William Doak

Notes:

Buried:
To the Memory of
William
son of
W.&J.Doak
Born
Dec 29, 1828,
Died
Jan 27, 1846
Aged
17 yrs 28 days

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Madison Co, Tennessee; property expanded
• Census: 1820, Lincoln Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1830, Madison Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1840, Madison Co, Tennessee

Notes:

from Ralph:
Capt Wm who d 1849 was a son of Wm & Elizabeth and therefore a gdson
of David (i)


Our Claybrook Heritage
(Madison County Tennessee)
by Jonathan K.T. Smith
copyright, Jonathan K.T. Smith 1993.

DOAK-CLARK

William Doak, born June 27, 1789 in North Carolina [1], was living in Middle Tennessee when he served in a company of Tennessee mounted gunmen during the War of 1812. He was married to Jane Wilson (July 17, 1787-Sept. 17, 1841). They moved into Madison County in its first wave of settlers, establishing a farm adjacent to what became Brown's Methodist Church. Doak acquired several tracts of land by means of which he became the owner of several hundred acres of land, the most of it located in Civil District 14. The Doaks were members of Brown's Methodist Episcopal Church, South and several of them were buried in its burial ground. William Doak died January 17, 1849.

William and Jane (Wilson) Doak had children:[2]

l. Lucretia Doak, born December 21, 1812;

2. Alfred William Doak, born August 27, 1814; he bought land locally in 1837 and sold out two years later; [3]

3. Herrian Doak, born February 14, 1816.

4. Gibson Doak, born November 2, 1817; died December 26, 1845.

5. Amanda Alvira Doak, born September 5, 1819.

6. John Brown Doak, born May 24, 1823; died November 18, 1845.

7. Thomas Jefferson Doak, born May 5, 1825; died Jan. 8, 1860, unmarried.

8. Mary Jane Doak, born November 24, 1826.

9. William Doak, born December 29, 1828; died January 27, 1846.

10. Eunice Ann Doak, born July 10, 1830; married Rufus Mortimer Mason; for whose family, see the Mason family data in this book.

Mary Jane Doak (November 24, 1826-May 16, 1906) was married to John Franklin Clark (1822-June 19, 1867), January 30, 1849 (a few days after her father's death), who was a son of Jonas Clark, "born in Maryland in 1759; and went to North Carolina at an early age. He volunteered in the Revolutionary War, when eighteen years of age and served four years /militiaman, Salisbury District/. He afterward drew a pension of $220 per year, for his services. He came to Tennessee in 1830. His wife, whose maiden name was Ann Alexander, was born in North Carolina, in 1787, and was Jonas Clark's third wife. /They were married in Mecklenburg Co. , March 31, 1818. ! She and her husband were members of the Presbyterian Church and belonged to the Steel Creek congregation. The father died in /Madison County in/ 1845 and his wife in 1858." [4]

In April of 1827, Jonas Clark, then living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, deeded to his sons, John Franklin Clark and Edwin Alexander Clark, 480 acres in Madison County, part of a 750 acre grant to him, in S. D. 9, Range 2, Section 10 (Grant #22355), dated August 10, 1824. John Rudesell was-to keep this land in trust for the younger Clarks.[5]

This large tract of ground lay to the west and south of what became Claybrook. In March of 1850, the younger Clarks sold this 480 acres to Joseph Fogg (died 1859) for $3000; being in the southeast corner of the original 750 acre tract.[6]

Mary Jane Doak and her husband, John F. Clark, inherited the 717 acre Russell Goodrich tract and went to live upon it and on January 21, 1852, they made over a one-third interest in this tract, on which they were then living, to his brother, Edwin A. Clark, along with seventeen slaves.[7] The Clarks sold this tract and one other to Robert W. Hall in 1861.[8]

After his death in June 1867 John F. Clark's estate was administered by Rufus M. Mason, who had married Clark's youngest sister-in-law, Eunice.[9] Their children were Ann, Edwin, Thomas, Susan, Mary Elizabeth Jane (Lizzie, who was blind) and John Harvey Clark.


