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THE DESCENDANTS OF [WILLEM?] KLINCKENBERG


17. JOB5 CLINKENBEARD (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLEM2 KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]1) was born 1773 in Berkeley County, Virginia, probably in Shepherdstown141, and died December 1857 in Liberty Township, Jefferson County, Illinois142,143. He married JANE BLYTHE 12 June 1794 in Bourbon County, Kentucky144,145. She was born 1774 in Virginia, and died December 1851 in Liberty Township, Jefferson County, Illinois146.

Notes for JOB CLINKENBEARD:
On 1 February 1794, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Job signed a marriage bond in the amount of £50:

"Know all men by these Presents that we Job Clinkenbeard & James Fitzpatrick are held and firmly bound to his Excellency the Govr. of Kentucky in full Sum of £50 to which payment we bind our Selves our heirs Exas. Lamir.(?) by these presents Sealed & Dated the 1 Feby 1794.
"The Condition of the above obligation is Such that that [sic] whereas The Recder(?) Clk of Bourbon hath this Day issued Licence for the Marriage of Job Clinkenbeard & Jane Blythe now if there is no Lawfull cause to obstruct said Marriage or no Damage occurs(?) the above to be void. s/Job Clinkenbeard s/James Fitchpatrick Test Tho. Reedess(?)"[a]

In 1807, a Census was taken of the Indiana Territory which enumerated "Job Clinkinbeard" as an inhabitant of Knox County, Indiana.[b] Job resided in Virginia and Kentucky, and then lived in Scott and Knox Counties, Indiana, from 1825 to 1827. From 1832 to1838 he lived in Warren County, Illinois. Thereafter, he lived in Jefferson County, Iowa, where he settled permanently.[c]
The 1840 Federal Census showed Job and Jane living in Jefferson County, Iowa, with one male aged 20 to 30, and one male aged 10 to 15. One person is shown employed in Agriculture. The 1850 Census discloses that Job and Jane, with their grandson Job (aged 16, the son of Job's son Joseph), were living in Liberty Township, Jefferson County, Iowa. Their son, Jackson Clinkenbeard, was living with his family next door to Job and Jane. One source includes a pedigree chart and family group sheets that provide the data concerning Job and Jane's children down to their great-grandchildren. Job and Jane's children are identified as Fielding, Jackson, Joseph, Eleanor, and Tabitha.[d]
Job's Will, which named William Elliott as Administrator of his estate, was filed in the December 1857 term of the Jefferson County, Iowa, Court. Job referred to Fielding as his eldest son and Jackson as the second eldest. In addition to a bequest made to his wife, Jane, Job bequeathed $350 to the children of his deceased son Joseph ("Klink"), $1,000 to his elder daughter Eleanor (Clinkenbeard) Dill, and $880 to his younger daughter Tabitha to be invested for her. This was done via a loan to A.M. Manning, resulting in providing her with an income of $80 per year, the twenty-year total from 1863 to 1883 amounting to $1,560. Job also bequeathed sums of money to Joseph's children Phebe, William, and John. Jackson left the area after his father's death, and after Fielding's death in 1873 his sons and daughters scattered.[e]
Job and Jane's great-granddaughter, Georgea Grace Hastings, in a letter written from Poway, San Diego County, California, to her nephew and his wife, Ray and Frances Hastings, on 15 May 1942, states that "I heard from cousin Charles Nicholas. He tells me my Great Grand Parents are buried South of Libertyville Ill--"[f]
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a. Marriage Bond of Job Clinkenbeard and James Fitzpatrick, 1 February 1794; Bourbon Co. [Ky] Marriage Bond Book #4, Paris, Bourbon Co., Kentucky; photocopy from Polly Sutherland, Wauconda, Illinois.
b. CENSUS OF INDIANA TERRITORY FOR 1807 (Indianapolis, Ind.: Family History Section, Indiana Historical Soc., 1980) p. 17; included with Family Group Records (Clinkenbeard, Wm: & Hester) from Polly Sutherland, Wauconda, Illinois, to J.E. Stockman, 6 December 1996.
c. Family Group Records (Clinkenbeard, Wm: & Hester) from Polly Sutherland, Wauconda, Illinois, to J.E. Stockman, 6 December 1996.
d. FORE-ROBERTSON FAMILY HISTORY RECORDS, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1990, microfilm #1674034, item 6; microreproduction of originals which are housed in Fairfield, Iowa; the data was taken from the summary of these records in the LDS Family History Catalogue.
e. Family Group Records (Clinkenbeard, Wm: & Hester) from Polly Sutherland, Wauconda, Illinois, to J.E. Stockman, 6 December 1996, which includes data from S. Verda, researcher, February 1985.
f. Michael James Hastings, "Genealogy: Find Your Roots" in A WEB PAGE DEDICATED TO FIGHTING FIBROMYALGIA (URL: www.captainhastings.com); the Website includes a photograph and transcription of Grace Hastings' letter.
     
