Isaac CANTRELL

  Noted events in his life were:

• Biography: The Cantrell Family: Henderson County, NC. Richard Cantrill was a resident of the city of Philadelphia prior
to 1689. In July 1689, he was appointed administrator of the estate
of Joseph Cantrill, an unmarried nephew, who was drowned in the
Schuylkill River, May 10, 1689.

There is no doubt that he came from the Derbyshire branch of the
English family.

It is evident that he died prior to May 31, 1753.

About 1693, Richard Cantrill married Dorothy Jones, daughter of
Ellis and Jane Jones, who came to America from Flint, or Denbigh,
Wales, on the ship Submission in September 1682.

Ellis Jones and his family were Quakers and since the Cantrills
belonged to the Church of England, Richard and Dorothy were married,
to use a Quaker term, "out of meeting." Their children were:

2-1 Mary, d. May 1-6, 1695
2-2 Joseph, b. about 1695
2-3 Zebulon
2-4 Dorothy

Joseph Cantrill was born about 1695 in Philadelphia and spent his
early boyhood in that city. He married Miss Catherine --. They were
living in New Castle, Pa., or near the site of the present city of
Wilmington, Del. and were attendents at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes)
Church before 1720. Is is probable that Catherine was a daughter
of one of the Old Swedes, first settlers of this section, but this
could not be verified. Their first three children were baptized at
the old historic church.

Joseph and Catherine's children were:

3-1 Hannah, b. March 20, 1720, baptized April 25 at Old Swedes
3-2 John, b. Oct. 1724
3-3 Joseph
3-4 Zebulon
3-5 Isaac
3-6 a daughter

John Cantrell was born in New Castle, Pa. (now Del.) Oct. 1724 and
baptized in Old Swedes Church, March 25, 1726. He was married twice.
His first wife was a Miss Brittian, by whom he had seventeen sons;
his second wife was Jane --, by whom he had four sons and two daughters.
It is understood that there were several sets of twins in this
family. He died in 1803 and his sons, Abraham, Stephen, and Moses
administered his estate.

There are many traditions in the family regarding John Cantrell and
his family and their moving to the Carolinas, but the exact date of
his leaving New Castle is not known. It is known that he was living
in what is now Rockingham County, NC, before the Revolutionary War
and soon thereafter moved to the old 96 District, now Spartanburg
County, SC where he owned over 800 acres of land on Buck Creek,
waters of Pacolet River.

For a detailed report on the early Cantrell family see: The Cantrell Family by Susan Cantrill Christie

[Source: This family biography found at NC Archives and History in the Vertical files on the Mezzanine

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/henderson/bios/cantrl01.txt]

• See also. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/henderson/bios/cantrl01.txt

Isaac married Talitha CLOUD about 1750 in New Castle County, PA (now Deleware). (Talitha CLOUD was born about 1730 and died about 1772 in Matrimony Creek, near Eden, NC.)