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THE DESCENDANTS OF [WILLEM?] KLINCKENBERG

Generation No. 6

20. SUSANNAH⁶ DAWSON (ELIZABETH⁵ FUSSELL, SUSANNAH⁴ CONEY, BARBARA³ VAN CLINKENBURGH, WILLEM² KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]¹) was born 2 September 1746 in Smyrna, Delaware County, Pennsylvania ¹⁷¹, and died 29 November 1834 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She married (1) [---?---] COWGILL about 1762. He was born about 1741, and died Unknown. She married (2) JOHN SMEDLEY about 1765, son of THOMAS SMEDLEY and SARAH BAKER. He was born 22 February 1713/14 in (Willistown?), Pennsylvania, and died August 1793.

Notes for SUSANNAH DAWSON:
In regard to Susannah, one researcher reported:

"In the HISTORY OF CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA, etc. (no town, Pa.: Louis H. Everts, 1881) there is a note about Susanna (Dawson) Cowgill, who 'saw her great-great-grandfather, William Clinkenbeard, who was one hundred and eight years old when he died'."[a]

A published history of the Dawson family contains the following account in regard to Susannah's birth:

" 'William Clinkenbeard d. abt 1753, in the 104th year of his age. On the birth of his gt. gt. gr. dau., Susannah Dawson, he said to his dau. Barbara [Van Clinkenburgh] Coney, "Arise daughter, go see thy daughter [Susannah Coney], for thy daughter's daughter [Elizabeth Fussell] has a daughter." This Susannah Dawson, afterwards Susannah Smedley, was b. the 3d of the 9th mo. 1746, and having seen her gt. gt. gr. father, lived to see her gt. gt. gr. children. She d. 29th of 11th mo., 1834, in the 89th year of her age.' ---Extract from a family record in possession of Mrs. Martha M. Lewis, of Huntsville, Indiana."[b]
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a. Letter of Jas: Clinkingbeard, 678 Simla Drive, Pueblo West, Colorado, to J.E. Stockman, 1 May 1996, p. 3.
b. Charles Carroll Dawson, A COLLECTION OF FAMILY RECORDS WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND OTHER MEMORANDA OF VARIOUS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS BEARING THE NAME DAWSON, OR ALLIED TO FAMILIES OF THAT NAME (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1874) pp. 420-421; also (1866; reprint Charleston, S.C.: Garnier & Company, 1969); LDS HFL US/CAN Fils 908333, item l, and 982259, item 6; photocopies of pp. 420-421with letter of Jas: Clinkingbeard, 678 Simla Drive, Pueblo West, Colorado, to J.E. Stockman, 2 February 1998.

Child of SUSANNAH DAWSON and JOHN SMEDLEY is:

JOHN⁷ SMEDLEY, b. about 1767; d. Unknown; m. REBECCA COPE; b. about 1772; d. Unknown.

21. WILLIAM⁶ DAWSON (ELIZABETH⁵ FUSSELL, SUSANNAH⁴ CONEY, BARBARA³ VAN CLINKENBURGH, WILLEM² KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]¹) was born 15 March 1756 in Smyrna, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania^171,¹⁷², and died 1806 in Pennsylvania¹⁷². He married RUTH CADWALADER 30 March 1799 in Fayette Co., Pennsylvania¹⁷². She was born 27 September 1776 in Fairfax, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, and died 1850.

Children of WILLIAM DAWSON and RUTH CADWALADER are:

	i.		LYDIA⁷ DAWSON, b. about 1800, probPennsylvania; d. Unknown; m. MAXON DOOLEY; b. about 1795; d. Unknown.
	ii.		SUSAN DAWSON, b. about 1802, probPennsylvania; d. Unknown; m. EMLA COOPER; b. about 1797; d. Unknown.
	iii.		ISAAC DAWSON, b. about 1804, probPennsylvania; d. Unknown.
	iv.		SINA DAWSON, b. 21 February 1806, Pennsylvania¹⁷²; d. 21 December 1849, Marion, Grant Co., Indiana¹⁷²; m. WILLIAM BROWN, 11 December 1823, Harrison Co., Ohio¹⁷²; b. 28 May 1802, Pennsylvania; d. 11 February 1852, Henry Co., Indiana.

