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View Tree for Isaac Van ScoyIsaac Van Scoy (b. Apr 1732, d. Nov 02, 1816)

Isaac Van Scoy (son of Cornelius Van Scoy and Patience Barns) was born Apr 1732 in Northwest (East Hampton, LI, NY)568, and died Nov 02, 1816. He married (1) Elizabeth Dibble, daughter of Joseph Dibble and Elizabeth Parsons. He married (2) Mercy Edwards on Feb 04, 1757568, daughter of David Edwards and Alice Leek.

 Includes NotesNotes for Isaac Van Scoy:
In February 1757, Isaac Van Scoy of Amagansett married Mercy Edwards, and in the spring moved to that section of the town known as Northwest or Alewife Brook Neck, about six miles north of East Hampton Village. Northwest was a wooded wilderness of large timber. Into this lonely spot he went, with his wife, his axe, and his gun, game such as deer being plenty at that time. For a tenement for himself and his wife, he took out some dirt from the side of a hill, split some logs and put them up for a ceiling, putting turf on top for a roof. In a few years he built a snug frame house, and in or about 1771, he had build for himself a two-story 34 X 30 foot frame house, and in this he lived the rest of his life.

Fifteen children were born to Isaac and Mercy in this wilderness, seven died in infancy. Mercy died in 1782, and Isaac then married the widow of Jonathan Osborn, who had a large family by her first husband. Isaac spent his time chopping and carting wood and clearing and tilling the soil. He was a man who did not believe there was any such thing as "I can't do it/" When he was married he did not know the letter of the alphabet, but he soon learned, and was a fair reader for his time. He was 85 when he died, never was sick in his life. He rode six miles to church and home again, walked into the house, and sat down dead. The day he died his courage was equal to his will.
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In the Revolutionary War, the British lying in Gardiner's Bay often made raids on Isaac Van Scoy's farm. For safety, nights he had a handy hayfork standing by the head of his bed. On a certain day he had 50 English pounds paid him by some one. Some of the British being on shore, got wind of it, and broke into his home to get it. "The money!" they demanded. He told them they should not have it. They asked him where it was. He told them -- they made a rush for it. With his two-tined pitchfork he killed one on the spot and wounded two more. Isaac was taken prisoner and put aboard a British warship at Sag Harbor to await trial. One dark night some friend and neighbors rowed out to the warship and managed to free him though a porthole. He had to hide out until the war ended.




More About Isaac Van Scoy:
Fact 2: p 299 EH History says death at 1817..

More About Isaac Van Scoy and Mercy Edwards:
Marriage: Feb 04, 1757568

Children of Isaac Van Scoy and Mercy Edwards are:
  1. +Hetty Mehetable Van Scoy, b. Abt. 1764, Northwest, East Hampton, LI, NY569, d. 1843570.
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