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Clements of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia

Benjamin Clements was born ca 1655 and died ca 1721 in Gloucester County, Virginia. His wife was Grissell Coleman, a daughter of Robert E. Coleman and Elizabeth Grizzle. The births of their children were registered The Abington Parish. Issue:

• Elizabeth Clements, chr. 1 Dec 1678.
• Grizzell Clements, chr. Nov 1680.
• Richard Clements, chr 19 Oct 1682.
• Mary Clements, chr. 5 Jan 1683/84.
• Sarah Clements, chr. 5 Jan 1863/84.
• Grizzle Clements, chr. 1 Jan 1685/86.
• Benjamin Clements, chr. 28 Jul 1687.
• Richard Clements, chr. 27 Sept 1689, died after 1755 in Granville County, North Carolina. He is believed to have married a daughter of Thomas Peyton of Gloucester County. According to the DNA reports, Peyton Clements was the grandson of Benjamin Clements of Gloucester County through one of his sons, viz: George Clements (died 1730 Bertie County did not name a son Peyton in his LWT); Thomas Clements, bap. 22 Apr 1701 (lineage unknown); and Richard Clements found in the 1755 Tithables of Granville County, N. C. with Peyton Clements. Peyton Clements had a sister, Mary Wade, the wife of Edward Wade. The record which absolutely proves Peyton Clements to be a son of Richard Clements is a court order involving Peyton's brother-in-law, Edward Wade of Halifax County. as follows: Halifax County, Virginia Order Book, Part 1. 21 Mar 1755. William Wright vs. Richard Clements on an attachment. The Sheriff having returned that he had attached all of the defendant's effects in the hands of Edward Wade, sheriff is to sell defendant's mare and pay the plaintiff 3 shillings. Defendant did not appear. Apparently Richard Clements did not have anything much in the way of possessioons except a horse and left Halifax County, Virginia owing debt to go with his son, Peyton Clements, into Granville County, North Carolina where he was listed on the 1755 Tithables where he must have died intestate. That left Edward Wade to handle his affairs. My opinion is that Richard Clements was in declining health and first resided with his daughter, Mary Wade. See Lineage (below).
• Thomas Clements, chr. 26 May 1698.
• Thomas Clements, chr. 22 Apr 1701. Wife, Christian.
• George Clements, born ca 1695, died May 1730 in Bertie County, North Carolina. Wife, Susannah. George was not listed in the Abington Parish Register, however, proof that he was a child is found in King William County, Virginia Record Book 2 (1721-1722). 7 Nov 1721, George Clements of St. Margaret's Parish to William Aylett, 25 acres of land, being the part of the tract whereon the said Clements now resides granted by patent bearing date of 23 Oct 1703 to John Baker and conveyed by said baker to Benjamin Clements, the father of said George Clements. Susannah Clements, wife, relinquishes her dower.

The Lineage of Richard Clements:

The movements of Richard Clements is virtually unknown, except that he must have removed to Pittsylvania County, then Halifax County, Virginia, before going to Granville County, North Carolina. Richard Clements had two known children, as follows:

• Peyton Clements, born ca 1725 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, died 1775 Granville County, North Carolina. He was married to Elizabeth, born 1739 in Granville County, North Carolina. Issue:

  1. Jacob Clements, born ca 1761 in Granville County, North Carolina, died Sept 1823 in Putnam County, Georgia.
  2. Thomas Clements, born ca 1763 in Granville County, North Carolina, died 1816 in Putnam County, Georgia.
  3. Philip Clements, born ca 1770 in Granville County, North Carolina. He was married to Elizabeth Howell on 8 Oct 1803 in Greene County, Georgia.
  4. William Clements, born ca 1765 in Granville County, North Carolina, died 4 Mar 1835 in Wake County, North Carolina, married in Hillsborough, North Carolina to Elizabeth Daniel.
  5. Grissell Clements, born ca 1766 in Granville County, North Carolina.
  6. Jesse Clements, born 1767 in Granville County, North Carolina, died 1819 in Putnam County, Georgia, married Mary Elizabeth Coleman.
  7. David Clements, born ca 1768 in Granville County, North Carolina, died 1851 in Henry County, Georgia.
  8. Tyre Clements, born 1764 in Granville County, North Carolina. Wife, Elizabeth.
  9. Peyton Clements, born ca 1770 in Granville County, North Carolina, died May 1825 in Jasper County, Georgia. He was married to Polly Ward on 1 Dec 1808 in Greene County, Georgia.

• Mary Clements, born 1730 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, married Edward Wade of Halifax County, Virginia, died 1790/1792 in Greene County, Georgia. Mary named her first son, Peyton Wade.

Descendants of Peyton Clements

Peyton Clements was born ca 1725/1731 and died in Granville County, North Carolina in 1775. The first record of his sojourn in Granville County was in November of 1765 when he sold 120 acres of land to Frances West for 50 pds. (Book G, page 29, Granville Co. Deeds). Wife was Elizabeth. Issue:

I. David Clements, born 1770 Granville Co., N. C., died 1851 in Henry Co., Georgia. In 1820, he was listed in Putnam County Census having eleven slaves. By 1825, he had sold all of his in Putnam County and removed to Henry Co. His LWT dated 1851, page 203, Henry County, named his wife and children. He left his wife the plantation in Chambers Co., Alabama and slaves. During 1834, David Clements was executor of the estate of John Foster in Henry Co. Issue:

A. Turner H. Clements married 2/22/1842 Mary E. Elliott in Henry Co.
B. Stephen W. Clements married 10/9/1844 in Henry Co., Louisa Wyatt. He died 1857. Issue: John, Crayton, Bishop, James and Nancy Clements.
C. Susan Adaline Clements.
D. Elizabeth S. J. Clements.
E. Martha L. Clements.
F. Anna S. Clements.
G. Rebecca H. Clements.
H. Rebecca H. Clements married Achison Finley.
I. Mary S. Mathew Clements.
J. D. S. Clements.

