, Eliza (widowed a second time in 1863), and three or four of their children were living in Pennsylvania; three were living in Ohio; three were living in Missouri. Eliza died in 1875.
Comments
Many genealogies posted online represent 17 April 1792 as Isaac Painter's date of birth, 22 May 1828 as the date of his marriage to Eliza Watson, and 24 November 1847 as the date of his death. These dates are unreliable: their sources—and their accuracy—are unknown. No known record states expressly that Isaac Painter was a son of Thomas and Sarah Painter, but the collection of relevant records provides at least moderate confidence regarding his parents and brothers. Isaac Painter had sons named Joel and Thomas, and the name Isaac was common among descendants of Quaker couple Hannah (née Braddock) and John Painter, senior. Death certificates and an obit. of five of Isaac Painter's children identify Eliza Watson as their mother.
Notes
1790 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 61 (written).
[2.] Thos Penter.
• Ten persons including one adult male.
• Wm Parks in North Huntingdon Twp., p. 52. William Parks was the father of Harriet Parks, who would later marry Thomas Painter's son John.
1800 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 1079 (written).
[6.] Painter Thomas.
[7.] Parks Wm.
• Thomas Painter household of 15 persons included a male and a female aged 45 or older.
• Several Ong family households also enumerated in the township.
1810 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 114 (printed), 2d column.
[10.] John Painter.
• Eight persons including two males aged 16 thru 25. John Painter was then aged 28 or 29, the other adult male may be Isaac Painter.
1810 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 115 (printed).
[9.] Enoch Watson.
[11.] Joel Painter.
• Enoch Watson household of six persons included two females aged 10 thru 15. Joel Painter household was a couple aged 16 thru 25.
Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Establishment, May 17, 1815, p. 97. The remarks section includes a mention of Pittsburgh on 21 Dec 1814, and Capt. Jacob Carmack's Co. on 16 Feb.
• Earliest known record of Isaac Painter.
1820 U.S. Census, Washington Twp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania; p. 686 (written).
[6.] Isaac Painter.
• One male aged 16 thru 25.
• Brother Joel Painter enumerated in Bridgeport Borough, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.
• Enoch Watson household enumerated in North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
* In 1826 or 1827, Isaac Painter's brother Joel traveled with his family on a flatboat down the Ohio River to Cincinnati, Ohio. Joel Painter's household was enumerated in 1830 in Cincinnati, and by 1840 Joel Painter and family were farming in Madison County, Ohio.
1830 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 108 (printed).
[8.] Isaac Painter.
• Couple aged 20-49, and three persons under age 20. Isaac's brother John on p. 112.
"Isaac Painter of the Township of North Huntingdon County of Westmoreland" purchased on 26 February 1833 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 10 acres in North Huntingdon. He purchased on 6 December 1833 another 13 acres in the township.
1840 U.S. Census, Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 250 (printed).
[15.] Isaac Painter.
• Couple aged 20-49, and seven persons under age 20.
1845: Isaac Painter of Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, paid a personal property tax of 56 cents on his one horse and two cows.
1846: Isaac Painter of Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, paid taxes of 4 cents: a state tax of 2 cents, a county township schools tax of 1 cent, and a road tax of 1 cent.
• This was the smallest tax assessment recorded on this page.
1850 U.S. Census, Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; dwelling 147, family 148, lines 2-11, p. 405 (printed), 12 Sep 1850.
2. Eliza Painter, 42, Pa.
3. Martha J -----, 21, Pa.
4. Eveline -----, 18, Pa.
5. Joel -----, 18, laborer, Pa.
6. Asher -----, 16, laborer, Pa.
7. Thomas -----, 13, Pa.
8. Rachel A -----, 7, O [Ohio].
9. Wm -----, 6, O.
10. Sarah A -----, 3, O.
11. James Nicholson, 2, O.
• Sons James and John not enumerated.
• Pennsylvania-born farmers Grayham, Munroe, and Wilson also enumerated on this page. Map of Washington County, Ohio (Philadelphia: Edwin P. Gardner, 1858) shows that these farmers owned land in Section 4, Wesley Twp.
• Martha Jane Ginn's 1914 Pennsylvania death certificate: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson, both born in Pennsylvania. Born in 1829 in Shaner, Pennsylvania, which is in Sewickley Twp.
• Asher Copeland Painter's 1914 Ohio death certificate: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson.
• Joel T. Painter's 1918 obit.: "son of Isaac and Elizabeth Watson-Painter."
• James Wesley Painter's 1924 Missouri death certificate identifies: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson, both of Penn.
• Sarah Amanda Painter Duncan's 1928 Pennsylvania death certificate: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson.
