Isaac Brayton | |
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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