II. Jesse Clements, born 1775 Granville Co., N. C., married 1788 in Greene Co., Ga, died 1819 in Putnam County. Mary Elizabeth Coleman. Issue:

A. Jesse Clements, Jr., born 1789, died 1833 in Putnam Co., married Betsy Webb on 1/5/1809 in Oglethorpe Co.
B. Polly Clements, born 1791.
C. Anna Clements, born 1792.
D. Elizabeth Clements, born 1793.
E. Philip Clements, born 1794.
F. Gilley Clements, born 1797.
G. Nancy Clements, born 1799.
H. Peyton R. Clements, born 1806, married Martha Edmondson 9/13/1825 in Putnam Co. Issue:

1. John Clements, born 1827.
2. Wesley Clements, born 1830, married ca 1854 in Muscogee Co., Georgia, Jane Smith, a daughter of Davis Smith of Monroe Co. Wesley died during the Civil War, but the Muster Rolls do not provide the date. His widow, Jane, married again after the war, this time to another Confederate Soldier (from Kentucky), Thomas Young Brent who took over her father's plantation in Monroe County after the war and established the community of Brent. Issue:

   1- William P. Clements, born 1855 in Muscogee Co., clerked in a store in Dublin. He was married on 10/28/1885 in Monroe Co. to Sallie Thweat. Issue: John Brent Clements; Julia Thweatt Clements; Jennie Brent Clements; Marie Keto Clements; George Clements; and William Clements (born 1895).
   2- Thomas Clements, born 1857 in Muscogee Co.
   3-Elizabeth Smith Clements, born 10/14/1859 in Muscogee Co., married Joel Edgar Chambliss on 4/11/1885 in Monroe Co., died 11/3/1905 in Atlanta.

3. Asbury Clements, born 1835.
4. Pamela Clements, born 1836.
5. Peyton Clements, born 1840.
6. Whitfield Clements, born 1843.
7. Martha Clements, born 1847.

III. Peyton Clements, born ca 1775 Granville Co., N. C., married 12/1/1808 Polly Ward in Greene Co. Peyton died the May Term of 1825 in Jasper County, his LWT naming his children, viz: Wiley, Peyton, William, Harriet, Elizabeth, Polly, Mariah, Jeptha and Solomon. Also named were the heirs of Allen Clements, Harriet Allen, daughter of Lucinda Haupt and Susan Clements, heirs of son, Allen Clements. Daughter, Delilah Garrard, deceased. The estate was valued at over $11,000.00 which is a hefty sum for that era. Issue:

A. Wiley Clements.
B. Peyton Clements, Jr., born 1794, married 9/2/1824 in Greene Co. Mary Tyler. Issue: Rebecca, born 1820; Nancy A., born 1834; John A., born 1836; Jesse V., born 1838; Wiley, born 1834; Peyton, born 1844; Elizabeth, born 1846; and William, born 1848.
C. William Clements.
D. Harriet Clements.
E. Elizabeth Clements.
F. Polly Clements.
G. Mariah Clements.
H. Jeptha Clements.
I. Solomon Clements.
J. Allen Clements. His daughters named in LWT of Peyton Clements (above); Amanda Dalia? Clements, Lucinda Wright? and Susan Clements. K. Delilah Clements, died before 1825, married Mr. Garrard.

IV. Philip Clements, married 10/8/1803 in Greene Co. Elizabeth. Issue: Ellis Clements, born 1792 in Greene Co. Issue: Phillip, born 1821, married 10/5/1841 in Greene Co., Sarah Blythe (issue: Elizabeth, William Bryan and Philip Clements) ; John, born 1826; Mary, born 1831; William, born 1833; Jesse, born 1835 and Jane, born 1837.

V. Tyre Clements. Wife, Elizabeth.

VI. Grisell Clements.

VII. William Clements.

VIII. Jacob Clements died 9/1823 in Putnam Co. Issue: Christiana, Susan, Anna, Thomas L. and William Clements.

IX. Thomas Clements died 1816 in Putnam Co. Issue: Jesse and Thomas Clements.

Clements Gedcom File

Sources: Abington Parish Register, Gloucester County, Virginia; 1755 Granville County, North Carolina Tithables; Halifax County, Virginia Order Book 1; LWT of George Clements dated 22 Feb 1729 probated May 1730 in Bertie County, North Carolina; LWT of Peyton Clements dated 1775, Granville County, North Carolina; William Clements, Revolutionary War Pension R2042, of widow, Elizabeth Clements, naming all of the children, etc.; LWT of Peyton CLements probated May Term of 1825 in Jasper County, Georgia; Granville Co. Deeds; LWT of Peyton Clements dated 1775 in Granville Co., N. C.; 1820-30 Putnam Co.; Putnam Co. Wills; 1860 Muscogee Co. Census; Greene Co. Marriages; Putnam Co. Wills; Jasper Co. Wills; LWT of Thomas Clements of Greene County online at Georgia Pioneers; LWT of Jesse Clements, Sr., Putnam Co., Ga., online at Georgia Pioneers