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Major Edwin Alexander Clark (January 21, 1826-May 8, 1900) was raised "on a farm and at the age of fifteen left home and began clerking for $60 per annum. With the exception of ten months, spent in the Mexican war /Co. F, Second Tennessee Infantry Regiment, May 1846; medical discharge, April 1847/, he clerked until 1849, but with increased wages, after the first year. Some time after the close of the Mexican war, he went to California, where he remained until 1851. In 1852 he married Martha Childress of Springfield, Tenn., daughter of George and Martha (Murdoch) Childress." She was born January 1, 1835 and died August 7, 1869. In May of 1881, Major Clark "married Mary M. Black of Henderson County. She was born in 1843." Major Clark and his brother "engaged in the mercantile business at Cotton Grove, about 1852 and continued the same for six years." [10] He then spent four years doing business at different points. In 1862, as captain, and S. D. Barnett as first lieutenant, assisted in the organization of the Fifty-first Tennessee Regiment and Clark was elected major. He was captured at Fort Donelson and was exchanged sometime later. "On account of physical disability, he was unable to engage longer in the service and returned home and resumed mercantile business at Spring Creek, in partnership with Herron & Mason, continuing five years. The following two years were spent in farming and he then came to Jackson and began speculating in cotton," losing money thereby. He clerked for a while, served as county tax collector, 1874-1875; county court clerk, 1878-1886. Clark was a Democrat and member of the Presbyterian Church. He died in Louisville, Kentucky. Both husband and wife are buried in Brown's Methodist Cemetery.[11]

REFERENCES

1. U.S. Census, 1880, June 22, Madison Co., C.D. 14, page 309, Mary J. Clark's parents' birth state given as North Carolina.

2. Paternity and birth records of the Doaks are from an old Doak register, owned by Alliene (Mason) Key of Jackson, Tennessee, as copied by Jonathan Smith, July 23, 1993. Other data is from Doak tombstones at Brown's Church Cemetery, copied by him, May 10, 1993, and public records of Madison County.

3. Madison Co.: deed book 5, page 463. Alfred W. Doak bought 102.5 acres, Nov. 25, 1837 and sold the same land, January 12, 1839 (deed book 6, page 285).

4. Weston A. Goodspeed, HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, Madison County (Nashville, 1887), pages 852-853. "E. A. Clark." Hereafter cited as Goodspeed, Madison Co., 1887.

5. Madison Co.: deed book 2, page 4. Deed executed April 24, 1827 and recorded March 27, 1828. Land Grant #22355, to Jonas Clark, from the State of Tennessee, for 750 acres, entry #26, December 7, 1820; surveyed March 1, 1824 and granted to Clark, August 10, 1824; recorded August 20, 1824. General Land Grant Book Y, page 283.

6. Madison Co.: deed book 13, page 582. Deed executed March 4, 1850 and recorded June 28, 1850. John L. Brown acted as attorney for minor, Edwin A. Clark in this transaction.

7. IBID.: deed book 15, page 483. Deed recorded March 17, 1852.

8. IBID.: deed book 23, pages 43, 45. Deeds recorded May 12, May 16, 1861, respectively.

9. IBID.: county court minute book 10, pages 401, 593.

10. IBID.: deed book 19, page 741. The Clarks sold this lot (#7) and store in Cotton Grove to R. B. and S. D. Barnett, Feb. 9, 1851 (deed recorded August 27, 1857).

11. Goodspeed, Madison Co., 1887, pages 852-853. "E. A. Clark. "W. H. Childress as a token of love, donated to her and her children, John Bell Clark, Edwin Berry Clark and Anna Clark, 75 acres of Madison County land. (Deed book 44, page 106).

http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/history/claybrook/clayb-03.htm

Birth:
date on headstone. some researchers show 27 Jun 1789.

Property:
Property Expanded:

C. Madison County Deed Book 10, page 421
WILLIAM LITTLEFIELD of Newport, Rhode Island, by his agent, Memucan H. Howard of Nashville, Tenn., POA dated April 19, 1841; to WILLIAM DOAK of Madison County, 808.4 acres, from the Russell Goodrich deed to Edward B. Littlefield; down payment $1500 and three promissory notes of $1000 each, due January 1 in 1847-1849. Date: November 14, 1845 and recorded May 28, 1846. (Deed Book 12, page 363, clarifies this sale/purchase. William Littlefield had legal title to this land by chancery order, $4500 having been paid by William Doak so that the 808.4 acres were his totally. January l, 1849; recorded March 20, 1849. Deed Book 10, page 206, shows that William Littlefield acquired this tract by purchase, probably from E. B. Littlefield's estate, for $3233, by Chancery Court order, Franklin, Tennessee, November 25, 1845; recorded January 13, 1845.).


