Isaac Chauncey (1772–1840)
In 1818 Bushrod Washington asked Chauncey to help him procure "a pair or two" of Tunis sheep.
Isaac Chauncey, a U.S. Navy officer who served in three wars, was born on 20 February 1772 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Following a modest education, he entered the merchant marine, receiving his first command at the age of nineteen.
"Chauncey, Isaac, Commodore, USN (1772–1840)," Photography/US People/C, Naval History and Heritage Command.
"Isaac Chauncey, 20 February 1772–27 January 1840," ZB (Personnel) Files in the Navy Department Library, Naval History and Heritage Command.
Isaac Chauncey papers, 1801–1818, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Charles E. Brodine Jr., "The Cautious Commodore?", Naval History Magazine, Volume 27, Number 5 (September 2013).
"From James Madison to Richard O’Brien, 27 July 1802," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0532. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 3, 1 March–6 October 1802, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 430–431.]
Isaac Chauncey in Netherlands, Marriage Index, 1524–1972 (Ancestry.com).
Isaac Chauncey at National Park Service.
Isaac Chauncey at Find a Grave.
Isaac Chauncey at FamilySearch.