Isham Vincent
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Isham Vincent (1770 - 1849)

Isham Vincent
Born in Province of North Carolinamap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1805 in North Carolinamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Madison, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Isham Vincent, the son of Peter Vincent (abt.1740-aft.1791), was born August 13, 1770, in North Carolina. Around 1805, he married Martha (Smart) Vincent (1786-1849), the daughter of Laban Smart (1758-1840) and Susannah (Simmons) Smart (1766-1838), also in North Carolina.

In 1806, Isham and Martha moved to Kentucky where four of their children were born: Elizabeth "Betsy", Lemuel B., Mary "Polly" Ann, and Henry S. In 1817, the family moved on to Jarvis Township, Madison County, Illinois Territory.[1][2] where they saw Illinois become a state in 1809, raised their family and lived out their lives.

When the family first arrived in the Illinois Territory, they lived in Jarvis Township near Troy with their four children in what would soon be Madison County, In 1818, their household consisted of one "free white male 21 years and upward" and five "other white inhabitants".[3] Troy was platted in 1819 while they lived there.[4] Barbara Allen was born in Jarvis Township. Isham taught in one of the schools here. Three years later, they moved to Silver Creek Precinct near Silver Creek where he had a horse mill used for milling flour.[5]

US Census, 1820[6]
Birth Year Count Names
White Male 1810-1820 1 Henry
1804-1810 1 Lemuel
1802-1804
1794-1804
1775-1794
Before 1775 1 Isham
White Female 1810-1820 2 Mary "Polly" Ann, Barbara Allen
1804-1810 2 Elizabeth "Betsey", ???
1794-1804 1  ???
1775-1794 1 Martha
Before 1775
Persons in Agriculture 2 Isham, Lemuel

The family is in Goshen in 1820, which is in the southwest corner of the county between Troy and the Mississippi. Martha's brother Wiley and his family live on adjacent property, and there is probably other extended family nearby. Goshen Settlement has been lost to time and no longer exists. There are two people in the Goshen household unaccounted for that aren't part of the immediate family, fitting the profile of a girl between the ages of 10 and 16 and her mother between the ages of 25 and 45.

Isham and James Street purchased the first land patent in Township 6.0N Range 6.0W Section 36 for a half quarter section[7] of land (80 acres).[8] Their property became part of Alhambra Township when it was formed in 1875.[9] Today, this 80 acres is bounded on the north by Knopp Road, to the west by Mriscin Road, and to the south by Leuscher Road, extending east for 0.25 mile.[10] When Isham buit his initial cabin here on the banks of a stream, Leuscher Road was known as the Hillsboro and St. Louis wagon Road.[5]

US Census, 1830[11]
Birth Year Count Names
White Male 1825-1830
1820-1825
1815-1820
1810-1815 1 Henry
1800-1810 1 Lemuel
1790-1800
1780-1790
1770-1780 1 Isham
1760-1770
1750-1760
1740-1750
1730-1740
Before 1730
White Female 1825-1830
1820-1825 1 Martha Smart (the daughter)
1815-1820 1 Barbara Allen
1810-1815
1800-1810
1790-1800
1780-1790 1 Martha (the mother)
1770-1780
1760-1770
1750-1760
1740-1750
1730-1740
Before 1730

Martha's father, Laban Smart (1758-1840), is one line above Isham in the census. He may even live on the same 80 acres acquired in 1824.[8] Their house was the early voting place for Silver Creek precinct.[1] Their last three children Martha Smart, Susannah W., and Edwin were born here, but Susannah died in 1829. The couples youngest two children didn't live to reach the age of 10. When Edwin died in 1825, the family started the Vincent Cemetery and Edwin was the first interred there.[5]

The family members were primitive Baptists[12] religious meetings were conducted here for years. His location helped attract weary travelers for stop overs. Isham kept a tapped barrel of whiskey ready for the travelers. He also held court here as a Justice of the Peace.[5]