D. WILLIAM DOAK's residence was located near Brown's (Bethany) Methodist Episcopal Church, South. His daughter, Mary Jane Doak, married John Franklin Clark. They lived on the Doak 744.5 acres, as reduced from the original 1000 acres to Goodrich. In a deed dated January 1852, John F. Clark conveyed an interest in the Doak tract to his brother, Edwin A. Clark, the "same now being in the possession of John F. Clark and on which he now lives." William Doak had died in 1849. (Deed Book 15, page 483) William Doak had sold 61 acres of the Goodrich tract to John M. Barnett, at Barnett's southwest corner and in the northeast corner of the 800 acres, February 16, 1846; recorded Jan. 14, 1851. (Deed Book 14, page 264) Thomas J. Doak, William Doak's administrator, made a clear deed to J. M. Barnett for this 61 acres, having received the full $399.74 paid for it. January 24, 1851; recorded January 28, 1851. (Deed Book 14, page 306) There were, by the deeds, at least, 744 acres left of the Doak tract after Barnett's purchase..


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E. Madison. County Deed Book 23, page 43
JOHN F. CLARK and wife, MARY J. CLARK, formerly Doak, and E. A. CLARK of Madison County, Tenn., sold to ROBERT W. HALL of Henderson County, Tenn., 744.5 acres, remnant of the Goodrich 1000 acres, S.D. 9, R. 2, Sec. 10, Civil District 12, for $12,000, March 29, 1861; recorded May 12, 1861. Began at a stake in Thomas F. Berry's northwest corner and J. M. Barnett's corner, including a section of the east boundary line of the 1000 acres and its southeast corner; touched the northeast corner of entry #670 for 139 acres; on the southwest and west bordered by Replogle land; that of Martin B. Key; and Butler's corner and with his line to the beginning stake..


Robert W. Hall also purchased, for $2000, from the Clarks, the 318.4 acres on the south of the Goodrich tract, in Civil District 13. March 29, 1861; recorded May 16, 1861. (Deed Book 23, page 45) John F. and E. A. Clark had purchased this 318 acres from Thornton Hamlet, for $301. 85, January 1, 1854; recorded Dec. 30, 1854. Began at southwest corner of B. D. Acree's occupant claim and the southwest corner of Mark Langston; bordered some of the Replogle land also. (Deed Book 17, page 614) This was largely hilly, forested real estate..


Robert W. Hall (1813-1890), born near Huntsville, Alabama, moved at age 26 to Reynoldsburg on the Tennessee River, opposite Pilot Knob in Benton County, a place of considerable trade at the time, where he clerked; moved in 1843 to Lexington, Tennessee where he became a successful merchant in his own right; in 1860, he moved to a farm located about 2.5 miles west of Lexington; moved in 1866 to Jackson, Tennessee where he lived thereafter. He and his wife are buried under tall tombstones in Riverside Cemetery in Jackson.[1] R. W. Hall owned the old Goodrich-Doak tract during the Civil War. He sold it soon afterwards for so much less than he had paid for it, suggesting that a substantial residence had stood on the property and had been destroyed; this in addition to a deflated economy and lowered assessments after the war. Hall is not known to have suffered drastic financial difficulties at this time..

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2687691/person/942405367/mediax/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum


Census:
THOMAS & WILLIAM Doak, on the 1820 Lincoln Co census with widow Sally Doak (widow of John Doak, son of Samuel) were neighbours and also brothers, sons of (Rev War) Captain William Doak, son of David (i)

Census:
Name: William Woke
[William Doke]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Madison, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 3
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 19


Census:
Name: William Dook
[William Doak]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Madison, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 2
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 4
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 8
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 12
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 21


next to Adam Brown
same pg: James Brown & Anthony W. Brown

William married Jane Wilson about 1811. Jane was born on 17 Jul 1787; died on 17 Sep 1841 in Madison Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: Between 23 Mar 1767 and 18 Mar 1768, Augusta Co, Virginia; petition
• Other-Begin: 1768, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1773, New River, Virginia; tithables
• Military: 10 Oct 1774, Battle of Point Pleasant; ensign
• Other-Begin: 2 May 1775, Montgomery Co, Virginia
• Occupation: 1779, Montgomery Co, Virginia; weaver
• Residence: 1779, Montgomery Co, Virginia; rent roll
• Other-Begin: 25 May 1779, Montgomery Co, Virginia; justice of the peace
• Military: Abt 1780, Montgomery Co, Virginia; captain, militia
• Other-Begin: 12 Feb 1787, Montgomery Co, Virginia
• Property: 26 Sep 1801, Knox Co, Tennessee; Nathaniel's property