"Thomas W. Painter was married on July 1, 1852, to Eveline Painter, who is a daughter of Isaac Painter, of Washington county, Ohio." (Bio. of Thomas W. Painter in: Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890), p. 404.) The claim that the Painters were "of Scotch-Irish descent" is very doubtful, and this Painter family has no connection with York Co., Pennsylvania.
Research Notes
"JEREMIAH ONG […] was born in Burlington County , New Jersey. His wife's given name was Christianna. He lived during the period of the War of the Revolution in Eastern Pennsylvania. Soon after the war he moved westward with his family, and located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near a place called Cookstown, now called Fayette City. […] Jeremiah Ong was a farmer by occupation , and is believed to have been a member of the Society of Friends." Jeremiah and Christianna Ong were the parents of four children, including: "Mary (Polly), m. Enoch Watson." (Albert R. Ong," The Ong Family of America (Martins Ferry, Ohio: [n.p.], 1906), p. 23.)
Jeremiah Ong's parents were Quakers. According to the Lewis D. Cook 1970 typescript of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington County, New Jersey: Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756, page 35: in 1744, "A certificate was signed for Jacob Ong and his wife to the Mo. Mtg. at Little Egg Harbour." (In Ocean County, New Jersey.)
• Painter family members often intermarried with descendants of other New Jersey Quaker families well into the 1800s.
No warrant for military land found.
Washington County probate records not fully available online, and not indexed.
Some genealogies on ancestry.com and other websites have confused this Isaac Painter with his first cousin, Isaac Painter, junior, who died in 1847 in LaSalle Co., Illinois.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZV4-XJ3 : 27 September 2017), John Addis and Eliza Painter, 08 Nov 1850; citing Washington, Ohio, United States, reference v 2 p 380; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 941,958.
• John Addis not found in the 1850 U.S. Census for Barlow Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. There were two Addis households in the township, both headed by men about a generation younger and from Pennsylvania.
• Map of Washington County, Ohio (Philadelphia: Edwin P. Gardner, 1858) shows that J. Addis owned 80 acres near the southwest corner of Barlow Twp., and another 160 acres in a diagonally adjacent lot in Fairfield Twp.
1860 U.S. Census, Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; dwelling 99, family 99, lines 18-21, p. 64 (printed), p. 15 (written), 20 Jun 1860.
18. John Addis, 76, farmer ($1,500; $300), Pa.
19. Eliza Addis, 50, housewife, Pa.
20. G. W. Addis, 7, male, Ohio.
21. S. M. Addis, 13, female, Ohio.
• G. W. Addis was George W. Addis, son of Eliza and John Addis.
• S. M. Addis was Sarah Amanda Painter (Mandy being a pet name for Amanda).
1870 U.S. Census, Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; dwelling 97, family 97, lines 5-7, p. 617 (printed), p. 15 (written), 21 Jul 1870.
5. Painter, Eliza, 60, keeping house, Pennsylvania.
6. ----- Amanda, 21, Ohio.
7. ----- Flora B., 4, Ohio.
Geographical note
Washington, Pennsylvania, is the Washington County seat. When Westmoreland County was organized in 1773, it encompassed the entire southwest corner of Pennsylvania. By 1800, the original Westmoreland County had become Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette, part of Allegheny, and Greene Counties.
Reviewed 22 April 2024.
War of 1812 veteran.
Isaac Painter, probably a son of Sarah (née Williams) and Thomas Painter, was born about 1791, probably in North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where the Thomas Painter household was enumerated in 1790 and 1800. (Thomas Painter is not found in later records.) Isaac Painter's presumed elder brothers, John and Joel, were enumerated in 1810 in North Huntingdon Township, as was Isaac Painter's future father-in-law Enoch Watson.
Isaac Painter on 12 September 1814 enlisted as a private for 5 years' service, and was assigned to the 22nd Regiment, U.S. Infantry. According to a military record, he was a farmer, aged 23 years, born in "Washington Pa."; he was 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and had blue eyes, sandy hair and complexion. Private Isaac Painter's discharge date is unknown; the 22d Regiment was disbanded in early 1815. In 1820, Isaac Painter was enumerated living by himself in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Brother Joel Painter was also enumerated in that county.
Isaac Painter married Eliza Watson, a daughter of Mary (née Ong) and Enoch Watson, in the late 1820s, probably in Westmoreland County. The couple are known to have been the parents of ten children. The first seven were born in Pennsylvania, probably in Westmoreland County, where the Isaac Painter household was enumerated in 1830 and 1840, and where Isaac Painter purchased land in 1833. In the early 1840s, the family moved to Ohio, and settled in Wesley Township, Washington County. The couple's last three children were born (in 1843, 1845, and 1847) in Ohio. (Washington County is along the Ohio River. It is likely that the Isaac Painter family traveled there by boat.*)
Isaac Painter died between 1846 and 1850. He paid taxes in 1846 in Wesley Township. Eliza Painter was enumerated as the head of household on 12 September 1850 in Wesley Township, and she remarried (to widower John Addis) on 8 November 1850.