22. WILLIAM⁶ CLINKENBEARD (JOHN⁵, WILLIAM⁴, JOHN³, WILLEM² KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]¹) was born about 1780 in (Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Virginia?)^173,^174,^175,¹⁷⁶, and died 1 July 1849 ¹⁷⁷. He married (1) ASPITIA [ASSPITRA] THARP 17 January 1803 in Jefferson County, Tennessee ¹⁷⁸, daughter of JOHN THARP. She was born about 1783, and died about 1815. He married (2) SALLY HOOKER 17 January 1822 in Scott County, Indiana ¹⁷⁹. She was born 1791 ¹⁸⁰, and died Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM CLINKENBEARD:
No Clinkenbeard, -inbeard, -ingbeard enumerations were found in the 1790 U.S. Census.
The 1820 U.S. Census listed one William and his family in Scott County, Indiana:
Males: ---William 26 to 44 (b. 1776-1794).
Females: ---2 aged 16 to 25 (b. 1795-1804);
---2 aged 10 to 15 (b. 1805-1810);
---2 aged under 10 (b. 1810-1820).
If this enumeration is of this William, where is his wife?
At the 1830 Census, the family of a William Clinkenbeard were living in Perry County, Tennessee: Males: ---William b. 1770-1780;
---1 b. 1820-1825;
---1 b. 1825-1830;
Females: ---1 b. 1790-1800 (wife?);
---1 b. 1825-1830.
The gender and birth ranges here do not seem to coincide with those of the family of William, son of John the Patriot, and it is probable that the William in this Census was the son of John's brother, William, and his wife Mary Mooney.

Children of WILLIAM CLINKENBEARD and ASPITIA THARP are:

	i.		POLLY⁷ CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1803; d. Unknown.
	ii.		ELIZABETH CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1804; d. Unknown.
	iii.		JANE CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1806; d. Unknown.
	iv.		PHEBE CLINKENBEARD, b. 1807 ¹⁸¹; d. 27 April 1830¹⁸¹.
	v.		(DAU) CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1809; d. Unknown.
	vi.		(DAU) CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1811; d. Unknown.

Children of WILLIAM CLINKENBEARD and SALLY HOOKER are:

	vii.		(SON)⁷ CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1823; d. Unknown.
	viii.		(SON) CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1826, (probably) Perry County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
	ix.		(DAU) CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1828, Prob Perry Co., Tennessee; d. Unknown.

23. EDWARD⁶ CLINKENBEARD (JOHN⁵, WILLIAM⁴, JOHN³, WILLEM² KLINCKENBERG, [WILLEM?]¹) was born 1784 in Greene County, North Carolina (now Sevier County, Tennessee)^182,¹⁸³, and died 6 January 1865 in Gentry County, Missouri ¹⁸⁴. He married (1) SUSAN RONEMUS 1806 in (Kentucky?), daughter of LEWIS RONEMUS. She was born about 1785 in (Pennsylvania?), and died about 1821 in Indiana. He married (2) ELIZABETH [----?----] (MRS) GIDDENS 22 March 1822 in Jennings County, Indiana¹⁸⁴. She was born 1796 in North Carolina, and died 16 May 1882 in Stewartsville, DeKalb County, Missouri.