Children of JOB CLINKENBEARD and JANE BLYTHE are:
41. i.   JOSEPH "KLINK"6 CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1798, (Bourbon County, Kentucky?); d. 18 February 1847, Jefferson County, Iowa.
42. ii.   FIELDING CLINKENBEARD, b. 4 July 1809, Kentucky; d. 1 August 1873, Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa.
  iii.   ELEANOR "NELLY" CLINKENBEARD, b. 12 March 1814, Kentucky147; d. 15 June 1897, Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa; m. JOHN DILL, 7 October 1834, McDonough County, Illinois148; b. 1814; d. 1879.
  Notes for ELEANOR "NELLY" CLINKENBEARD:
Eleanor was buried in the Hugh Smith Cemetery in Birmingham, Van Buren County, Iowa.

43. iv.   ANDREW JACKSON CLINKENBEARD, b. 12 March 1815, Caltown, Clay County, Kentucky; d. 24 July 1890, Appanoose County, Iowa.
44. v.   TABITHA JANE CLINKENBEARD, b. 1819, Iowa; d. 12 June 1914, Van Buren County, Iowa.


18. DAVID JOHN5 CLINKENBEARD (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLEM2 KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]1) was born 1778 in Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Virginia149,150, and died Unknown. He married MARGARET MORGAN 23 February 1797 in Mason (or Bourbon?) County, Kentucky151, daughter of WILLIAM MORGAN and ELIZABETH HUDNALL. She was born about 1779 in (Fauquier County?), Virginia152,153, and died 1851 in (Campbell County, Kentucky?)154.

