It's always good to reread your material. Yesterday's discovery was better than I thought! A read-through of the Butler Co. deeds verified the fname of Samuel Clark's wife - Martha Jane Doty.
Doty is a "Mayflower name." So, part of the day's search was to check the series of "Mayflower Families through Five Generations" for Edward Doty. Volume 11, Part II provided the following lineage:
1. Edward Doty [servant to Samuel Hopkins] & Faith Clarke [2nd wife]
2. Samuel Doty & Jane Harmon [settled in Piscataway, NJ]
3. Joseph Doty & Sarah Badgley [resided in Essex Co., NJ]
4. John Doty & Sarah Clark [moved to Ohio]
5. Jane [Martha Jane] Doty & Samuel Clark
Of course the book does not list their son, Isaac, and other sources checked have suspect information. Personally, I think it's from a lack of following up on what happened to Martha Jane.
Unfortunately, the books on the Doty family held by the library have the same info or cover different lines of the family. There are several sources cited in Vol. 11 that need to be checked. One with the ominous title Loyalist Clarks, Badgleys and Allied Families [Estelle Clark Watson] happened to be offered on-line at familysearch.org. A quick look at the book gave me Sarah's parents and grandparents. It appears that Sarah's brother, Anthony, was one of the Loyalists, as he moved to Canada.
I found a John Doty in Madison Co., KY in 1790 and Garrard Co., KY in 1800. Garrard was formed from Madison and the northern tip of Lincoln Co.
Tomoorow I hope to tackle the Butler Co. Tax Lists from 1816-1836 to see when Samuel Clark no longer appears [narrowing his death date] and the same for Isaac [move to Indiana].
The other folks in the group seem to be making strides toward solving their problems as well.
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