Isaac Painter's burial place is not known. (There are about a dozen cemeteries in Wesley Township.)
In addition to his widow Eliza, Isaac Painter was survived by their ten children. Four of his sons fought for the Union in the Civil War (a fifth was in the Missouri Home Guards). By 1870, Eliza (widowed a second time in 1863), and three or four of their children were living in Pennsylvania; three were living in Ohio; three were living in Missouri. Eliza died in 1875.
Comments
Many genealogies posted online represent 17 April 1792 as Isaac Painter's date of birth, 22 May 1828 as the date of his marriage to Eliza Watson, and 24 November 1847 as the date of his death. These dates are unreliable: their sources—and their accuracy—are unknown. No known record states expressly that Isaac Painter was a son of Thomas and Sarah Painter, but the collection of relevant records provides at least moderate confidence regarding his parents and brothers. Isaac Painter had sons named Joel and Thomas, and the name Isaac was common among descendants of Quaker couple Hannah (née Braddock) and John Painter, senior. Death certificates and an obit. of five of Isaac Painter's children identify Eliza Watson as their mother.
Notes
1790 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 61 (written).
[2.] Thos Penter.
• Ten persons including one adult male.
• Wm Parks in North Huntingdon Twp., p. 52. William Parks was the father of Harriet Parks, who would later marry Thomas Painter's son John.
1800 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 1079 (written).
[6.] Painter Thomas.
[7.] Parks Wm.
• Thomas Painter household of 15 persons included a male and a female aged 45 or older.
• Several Ong family households also enumerated in the township.
1810 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 114 (printed), 2d column.
[10.] John Painter.
• Eight persons including two males aged 16 thru 25. John Painter was then aged 28 or 29, the other adult male may be Isaac Painter.
1810 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 115 (printed).
[9.] Enoch Watson.
[11.] Joel Painter.
• Enoch Watson household of six persons included two females aged 10 thru 15. Joel Painter household was a couple aged 16 thru 25.
Records of Men Enlisted in the U. S. Army Prior to the Peace Establishment, May 17, 1815, p. 97. The remarks section includes a mention of Pittsburgh on 21 Dec 1814, and Capt. Jacob Carmack's Co. on 16 Feb.
• Earliest known record of Isaac Painter.
1820 U.S. Census, Washington Twp., Fayette Co., Pennsylvania; p. 686 (written).
[6.] Isaac Painter.
• One male aged 16 thru 25.
• Brother Joel Painter enumerated in Bridgeport Borough, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.
• Enoch Watson household enumerated in North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
* In 1826 or 1827, Isaac Painter's brother Joel traveled with his family on a flatboat down the Ohio River to Cincinnati, Ohio. Joel Painter's household was enumerated in 1830 in Cincinnati, and by 1840 Joel Painter and family were farming in Madison County, Ohio.
1830 U.S. Census, North Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 108 (printed).
[8.] Isaac Painter.
• Couple aged 20-49, and three persons under age 20. Isaac's brother John on p. 112.
"Isaac Painter of the Township of North Huntingdon County of Westmoreland" purchased on 26 February 1833 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 10 acres in North Huntingdon. He purchased on 6 December 1833 another 13 acres in the township.
1840 U.S. Census, Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; p. 250 (printed).
[15.] Isaac Painter.
• Couple aged 20-49, and seven persons under age 20.
1845: Isaac Painter of Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, paid a personal property tax of 56 cents on his one horse and two cows.
1846: Isaac Painter of Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio, paid taxes of 4 cents: a state tax of 2 cents, a county township schools tax of 1 cent, and a road tax of 1 cent.
• This was the smallest tax assessment recorded on this page.
1850 U.S. Census, Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; dwelling 147, family 148, lines 2-11, p. 405 (printed), 12 Sep 1850.
2. Eliza Painter, 42, Pa.
3. Martha J -----, 21, Pa.
4. Eveline -----, 18, Pa.
5. Joel -----, 18, laborer, Pa.
6. Asher -----, 16, laborer, Pa.
7. Thomas -----, 13, Pa.
8. Rachel A -----, 7, O [Ohio].
9. Wm -----, 6, O.
10. Sarah A -----, 3, O.
11. James Nicholson, 2, O.
• Sons James and John not enumerated.