Notes for DAVID JOHN CLINKENBEARD:
As to this person's Christian name, the records conflict, some showing "John" and others showing "David." One researcher wrote: "My records show David Clinkenbeard (half-brother of John) as spouse of Margaret Morgan. Could his name have been John David (or David John) Clinkenbeard?"[a] It might reasonably be concluded that he was indeed named "David John" and commonly known by his second name, "John."
Frank Morgan wrote that he (Frank) descends from William Morgan, father of Margaret Morgan who married one "John Clinkenbeard" in Mason County, Kentucky, on 23 February 1797. Morgan wrote that "John was the son of William Clinkenbeard."[b] This John could not be the son of William Jr (1751-1844) and Mary Mooney, for they did not marry until 1781 and had another son named John. This John could only be the son of William Sr of Shepherdstown (1725-1824). However, this John could NOT be William Sr's son, John Sr (1755-1837), nor could he be John Sr's son, John Jr (1791-1865), for these two younger Johns had entirely different sets of children. This John, then, would have to be a half-brother of John Sr's---i.e., a son of William Sr of Shepherdstown by his second wife, Hester Van Metre.
Another researcher reported that "It is now certain that the 'David' Clinkinbeard who I have marrying a Margaret Morgan on Feb. 23, 1797 in Mason Co., Ky., was my John Clinkinbeard. Another record shows a John Clinkinbeard married Margaret Morgan on Feb. 3, 1797 in Bourbon Co., Ky."[c]
The 1810 Federal Census shows David John and his family to be living in Fleming County, Kentucky. The household consisted of John, aged 26-45 (b.1765-1784); his wife, aged 26-45 (b.1765-1784); no other males; 4 females aged under 10 (b.1800-1810); and 1 female aged 10-16 (b.1794-1800).[d]
The schedule from the 1820 Census shows the family, now living in Campbell County, Kentucky: John Clinkingbeard, aged 26-45 [b. 1775/94]; his wife (Margaret Morgan), aged 26-45 [b. 1775-94]. Their children: Males: two under 10 [1810-1820] (John, Charles); Females: five aged 10 to 15 [1804-1810] (including Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Hannah); four aged under 10 [1810-1820] (including Lucinda).[e]
The Federal Census of 1830 found the family still living in Campbell County, Kentucky, and consisting of: John Clinkenbeard, aged 50-60 [b. 1770/80]; his wife (Margaret Morgan), aged 50-60 [b. 1770/80]; and the following children: Males: one b. 1815/20 (Charles); one b. 1820/25 (William); Females: one b. 1810/15 (Hannah); two b. 1815/20 (including Lucinda).[f]
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a. Letter of Jas: Clinkingbeard, Pueblo West, Colo., to J.E. Stockman, 1 May 1996, with Descendancy Chart for John and Mary (Lucas) Clinkenbeard.
b. Letter of Frank N. Morgan, Greensburg, Indiana, to J.E. Stockman, 29 June 1995.
c. Family group records (Clinkenbeard), p. 2, of Laurence Knarr, Cincinnati, Ohio, to J.E. Stockman, July 1997.
d. 1810 U.S. Census (Fleming Co., Kentucky); National Archives pub. no. M252.
e. 1820 U.S. Census (Kentucky); National Archives pub. no. M33, roll 20, p. 22.
f. 1830 U.S. Census (Kentucky); National Archives pub. no. M19, roll 34, p. 259.

Notes for MARGARET MORGAN:
      Margaret's brother, Evan (eldest son of their father, William), was born in 1777 in Fauquier County, Virginia, suggesting that Margaret was born abt 1775 or shortly before, also in Fauquier County, Virginia. Margaret likely was related to "The Old Waggoner," the brilliant Revolutionary War Rebel General of Welsh ancestry, General Daniel Morgan (born 1736 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey; died 6 July 1802 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia). Margaret was the daughter of Captain William Morgan of Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Virginia, under whom Margaret's step-brother-in-law, John Clinkenbeard (1755-1837) served in 1777. Later, that John served under "The Old Waggoner" General Daniel Morgan (was he Captain William Morgan's brother?) in 1781 when the General and his troops marched against the Tories in order to defend Hagers Town, Maryland, which was then in imminent danger of attack.
      Further, General Morgan was living in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, at least at the time of his death in 1802 and probably for some time before that. Since the Clinkenbeards also appear to have lived for a time in Winchester, it may be John and Margaret Morgan met during that period, later renewing their acquaintanceship and joining in matrimony after John's parents, William and Hester, moved to Kentucky. The Revolutionary War service of Margaret's father, Captain William Morgan, was documented as follows in a book about the Ulster Scot inhabitants of Virginia:
      Under the heading "Revolutionary Declarations," the book states: "Revolutionary Declarations are the sworn and proven statements of service required to be made by applicants for pensions under the laws of the United States. In some cases, these statements, with the evidences, are spread in full upon the pages of the Court Order Books; in others, there is only a minute that the declaration was filed, and the original paper is placed in its proper position among the records; in many cases, neither the original nor the copy can be found."
      Included amongst the Declarations is the following:
      "John McWilliams's Declaration, October 27th, 1832: Resides in the Low Glade District; aged 72 years on 14th June last . . first served in a company of light infantry under Capt. WILLIAM MORGAN, Lieuts. EDWARD and WILLIAM LUCAS, Ensign MICHAEL REDINGER [emphases added]; they marched from Shepherdstown, in Berkeley, Virginia, through Philadelphia, to Juille Town, about five miles from Brunswick, New Jersey; he had enlisted in this company in December, 1776, for four months, and served until the first of April, 1777, when he was discharged; he was in a small engagement March 1st, 1777, about one mile from Brunswick, at Piscataway, and in several little skirmishes afterwards . . in September, 1777, he became substitute for ______ West in a militia commanded by . . " [Lyman Chalkley, CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA, Vol. II; (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1989) pp. 465, 478; photocopies in possession of J.E. Stockman.]
     