US Census, 1840[13]
Birth Year Count Names
White Male 1835-1840 2 William and Henry Marion Pierce???
1830-1835
1825-1830
1820-1825
1810-1820 1 Isaac Riley Pierce???
1800-1810
1790-1800
1780-1790
1770-1780 1 Isham
1760-1770
1750-1760
1740-1750
Before 1740
White Female 1835-1840
1830-1835
1825-1830
1820-1825
1810-1820 1 Martha Smart Pierce???
1800-1810
1790-1800
1780-1790 1 Elizabeth
1770-1780
1760-1770
1750-1760
1740-1750
Before 1740
Persons in Agriculture

By 1840, even their youngest child Barbara Allen is 19. The only reasonable explanation for the household is that one of their grown children is living with them, with their children. As it happens, Isaac and Martha Pierce and their two children are an exact match to the census counts.

Mary "Polly" Ann Pierce lived nearby with her husband, the household on the same census page.[14]

Isham passed away in Alhambra Township, Madison County, Illinois in 1849 at the age of 78. He is buried there in Vincent Cemetery.[15]

Research Notes

Isham and Martha's children:

  • Elizabeth "Betsey" (Vincent) Long (1807-1839).
  • Lemuel B. Vincent (1809-1829)
  • Mary (Polly) Ann (Vincent) White & Bartlett (1812-1846)
  • Henry S. Vincent (1814-1837)
  • Barbara Allen (Vincent) Pearce (1818-1902)
  • Martha Smart (Vincent) Pearce & Eaves (1821-1907.)
  • Susannah W. Vincent (1823-1829)
  • Edwin Vincent ( -ca1824-25)

In a prior version of this profile, the "Biography of Wiley Smart" was used as a general source, available at taylorassociation.com. The webpage is either no longer available or behind their paywall. A web search for "Biography of Wiley Smart" gets no hits. The Internet Archive has no snapshot of that page. The link was broken and generated a Data Doctor error. It's been removed, but hopefully an alternative reference can be found at some point in the future.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 History of Madison County, Illinois: With Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent Men and Pioneers. W. R. Brink & Co. Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882, pp. 88-89 (https://archive.org/details/historyofmadison00brin/page/88/mode/2up)
  2. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, April 28). Jarvis Township, Madison County, Illinois. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:25, April 28, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jarvis_Township,_Madison_County,_Illinois&oldid=1085099353
  3. Norton, Margaret Cross. Illinois Census Returns 1810, 1818. Published in the Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library, volume XXIV, p.129. Location: Madison County, IL. (https://accessgenealogy.com/illinois/s-v-surnames-1818-madison-county-illinois-census.htm)
  4. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, March 15). Troy, Illinois. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 11:18, April 28, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Troy,_Illinois&oldid=1077330296
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Bauser, B., Ed., "Obituaries V: VINCENT, ISHAM and MARTHA". Madison County ILGenWeb. (https://ilmadison.whalen-family.org/obituaries/obituariesV.html)
  6. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG3-YV5 : accessed 28 April 2022), Isom Vincent, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  7. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, February 11). Section (United States land surveying). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:12, April 28, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Section_(United_States_land_surveying)&oldid=1071199024
  8. 8.0 8.1
    CV-0094-412 Clear Volume Patent
  9. Wikipedia contributors. (2020, April 9). Alhambra Township, Madison County, Illinois. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:37, April 28, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alhambra_Township,_Madison_County,_Illinois&oldid=950035987
  10. Google (n.d.). [Area of Isham Vincent land patent in present day Alhambra Township, Madison County, Illinois] (https://goo.gl/maps/ZSUJjf7ijBe8rnWc7). Accessed 28 Apr 2022.
  11. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGG-8L9 : 20 February 2021), Isom Vincent, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing 188, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 25; FHL microfilm 7,650.
  12. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, March 31). Primitive Baptists. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:36, April 28, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primitive_Baptists&oldid=1080316032
  13. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBD-SVW : 15 August 2017), Isham Vincent, Silver Creek, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing p. 113, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 7,643.
  14. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBD-SJG : 2 October 2021), Wm W Pearce, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing p. 113, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  15. Find A Grave: Memorial #16649129




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