REBOW, Isaac (1655-1726), of Colchester, Essex and Pall Mall, London.

Rebow was of Flemish extraction. His ancestors probably settled in Colchester as clothiers early in the 17th century, but took no known part in the Civil War. His father married into a prominent merchant family in the town, and was granted arms in 1685. Rebow himself made a fortune in the clothing industry. His income, even in his father’s lifetime, was estimated at £800 p.a. He was returned for the borough in 1689 in a contested election. A moderately active Member of the Convention, he was appointed to 19 committees. The first was on the bill for preventing the export of wool on 18 Mar., but after the recess he was named to two committees of political importance, those to consider the bills for punishing mutiny and desertion and for restoring corporations, in which he supported the disabling clause. He was also appointed to the committee for imposing a general oath of allegiance to the new regime. He lost his seat at the general election, but regained it in 1692, and remained the leader of the Whig faction at Colchester till his death on 6 Sept. 1726. He was buried at St. Mary’s, Colchester. His grandson sat for Colchester as a Whig from 1734 till his death in the following year.Essex RO, DDB103; Essex Rev. vi. 174-5; Bodl. North mss 6/1/322.