Children of DAVID CLINKENBEARD and MARGARET MORGAN are:
45. i.   HESTER "HETTIE"6 CLINKENBEARD, b. 1801, Fleming Co., Kentucky; d. 30 January 1875, Campbell Co., Kentucky.
  ii.   MARGARET CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1803, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. JAMES NELSON, 25 April 1834, Campbell Co., Kentucky155,156; d. Unknown.
  iii.   MARY "POLLY" CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1805, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. ADAM MILLER, 22 December 1827, Campbell Co., Kentucky157,158; b. about 1800; d. Unknown.
  iv.   SARAH CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1807, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. JAMES BURNS, 1 November 1837, Campbell Co., Kentucky158; b. about 1802; d. Unknown.
  v.   LYDIA CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1809, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
  vi.   HANNAH CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1810, Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. PETER MASON, 28 February 1830, Campbell Co., Kentucky159; b. about 1805; d. Unknown.
  vii.   JOHN CLINKENBEARD, b. 1811, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
  viii.   LUCINDA CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1812, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
  ix.   CHARLES M. CLINKENBEARD, b. 16 November 1816, Kentucky160; d. 18 March 1889, Campbell Co., Kentucky161,162; m. SARAH ANN ERVIN, 9 January 1840, Campbell Co., Kentucky162,163; b. 23 June 1817, Kentucky (or Ohio?); d. 7 October 1890, Campbell Co., Kentucky.
  Notes for CHARLES M. CLINKENBEARD:
The 1840 and 1850 Federal Censuses enumerated Charles in Campbell County, Kentucky.

  Notes for SARAH ANN ERVIN:
Sarah was buried in Peach Grove Cemetery, Campbell County, Kentucky.

46. x.   WILLIAM CLINKENBEARD, b. October 1825, Indiana; d. Unknown.


19. JOSEPH5 CLINKENBEARD (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLEM2 KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]1) was born about 1784 in (Kentucky?)164, and died 1811 in Bourbon County, Kentucky165,166. He married NANCY DELAY 5 May 1803 in Bourbon County, Kentucky167,168, daughter of JOHN DELAY and MARGARET [----?----]. She was born 1781 in Shenandoah County, Virginia169, and died 2 September 1852 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, near Clark Miles170.

