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]