Isaac Foote

Judge Isaac Foote, location? source?

• Isaac was another brother, who had settled in Chenango County, where he was a Judge, legislator, and generally respected man. —kaf

Isaac Foote, b. 4 January, 1746; d. at ___; m. Mary Kellogg [Foot Fam;1;88], daughter of ___; “Judge Foote only had the benefit of the common school education of those primitive times, but that he improved it well there is abundant evidence. He was not an orator, but on occasion he was called upon to make public address [Foot Fam;1;88]. Children [Foot Fam;1;88-89]: 1) Mary Foote, b. 27 Feb., 1769

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HON. ISAAC FOOTE.

Hon. Isaac FooTE, of Smyrna, Chenango County, (N. Y.,) was the son of Daniel Foote, of Colchester, (Conn.,) where he was born on the 4th of January, 174G. In the common schools of that town, and in his early Puritan home, he received that sounil, but plain, elementary in- struction, and that religious training which fitted him for a long life of practical usefulness, of strict integrity and the most consistent piety. He resided in Colchester until May, 1768, when he removed to Stallbrd, (Conn.,) whtire he soon grew into the confidence of his fellow-citizens, by whom he was repeatedly elected to the General Assembly of the State. He early received a commission as Justice of the Peace, which in those days was the highest evidence of the public spirit, and the pure and high character ofthose who were thus honored. He was a Soldier of the Revolution, and [December 24, 1769,] before leaving Colchester, became a member of the Congregational Church.

In 1794, he emigrated to Sherburne, Chenango County, New York where he located on a farm, (which is now in the present town of Smyr- na,) on which he resided nearly fifty years, until his death. In his new home, his energy, discrimination, practical judgment and amiable deportment, found ample room for exercise. He did much to promote the settlement and improvement of the country, by assisting to open roads, establish schools, organize churches, build houses of worship, and lend a helping hand to many a needy emigrant in distress.

He early received marks of the confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow citizens, by being elected, in 1798, a member of the lower House, and, in 1810, of the Senate of the Legislature of New York. While in that office, he gave his hearty support and advocacy to all measures to establish common schools and provide funds for their support, and he continued their ardent friend through life. In the same year, (1800.) he was appointed first Judge of Chenango County, in which office he was continued until he reached the constitutional limit of the age of sixty.

Judge Foote was married on the 31st of May, 1773, to Mary Kellogg, daughter of Jonathan Kellogg, jun., of Colchester, with whom he lived happily upward of half a century. She died November 15, 1826, aged 82 years He survived her nearly seventeen years. His death occurred at Smyrna, on the 27th of February, 1843, having reached the advanced age of ninety-seven.

There was an exceeding beauty in his bright and serene old age, following, as it did, a long life of active usefulness and of unsuspected purity both in his public and private walk. This life, after reaching its meridian, did not suddenly rush down into the darkness of the grave, but seemed to pass gradually out hke one of our longest summer days, into a serene twilight, which gradually melts into the softest night.

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Through his long career, he was universally respected as a man of strong intellectual powers, — of strict integrity and sincerity, — of large public sjjirit, and the highe&t and purest Christian virtues. He walked uprightly in public and private life,— he was industrious in well-doing, by which he made himself useful and valuable in society :— his hand was ever ready to be put forth in any good cause, — his tongue spoke only the truth as it was in his heart: — and when he died, his friends had a comfortable hope and belief, that he had entered into the rest prepared for the people of God,— that he had gone to abide in His Tabernacle, and dwell in His Holy Hill,— inasmuch as he had walked through life uprightly, working righteousness, and speaking the truth in hislieart, and had trusted in Christ and his righteousness for salvation.

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EBENEZER FOOTE.

Ebenezer Foote removed from Colchester, (Conn.,) to Delhi, (N. Y.,) about the close of the War of the Revolution, in which he shared first the perils of a common soldier, and afterwards of a subordinate officer. While stationed near Newark, (N. J.,) he, with a detachment of the American army, was taken prisoner by the enemy, and carried to New-York. He effected his escape with Sergeant-Major Wood, and crossed the North River on a board, and landed safely, but much exhausted , at Communipaw, below Pawles Hook. He afterwards shared in the perils and triumphs of the American army at Trenton. From this date, he was employed in the Commissary Department, under Col. Champion, tiU the close of the war. After removing to Delhi, New York, he was elected to the House of Assembly, and while in that body, he was instrumental in the formation of the County ot' Delaware, of which he was appointed Clerk, and subsequently first Judge. He was also a Member of the State Senate. In public life, he was laborious and faithful in the discharge of his official duties, in which he gave universal satisfaction ; and in private life, was distinguished for his kindness, hospitality, and gentlemanly deportment. He numbered among his friends and associates, some of the most eminent men in the State. During the last years of his life, he was President of the Delaware County Bible Society, to which he made liberal donations.