Abraham C. Clemens^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1764 - 1819  (55 years)

Susan's 4th great-grandfather (Relationship supported by Ancestry DNA tests)

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• Name	Abraham C. Clemens  [9, 10]
  Alt. Birth	1764	Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA   [11]
  Birth	24 Jun 1764	, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA   [12]
  	Montgomery County did not exist in 1764 in the state of Pennsylvania. It was not founded until 1784.
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Bef 1809	, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Occupation	farmer
  Residence	1809	Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [14, 15]
  Find-a-Grave Link	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39091890
  Death	Sep 1819	Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [12, 16]
  	Cause: fever
  	He died near Hespeler.
  Burial	Waterloo Twp./Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada   [16, 17]
  	Address: Wanner Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery Waterloo Twp./Cambridge, ON Canada
  Person ID	I1534	Ancestors of Susan and Barry Reynolds
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	George Bachman Clemens,   b. 20 Nov 1741, , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Sep 1813 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Carlisle,   b. 10 Apr 1744, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Oct 1818 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F2477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary G. Custer,   b. 1763, , Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. Sep 1819, Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	«b»The Journals of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, Vol III, Pg 690: "1785 October 18, Tuesday. United in marriage Abraham, the son of George Clemens, and the daughter of Paul Custer, hitherto unmarried persons of Skippach, Montgomery County, on the written consent and bond of the parents"
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Clemens,   b. 3 Mar 1789   d. 25 May 1853, Towamencin Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years) + 2. Nathan Clemens,   b. 5 Mar 1790, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Nov 1832, Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 42 years) + 3. Jesse Clemens,   b. 12 Jun 1791, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Jan 1882, Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years) + 4. Mary Clemens,   b. 27 Jul 1793, , Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 May 1870, , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years)   5. Nancy Clemens,   b. 12 Sep 1795   d. 25 Apr 1815 (Age 19 years) + 6. Hannah Clemens,   b. 19 Mar 1798, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Jan 1868, Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) + 7. Sarah Ann Clemens,   b. 1 Jan 1800, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 May 1885, Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) + 8. Deacon Abram Clemens,   b. 7 Feb 1803, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Aug 1871, , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2020

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Alt. Birth - 1764 - Lower Salford Twp., Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Birth - 24 Jun 1764 - , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Immigration - Bef 1809 - , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1809 - Preston/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: fever - Sep 1819 - Hespeler/Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Burial - Address: Wanner Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery Waterloo Twp./Cambridge, ON Canada - - Waterloo Twp./Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Clemens, Abraham (1764 - 1819) Abraham Clemens Birth: Jun. 24, 1764 Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: Sep., 1819 Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada Son of Elizabeth Carlisle and George Bachman Clemens.

  
  

  Histories		Abraham C. Clemens Research Notes From John Larkins
  		Clemens Family Clemens' Family Migrations. The Origins of the Clemens' Family. The Palatines of Germany.

  
  

• Notes

  In 1809 Abraham Clemens came to Waterloo Township accompanied by most of his family. At the time he migrated he was listed as a mature parent, that is still having dependent children at home. He purchased a farm from the estate of Abraham Gingrich at the east end of Preston, Waterloo Co. at Lot 1, Con. 1 on the Dumfries Line. In 1819 he purchased 516 acres in Concession 3, including what is now the town of Hespeler. From Hespeler History: " Michael Bergy and Abraham C. Clement(s) were owners of the site of Hespeler. Mr Bergy built the first sawmill and a small foundry. Later he built a second mill which he sold to Mr. Abraham Clement(s). About 1840 Cornelius Pannabaker erected another mill and foundry." The Journals of Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, Vol III, Pg 690: "1785 October 18, Tuesday. United in marriage Abraham, the son of George Clemens, and the daughter of Paul Custer, hitherto unmarried persons of Skippach, Montgomery County, on the written consent and bond of the parents" Abraham Pannebaker in WHS 1921, states "his [Abraham's] wife was Polly Custer. Both Abraham and Mary Custer Clemens are supposedly buried at the Wanner Cemetery. Sarah is supposedly the youngest child of Custer/Clemens/Miller family and born abt Jan 1805, based on her age at death so if Mary Custer is the first wife then she would have died around 1805-1807....maybe died in child birth...again Rebecca Miller would not have been the mother of any of the children". New Hanover Lutheran Church, New Hanover Twp. Records of early marriages: "Clemens, Abraham married Mally Miller 27 Feb 1807" (Unverified). Ezra Eby's "Biographical History of Waterloo Co.." says Rebecca Miller. Founding Families of Waterloo Township, 1800-1830, Elizabeth Bloomfield, 1995: List Abraham as accompanied to Ontario with spouse Rebecca Miller. Clemens Family Chronology, William Montgomery: " 1764, ___, Abraham Clemens, born to George Clemens and Elizabeth Carlisle of Chester, Pa. Married Rebecca Miller. Died near Hespeler, Ontario, 1819". [18, 19]

  
  

• Sources

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