Notes:

WILLIAM Doak

Baptised in 1747, William was already in what became Tennessee when his father's will was written in 1787. In common with his brothers Samuel and David he had served in Captain Robert Doak's company of Fincastle County militia in 1774. During the Revolutionary War he fought at King's Mountain and probably also at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, holding the rank of Captain. He settled in Knox County, "territory south of the river Ohio", and a deed in the Wythe County, Virginia records gives his wife's name as Elizabeth. In 1804, his name appears among those of the first justices appointed in Dickson County, Tennessee. Two of his sons, Thomas and William, settled in Lincoln County, Tennessee and then moved to Madison County, Tennessee. William, who had married Jane Wilson and was a Captain in the War of 1812, died in Madison County in 1849. Thomas had moved to Dyer County, Tennessee, where he died in 1852. His widow, née Elizabeth Edmiston, survived him. The daughters of the elder William included Mary, who married William McMillen in 1792, and Amelia (Milly), who married John Gibson in 1800.

http://thebeardfamilyhistory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Children_of_David_Doak

Other-Begin:
Signed petition in 1768 to improve roads to Holston River (Kegley, p. 51).

Residence:
David was listed on the New River Tithables in 1773, Captain Doak's list, as David Doack and son David. Robert, William, and Samuel Doak were listed separately (Kegley, p. 29).

Other-Begin:
administrator for Robert Doak 2 May 1775.


Occupation:
Orphan, Hugh Pierce bound to him in 1779 to learn trade of weaver. Montgomery County tax list 1782 with 6 horses, 13 head of cattle and land.

Residence:
Name: William Doake
State: VA
County: Montgomery County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1779
Record Type: Rent Role
Page: NPN
Database: VA Early Census Index


Military:
Ensign (Samuel) in Montgomery Co. Militia, in company of brother, Captain William Doak;

Other-Begin:
mentioned in his father's will "son William (tract of land he formally lived to be sold) for his part"

William married Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Doak about 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Bef 1740, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
• Residence: Bef 1745, East Notingham, Chester Co, Pennsylvania
• Property: 10 Feb 1745/6, Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; from Breckenridge
• Residence: Aug 1747, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Property: Abt 1771, Doak Mill Run, Botetourt Co, Virginia
• Will: 2 Oct 1787, Black Lick, Montgomery Co (now Wythe Co), Virginia
• Research Notes: 18 Feb 2013; dates
• Research Notes: 26 May 2013; death date?

Notes:

Acklen says parents are James and Elizabeth, but it has not been proven he is one of the immigrant siblings.
Arrival date about 1740.
French says father is Samuel; arrival date placed at about 1740.
He lived first in East Nottingham, Chester Co, PA and was in Beverley Manor by August 1747 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 262). He was granted permission to build a mill on Evan's Creek, branch of Reed Creek, later named Doak's Mill Run about 1771, then Botetourt County (Kegley, p. 92). On list of Tithables 1771 (Kegley, p. 29). Hemp certificate recorded in 1773 (Sr. or Jr.?)
His will was written 12 February 1787 (Montgomery Co., B:123); David and James Doak executors bond with Robert Sayers and Robert Davis, 2 October 1787 (B:134); appraisal done 6 October 1787 (B:125).

Children of DAVID DOAK and MARY DOAK were:
1. DAVID DOAK , JR, b. Abt. 1740; d. Bef. June 19, 1799.
Executor of his father's will with his brother, James. He was listed on the New River Tithables in 1773, Captain Doak's list, as David Doack and son David. Robert, William, and Samuel Doak were listed separately (Kegley, p. 29). He's lisn Montgomery County Tax list in 1782 with 5 horses, 6 head cattle and land; in Montgomery County Militia; 1790 tax list, Montgomery County, only male over 21, no males 16/21. Will proved 19 June 1799, Augusta County, VA.

