Isaac Brayton

Isaac Brayton
Member of the
Ohio House of Representatives
Cuyahoga County
In office
January 7, 1856  January 5, 1857
Associate Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit of Ohio
In office
February 1850  January 1852
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Nantucket County
Personal details
Born Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Love Mitchell, m. July 25, 1825[1]
Children Mary Ann, George Mitchell, Lydia Mitchell, John, and Henry Swift.[2]
Profession Sea captain

Isaac Brayton (1801-1885) was an American sea captain and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, in the Ohio House of Representatives,[3] as an Ohio state Judge, and in the Ohio Senate.[1][4]

Early life

Brayton was born to Issac and Sarah[5] in Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1801.[1] Brayton's father died when he was young, and he was raised by, a relative, Hezekiah Barnard.[6]

Family life

On July 25, 1825[1] Brayton married Love Mitchell, the daughter of Lydia and Peleg Mitchell, Love[2](Love was the aunt of Maria Mitchell).[4] They had five children; Mary Ann,[1] George Mitchell, Lydia Mitchell, John, and Henry Swift.[2]

Ship's Captain

In the early part of his life Brayton became the Captain of a whaling ship, on April 28, 1833 Brayton landed the largest cargo of whale oil ever brought to Nantucket (2,824 barrels).[5] Brayton also landed one of the first, if not the first Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands.[5]

Associate Judgeship

In 1850 Brayton was elected an Associate[7] Judge[8] by the General Assembly,[9] which at this time elected Ohio's judges,[10] to represent Portage County on Ohio's Ninth Judicial Circuit.[11]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bowen, A. W. (1898), A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio, Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 689.
  2. 1 2 3 Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 401.
  3. Halley, W. E. (1917), Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio, 1915-1916, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio General Assembly, p. 282.
  4. 1 2 Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 28.
  5. 1 2 3 Hills, Aaron Merritt (1895), Life and labors of Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, Ravenna, Ohio: F. W. Woodbridge, p. 27.
  6. Warner, Beers, & Co. (1885), History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers, & Co., p. 814.
  7. Gilkey, Elliott Howard (1901), The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901, Columbus, Ohio: Seventy Fourth Ohio General Assembly, p. 542.
  8. Bowen, A. W. (1898), A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio, Logansport, Indiana: A. W. Bowen & Co., p. 690.
  9. Gilkey, Elliott Howard (1901), The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio from the Formation of the North-West Territory (1787) to July 1, 1901 (, Columbus, Ohio: Seventy Fourth Ohio General Assembly, p. 543.
  10. O’Connor, Maureen (May 2013), Ohio Courts 2013: A Proposal for Strengthening Judicial Elections, Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Courts 2013, p. 3.
  11. Warner, Beers, & Co. (1885), History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Chicago, Illinois: Warner, Beers, & Co., p. 332.


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