Lt Col Isaac TOBY Miniature

This image was sent to me by Alison Craswell** in Canberra 'who is descended from Isaac's sister- in-law, Celia SCOTT [nee KING].

Isaac's sister ,Martha Haydon TOBY married Richard OLIVER in the 1830 . They were my late husband's gggrandparents .

{** Alison contacted me recently in response to a msg board item posted by me 5+ years ago}

I'm lucky to have Isaac's commission document signed [it may have been a stamp]by the young Victoria .

In my loft I have an inscribed snuff box and letter . Sadly , the loft is out of bounds for me .Must ask my daughter when she next visits.

This is Lt Col Isaac TOBY RM , ancestor of my late husband .My father-in-law
used to refer to this portrait as simply "The Ancestor" . I've done all the detective work!

Isaac had an active career at sea but finally was Barrack Master at Devonport in the 1850s.

I'm pretty sure that Isaac had no children .His sister Martha Haydon TOBY married Richard OLIVER in the 1830s . They were gggrandparents of my husband John Rainsford Walrond OLIVER.

One of Richard and Martha's children was Isaac Toby OLIVER, who to my knowledge , didn't marry.