2. SAMUEL DOAK, b. Abt. 1742; d. Aft. 1787. He served as deputy sheriff with brother, James, in 1779, Montgomery Co. Ordered to view best way for wagon road, 1785; Ensign in Montgomery Co. Militia, in company of brother, Captain William Doak; served at King's Mountain. On 1782 tax list with 4 horses, 8 head cattle and land. Put a ferry over the Holston River in TN down towards Knoxville. Said to have gone to NC by 1787.

3. NATHANIEL DOAK, b. Abt. 1744; d. 1794, Wythe Co, Virginia.

4 WILLIAM DOAK, b. Bef. November 05, 1747; d. Aft. 1782. He was actually baptised at North Mountain, 10 miles west of Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia, on 5 November 1747. Signed petition in 1768 to improve roads to Holston River (Kegley, p. 51). Captain in Montgomery County Militia. On Captain Doack's List of Tithables, 1773 (Kegley, p. 29). Administrator for Robert Doak, 2 May 1775, surities David Doack and William Davis (Fincastle. B:25); Alexander Buchanan, William and Robert Davis, and John Findley or any three to appraise estate (Summers, p. 642). Justice of Peace, 25 May 1779. Orphan, Hugh Pierce bound to him in 1779 to learn trade of weaver. Montgomery County tax list 1782 with 6 horses, 13 head of cattle and land.

5. JAMES DOAK, b. Abt. 1748; d. Aft. 1828. He served as Montgomery Co. deputy sheriff in 1779 (Kegley, p. 108). Montgomery Co. tax list, 1782. Executor of father's will, 1787 (Kegley, p. 119). Montgomery County Militia. Reported to have moved to IA 1848-50 (really?).

6. ROBERT DOAK, b. Abt. 1750
7. THOMAS DOAK, b. Abt. 1752
8. ELIZABETH DOAK, b. Abt. 1754
9. MARY DOAK, b. Abt. 1756; m. FRANCES BEATTY, JR.
10. JANE DOAK, b. Abt. 1758
11. MARGARET DOAK, b. Abt. 1760

12. JOHN DOAK, b. Abt. 1762; m. REBECCA WILSON, 1805. He was listed on the
Montgomery County tax list 1790, no male in home 16/21, 8 horses. Has
descendant, William N. Doak, Secretary of Labor.

13. ALEXANDER DOAK, b. Abt. 1764; d. Aft. 1790; m. MARGARET HANNA, August 09, 1786, Montgomery Co, Virginia. He served in the Montgomery County Militia (listed as under 18 in 1780). Shown in the 1790 census in Surry County, NC, near wife's father; 4 females, 1 male under 16 and self.
MARGARET HANNA's father was John Hannah, Surry Co., NC. She is the granddaughter of immigrant John Doak, hence first cousin, once removed to her husband, Alexander.

Christened:
Baptized by Rev. John Craig.

Property:
George and Robert Breckenridge (brothers) sold 300 acres in Beverly Manor to David Doack on 10 February 1745-6 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 261). Adjoins property to George.

David Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 100 acres, 1755, adjoining 300 acre tract acquired earlier in February 1746 from George & Robert Breckenridge and also adjoining tract of Samuel Doak (647 acres, 1741) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). (b. bet. 1705-1710, Ireland, d. 2 Oct. 1787, Montgomery County, VA), brother of Samuel Doak, listed below, and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

Samuel Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 647 acres, 1741, adjoining land of John Doak (no date or acres listed) and David Doak (100 acres acquired in 1765) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). Samuel Doak was the brother of David Doak, listed above and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County,_Virginia_-_Surnames_A-E

Residence:
was in Beverley Manor by August 1747 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 262).

Property:
He was granted permission to build a mill on Evan's Creek, branch of Reed Creek, later named Doak's Mill Run about 1771, then Botetourt County (Kegley, p. 92).

Will:
His will was written 12 February 1787 (Montgomery Co., B:123);
named 14 children, five under age of 21.

