Some deductions made by Greg Clements, 23rd February 2022, with additional detail added by John Clement ( a distant relative who lives in England) 28th February 2022 for Clements prior to 1750. John Clement is very confident that the Clement/Clements name is somewhat interchangeable in the records.
Francis Clement Born: circa 1630 (First marriage to Alice happened before the 1654
baptism of their son John at Compton Dando).
Death: 1708 Burial: 29 August 1708, Compton Dando.
Francis Clement was married at least twice; 1st wife was Alice (buried 1661 at
Compton Dando) by whom he had at least two children, John (1654) and Anne (1657). I posit that Ephraim Clement (below) is a further son of this marriage but there is no surviving baptism record.
2nd wife was Katherine Peacocke whom he married 29 July 1663, St Mary, Compton Dando. They had at least four children, Katherine (1664), Nathaniel (1670), Mary (1672), George (1678)
Francis was Parish Clerk for the Parish of Compton Dando at the time John Newman was its Vicar (1662-3). He is the earliest known direct male ancestor of Clements B742594 (YS32054) who is Y33767(+),and BZ4354(-).
Ephraim Clement Born: putative son of Francis & Alice Clement hence born before 1663.
Married, circa 1690 See Bristol Marriage Licence Bond.
14 May 1690 Ephraim x Clement (?1669-1725?), Masbury (Mastbury) [Marksbury], Somerset.,Yeoman, and Hannah Hill (?1670-1717), Winterbourne, Gloucestershire: Bondsman. Barnabus Lee, Stanton [Prior], Somerset, Yeoman
Reference: Page 210 in “Marriage Bonds for the Diocese of Bristol” Vol1 1637-1700. Transcribed by Denzil Hollis, Ed. Elizabeth Ralph, Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1952
Note that Baranaby Lee & Kathren Clement were married at Stanton Prior, 3 Oct 1686. It seems to me Kathren is a putative sister or half sister of Ephraim? This would mean Ephraim’s bondsman is his brother-in-law. A likely Katherine Clement daughter of Francis & Katherine Clement is baptized Compton Dando, 31 May 1664. (This child would be approx full age at time of Barnaby Lee marriage. An earlier Katherine Clement, daughter of William Clement “ye Younger” was baptized at Compton Dando 16 May 1654 and hence seems too old). Note comments about Francis Clement (above)
Baptism of children: William 21 Jan 1692 (1691-2 OS), Marksbury, Som
John 24 Apr 1696 Compton Dando
Unnamed* 5 April 1700 Nempnett Thrubwell
Edward 18 Aug 1700 Butcombe
Mary 30 July 1704 Butcombe
Unnamed+ 5 Aug 1704 Nempnett Thrubwell
Daniel 12 Jan 1706 Butcombe
(*) This register entry states that Ephraim had a child born on this date. No name or sex are indicated and it seems reasonable to assume this child is Edward who is baptized at Butcombe some 3 months later.
(+) This register entry states that Ephraim had a child born on this date. No name or sex are indicated
Burial of wife: Hannah Clement, 1 August 1717, St Mary the Virgin, Nempnett Thrubwell
Notice that Ephraim & Hannah move from their initial marital home near, or in, the parishes of Marksbury and Compton Dando to the parish of Nempnett Thrubwell about 1697 (based on baptismal records for their children). It would seem likely that about that date Ephraim became tenant of the 44 acre, West Kingswood Tenement, in the Manor of Regilbury which comprised holdings throughout Nempnet Thrubwell. His son, Ephraim (brother of Daniel, see below), is the tenant of the West Kingswood holding in 1730. Subsequently (1840 Tithe Map) this holding is called Longhouse Farm. The buildings are now several private homes (2022).
Daniel Clement Born: 1706 Baptized: 12 January 1706, St Michael All Angels, Butcombe
Death: 1789 Burial: 13 February 1789, St Andrew, Blagdon. Age given as 82y Wife: Anne (1721-1787) Possibly married circa 1741 by Licence?
