Isaac D Clay (1782 - 1874)

Born 22 Dec 1782 in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Weinsoll) Clay — married 1812 in Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1874 at age 91 in Maumee, Lucas, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Isaac Clay was born 22 Dec 1782 ^[1] in Berks County, Pennsylvania, son of Jeremiah and Catharine Klee.^{[2] [3] [4]}

When Isaac was about 24 and around 1810, the family began moving to Trumbull County, Ohio, settling in Centre County, Pennsylvania for a few years. ^{[5] [6]} We know that he, his brother John, and Benjamin were with him in Trumbull County before 1820. ^{[7] [8]} Father Jeremiah appears in the 1820 and 1821 tax records for Trumbull County, Ohio. ^{[9] [10]} Isaac and Benjamin stayed in Trumbull County for several years after Jeremiah's death, most likely to settle their father’s estate. ^[11][12]

Sources for death of Jeremiah Clay "late of Weathersfield" begin in 1821^[13], states administrators Isaac Clay and David Adams be appointed on 24 Apr 1821^[14]through 1831.^[15] Family mentioned in probate records: Benjamin Clay, Isaac Clay, Catharine Clay, wife of Reuben Gall, and Abraham Clay.^[16][17] Gleaned from this material is that four children are without a doubt children of Jeremiah by their listing separately within Jeremiah's probate records. Isaac Clay as son of Jeremiah Clay is supported by his being administrator of his father's estate, as well as an account of their family line.^[18] In Ohio at this time, a family member is traditionally one of the administrators of an estate in probate.

By 1835, Isaac and family then moved to Seneca County where he purchased 80 acres of land. ^[19] Isaac and his family engaged in clearing the land and farming until around 1870, living next door to his son John. ^{[20] [21] [22] [23]} Isaac then moved to Wood County to live with his son, Samuel W. Clay where he passed on 18 Aug 1874 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Wood County, Ohio, separated from his wife who is buried in the Clay-Groscost Cemetery, Seneca County, Ohio. ^{[24] [25] [26]}

Interesting items claimed by Isaac Clay from the estate of his father, Jeremiah Klee/Clay:^[27]

• 1 tongue chain
• 1 log chain
• 1 wash tub
• 1 grubbing hoe
• 1 wedges "tring" mall"?
• 2 hoes
• 1 ax
• 1 ax
• 1 inch auger
• 1 two inch auger
• 1 woman's saddle
• 1 brass cut saw
• 2 Gimblets + one knife
• 1 Bell and strap
• Phlegms and butcher knife
• 1 large German bible
• Gun shot pouch + rough stock
• 7 knives + forks
• 1 sow
• 1 qwart bottle
• parcel of clothing
• 1 hatter chain + straps
• 1 dung fork
• 1 watch
• 1 tea cup + 2 saucers
• powder
• 1 chest
• boxes
• Sheep bell
• Bee hive + bees

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104769100/clay

• Historical documentation, courtesy Barbara Clay.

1. ↑ Clay-Klee Staudt Family History by Lois Bowles
2. ↑ Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.
3. ↑ Pennsylvania State Archives, BERKS COUNTY WARRANT REGISTER PAGES, "K" pg 48, http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-88WarrantRegisters/BerksPages/r17-88BerksPageInterface.htm
4. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives at Fold3, Series 3, Vol 26, Provincial Papers - Land Warrants 1730-1898, 1786, http://www.fold3.com/image/3375382/
5. ↑ 1810 Census, 1810; Census Place: Potter, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: 46; Page: 88; Image: 00262; Family History Library Film: 0193672
6. ↑ Gc 974.801 C33ch, Centre County Church Records, Vol. 1, Pennsylvania
7. ↑ History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties - with illustrations and biographical sketches, Cleveland- H.Z. Williams & Bro., vol 2, pg 223, HeritageQuest Online (from local library access)
8. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Weathersfield, Trumbull, Ohio; Page: 682; NARA Roll: M33_89; Image: 300
9. ↑ "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11830-49409-1?cc=1473259 : accessed 27 May 2014), Trumbull > Other > 1820 > image 36 of 91; citing Historical Society Library, Columbus.
10. ↑ "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11830-51879-10?cc=1473259 : accessed 25 Jun 2014), Trumbull Other 1821 image 34 of 124; citing Historical Society Library, Columbus.
11. ↑ Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473259
12. ↑ History of Northwest Ohio, A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie down to the Present Time, Page 843, by Nevin O. Winter, 1917, read or download book: http://archive.org/details/historyofnorthwe03wint
13. ↑ Trumbull County Probate, July term, Probate Record #3, 129
14. ↑ Trumbull County Probate Records, July 1821
15. ↑ Trumbull County Probate, May Term, Probate Record #6, pgs 119-120
16. ↑ Trumbull County Probate Record #5, pg 276-277
17. ↑ Trumbull County Probate Record #3, 421-423
18. ↑ History of Northwest Ohio A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie down to the Present Time, Page 843, by Nevin O. Winter, 1917. http://archive.org/details/historyofnorthwe03wint
19. ↑ Accession Number OH0910_.489, Issue Date: 5/7/1835, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=OH0910__.480&docClass=STA&sid=2llq2apn.jwr#patentDetailsTabIndex=1
20. ↑ 1840; Census Place: Seneca, Ohio; Roll: 426; Page: 199; Image: 404; Family History Library Film: 0020176
21. ↑ 1850; Census Place: Reed, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: M432_728; Page: 57B; Image: 489
22. ↑ 1860; Census Place: Reed, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: M653_1034; Page: 138; Image: 283; Family History Library Film: 805034
23. ↑ 1870; Census Place: Scipio, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: M593_1266; Page: 245B; Image: 495; Family History Library Film: 552765
24. ↑ Rutherford B Hayes Library, Wood County Probate for Isaac Clay, Sr, http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/record_detail.asp?id=1358824
25. ↑ Wood County, Ohio Genealogical Society (WCOGS), http://www.wcogs.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=10
26. ↑ Isaac's will states that, "Item Second, I give and devise to my son Samuel W. Clay the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to him out of my estate provided he shall furnish me a home and provide for me for the balance of my lifetime and shall make no charge therefor against my estate, and I hereby mind to give to him the said sum of five hundred in addition to sums which I have paid for him and I here fully take -- consideration a mortgage which I paid for him to Charles Green which was assigned to me and which I have this day released."
27. ↑ Trumbull County Probate, July Term 1821, #3, 163-170