David Doack bequeathed to his sons John and Nathaniel land on the north side of Reed Creek upon the condition that they "shall provide for and keep the Family together untell they come of age & shall give my children who is under their care a common education and provided that if the said John & Nathaniel shall Refuse to do for my family as is above Directed it is my will & order that David Doack, James Doack & Wm Ward Whom I appoint to be my Ex to make sale of the land above mentioned....." He additionally stated "Tis my further Will & order that my Sons Robert and Thomas have that part of Old Patent Land that lies on the South side of Reed creek to be Equally Divided Between them".
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Montgomery County, Virginia - Will Book ?, Pgs 123-4

In the name of God, Amen. The 12th day of February one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Seven.
I David Doack of the County of Montgomery and State of Virginia being Very sick & weak in body but of perfect Mind & Memory thanks be to God for his mercies; And calling to mind the mortallity of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say principally & first of all I Give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God Who gave it & my body to the dust to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Execs Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again from Almighty God Who gave it & as Touching such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to Bless [me] with In this Life I Give Devise & Dispose of it in the following Manner & form: that is to say that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expenses be first paid. Item I give & bequeath to Mary My Beloved Wife the use of the mentioned house during her Life or Widowhood & also A childs part of all my Pesonall [sic] Estate & thirty pounds in money to be paid out of the Debts Due to my Estate When the same can be got by my Executors if not otherwise Directed by my Exrs Imprivis I Give & bequeath to my Son David Doak the Land whereon he now Lives Agreeable to the Division Made by Danl Smith being a part of the Black lick Survey. I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel that part of the Black Lick Survey Formarly [sic] I did section off to him; & I give & Bequeath to my sons John & Nathaniel that part of my Old Plantation that Lies on the north side of Reed Creek Whereon I now live Except such Lands as is or shall be Disposed of to some other of My Heirs together with the right of a survey adjoining my Plantation aforesaid on the north side of the same to have & hold the said Land Upon this Condition that they [sic] said John & Nathaniel shall settle themselves on the Land Above Mentioned & shall provide for & keep the family together Untill [sic] they come of age & shall give my children who is under their care common Education & the said John & Nathaniel to have the stock on the Plantation Untill [sic] My Daughters Elizabeath Sarah & Jean shall arrive at the age of Eighteen years At which Time they shall have such a part of the stock as my Executors Shall think proper to Direct & if the said John & Nathaniel Shall Refuse to do for my family as is above Directed it is my will & order that David Doack James Doak & Wm Ward Whom I appoint to be my Exrs to make sale of the Land above mentioned & all My Personal Estate & the Money arising from such sale to be Equally Divided Amongst My Wife Mary & my Sons John & Nathaniel & my Daughters Elizabeath Sarah & Jean Except that my Wife Mary shall have fifty pounds Current more than an Equeal [sic] part & it is my Will & order that my Executors sell that Tract of Land Whereon My son William fomaly [sic] Liv'd on & pay to the Estate all Debts Due from the said William to the Estate & to pay the Surplus to the said William which Shall be considered as his part of my Estate And it is my will & order that my Daughter Mary be given by my Exrs the sum of four Pounds to [be] paid out of Debts Due to the Estate & it is my will that my Daughter Margarett have one Horse of Twelve Pounds Value & a good Side Saddle & is my will that My son James have one cow & a calf Tis further Will & Order that my Sons Robert & Thomas have that part of the Patent Land that Lies on the South side of Reed creek to be Equeally [sic] Divided Between them & it is my will & order that My Alexander have One grey mare two Years Old & a Rifle gun formaly [sic] claimed by him & I do hereby make null & Void all other or former wills & acknowledge this to be My last will & Test
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Day & year Above writ.
Signed sealed & acknowledged before us David Doack /seal/
Willm Davis
Henry Newman
Jno Wilson

At a Court held for Montgomery County the
2nd day of October 1787
This last will and Testament of David Doak deceased was produced in Court by David Doak & James Doak two of the Executors therein named and proved according to Law Administration thereof is granted them, they having entered into bond with Robert Davis & Robert Sayers their Security in the sum of Five thousand pounds.
Teste Abram Trigg CMC

Elaine M D Fred Doak
"The Doak connection"
via Ralph Doak

Research Notes:
Calculations of ages of children based on the following:
1 Martha - but she has to go (Martha's husband, children, etc, need to be worked through, but she is likely too told to be a child of this family.