Resident in the parish of Nempnett Thrubwell
Baptism of four sons: William 20 April 1742, Butcombe
John 24 March 1744, Butcombe
Ephraim 16 October 1755, Blagdon
Joseph 24 July 1758, Blagdon
William Clement(s) Born: 1742 Baptized 20 April 1742, St Michael All Angels, Butcombe.
Father, Daniel. Mother, Anne. Abode at baptism "Nemplet"[Nempnett Thrubwell]
Date of death is not known
Some info obtained by professional researcher at Somerset Archive office, in 2004.
Married 1763 October 16 in Blagdon, Somerset, to Sarah Offer (1740-1823?) both from Blagdon Sarah burial 1822 Aug 8 in Blagdon age 78 = 1744 birth
1778 May 17 Baptism Ephraim Baptism was sometimes delayed many
years, so Ephraim could have been born in 1777. This would agree with the
burial record of 1830 for Ephraim.
1782 William Clement is “occupier” on Blagdon Land Tax assessment roll
1766 William was paid 6 shillings by the Blagdon church for a double bath?
1768 William was paid 10 shillings by the church for a triple robe
Ephraim Clements Nov 19, 1782 (This date from Dick Clements research 1972, source?)
(This child is baptized 17 May 1778 as recorded in the Blagdon baptismal register)
Possibly born in 1777 if the Ephraim death in 1830 record is this Ephraim
Died near June 11, 1830 Draycott age 53 in records
( 1830-53 = 1777 is my basis for saying he was possibly born in 1777 )
Married June 11, 1808 in Burnham, Somerset, England
(confirmed in Anestry.com Marriage Register for 1808 #53 top left of page Ephraim made his mark, and Mary Coombes signed her name. William Bulle and Book Barnham were witnesses)
Mary Coombes (1782-1851)
baptized Dec 30, 1782 parents from Charter House
1841 census of Draycott shows Mary (age55) living with Thomas age 20
(note ages are within 5 years of correct by recording methods of the day)
A Mary Clements is in Blagdon church records 1835,1842 1843 1844 1845.
Ephraim is living in Draycott, Somerset 1813, 1815, 1818, 1825
from baptism records of children.
Information for George, John, Byron, below, was gathered by “Dick” LeRoy Clements, son
of Byron Clements, and preserved by Boyd Clements, his nephew.
George William Clements Born May 24, 1809 Draycott, Somerset, England
Baptized June 25, 1809
Married May 1, 1832 to Harriet A Richards (1813-1889) location unkown
Lived in Draycott in 1833? Sailed to New York, USA with family in 1842
Died Jan 19, 1891 in Skaneateles, NY
Children: Thomas 1832-1833, Thomas Richard 1833-1921, Charles 1836-1847
John 1838-1908, Isaac 1841-1917, Ephurem 1843-?
John Albert Clements Born Oct 26,1838 in Draycott, Somerset, England
John arrived by ship with George and family in New York in 1842
Married Mar 12, 1857 to Sarah Jane Barnett (1840-1908) in Marcellus NY Moved to Elmwood, NE 1868
Died May 3, 1908 in Elmwood, NE
Byron Isaac Clements Born Feb 17, 1865 Marcellus NY
Married Sep 23, 1885 to Ida Minnie Bailey (1867-1953) in Elmwood NE
Died July 19, 1951 in Elmwood
Children: Guy, San, Alma, Orley, Dick, Vernon
Guy Leland Clements Born Jan 13, 1888 during the Great Blizzard of ’88 in Elmwood
Married June 27, 1917 to Marie Elizabeth Lorenz (1898-1994) in Elmwood
Died Sep 9, 1970 in Lincoln, Nebraska
Dwight Leland Clements Born Jan 19, 1920 in Elmwood, Nebraska
Married June 8, 1948 to Marjory Ruth Horstman (1925-2019) in Lincoln Nebraska
Died February 1, 2022 in Lincoln, Nebraska
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