Notes for EDWARD CLINKENBEARD:
War of 1812 Soldier.
Edward was born on his father's plantation on the French Broad River in Greene County, North Carolina (now Sevier County, Tennessee). EvaLena Frey, the fourth great granddaughter of Edward's brother, Robert, gives the unqualified year of 1784 as the date of Edward's birth, but cites her source only as "Loraine McLain" who "didn't say where she received her information."[a] In the Federal Censuses, Edward's birth year is given as follows: 1820, between 1775 and 1794;[b] 1830, between 1780 and 1790;[c] 1840, between 1780 and 1790;[d] in 1850, the year of 1787;[e] and in 1860, the year 1784.[f] Given the prevalence of errors in Census schedule birth dates, and the year 1806 for Edward's first marriage, 1784 would appear to be the more likely year of birth.
The 1820 U.S. Census enumerated Edward (and also his brothers John and William, and his half-brother Joel) living in Scott County, Indiana.[g] Living with Edward were three males under ten, one aged 10 to 16, one aged 26 to 45, together with one female aged 26 to 45 and one under ten. The 1830 Census[c] found Edward still living in Scott County with two sons under five, and four daughters aged 15 or under. By the 1840 Census,[d] Edward was living in Graham Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, with three sons aged 5 to 10, one aged 10 to 15, and four daughters, one aged under 5, one 10 to 15, and two aged 15 to 20. One female (presumably his second wife, Elizabeth [Mrs] Giddens), was aged 40 to 50.
Phebe (b. 1818) and Rockylvania Clinkenbeard (b. 1820) were not listed as Edward and Susan
Ronemus's children in the Jefferson County, West Virginia, Court records of April 1833 and September 1834. Also, their birthdates were prior to Edward's marriage to Elizabeth in 1822. It is assumed, therefore, that they were the children of the widow Mrs Giddens by her first husband.
The Census of 1850 found Edward and Elizabeth living with Martha, Edward, James, Wesley, and Elizabeth in Warren County, Illinois,[e] while the 1860 Census,[f] the last before Edward's death, located the family in Township No. 61, Gentryville Post Office, Gentry County, Missouri. At that time, living with Edward and Elizabeth were Martha, Harvey, and Isabel.
In 1900, the Census Schedule shows Edward's son Isaac R. to be living with his son John W.
Clinkenbeard in Grant Township, Jackson County, Kansas.[h] Isaac's mother (Susan Ronemus) is shown as having been born in Pennsylvania (which may not be correct, since Edward's birthplace is incorrectly shown as Massachusetts---a result of faulty memory or knowledge on the part of the data-giver).
Scott County, Indiana, was organised on 12 January 1820, effective 1 February 1820. The new County had approximately 1,500 inhabitants in 1820, and, as mentioned above, included amongst its early settlers Edward Clinkenbeard and his brother John Clinkenbeard.[i] After the creation of Scott County in 1820, County Commissioners were elected and at their first meeting, the March Term of 1820, they divided the County into three civil townships---Lexington, Vienna, and Jennings. "The first justices of the peace were elected on April 3, 1820 . . and then [were] commissioned by the Governor [of Indiana---His Excellency, Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834)] on April 21st: . . [commissioned for] Jennings Township, Benjamin Gilham and Edward Clinkinbeard."[i]
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a. Letter of Evalena Frey, Saint Ann, Missouri, to J.E. Stockman, 1 December 1995.
b. 1820 U.S. Census (Indiana), National Archives Pub. No. M33, roll 14, p. 161.
c. 1830 U.S. Census (Indiana), National Archives Pub. No. M19, roll 30, p. 274.
d. 1840 U.S. Census (Indiana), National Archives Pub. No. M704, roll 83, p. 199.
e. 1850 U.S. Census (Illinois), National Archives Pub. No. M432, roll 131, p. 66, dwelling and family number 555.
f. 1860 U.S. Census (Missouri), National Archives Pub. No. M653, roll 620, p. 665 (19), dwelling and family number 120.
g. Willard Heiss, comp., 1820 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR INDIANA (Indianapolis, Ind.: The Indiana Historical Society, 1966), pp. 75-76.
h. 1900 U.S. Census (Kansas), National Archives Pub. No. T623, Roll 483, E.D. #56, Sheet 9, Line 45.
i. Carl R. Bogardus, Sr, M.D., THE EARLY HISTORY OF SCOTT COUNTY, INDIANA, 1820-1870 (Scott Co., Ind.: The Scott Co. Historical Society, 1970), pp. 11, 17-18.

