(Research):http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CLEMENTS/1998-05/0895250565
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CLEMENTS/1997-05/0864769638
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ALT-GENEALOGY/1998-02/0886378486
I) Clement of Toft, Lincolnshire, England. He was the father
of
II) William Clement, of Wissingsett, Norfolkshire, to whom in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, in the year 1563, the Family Arms were granted by the
visitation of Norfolk,. made by William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms,
South of Trent.. and confirmed by John Raven, Richmond Herald. in the year
1613. The wife of William Clement was one Arm Nernon. They had three
children, George, Thomas and Edmund.
III) George Clement, married Audry Denny daughter of John Denny, of
Chishunt, and widow of John Haydon, of Longham.
IV) George Clement, son of George and Audry, became Puritans and together
with ten or twelve, others were beheaded in the year 1660, upon the
restoration of the crown to Charles, for having signed with Oliver Cromwell
and fifty-seven others, the warrant for the execution of Charles the First,
1648. They had a son Jacob.
V) Jacob Clement, born 1651, was nine years old when his father, George
Clement, was beheaded. He and his elder brother John also became Puritans
and when Jacob was eighteen years of age, the two brothers came out to
America in 1669. Jacob afterwards returned to England and in 1677 he was
married there to a woman whose Christian name only has been recorded, Mary.
The records show that on account of religious persecution Jacob and his
wife, Mary, crossed over to Holland, where they made their home. In
Holland the name was changed from the original Norman form to the Dutch
form, "Clemens." They had three sons, Gerhard, John and Jacob. Tradition
says that John was a merchant and unmarried and settled in New York.
Tradition also says that Jacob located somewhere in Chester County, Pa.
Very little is known of his descendents, only that there are Clemences
there that have not as yet been connected with the family.
VI) Gerhard Clemens arrived in America and was in New -York for a little
while. In 1709 he came to Lower Salford, and in 1718 he purchased a tract
of land containing 300 acres. He purchased land adjoining his 300 acres
until he was the owner of 690 acres which he claimed as his own, and which
was confirmed to him by a patent dated the 15th day of April, 1734. Here
he built his home and had for his neighbors Andrew Lederach, Dielman Kolb
and Hans Ulrich Berge. The original homestead is now in possession of
Rhine Clemens, of the seventh generation from Gerhard. Only the Christian
name of Gerhard Clemens wife is known, ANN.
Gerhard and Ann Clemens had three sons and two daughters, Abraham, John,
Jacob, Ann and the wife of George Wagley.
VII) Abraham Clemens married Catharine Bachman, daughter of George and
Maria Schnebley Bachman. They had ten children, George, Abraham, Jacob,
Gerhard, Ann, Mary, Catharine, Elizabeth. Susanna and Hester.