Individual Details

Isaac Calvert Chenoweth is an interesting figure within the family. One of the many children of the 4th generation William Chenoweth who settled in Nelson Co., KY and his wife Mary ‘Polly’ Van Meter. The usage of Calvert in his name is the only known recorded instance of the Calvert name in the Chenoweth family. Tradition has that William’s mother was Ruth Calvert, the probable daughter of Isaac (Isaiah) Calvert. It would then have been natural for William to have used his grandfather’s name in the form of one of his sons. Within the Calverts Isaiah was a nephew of the Mary Calvert who married John Chenoweth, the progenitor of the family. Since there is no recorded documentation of Mary’s name or Ruth’s surname, Isaac becomes a possible validation of what has been passed down by tradition.
Isaac married his 1st cousin once removed, Sarah Elizabeth 'Sally' Fairleigh, and settled in Hardin Co. This relationship was on the Van Meter side, his mother’s family. Sally was a granddaughter of Mary’s sister, Rebecca Van Meter. Rebecca married Edward Rawlings and their daughter Letitia Rawlings married Andrew Fairleigh. Sally was their daughter. There are several of these interfamily ties between the Chenoweths of William and the Van Meters of Mary.
Isaac and his sister Lettia Van Meter Chenoweth who married William Hardin Hawkins were the only of William’s family to remain in Kentucky. Today both these lines have many descendants that still live in the Bluegrass State, accounting for a continuous presence there of nearly 230 years. Isaac and Sally had ten children, eight daughters and two sons. Though both sons lived to maturity, neither married and both died as young men, so that Isaac’s progeny is carried down through his eight daughters. At the time that Isaac wrote his will in 1845, 7 of his daughters were married and of age. He names them all. A careful reading indicates that two of these daughters, Rebecca Burdine and Letitia McNeil, were deceased with surviving children. Both Rebecca’s daughters are specifically mentioned in the will. The three underage children, called infants even though they were all teenagers at the time were Isaac Calvert, Jr, Miles B., and Cinderella. Isaac did mention that two of these were sons in the will, but their names were not included. Cinderella would be the only of these 3 to marry and become entitled By Jon Egge (Cottage Lake, Woodinville, WA) (Descendant of Dr Henry S.5 Chenoweth of Chillicothe, OH) James Francis4, Thomas3, John2, John1)Page 19 to receive a share of Isaac’s estate. Of interest is that the only two children mentioned in Cora Hiatt’s work were these two sons who died without issue and the eight married daughters were omitted.
The will is very convoluted in reading. In essence, Isaac wanted any of his married heirs to receive an equal share of his estate upon the death of his widow, but there is a complex accounting in the will for all prior advancements that Isaac apparently made to each of his daughters. In all, Isaac’s daughters would bear forth 42 grandchildren for him. Today we have twenty known marriages for these. Isaac’s and Sally’s descendant family add a rich mosaic of Kentucky families to the Chenoweth genealogy.

Birth	6 Jul 1788	(now Nelson Co., Kentucky), Deatsville, Nelson, Virginia, United States
Marriage	8 Jun 1809	Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Fairleigh
Census (family)	11 Sep 1850	District 1, Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Fairleigh
Death	23 Jul 1858	Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Spouse	Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Fairleigh (1792 - 1860)
Child	Mariah Jane Chenoweth (1810 - 1860)
Child	Rebecca 'Sarah Ann' Chenoweth (1812 - 1834)
Child	Melvina Chenoweth (1814 - 1891)
Child	Mary Jane Chenoweth (1816 - 1871)
Child	Letitia Chenoweth (1818 - )
Child	Hester 'Hetty' Chenoweth (1820 - 1852)
Child	Ruth F. 'Ruthie' Chenoweth (1823 - 1898)
Child	Isaac Calvert Chenoweth Jr. (1825 - )
Child	Miles B. Chenoweth (1831 - 1859)
Child	Cinderella Chenoweth (1832 - )

Father	Major William Chenoweth (1760 - 1828)
Mother	Mary M. "Polly" Van Meter (1757 - 1832)
Sibling	William Chenoweth Jr. (1782 - 1805)
Sibling	Jacob Van Meter Chenoweth (1784 - 1851)
Sibling	Abraham Chenoweth (1785 - 1861)
Sibling	Miles Hart Chenoweth (1791 - 1845)
Sibling	Hardin Thomas Chenoweth (1793 - 1844)
Sibling	Letitia Van Meter "Letty" Chenoweth (1796 - 1875)
Sibling	Ruth C. Chenoweth (1798 - 1868)
Sibling	James Hackley Chenoweth (1801 - 1882)
Sibling	Arthur Chenoweth ( - 1810)

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