Gen. Isaac Clark1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 1474, (1748 - 1822)
FatherNathan Clark4 (21 Jul 1718 - 8 Apr 1792)
MotherAbigail Satterlee4 (12 Apr 1720 - 11 Nov 1796)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Oct 1748, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut5,6
Marriage: 18 Jan 1779, Ira, Vermont, Hannah Chittenden (13 Jul 1756 - 8 Sep 1789)7,8,9
Marriage: 25 Mar 1790, Windham, Connecticut, Amie Fitch (20 Jul 1751 - 12 Aug 1826)10,11,12
Death: 31 Jan 1822, Castleton, Vermont13,14,15
Burial: Congregational Cemetery, Castleton, Rutland Co., Vermont16,17

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Gen. Isaac Clark was born on 5 Oct 1748 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.5,6
     Isaac married Hannah Chittenden, daughter of Gov. Thomas Chittenden and Elizabeth Meigs, on 18 Jan 1779 in Ira, Vermont, with her father, Gov. Thomas Chittenden, officiating.7,8,9
     The newly formed state of Vermont continued the practice of the colonial governors of New Hampshire of granting parcels of land to groups of "proprietors" to form towns. Isaac became a proprietor of seven towns, though it seems clear that in many cases his interest was speculation rather than establishing residence there. His first grant was for the town of Fair Haven, on 27 Oct 1779, by Gov. Thomas Chittenden. He was named as one of 76 "associates of Capt. Ebenezer Allen who paid £6,930 for the grant. Proprietors were required to cultivate 10 acres of land and build a house at least 18 feet square, or have one family settled on each share, within four years after the "circumstances of the present war...will admit of a settlement with safety." As with the royal grants, pine timber suitable for mast and spars for the Navy were reserved to the state.18 Isaac was one of 363 associates of Ethan Allen and Samuel Herrick receiving a grant the same day of some 23,000 acres on Grand Isle and Long Island in Lake Champlain, initially called Two Heros. Proprietors were allowed one year after the end of the war to settle on the property in this grant, but there was no reservation of pines for the navy, and no payment is mentioned.19
     His wife died on 8 Sep 1789 in Castleton, Vermont.20,21,22
     Isaac married second Amie Fitch, daughter of Eleazer Fitch and Amy Bowen, on 25 Mar 1790 in Windham, Connecticut.10,11,12 He was known as "Old Rifle Clark" and was a general in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.23,24
     As Col. 11th Reg., he thanked the ladies of Shelburne in a letter dated 8 Dec 1812 at Burlington, for 81 pairs of mittens and socks they made for the soldiers in his unit, and delivered by Ebenezer Cobb.25
     Isaac died on 31 Jan 1822 in Castleton, Vermont, at age 73.13,14,15 He was buried in Congregational Cemetery, Castleton, Rutland Co., Vermont.16,17

Children:
     Children with Hannah Chittenden:

  • Modena Chittenden Clark26,27 (4 Oct 1779 - 7 Oct 1837)
  • Artaxarxes Clark28 (4 Jun 1781 - )
  • Sally Clark29,30 (13 Jul 1783 - 12 Nov 1813)
  • Satterlee Clark31 (7 May 1785 - )
  • Isaac Clark Jr.32 (14 Mar 1787 - )
  • Hannah Clark33 (2 Sep 1789 - )
  • Beaulah Clark33 (2 Sep 1789 - )

Children:
     Children with Amie Fitch:

  • Charlotte Whiting Clark34 (2 Jun 1791 - )
  • William Temple Clark35 (1 Jul 1794 - )

Citations

  1. [S3167] Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States, 4:85.
  2. [S2266] Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, marriage record and birth record for Modean, shows name as Isaac Clark.
  3. [S1352] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, pg 214, shows name as Isaac Clark, a soldier in the revolutionary war.
  4. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 255.
  5. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 255, shows date.
  6. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows he died 31 Jan 1822 at age 71, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  7. [S2266] Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, shows date and officiant.
  8. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:5, birth records of son Artaxarxes and daughter Salley, shows her as his wife.
  9. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, marriage record for Isaac Clark and Gabbag Chittenden, prepared by Isaac Clark, Ira town clerk, shows date and officiant.
  10. [S2250] White, The Barbour Collection, Windham Vital Records, pg 85, citing vol 2 pg 59, shows date, as 25th, and citing vol 3 pg 43, shows date as 29th.
  11. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:3 marriage record, shows date, as 25th, town, and state; 1:11, birth record for daughter Charlotte, shows Amia as his wife.
  12. [S2249] Walworth, "Mason Family," pg 220, shows date, as 29th, and as her second marriage.
  13. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, death record for Isaac Clark, prepared by Castleton town clerk from tombstone, shows date.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows date, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  15. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, and state.
  16. [S3427] General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, death record for Isaac Clark, prepared by Castleton town clerk from tombstone, shows cemetery.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows cemetery and includes tombstone photo.
  18. [S4248] State Papers of Vermont, vol 2, Charters Granted by the State of Vermont (1922), pp 73-4.
  19. [S4248] State Papers of Vermont, pp 192-5.
  20. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:15, shows date, as 8th.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676890, Hannah Clark, shows date, as 2nd, and includes tombstone photo showing date as "Sept. 2nd 1789.
  22. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows date, as 8th, town, and state.
  23. [S49] Freeman, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  24. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #9676879, Isaac "Old Rifle" Clark, shows him as an officer in the Revolution and late Colonel in the army of the United States, and includes photo of tombstone showing the same.
  25. [S2242] "Burlington, Dec. 8, 1812," Green Mountain Farmer, 6 Jan 1813.
  26. [S2266] Town Records, bk 1, pg 114, birth record, shows her as his oldest daughter.
  27. [S1352] The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, pg 214.
  28. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:5, shows as father's eldest son, 1:11 shows first son.
  29. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:5, shows as his second daughter.
  30. [S3261] Bostwick application, The Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
  31. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:11, shows as the father's second son.
  32. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:11, shows as the father's 3d son.
  33. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:11.
  34. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:11, shows her as his eldest daughter by his wife Amia.
  35. [S2228] Castleton Town Records, 1:11, does not state parents, but his record follows the other children of Isaac Clark which are in order, with the preceeding one being by his wife Amia.