2. William bef Nov 1747 have bt. date - oldest.
3. David Jr. bef 1752 (tithables 1773 so at least 21) - so make him 1749
4. Robert bef 1752 - (tithables 1773 so at least 21) so make him 1751
5. Samuel bef 1752 - (tithables 1773 so at least 21) so make him 1752
6 James abt 1754 - (deputy sheriff in 1779; so at least 25; make him 1754
7. Thomas bet 1753-1766 - not mentioned in 1773 tithables with brothers so not quite of age; make him 1766
8. Nathaniel bef 1762 - assigned by father to keep family together; so at least 25; make him 1758
9. John bef 1762 - assigned by father to keep family together; so abt make him 1760
10 Alexander - has a given age 1763

greatest gap of ages for a new mother. Alex
is probably from first wife, Mary Breckenridge, daughter of Alexander Breckenridge.

her death date has been shown to be 1762, but not knowing where 1762 death for her came from and Alex Doak b 1763 - could be a little mistake in a record here or there, to have her maybe dying at childbirth for him.

If that's correct, that's having Mary Breckenridge bearing 9 kids, 1st b 1747, making her b c 1729; (prob after Breckenridge immig in 1728); dying at age 36. All Alexander's kids are abouts, and they're right in that same age range as Mary would be.

With those calculations, David likely married 2nd wife abt 1767, also a Mary, as his widows is named Mary in his will.
She's known to have died in 1826. Allowing her to be abt 25; so born about 1743 and dying 84.

11. Margaret aft 1766 - it's said that 5 kids were under 21 when David's will was written; so that make her born after 1766 - probably 1768, closer to Elizabeth.
12 Eliz abt 1770 has to be <18 make her 17
13 Sarah abt 1772 make her 15
14 Jane abt 1774 make her 14
15 Mary abt 1776 make her 12 (she only got a little money, must be the youngest)
~ss

Research Notes:
Settlers of Augusta County state David and Samuel, brothers, acquired acres in 1806 and is brother of Samuel who acquired land in 1741; and they were both sons of Samuel Doak, the Immigrant. So how is David with the will the same David?

David Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 100 acres, 1755, adjoining 300 acre tract acquired earlier in February 1746 from George & Robert Breckenridge and also adjoining tract of Samuel Doak (647 acres, 1741) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). (b. bet. 1705-1710, Ireland, d. 2 Oct. 1787, Montgomery County, VA), brother of Samuel Doak, listed below, and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

Samuel Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 647 acres, 1741, adjoining land of John Doak (no date or acres listed) and David Doak (100 acres acquired in 1765) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). Samuel Doak was the brother of David Doak, listed above and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County,_Virginia_-_Surnames_A-E

Died:
At his death, 5 of the 14 named children were still minors and they are presumed to have been children of his second wife, Polly, who outlived him by nearly forty years. Those five were: Robert, Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jean
http://thebeardfamilyhistory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Children_of_David_Doak


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Doak"
To: "Karen Nabours" ; "Sherry"
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: Fwd: David Doak d 1787

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "WCGHA Wythe Co. Genealogical & Historical Assoc"

Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:07:21 -0500
Subject: Re: David Doak d 1787
To: Ralph Doak

GOOD MORNING FROM VIRGINIA,
We don't have the tombstone itself, but we the transcription from the Kegley Room at the Wytheville Community College where the inscriptions of more than 17,000 tombstones have been compiled. According to records David
1710-1787...in parentheses June 11. Mary 1736-1826 (in peaentheses August 19. Notes say David was age 77, husband of Mary Doak. Compare group sheet compiled by Doris Hickox 1979. For Mary it says aged 90, also known as Polly, wife of David and the same note about Doris Hickox who did
considerable study of the Doaks. That may be available there. I will try to get the E-mail for you and send it later.

Mary K.


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Ralph Doak ralphdoak@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there
> I'm descended from David's brother John Doak but am working with a probable descendant of David
> I recall that some years ago you had in your care the tombstone of David and his widow Mary (Polly) who d 1826
> Do you have a transcript of the text on said tombstone?
> [I have a photo but the resolution's too low, alas]
> Best wishes
> Ralph
> Cork, Ireland

David married Mary "Polly" Breckenridge (maybe) about 1746. Mary (daughter of Alexander* Breckenridge, (Immigrant) (son?) and Jane* Preston, (Immigrant)) was born about 1729; died in 1763. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
some speculation is that she was a Breckenridge, but no evidence to base it on yet found.

Notes:

Married:
The marriage of Mary Breckenridge to David Doak is reasonably calculated but not proven.