Notes for JOSEPH CLINKENBEARD:
(NOTEote: The identification of Joseph as a son of William Clinkenbeard and Hester Van Metre is based up circumstantial evidence only and has yet to be proved.)
One source gives Joseph's birth as occurring in about 1779 in Virginia.[a] However, the 1810 U.S. Census dates Joseph's birth at between 1784 and 1794. Living with him in Montgomery County, Kentucky, at that Census were the following: Males: 4 born 1800-1810; Females: 1 born before 1765; 1 born 1765-1784; 1 born 1784-1794 (Nancy Delay?); 1 born 1794-1800.[b]
The actual date of Joseph's death also is in question. The October 1813 [Nicholas County, Kentucky?] Court Book ordered a sheriff's sale of the deceased Joseph Clinkenbeard's property due to his wife not having anyone to give "security" on her behalf. This would indicate that Joseph died prior to October 1813. Then in the January 1815 Court Book, there is an entry concerning Joseph's wife, Nancy Clinkenbeard's, request to administer her husband's estate with James Delay being named as her "security." The order was granted, but a $200.00 penalty was imposed (for not having previously named a security? or for unreasonable delay in proceeding?). In other court orders, Nancy's "security" continues to change until the final court order in January 1825 wherein payments from the dower are listed to various people, such as James Delay, John Delay Sr., etc. Thus, the settlement of Joseph's estate became protracted from the 1813 sheriff's sale held to pay Joseph's debts until 1825 when the dower actually was paid out. Since Joseph was enumerated in the 1810 Census, he would have died between that date and October 1813.[c]
In English Common Law at that time, the term "orphan" did not mean that a child so identified was without a mother, only that the child's father was dead and the child had not yet reached maturity (age 21). This term was applied to Joseph's sons, John and William Clinkenbeard, by the Nicholas County, Kentucky, Court. Court Order Book D bore the entry: "May 1821 - John Carter, guardian to John Clinkenbeard, infant orphan of Joseph Clinkenbeard, deceased." Court Order Book E included a similar entry: "July 1824 - John Carter, Jr., guardian to William Clinkenbeard, infant orphan of Joseph Clinkenbeard, deceased."[d] John Carter, according to the 1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850 Federal Censuses, lived at Carlisle, Nicholas County, Kentucky. The 1850 Census listed Carter as aged 54 (born in 1796), an affluent farmer with real estate valued at $20,000, and born in Maryland. Living with him were his Ohio-born wife Catherine, aged 43, and three children, Elizabeth, aged 28, John, aged 21, and Joseph, aged 9, all born in Kentucky.[e]
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a. LDS Ancestral File as of August 1993, LDS Family History Centres.
b. 1810 U.S. Census (Kentucky), National Archives Pub. No. M252, roll 5, p. 958.
c. E-mail letter of Debbie Brucks, Arlington Heights, Illinois, to Ray Brucks, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 16 Oct 1996, with cc to J.E.Stockman.
d. Letter of Evelyn Scyphers Jackson, Ashland, Ky, of Eastern Kentucky Genealogical Soc., to J.E. Stockman, 13 May 1995.
e. 1850 U.S. Census (Kentucky), Nat'l Archives Pub. No. M432, roll 215, p. 469.

Notes for NANCY DELAY:
      Nancy was born in Virginia to John and Margaret Delay.[a] The 1840 Federal Census Schedule shows "Nancy Clinkenbeard" living alone in Nicholas County, Kentucky, but near (probably next door) to her son John Clinkenbeard and his family.[b] Her birth year is shown as "1790 to 1800," which conflicts with her death record that states that she was aged 71 at the time of her death in 1852, making her year of birth 1781.[a] Upon Joseph's death, the Nicholas County Court appointed John Carter as the guardian to her two infant orphaned sons, John and William Clinkenbeard.[c] (In that era, minors whose fathers had died were referred to as infants and orphans, even if they lived with and were being cared for by their mother.) Following Joseph's death, Nicholas County Court records disclose that Nancy, as Administratrix of Joseph's estate, received an amount of $100, and that she paid out $139 to the following: "Doctor David W. Todd, $50; William Clinkingbeard, $59; James Delay, $8; John Delay Senr, $10; Docr. for medicine, $15; Polly Foans, $8; Patsy Delay, $2; Edward Wilson, $7."[d] Nancy died of Flux in 1852 when was living near Clark Miles, Nicholas County, Kentucky.[a]
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a. Clinkenbeard Surname File as of July 1994, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, Ky; copy of full file in possesion of J.E. Stockman.
b. 1840 Fed. Census, Nat'l Archives Pub. No. M704, Roll 121, p. 75.
c. Letter of Evelyn Scyphers Jackson, Ashland, Ky, of Eastern Kentucky Genealogical Soc., to J.E. Stockman, 13 May 1995.
d. Widow's Dower of Nancy Clinkingbeard in Estate of Joseph Clinkingbeard, 29 January 1825, County Clerk, Bourbon Co., Kentucky.
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Children of JOSEPH CLINKENBEARD and NANCY DELAY are:
47. i.   JOHN HUBERT6 CLINKENBEARD, b. 9 February 1802, Kentucky, where he lived in Nicholas County; d. 6 May 1883, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois.
48. ii.   WILLIAM CLINKENBEARD, b. 12 February 1808, Clark Co., Kentucky; d. 1880.

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