Editing Isaac Singer (section)

==Early life==
Isaac Merritt Singer was born on October 27, 1811, in [[Pittstown, New York|Pittstown]], [[Schaghticoke (town), New York|Schaghticoke, New York]].<ref name=":0" /> He was the youngest of eight children<ref name="Isaac Merritt Singer">{{Cite web |title=Isaac Merritt Singer |url=https://thesewingstuffs.com/the-sewing-machine-impact-society/ |website=thesewingstuffs.com|date=April 2023 }}</ref> born to a German father, Adam Singer (né '''Reisinger''')<ref name="Isaac Merritt Singer"/> (1772–1855), and his American wife, Ruth ([[née]] Benson) Singer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Singer Sewing Machine is Patented {{!}} History Today|url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/singer-sewing-machine-patented|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.historytoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=r2WPadmin|title=Isaac Merritt Singer|url=https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entries/isaac-merritt-singer/|access-date=2020-11-22|website=Immigrant Entrepreneurship|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Sharon|date=August 27, 2014|url=https://scholarworks.uttyler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=history_grad|title=Isaac Merritt Singer: a womanizer who liberated women|publisher=[[University of Texas at Tyler]]|access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref> His siblings were John Valentine Singer, Alexander Singer, Elizabeth (née Singer) Colby, Christiana (née Singer) Cleveland, and Elijah Singer. {{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}  In 1821, his parents divorced and his mother abandoned Isaac.<ref name=":0" /> At twelve, he ran away from home to join a traveling stage act, called the Rochester Players, after finding bits of work as a joiner and lathe operator.<ref name="pbs" /><ref name=":0" />