Isaac Jarrett Sr. ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military in 1780 in , Northampton, PA: Revolutionary War: private in Capt. George Knappenberger's company, Col. George Breinig's 2nd battalion.

2. He signed a will on 8 Jun 1790 in Macungie Twp., Northampton, PA. ^{6 7} His will was executed on 8 Jun 1790 and probated on 17 Jul 1790. It names as heirs wife Catherine with John, eldest child, Daniel, Jacob, Henry, Isaac, Gertrude, and "three youngest daughters." It mentions the lands of Jacob Herman, Lawrence Hern, Matthias Weshego, Jacob Meier, Mathias Equer, Jacob Stephon, Jacobvan Buskirk, and Ferdinand Wertz. Jacob Mohr and Mathia Wesgo witnessed the will.

The full text of the will:

In the Name of God Amen I Isaac Jarrett of Macungie Township in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania Husbandman, being weak in body but of Sound & Perfect mind & memory blessed be Almighty God for the same Do make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following (that is to say) first it is my Will that all my Just Debts & funeral Expences be duely Paid,
Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Catharine the yearly lawful Interest of One Hundred Pounds yearly during her Natural lifetime
Item I Give & Devise to my Son John Jarret the Messuage Plantation and tract of about one hundred & Sixty Six acres of Land Situate lying & being in the said Township of Macungie adjoining to Jacob Herman Lawrence Born Mathias Wetzel & others to hang all in One Tract and the Remaining Part hereof Fifty Acres Allowance shall be cut off & Surveyed for my son Daniel the Devision line shall Begin at Wetzel corner above the small Orchard From thence North East ward the same as the West side towards the Meadow as nigh as conveniently will to then separate the meadows as nigh so that it wood accept the same to one of the too Hundred Aces which stands together at the Lane House up the same and over again One perch & a half in Breadth so far as to the Town Road Thenes agreeable with the Fence across the Meadow as for that Iron Stone Corner & very near with Wetzel line to include Jacob Herman Fifty acres & Allowance joined to my son Daniel adjoining said Wetzel as noted then acres & Allowance of the said land with the House thereon situate mostly in upper Milford Township adjoining the Land late Jacob Meier now Mathes Nyce & Jacob Stephon to be cut through North Ninety Degrees west with the line 23 Perches in length together with all and very its Appurtenances in as good Manner belonging To have and to hold the said Messuage & Two Tracts of Lands & premises the One Containing One Hundred & Sixty-four acres and the other Ninety Acres to be the same more or less unto him the said John Jarrett his Heirs & Assigns forever,
Item I give & bequeath unto my said son John Jarrett all my moveable Goods & Chattles whatsoever (Except the conditions following) & paying to my other Children & Others (except Daniel the son of Adam) And the Twenty pounds Current & Lawful Gold & Silver Money that is to say One Hundred Pounds thereof shall be Performed by my Executor and shall Manage in his Hand for to pay the yearly interest thereof To my beloved wife Catharine During her Natural lifetime and then it shall come to my Children share as aforesaid that the Oldest Part of said sum my said son John his Heirs Executors or Adm's Shall give pay to my children as aforesaid as much as is Possible for him to tweny my Person until the first Day of November One Thousand Eight Hundred & one And What is not paid and is standing any longer the lawful Interest thereof from that time must be paid by the said John Jarrett my son his Heirs Executors & shall further give to my Three younger Daughters to the Cattle & things what my other Daughters have got; Provided when they marry or their Married State but they must be & Remain under his Care to not make Use of Eye further and also the said John Jarrett my son his Heirs Adm's or Assigns shall give build & prepare a Sufficient Room and wood for her Privilage in all things to live during my House or to build or can; A Sufficient Room To and for my beloved wife Catharine for her Residence during her natural lifetime, also is quit, is to her have the Choice to take And use any thing of Goods & Household furniture whatever she is wanted besides what by right belonged to her also to give, Hold to her yearly & every year During her natural life a Garden or a Sufficient Part in the Garden for her Benefit to it, & to keep one good cow for her use pasture as good & feed as his own. Twelve Bushel fair wheat & half Rye to the Mill & home to her Machine as she Secures it. One Hundred Pound good Pork & Twenty pound Good Beef One Bushel Salt. Two Gallons Linen & have the choice to take so much Apples out of the Orchard as she please and for Flax ten thirty pounds swungled flax four pound Wool, Ten pound tow & the remainder For Summer Distress sufficient, Ground as she wants it.
Item I give & Devise unto my son Daniel Jarrett the above mentioned fifty acres of land & Allowance adjoining Mathias Wetzel and a piece of Woodland situate the most part in the said Township of Macungie adjoining the White Oak & Bushkill & Puderback Motz which is to Survey land to cut off from the 45 paid as mentioned & Devised above to John Jarrett, so that it contains and has with the Allowance as next, To have and to hold the said Two recited Tracts or pieces of Land the first to contain fifty Acres and the second Seventy Two is very the regular allowance & very its appurtenances unto the said Daniel Jarrett my son and to his Heirs & Assigns forever and also I give and bequeath unto him the said Daniel Jarrett all the smith Tools in complete thereunto belonging for which consideration and Premises the said Daniel Jarrett his Heirs Exe'rs Adm's or Assigns shall give and Pay to my other Children & Heirs (except John) the sum of Two Hundred & fifty Pound in current Lawful Gold or Silver Money as he is possible able Between my Decease and the first Day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand & Eight Hundred and non payment of item
And further I give and bequeath unto my sons viz Jacob Jarrett, Isaac Jarrett, Isaac Jarrett and my Daughter Gertrude to every One them the sum of Twenty pounds Lawful hand money as aforesaid And then all my whole Estate as the residue thereof shall be Equally divided amongest all my Children or their Heirs except John and Daniel Jarrett who have their Share in the Land aforesaid which is my will; And I do hereby bequeath to them
Item I Constitute & appoint my Two sons the said John Jarrett & Daniel Jarrett to be the Executors of this my Last will & Testament and give them full power to execute the same what is necessary; Revoking all former wills by me made In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & sealed this fourth Day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & ninety 1790.