Notes for ELIZABETH [----?----] (MRS) GIDDENS:
Phebe Clinkenbeard (b. 1818) and Rockylvania Clinkenbeard (b. 1820) were not listed as Edward and Susan Ronemus's children in the Jefferson County, West Virginia, Court records of April 1833 and September 1834. Further, their birthdates were prior to Elizabeth's marriage to Edward in 1822. It seems clear, therefore, that they were the children of the widowed Mrs Giddens by her first husband.
---[Decree of Supreme Court of Appeals in case of EDWARD LUCAS, ADMIN. OF LEWIS RONEMUS, DEC'D, ET AL., APPELLANTS, VS. VALENTINE WINTERMOYER, ET AL., APPELLEES, Court Order Book No. 2, 1831-1838, p. 63; Jefferson Co. Court, Charles Town, W.Va.; transcribed in HISTORIC RECORD 3---BERKELEY CO., W.VA., p. 445; Berkeley Co. Historical Society, Martinsburg, W.VA. Also see Deed of transfer of land from Lewis T. Clinkenbeard, et al., to Edward Lucas on 1 September 1834, Deed Book 20, pp. 455-458; Jefferson Co. Court, Charles Town, W.Va.; (also transcribed in HISTORIC RECORD 3).]

Children of EDWARD CLINKENBEARD and SUSAN RONEMUS are:

49.	i.	MARY L. "POLLY"⁷ CLINKENBEARD, b. 1808, Kentucky or Tennessee; d. Bef. 1850, Scott County, Indiana.
50.	ii.	EDWARD CLINKENBEARD, JR, b. 14 June 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee, on his grandfather's plantation on the French Broad River; d. 27 December 1858, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.
	iii.	JOHN R. CLINKENBEARD, b. 1810, Kentucky(?), perhaps in Gallatin County where he later lived ¹⁸⁵; d. 1833¹⁸⁵; m. ELIZABETH A. [----?----]; b. about 1815; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN R. CLINKENBEARD:
A court record identifies "John R. Clinkenbeard and Elizabeth A. his wife of Gallatin County, Kentucky [& others] . . being children and heirs at law of Edward & Susan Clinkenbeard and Grand Children and in right of their Mother, heirs of Lewis Ronemus Deceased, late of Jefferson County [W.Va.] . . sell, release, & confirm, unto Edward Lucas Senior . . that certain tract or parcel of land, containing thirty-nine acres, more or less, lying and being in the County of Jefferson & State of Virginia . ." [Deed of transfer of land from Lewis T. Clinkenbeard, et al., to Edward Lucas on 1 Sep 1834; Deed Book 20, pp.455-458; Jefferson Co. Court, Charles Town, W.Va.; transcribed in HISTORIC RECORD 3--BERKELEY CO., W.VA.; photocopy of transcription in poss of J.E. Stockman.]

51.	iv.		WILLIAM C. CLINKENBEARD, b. 1812, (or lived in) Bourbon County, Kentucky; d. 1856, Clinton, Amador County, California.
	v.		LEWIS TANNER CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1815, (Bourbon County, Kentucky?); d. Unknown; m. LYDIA E. LOWRY, 27 January 1834, Bedford County, Virginia ^186,¹⁸⁷; b. 1805, Virginia ¹⁸⁸; d. Unknown.

Notes for LEWIS TANNER CLINKENBEARD:
Lewis purchased on 1 October 1834 at Jeffersonville, Scott County, Indiana, forty acres of land. [Bureau of Land and Mines Web site.]

