Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
KLINCK, David
1775 - 1823 (47 years)-
Name KLINCK, David Nickname A. Born 25 Dec 1775 New York 
Gender Male Died 17 Nov 1823 Connerville, Fayette County, Indiana Person ID I5006 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father KLINCK, John, b. Between 1755 and 1758, Germany Or Pennsylvania , d. Yes, date unknown Mother THORNTON, Phoebe, b. 17 Jan 1754, Rhode Island , d. Yes, date unknown Married Abt 1774 Probably New York Family ID F1790 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SMITH, Ruth, b. 24 Oct 1781, Massachusetts Or Shangam, Orange County, New York , d. Aft 1830, Shelby County, Indiana (Age > 50 years) Married Abt 1799 Probably New York Children 1. KLINCK, Phebe, b. 10 Mar 1800, New York , d. Yes, date unknown2. KLINCK, Mary, b. 22 Sep 1801, New York , d. Yes, date unknown3. KLINCK, Eunice, b. 22 Apr 1803, New York , d. Yes, date unknown4. KLINCK, Joseph Smith, b. 22 Dec 1806, Caledonia, Geneseo, New York, Unites States , d. 15 Mar 1890, McHenry County, Illinois (Age 83 years)5. KLINCK, Luther, b. 17 Oct 1808, New York , d. Yes, date unknown6. KLINCK, Ruth, b. 11 Feb 1810, New York , d. Yes, date unknown7. KLINCK, Gideon T., b. 23 Mar 1812, New York , d. Aft 1870, Whitley County, Indiana (Age > 59 years)8. KLINCK, Zervia, b. 5 Oct 1813, Fayette County, Indiana , d. 25 Jul 1846, Shelby County, Indiana (Age 32 years)9. KLINCK, John George, b. 4 Jun 1816, Indiana , d. Aft 1880, Wisconsin (Age > 65 years)10. KLINCK, Luther, b. Abt 1818, Indiana , d. Yes, date unknown11. KLINCK, Emeline, b. 14 Feb 1819, Indiana , d. Yes, date unknown12. KLINCK, Mary Ann, b. 4 Apr 1821, Indiana , d. 3 Dec 1896, Oregon House, Yuba County, California (Age 75 years)13. KLINCK, David, b. Abt 1822, Indiana , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1749 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - David was born and raised in New York where he met and married Ruth Smith.
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David Klink purchased land from Joseph Smith in Caledonia in 1803.
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There is a David Clink shown on the 1810 Genesee Co., New York census as follows:
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A Sketch of Phoebe Klinck's Life
Updated September 30, 2004
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Mrs. Phoebe Klinck Smith was born in Orange Co., New York on the 10th of March 1800 and moved with her parents David and Ruth Klinck to Gennesee Co., NY until the War of 1812 when driven from their home by the British Solders; her father being absent on some Military Duty for the Federal Army at the time, Phoebe Klinck being 12 years old helped her Mother with the younger children, one only three weeks old. They traveled on foot from their little cottage into the dark wilderness at night, not knowing where they went.
The next morning her father came to the place where his cottage had been only to find it shouldering in ashes. Being informed by a neighbor of his family’s flight, he also struck out through the wilderness not knowing where to find them. After three days and nights, he saw at night a light as from a campfire. So he made his way to it though he was tired and worn out. There he saw a man of the company who had learned from Mrs. Ruth Klinck the name of her husband. The young man stepped up and looking inquiringly at him and said, “Is your name David Klinck?� His eyes answered first, then he said, “That is my name, but how did you know?� The young man replied, “Thank heaven, then I can tell you that your family is safe and in that cabin you see yonder.�
He hurried to the cabin and his little daughter Phoebe saw him first and cried out as she sprang on his neck. “Oh Papa, we never expected to see you again.� The joy was too much for Ruth, his exhausted wife, and she fainted. When she somewhat recovered he asked, “Ruthie, dear, how could you endure such a journey through the lonely woods?� Her reply was, “The God in Whom I trust gave me strength to endure all that was laid upon me and gave you wisdom to find your family. I managed to take the little babe in my arms and Phoebe took little Ruthie and carried her while Joseph and Gideon and John brought up the rear as fast as their little legs could carry them.
David Klinck took his family the next day to Susquehanna River where he constructed a raft of logs on which he placed his little store of goods and family. They floated down the river to a point where they landed and started across country and camped near Buffalo, NY only to see the city in flames. Taking up the march across country for the Ohio River again floated down the river landing in Kentucky: not liking it, they crossed the river to Cincinnati, then but a small village.
In 1815 they moved to Fayetteville Co. Indiana and settled on or near White River near Miller’s Mill. In 1816 Phoebe was converted to God and joined the Free Will Baptist Church and in 1818 became acquainted with Isaac S. Smith, a graduate of the clothier trade. Isaac S. Smith was a Quaker born in Frederick Co., Virginia in November 19, 1795. He came to Ohio where he met Phoebe Klinck who was teaching school at the time, and the Reverend Sylvia, Pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church in Fayetteville Co. Indiana, married them in May 1820.
In 1833 they moved to Franklin Co. Indiana and in 1843 they moved to Shelby Co. Indiana where they joined the Methodist Church. In 1847 they moved to McHenry, Illinois. In 1857 Phoebe was left a widow; her husband being so badly injured by a runaway horse that he died.
In 1861 she moved in with her son Isaac Jacob Smith in Crystal Lake, Illinois until her death December 19, 1886. In 1878 she joined the Disciples of Christ Church in Nunda, Illinois. She presented her son, Isaac Jacob with a large, old and valuable Testament which came to her in 1834. She buried her husband at what was then known as the Klinck Schoolhouse Cemetery.
Phoebe Klinck Smith died at the home of her son Isaac Jacob Smith at Crystal Lake, Illinois in her 87th year on December 19, 1886. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. S.S. Spaulding at the house of Isaac Jacob Smith on the Sabbath morning by the Pastor of of the Free Methodist Church in Crystal Lake, IL. A splendid funeral sermon from Acts 22:34 was used.
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By 1813 the family must have moved to Fayette Co. Indiana as David and Ruth's daughter Zervina is said to have been born there (Huntington Genealogical Memoir, pg. 965).
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By 1820 we find David and family living in Connersville, Fayette Co., Indiana as follows:
Males
2, <10
1, 10-15
0, 16-17
1, 18-25
1, 26-44
0, 45+
Females
2, <10
1, 10-15
2, 16-25
1, 26-44
0, 45+
Foreign Born, 0
Agriculture, 0
Manufacturing, 1
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David was a miller by trade. Source: Winnie Huntington Quick "Story of my Ancestry".
- David was born and raised in New York where he met and married Ruth Smith.