Robert Clements (bef. 1595 - 1658)

Born before 14 Dec 1595 in Cosby, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Unknown) Clements — married about 1617 in Huncote, Leicestershire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Judah (Unknown) Whitney — married before Apr 1657 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1658 after age 62 in Haverhill, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

This is the profile for Robert Clements who settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1642.

Surname Spelling

Robert's surname is variously spelled in the original records (or transcriptions or abstracts thereof) as Clemens, Clements, Clemente, Clement, Clemense, Cleoments and Clementes. The most common spelling of the surname in English records relating to Robert's father and other family members appears to have been Clements.^[1] Although Robert's baptismal record spells his surname as Clemens, most of the records in England relating to Robert also spell his surname as Clements. Therefore, evidence supports using Clements as the spelling of Robert's Last Name at Birth.

A clear majority of the records in New England relating to Robert also spell his surname as Clements. In addition, on those records on which he wrote his own name, such as the November 1642 deed of the Haverhill land (image of his signature attached to this profile) and his 1658 will, Robert wrote his name as Clements. Therefore, the evidence supports using Clements as Robert's Current Last Name as well.

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Robert was the son of Richard Clements baptized in Cosby, Leicestershire on December 14, 1595.^[2][3] His mother was Agnes Fellows, whom Richard Clements married in Cosby on March 2, 1594/5.^[4][5] The assertion that Robert Clements of Haverhill was the same person as Robert the son of Richard Clements and Agnes Fellows is based on the chain of evidence set forth in following section.

Residency in Huncote, Leicestershire and Ansley, Warwickshire

The first records of Robert after his birth are from 1617, when he was 21-22. In that year Robert was appointed as administrator of his father's estate and also purchased a messuage with about 45 acres of land, including a garden, orchard and pasture, in the town of Huncote, which is 3 miles northwest of Cosby.^[3] The assertion that the Robert who purchased the messuage in Huncote was the same person as the Robert who was baptized in Cosby is supported by (1) the fact that records relating to his mother's estate describe her as "Agnes Clements of Huncote," suggesting that his mother was living with Robert at the time of her death, and (2) the fact that administration of Agnes' estate was granted to William Fellowes (thus matching the suname prior to marriage of the mother of Robert Clemens who was baptized in Cosby).^[6]

Robert removed from Huncote, Leicestershire to Ansley, Warwickshire (about 16 miles west of Huncote) sometime in 1621-1623. That assertion is supported by records showing that (1) in 1618, Robert Clements of Huncote became bound, with Richard Cheney, William Cheney and Henry Cheny, to William Beal of Ashby Parva for £44, and that, in 1624, Robert Clements of Ansley brought a suit against the Cheneys with regards to the bond^[6] and (2) the fact that Robert's son John was baptized in Narborough (the parish in which Huncote was located) in October 1620.^[7][8]

A record shows that in 1638 Robert Clements purchased a messuage in Witherly, Leicestershire (about 6 miles north of Ansley) with about 38 acres of land, for £60.^[9] After his wife's death and burial on March 12, 1641/2,^[10] Robert sold the Witherly property by deed dated May 10, 1642 for £155,^[11] no doubt in preparation for emigrating to New England. The assertion that Robert Clements of Ansley who purchased and sold the messuage in Witherly was the same person as Robert Clements of Haverhill is proven by (1) the wording of the May 10, 1642 deed, in which the sellers are referred to as "Robert Clements of Anceley in the County of Warrs yeoman, Job Clements of Anceley in the said County of Warrs Tanner Sonne and heire apparent of the said Robert and John Clements of Ancelely in the said County of Warrs yeoman"^[11] and (2) the fact Robert Clements of Haverhill's two oldest sons (and probably the only ones who were not minors in May 1642) were Job and John and his son Job was a tanner.^[12]

Records in England refer to Robert as a yeoman.^[13] Contrary to the statement made in some genealogies for Robert, there is no evidence that he was a prosperous wine merchant or had a fleet of ships that sailed between North America and England.

