| Birth |
17 Jul 1777 |
Pikeland Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania [5,6] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00023-1730 |
| Died |
10 Aug 1863 |
[7,8] |
| Person ID |
I3885 |
| Last Modified |
01 Aug 2004 |
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| Father |
George Clemens, b. 1732, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Carlisle |
| Group Sheet |
F303 |
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| Family 1 |
Esther Stauffer, b. 18 Sep 1790 |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth Clemens, b. 3 Aug 1806 |
| | 2. Levi Clemens, b. 5 Apr 1808 |
| | 3. Mary Clemens, b. 10 May 1809 |
| | 4. Harriet Clemens, b. 14 Jun 1811 |
| | 5. George S. Clemens, b. 20 Sep 1812 |
| | 6. Isaac Clemens, MPP, b. 21 Jan 1815 |
| | 7. Mary Ann Clemens, b. 16 Aug 1816 |
| | 8. Wilhelmine Clemens, b. 27 Oct 1817, Near Preston, Waterloo Co., Ontario |
| | 9. Stauffer Clemens, b. 1 Jan 1819 |
| | 10. Maria Clemens, b. 26 Mar 1820 |
| | 11. Nancy Clemens, b. 16 Jun 1821 |
| | 12. John Clemens, b. 7 May 1822 |
| | 13. William Clemens, b. 26 May 1825 |
| | 14. Daniel Clemens, b. 27 Feb 1828 |
| | 15. Oliver Clemens, b. 20 Apr 1830 |
| | 16. Rachel Clemens, b. 14 Oct 1831 |
| | 17. Lewis Clemens, b. 29 Jun 1833 |
| | 18. Amos Clemens, b. 12 Jan 1835 |
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| Group Sheet |
F1355 |
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| Family 2 |
Elizabeth Bechtel, b. 8 Aug 1792 |
| Married |
27 Oct 1844 |
[9,10] |
| Group Sheet |
F970 |
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| Notes |
George Clemens, "younger son of George and Elizabeth (Carlisle) Clemens, was born in Pikeland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1777. His boyhood days were spent on his father's farm and during the winter months he attended the public school and received such an education as the times afforded. It is well known that the facilities for obtaining a good common school education were at that time far inferior to what they now are. While visiting friends in Montgomery County during the winter of 1799 and 1800, Mr. Clemens was informed that numerous families intended to move either to the western part of the state or to Ohio, and even some were meditating of moving to Canada, the way-out-of-the-world country. No sooner was he in possession of this information than he hunted up such parties who were making preparations to move to Canada in order to receive all the information that could be obtained of this country at that time. Upon his return home he informed his father of what he had heard in regard to Canada. After listening to his son for some time, his father said: 'Well George, if all be true that you have heard in regard to Canada, it truly must be a good country to go to in order to seek one's fortune, but take my advice, first go and see the country for yourself.' During the winter of 1800-1 seven families of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, made arrangements for moving to Canada which company Mr. Clemens joined. He drove one of the teams (see Historical notes on pages 22, 23, and 24 in regard to Mr. Clemens)and in May, 1801, he arrived where now the village of Blair is situated. After making a thorough inspection of this country he found everything beyond his expectations and immediately selected his land on which he settled. This was about one mile east of Preston, near Speedsville, on the farm now owned by his grandson, Isaac B. Clemens. After having cleared several acres of his land he erected a small log house and commenced housekeeping. In course of time he found the words recorded in Genesis 2:18 to be true, he therefore amended or improved his condition in life by taking to himself a wife in the person of Esther Stauffer who was born December 18th, 1790, and died August 17, 1836. After her decease he was married to (October 27th, 1840) Elizabeth, the widow of David Histand. She was a daughter of old George Bechtel and was born August 8th, 1792, and died July 21st, 1885. old Mr. George Clemens died August 10, 1863. To him and his first wife was born a family of eighteen children, viz:" |
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| Sources |
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9. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 225 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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