• Pennsylvania-born farmers Grayham, Munroe, and Wilson also enumerated on this page. Map of Washington County, Ohio (Philadelphia: Edwin P. Gardner, 1858) shows that these farmers owned land in Section 4, Wesley Twp.
• Martha Jane Ginn's 1914 Pennsylvania death certificate: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson, both born in Pennsylvania. Born in 1829 in Shaner, Pennsylvania, which is in Sewickley Twp.
• Asher Copeland Painter's 1914 Ohio death certificate: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson.
• Joel T. Painter's 1918 obit.: "son of Isaac and Elizabeth Watson-Painter."
• James Wesley Painter's 1924 Missouri death certificate identifies: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson, both of Penn.
• Sarah Amanda Painter Duncan's 1928 Pennsylvania death certificate: Isaac Painter and Eliza Watson.
"Thomas W. Painter was married on July 1, 1852, to Eveline Painter, who is a daughter of Isaac Painter, of Washington county, Ohio." (Bio. of Thomas W. Painter in: Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890), p. 404.) The claim that the Painters were "of Scotch-Irish descent" is very doubtful, and this Painter family has no connection with York Co., Pennsylvania.
Research Notes
"JEREMIAH ONG […] was born in Burlington County , New Jersey. His wife's given name was Christianna. He lived during the period of the War of the Revolution in Eastern Pennsylvania. Soon after the war he moved westward with his family, and located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near a place called Cookstown, now called Fayette City. […] Jeremiah Ong was a farmer by occupation , and is believed to have been a member of the Society of Friends." Jeremiah and Christianna Ong were the parents of four children, including: "Mary (Polly), m. Enoch Watson." (Albert R. Ong," The Ong Family of America (Martins Ferry, Ohio: [n.p.], 1906), p. 23.)
Jeremiah Ong's parents were Quakers. According to the Lewis D. Cook 1970 typescript of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington County, New Jersey: Intentions of Marriage and Certificates of Removal, 1685-1756, page 35: in 1744, "A certificate was signed for Jacob Ong and his wife to the Mo. Mtg. at Little Egg Harbour." (In Ocean County, New Jersey.)
• Painter family members often intermarried with descendants of other New Jersey Quaker families well into the 1800s.
No warrant for military land found.
Washington County probate records not fully available online, and not indexed.
Some genealogies on ancestry.com and other websites have confused this Isaac Painter with his first cousin, Isaac Painter, junior, who died in 1847 in LaSalle Co., Illinois.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZV4-XJ3 : 27 September 2017), John Addis and Eliza Painter, 08 Nov 1850; citing Washington, Ohio, United States, reference v 2 p 380; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 941,958.
• John Addis not found in the 1850 U.S. Census for Barlow Twp., Washington Co., Ohio. There were two Addis households in the township, both headed by men about a generation younger and from Pennsylvania.
• Map of Washington County, Ohio (Philadelphia: Edwin P. Gardner, 1858) shows that J. Addis owned 80 acres near the southwest corner of Barlow Twp., and another 160 acres in a diagonally adjacent lot in Fairfield Twp.
1860 U.S. Census, Wesley Twp., Washington Co., Ohio; dwelling 99, family 99, lines 18-21, p. 64 (printed), p. 15 (written), 20 Jun 1860.
18. John Addis, 76, farmer ($1,500; $300), Pa.
19. Eliza Addis, 50, housewife, Pa.
20. G. W. Addis, 7, male, Ohio.
21. S. M. Addis, 13, female, Ohio.
• G. W. Addis was George W. Addis, son of Eliza and John Addis.
• S. M. Addis was Sarah Amanda Painter (Mandy being a pet name for Amanda).
1870 U.S. Census, Sewickley Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; dwelling 97, family 97, lines 5-7, p. 617 (printed), p. 15 (written), 21 Jul 1870.
5. Painter, Eliza, 60, keeping house, Pennsylvania.
6. ----- Amanda, 21, Ohio.
7. ----- Flora B., 4, Ohio.
Geographical note
Washington, Pennsylvania, is the Washington County seat. When Westmoreland County was organized in 1773, it encompassed the entire southwest corner of Pennsylvania. By 1800, the original Westmoreland County had become Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette, part of Allegheny, and Greene Counties.
Reviewed 22 April 2024.
Family Members
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Martha Jane Painter Ginn
1829–1914
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Evaline Painter Painter
1830–1882
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Joel T. Painter
1832–1918
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Asher Copeland Painter
1833–1914
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James Wesley Painter
1835–1924
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Thomas Painter
1837–1934
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John Tyler Painter
1841–1928
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Rachel Ann Painter Brown
1843–1900
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William C. Painter
1845–1875
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Sarah Amanda Painter Duncan
1847–1928
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