First Marriage

Based on an Ansley parish record for the burial on March 12, 1641/2 of "Lydia, wife of Robert Clemence yeoman,"^[10] Robert was married a woman named Lydia. Since there is no evidence that he had a prior wife, she is assumed to have been his first wife and, since she died after the estimated birth dates of all his children, she is also assumed to have been the mother of all of his children.^[14]

As discussed in Lydia's profile, her parentage and maiden name are unknown and no reliable evidence has been offered or found for the common claim in online family trees that her maiden name was Drummer.

Robert and Lydia's date and place of marriage are uncertain. Percival Wood Clement, in his 1927 Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements, stated that Robert and Lydia's eldest child, Job, was born about 1615.^[15] If Job was born in 1615, that would mean that Robert and Lydia were probably married in 1615 or earlier, when Robert was at most 19-20. It is unclear, however, what evidence Percival used to estimate Job's date of birth. Percival stated that Job died on September 4, 1682 at the age of 67, but provided no source for either that date of death or age at death.^[15] (Job made his will on September 2, 1682 and it was proved on November 9, 1683.^[16]) It is possible that the age at death was estimated based on the estimated date of birth rather than the other way around. Even if some record relating to Job's death stated that he was 67 at the time of death, claims of age at time death are often incorrect. Given the unlikelihood of Robert and Lydia getting married when Robert was 19-20, rather than their date of marriage being in 1615 or earlier, it is more likely that Job's estimated date of birth of 1615 is incorrect and he was born a few years later. It is probably most likely that Robert and Lydia got married in 1617, shortly after his father's death and about the time he received his share of his father's estate and purchased property in Huncote, when Robert would have been 21.

Since Robert's family had lived in Cosby and he settled after his marriage in Huncote, it is likely that Robert and Lydia were married in or near Cosby or Huncote, Leicestershire. No record of their marriage, however, is contained in the entries for marriages in 1610-1620 in either the parish register for Cosby^[17] or Narborough (the parish for Huncote).^[18]

Children

Robert and his first wife, Lydia, had the following children. Their identity is established, in part, by references in Robert's 1658 will to his sons Job, Robert, John, Abraham and Daniel and to his sons-in-law Moses Pengrow, Abraham Morrill and John Osgood.^[19]

1. Job, b. say 1617^[20] probably in Huncote, Leicestershire,^[21] m. 1st December 25, 1644 Margaret Drummer in Haverhill, Massachusetts,^[22][15] m. 2d before 1658 Lydia ______,^[15] m. 3d July 16, 1673 Joanna (Unknown) Leighton at Dover, New Hampshire,^[15] d. September 4, 1682 in Dover, New Hampshire^[15]
2. Lydia, b. say 1618^[23] probably in Huncote, Leicestershire,^[21] m. about 1644 Moses Pengry in Massachusetts,^[23] d. January 16, 1675/6^[23]
3. John, b. probably October 1620^[24] in Huncote, Leicestershire,^[21] bpt. October 22, 1620 in Narborough, Leicestershire,^[7][25] m. June 1 or 4, 1648 Sarah Osgood in Haverhill, Massachusetts,^[22][25] d. about 1659^[25]
4. Abraham, b. say 1622^[26] probably in either Huncote, Leicestershire or Ansley, Warwickshire,^[21][26] m. 1st Elizabeth _______,^[26] m. 2d after October 1656 Jane (Unknown) Aylett, d. April 5, 1677 Killencraft, County Cavan, Ireland^[26]
5. Daniel, b. say 1624^[27] probably in Ansley, Warwickshire,^[21][27] m. before 1660 Elizabeth _________,^[27] d. 1680 in Rathkenny, County Cavan, Ireland^[27]
6. Sarah, b. about 1627 probably in Ansley, Warwickshire, m. 1st June 10, 1645 Abraham Morrill in Salisbury, Massachusetts, m. 2d October 8, 1665 Thomas Mudgett in Salisbury, Massachusetts, d. August 1694 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. (See discussion and sources in Sarah's profile.)
7. Robert, b. probably sometime in 1629-1634^[28] probably in Ansley, Warwickshire,^[21] m. December 8, 1652 Elizabeth Fawne in Haverhill, Massachusetts,^[29][30] d. probably in 1714 in Haverhill^[30]
8. Mary, b. probably sometime in 1632-1637^[31] probably in Ansley, Warwickshire,^[21] m. November 15, 1653 John Osgood in Haverhill, Massachusetts,^[32][33] d. October 27, 1710 in Andover, Massachusetts^[33]