Isaac Jarrett [Seal]

Signed Sealed published & declared by the above Named Isaac to be his last will & Testament in the presence of For who have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses in the presence of the Testator

Jacob Miller
Melchior Diefendörfer.

3. Book: History of Lehigh County: The Jarrett Family, 1914. ⁸
Jarret Family

In the list of taxables in 1762 of Macungie township appear the names of Isaac, John, Edward and Philip "Jearet". They paid tax which was recorded respectively in pounds as follows: 12, 24, 11 and 6 pounds. The names of William and Robert Jarret appears among the Revolutionary War patriots.

William Jarret enlisted in 1777 for three years. He was a corporal in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment in Capt. Nehemiah Stokely's company. (Pa. Archives Third Series Vol III pp 342-348.)

Robert Jarret enlisted Feb 2, 1776 in the Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion under the command of Col. W Irvine (Pa. Archives Third Series Vol II pp 232-234.)

The ancestor of the Jarret family was Isaac Jarret who was of French descent. He died in Macungie township in 1786. His will is on record at Easton, Pa. and mentions his wife Catharine and the following children: John oldest son, Daniel, Jacob, Henry, Isaac and Gertrude.

Edward Jarret, son of Isaac Sr., died in 1802 and was also a resident of Macungie township. The name of his wife was Catharine. The will mentions these five daughters: Catharine, Margaretha, Mary married to Henry Pisk, Regina married to John Huber, and Elizabeth married to Adam Libert of Virginia; also these grandchildren: Paul Remus, John Statler and Elizabeth Yeisley.

Henry Jarret, son of the ancestor, was one of the most prominent men in the Fries Rebellion in 1798 and 1799.

4. Book: Gilbert, Knappenberger, Jarrett & Allied Families, 1990. ⁹
The Jarretts residing in Lehigh County today [1990] are almost all descendants of John Jarrett's third son, Isaac. Only three of John's eight sons remained in this area. John Jr., the eldest, moved to Chestnut Hill near Philadelphia; Samuel and Daniel both went to North Carolina; William is said to have gone to Virginia; and Sebastian died at the age of 35 near Philadelphia. Of the three sons who remained here - Edward, Philip & Isaac - only Isaac is known to have been survived by sons. Of course, it is possible that Jarretts have come to Lehigh County from other areas and are descended from other lines. The name, or a variation thereof, did appear occasionally even in the eighteenth century, with no connection known to John Jarrett, the early Macungie area settler. Isaac Jarrett had five sons. Three - Daniel, Jacob, Isaac Jr. - left this area. The two who remained were his eldest son, John (bom 1759) and Henry (bom 1771-2). His son Daniel moved his family to Northumberland County, Pa.; his son Jacob went to Snyder County, Pa.; and the youngest son Isaac moved his family to the state of Ohio.

Careful study of available records indicates there were nine daughters and five sons in this family, and that six of the daughters were already married when their father died. The date of Catherine's death is unknown, but she was listed as a baptismal sponsor for her son Daniel's daughter, Catharine, in 1793.

Isaac married Catherine Elizabeth Wetzel, daughter of Conrad Wetzel Sr. and Anna Catharine Bayer, about 1755 in Macungie Twp., Lehigh, PA.¹ (Catherine Elizabeth Wetzel was born on 11 Jul 1735 in Emmaus, Lehigh, PA ¹⁰, christened on 15 Apr 1759 in Alburtis: Zion Lehigh Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lehigh, PA ⁹ and died in Feb 1796 in Macungie Twp., Lehigh, PA.)