CHARLES CROSTON b:

NANCY "POLLY" BURKE
My great-great-great grandmother

My research to propose and support the hypotheses that she is the daughter of
Malchijah Burke and Mary Unknown Burke
and
she was either married to or had a union with William Iser (but maybe John Iser)
as the father of Sally Ann Isner.

NANCY "POLLY" BURKE
Her marriage(s) and her children and her parents

CHARLES CROSTON b: 1813
married
NANCY BURKE (Polly) ISNER
b: 1814 in Hampshire Co. WV d: April 27, 1882 in Barbour Co., WV
Their children are:

SALLY ANN ISNER CROSTON b. 1835

Sally Ann Isner Croston married 1st, Augusta Sr (Gusta) Croston b. 1834,
grandson of Gustavus Croston;
Sally Ann Isner Croston married 2nd, Ferdinand Croston, b. 1847,
great-grandson of Gustavus Croston.

Since Sally Ann has the name of Isner as her last name, I assume she is the daughter of her mother, Nancy Burke, by a previous marriage to ISNER (or Iser - see below).

MARY ELLEN (Polly) CROSTON b: 1838
.....married December 28, 1853 in Barbour Co, (W)Va.
.....Elisha Male b: 1834

NANCY CROSTON b: 1840 in Hampshire County, (W)Virginia
......married September 29, 1859 in Barbour County, (W)Virginia
......... +Isaac KENNEDY b: 1836

SUSAN C. CROSTON b: 1842 in Hampshire, VA (WVA) d: Abt. 1911
........... Burial: Robinson Cemetery, Wood County, West Virginia
....married December 12, 1857 in Barbour County, West Virginia
......SAMUEL PRITCHARD b: April 1, 1838 in Taylor County, (West) Virginia
........... d: March 17, 1888 in Clay District, Wood, West Virginia
........... Burial: March 19, 1888 Robinson Cemetery, Wood County, West Virginia
........... (Samuel Pritchard is the son of Warner Pritchard)

CHARLES CROSTON b: 1844 married Rachel MALE b: 1844
..............Rachel Male is the daughter of Reese Male and Deliah Dalton Male

THOMAS CROSTON b: 1847 married October 3, 1867 in Chesterhill Ohio
......... Nancy MALE b: 1840

ELVIRA CROSTON b: 1855 married Lemuel (Big Bud) MALE b: 1853

Based on research and assumptions/suppositions.

1860 Census – Nancy (Polly) Burke Isner Croston would have been aged 46,
so she was b. 1814.

Her first child, Sally Ann Isner was born in 1835 (her age would have been 21.)
Her second child, Mary Ellen, I assume with Charles Croston, was born in 1838.

BURKE, MALCHIJAH WV 1860 Hampshire County, Township: Higginsville, P. O., Page 084

Line 6, House 1, Family 1

BURKE, MALCHIJAH age 76 (1784) Male, White, Occupation: HATTER $50 real estate, Personal Property: $75 Born MARYLAND

Line 7 House 1, Family 1
BURKE MARY age 65 (1795) F White, VA

Mary Unknown Burke, wife of Malachijah,
would have been 19 at the time Nancy Burke (Isner-Croston) was born, an appropriate time.

Living next door to Malchijah is William Iser. It is very common for children "next door" to marry is the first reason I think that she was married to an Iser instead of Isner.

Also, there are no Isner's in the Hampshire County census' in 1830, but there are William and John ISER in the 1840 census', both male heads of households.

In 1860 William Iser had a household family with what looks like two different marriages already, indicated by the 7-8 years between Silas and Robert.

Willam Iser and Nancy Burke are both born between 1814-1815, so this is a possible union for them to have Sally Ann Isner.

I have no further information on John Isner who is head of the household in 1840. It is possible that he could be the father of Sally Ann; however, I see no further indication of him as having a family or showing up in a more recent census with a family. John could be the father of Wiliam Iser or he could be William's brother. I have not seen the proximity of John Iser's household as taken by the census taker to see if it is as close to the Malachijah Burke household, so I cannot confirm a close location.

WILLIAM ISER household in 1860 HAMPSHIRE CO. (W)VA CENSUS

Line 8, House 2, Family 2 Next Door

IZER WILLIAM 45 (1815) Male,White, FARMER $180 VA
Line 9, House 2, Family 2 IZER ELIZABETH 49 (1811) F W VA

Their children in the same household on this census:

10 2 2 IZER SARAH 19 (1841) F W VA

11 2 2 IZER GEORGE W 17 M W FARMER VA

12 2 2 IZER ELIZABETH 18 F W VA

3 2 2 IZER SILAS 19 M W VA

14 2 2 IZER ROBERT 11 (1849)M W VA

15 2 2 IZER JANE * F W VA REMARKS: UNABLE TO SEE AGE DUE TO PAPER BLEMISH

16 2 2 IZER DAVID * M W VIRGINIA REMARKS: UNABLE TO READ AGE DUE TO PAPER BLEMISH/POSSIBLY AGE 9

17 2 2 IZER JOHN 10 M W VIRGINIA

18 2 2 IZER HENRY 5 M W VIRGINIA X REMARKS: #14: IDIOTIC

19 2 2 IZER ABSOLOM 3 M W VIRGINIA

20 2 2 IZER HANNAH C 1 F W VIRGINIA

1850 census Hampshire County (W)VA
Malchaji Burke Household

1188/1188
Burke, Malchijah 63 Laborer Maryland, Cannot read or write
Mary Burke 56 VA Cannot read or write

1850 census Hampshire County (W)VA
William Iser Household

1190/1190 - All VA
Iser, William 33, Farmer, Cannot read or write
Iser, Elizabeth 32 Cannot read or write
Sarah 10
George 6
Elizabeth 4
Silas 2
Robert 1
John 2/12

1840 Census Hampshire County (W)VA

MALCHIJAH BURK 3 3 10
ISER, WILLIAM 1 2 11
ISER, JOHN 2 2 8

1830 & 1820 Census Hampshire County (W)VA

I haven't found either Malchijah Iser, William Iser or John Iser on the 1830 or 1820 Hampshire County Census so far.

I have not found a Malchijah Iser (or Isner) on a Maryland 1830 of 1820 census. Could it be that he immigrated into Maryland between 1830-1840?

1810 census Hampshire County (W)VA

There are these Burk male heads of housholds listed which
could be relatives of Malchijah Burke:

Burk, John 1 1 828
Burk, Michael 4 5 827
Burk, William 1 1 828

1784 Census Hampshire County (W)VA

Burk, Jonahan 2 12

No listing for Iser or Isner listed in 1784

March 10, 2002