Notes for Isaac CLARK

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Notes for Isaac CLARK

The link to this Clark family very tentative, but somewhat plausible.
In Fulton Co., Illinois as early as 1833. See history of...
Built grist mill on Sect 20, near Liverpool.
Was probably in Miami Co., Ohio in the 1820s...see census. John Clark
lived next door to him, relationship unknown.
Probably named for his uncle, Isaac Winans -- his mother's brother.
Mt. Pulaski History (1836-1986)
In her submission, page 171, on "The Clark Family", after her narratives on David and Sarah (Winans) Clark, and their sons James Clark, Rev. David Ward Clark, and John Winans Clark, Glenna Gandy Carlson continues:
"Isaac Clark was born in 1781, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey. His married first Lydia Zeliph. Second he married Sarah Royal, widow of Anthony Stout, on July 7, 1821, in Miami County, Ohio. He died November 10, 1846, in Liverpool
Township, Fulton County, Illinois. They were the parents of Hannah Stout, who married David Ward Clark, a son of John Winans and Ann (Isgriff) Clark." Carlson includes no sources or documentation.
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Wm R Clark was born near Troy Miami Co O July 15 1823 son of Isaac and Sarah Royal the former a native of NJ and the latter a daughter of Wm Royal of Monongahela Co V Va Parents came to Fulton Co about 1832 and Mr Clark built the first grist mill in
Liverpool tp on sec 21 His first wife was Lydia Zelyph of New Jersey and they had 10 children by second wife he had 6 children WR worked at the carpenter's trade for about 14 years but has been a farmer and stock raiser for about 25 years on sec 21 His
first wife was Elsie Fitzgerald of Fulton county and they had 4 children Emily W Orville W Lydia M Jesse B Mrs C died in April 1863 and he married Sarah E Griggsby of this county daughter of Wm and Dorcas G and they also had 4 children Delta Nellie
Carrie and Wm M Mrs Clark died Jan 21 1873 and Mr C still lives on the old homestead Dem crat Has been School Director Has now 284 acres of land a large two story brick house cleared 75 acres and split 10,000 rails by himself [History of Fulton Co.,
Illinois, p. 830]
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http://cwcfamily.org/isaac.htm
Isaac Clark was a brother of my g-g-g-grandmother, Phebe (Clark) Carey. He was born in New Jersey in either 1780 or 1781, migrated along with Clarks and other related families from Essex county, NJ, to Miami county, Ohio, at the beginning of the 19th
century, then moved on to Illinois along with numerous other Clark relations about 1830. Although many of these Clarks settled in Logan and Sangamon counties, it appears that Isaac and his family ended up in Fulton county, in the northwest part of the
state. Isaac died in Liverpool township, Fulton county, IL, 10 Nov 1846. Since Isaac had a total of fifteen children, most of whom had several children of their own, he has numerous descendants. One of Isaac's descendants, his
great-great-great-grandson Lyle Black, transcribed the documents you'll see in this page, which we've tried to preserve with their original spelling and punctuation intact.
First Marriage. Isaac married Lydia Zeliph on Christmas Day, 1800.1 Lydia's name appears in some records as "Jeleph", but this is obviously erroneous, since several researchers have traced her Zeliph family back to the early days of European settlement
in New York. In 1998, Phil Deere sent me a descendancy chart for one of Lydia's ancestors which lists Lydia's parents as Peter Zeliff and Sally Riker. It contains a guess at Lydia's birth as occurring 1780 or 1781. Phil said "I received this file from
Harman Clark, on which we had all been working. Thought you would surely want a copy." Another researcher has suggested, based on the names of Isaac and Lydia's children, that Lydia's parents were actually Benjamin Zeliff (Peter's brother) and Mary
Ward. We would welcome any further information on this question.
Isaac and Lydia had the following children:
1. Benjamin Clark, born 16 Nov 1801.
2. David Clark, born 15 Sep 1803.
3. Daniel Clark, born 4 May 1805.
4. Isaac Clark (jr), born 7 Feb 1807, died 16 Oct 1860.
5. Mary Z. Clark, born 6 Oct 1809.
6. Sarah "Sal" Clark, born 21 Jul 1813.
7. Elizabeth "Betsy" or "Betty" Clark, born 10 Aug 1816, died 15 May 1904.
8. John Clark, born 26 Sep 1817.
9. Zebdiah Z. Clark, born 1 Mar 1820, died 17 May 1889.
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Isaac Clark named fourteen children in his will, in this order: ( Married names in parentheses) William R., Ezekekial, James, Amy, Isaac, Mary (Collins), Sarah (Cary), Elizabeth (Jewell), Lydia (Snell), Margaret (Grigsbey), Zebidiah, Benjamin, David
and Daniel.
Lyle Black states that five of those were children of Isaac and Sarah.
In the 1820 Federal Census of Staunton Twp, Miami County, Ohio there were ten children listed, seven males and three females. These would be the children of Isaac and Lydia, before Isaac was married to Sarah Royal Stout. In his will, only six males and
three females were listed. One of the males must have expired between 1820 and 1846.

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