ALDEN, Isaac b. 5 May 1755 Ashfield, MA d. 5 Mar 1822 Warren, PA

Puffer Genealogy

1755 - 1822 (66 years)

Father	ALDEN, David, b. 18 Jun 1727, Bridgewater, MA d. 12 Aug 1809, Ashfield, MA (Age 82 years)
Mother	THOMAS, Lucia, b. 17 Dec 1733, Middleborough, MA d. 13 Feb 1818, Ashfield, MA (Age 84 years)
Marriage	2 Jun 1753	Middleborough, MA
Family ID	F142	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Isaac and his wife, Irene Smith, and his first six children moved from Ashfield, Franklin Co. MA to a small settlement called Western, in Oneida Co. NY, where he carved a homestead out of a vast wilderness. He later moved his family to the nearby settlement of Williamstown where he built a saw mill on the Mlll Brook. He later built a mill on Fish Creek which became the business center of the settlement. Being a lumberman, he sailed down the St Lawrence River in 1811, just before the outbreak of war of 1812 with Great Britain, with a load of lumber. He was captured and imprisoned by British troops. He steadfastly refused to swear to the oath of allegiance and was deported to England where he remained in prison for 9 years. Upon his release the returned to Warren, Pennsylvania to live with his son Richard, where he died 5 May 1822.