Notes for LYDIA E. LOWRY:
The 1850 Federal Census schedule shows Lydia Clinkinbeard living in Gentryville, Gentry County, Missouri, in the household of Edwin Gideons. Also shown living with Lydia in Edwin's home were John Clinkinbeard, born in 1844 in Virginia, and John L. Clinkinbeard, born in 1835 in Kentucky. One of them was undoubtedly Lydia's son. [1850 Fed. Census (Missouri), Nat'l Archives Pub. No. M432, Roll 399, p. 201.]
Could Edwin's surname be "Giddens"? ---perhaps the son of Elizabeth (Mrs) Giddens by her first marriage? Elizabeth was born in 1796 in North Carolina, and married Edward Clinkenbeard in 1822. Edwin was born in 1814 in North Carolina, so the "fit" is perfect. If so, Edwin would be the step-brother of Lydia's husband, Lewis, and her living with a son in Edwin's home would not be unlikely.)

	vi.		JACOB CLINKENBEARD, b. about 1818, (Virginia?); d. Unknown; m. NANCY WITT, 25 January 1840, Bedford County, Virginia ^189,^190,¹⁹¹; b. about 1820, (Virginia?); d. Unknown.
52.	vii.		ISAAC R. CLINKENBEARD, b. June 1821, Indiana; d. Unknown.

Children of EDWARD CLINKENBEARD and ELIZABETH GIDDENS are:

viii.

PHILLIP⁷ CLINKENBEARD, b. 1822, (Tennessee?)¹⁹²; d. Unknown; m. MARIET CLARK, 30 July 1854, Warren County, Illinois ¹⁹³; b. about 1827; d. Unknown.

Notes for PHILLIP CLINKENBEARD:
[Note: Phillip may instead be a son of William Clinkenbeard and Sarah Rebecca Shaw.]
Civil War Soldier.
Phillip was listed as a Union Soldier in the Civil War in the "Adjutant General's Report on Kentucky's Union Troops." ["Adjutant General's Report on Kentucky's Union Troops" (Utica, New York: McDowell Publications, reprinted 1991), p. 529; listed in "Kentucky Super Index" (tentative title) of Brian Harney, Pres. of Kentucky Genealogical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky.]

	ix.		MARTHA M. CLINKENBEARD, b. 1823, Indiana; d. Unknown; m. LEWIS G. CONNER, 28 April 1843, Warren Co., Illinois^193,¹⁹⁴; b. about 1818; d. Unknown.
	x.		EDWARD L. CLINKENBEARD, b. 1826, Kentucky ¹⁹⁵; d. Unknown; m. RHODA HUMES, 16 February 1851, Warren Co., Illinois ^196,¹⁹⁷; b. 1830, Illinois; d. Unknown.

Notes for EDWARD L. CLINKENBEARD:
The 1860 Federal Census found Edward and Rhoda living in Eldora Township, Hardin County, Iowa. [1860 U.S. Census, National Archives pub. no. M653, roll 323, p. 643.]

53.	xi.	ROBERT CLINKENBEARD, b. 25 November 1827, Kentucky; d. 11 September 1900, Alexandria Township., Leavenworth County, Kansas.
54.	xii.	LINZEY CLINKENBEARD, b. 1829, Scott Co., Indiana; d. Bef. 1856, (Missouri?).
	xiii.	JAMES HARVEY CLINKENBEARD, b. 1832, Indiana; d. Unknown.
	xiv.	WESLEY CLINKENBEARD, b. 1834, Indiana; d. Unknown; m. (1) SARAH [----?----], about 1854, (Missouri?)¹⁹⁸; b. 1838, Missouri; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARTHA WILLIAMS, 9 April 1876, Clark Co., Kentucky; d. Unknown.

Notes for WESLEY CLINKENBEARD:
The 1860 Federal Census found the family living in Yolo, Gentry County, Missouri.

xv.

ELIZABETH ANN CLINKENBEARD, b. 1836, Indiana; d. Unknown.

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