Isaac Wayne (1699 – November 1774) was a member of the

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representing

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from 1757 to 1763. He served as captain in the Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania during the

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from 1755 to 1758. As a civilian he operated a

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. He is the father of

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General

Anthony Wayne Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military expl ...

and grandfather of

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Isaac Wayne Isaac Wayne (1772October 25, 1852) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Federalist Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1823 to 1825. He previously served as ...

Biography

Isaac Wayne was born in

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in 1699 as the ninth child to Captain Anthony Wayne, veteran of the

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. Anthony Wayne and family emigrated to the

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and settled on a parcel of land in Easttown Township, Pennsylvania. Isaac stayed in England to finish his education and joined the family two years later. Isaac was 40 years old when his parents deeded their estate to him under the condition that he was to pay an annuity to his parents for the remainder of their lives.Isaac built the stone home named

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which is now a designated historical site and open for public tours. He built up the largest tannery in Pennsylvania, grew grain, and feed-crops. He served as a captain during the French and Indian War for the Provincial Forces of Pennsylvania from 1755 to 1756. He agreed to join the fight after General

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was ambushed not far from Easttown Township. He raised a company of men out of Chester County and was commissioned captain. He aided in the defense of Northampton County, Pennsylvania and helped in the construction of Fort Allen. He was stationed at Nazareth, Monroe County and at Gnadden Hutten, a Moravian town at the current site of Allentown, Pennsylvania. In February, 1756, the company was disbanded but Wayne raised a second company which participated in the

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during 1757 and 1758. He served as the representative for Chester County in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly from 1757 to 1763. At the age of forty, he married Elizabeth Iddings and together they had four children: *

, a major general during the American Revolution * Hannah, who married

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, a Captain during the American Revolution, owner of a large Iron business and nearby historical homes. * Ann, who married Capt. William Hayman * Margaret, who married Col. Holstein Wayne was an early patron of art from

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and purchased six chalk drawings done by West as a youth for $6. Wayne died in November 1774 at Easttown Township, Pennsylvania and was interred in the graveyard of St. David's Episcopal Church in

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