Note that the absence of baptismal records for the children born in Ansley is presumably due to the fact that the Ansley parish register does not contain any baptismal records prior to May 1637.^[34]

Immigration

Robert emigrated from England to New England in 1642, sometime after May 10, 1642, when he executed the deed selling his property in Witherly, Leicestershire,^[11] and November 15, 1642, when he executed the deed formally purchasing the town of Haverhill's land from the Indians.^[35][36]

A number of secondary sources say that Robert's son Job came to New England in or before 1640, was first at Ipswich and was then one of the original settlers in Haverhill in 1640, before returning to England by early 1642 (as shown by the fact that he joined in the May 10, 1642 disposition of the Witherly property).^[37][38] However, the secondary sources do not cite any primary records for the assertion that Job was in New England prior to Robert's emigration in 1642 and none have been found online. Robert Charles Anderson did not include Job Clements in his 2015 Great Migration Directory, which means he found no evidence that Job had come to New England before 1641.^[39]

It is generally believed that when Robert emigrated in 1642, he was accompanied by children Job, John, Lydia, Sarah and Robert, but not sons Abraham and Daniel or daughter Mary.^[40] Sons Abraham and Daniel are believed to stayed in England to serve in the Commonwealth army and never emigrated, based on (1) the absence of any evidence suggesting that they were ever in New England, (2) records showing that they served in the Commonweath army in 1645, and (3) records showing their continued presence in England and Ireland until their deaths.^[41] It is theoretically possible, however, that they emigrated to New England with Robert, stayed briefly, and returned to England by 1645. Daughter Mary is believed to have remained in England for unknown reasons and emigrated to New England in 1652, based her deposition in 1695, in which she stated that "before ye yeare Anno Dom 1652, I lived in ye City of Coventry abovesd & boarded in ye house of Mr Biddle, in Hay lane."^[42] Children Job, John, Lydia, Sarah and Robert are believed to have emigrated with Robert based on (1) the absence of evidence showing they remained in England and (2) evidence establishing their presence in New England fairly shortly after Robert's emigration. Chase's 1861 History of Haverhill states that Robert also emigrated with his wife.^[43] However, that seems very unlikely, since (1) Robert's first wife, Lydia, died in March 1641/2,^[10] just a few months before he emigrated, and it is unlikely that he would have married again in that time frame, (2) there is no evidence that he emigrated with a wife and (3) the first record of Robert's second wife is not until 1657.^[44]

The identity of the ship on which Robert and (presumably) his children Job, John, Lydia, Sarah and Robert emigrated is unknown.

Residency in Haverhill, Massachusetts

Upon immigrating, Robert settled in the new town of Haverhill in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which was first settled about 1640,^[45] two years before Robert's arrival. Robert was a prominent member of the Haverhill community immediately upon his arrival and was one of only six men to sign the deed formally acquiring the town's land from the indians in November 1642, just a few months after his immigration.^[35]

Robert was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in November 1645.^[46]

From 1647-1653, Robert was selected as Haverhill's deputy to the Colony's General Court,^[13] which was the the Colony's primary legislative and judicial body.^[47] Starting in 1647, Robert was also an associate magistrate for Norfolk County, with the authority to decide small cases and take oaths.^[13] As a result, his name appears many times in court records as an official who took a deposition and in land records as an offical who recorded acknowledgements of deeds. In 1650, Robert was given the authority to give the oath of fidelity in Haverhill.^[48]

Based on his stated occupation of yeoman in deeds prior to immigrating and on the fact that the inventory of his estate consisted primarily of land and livestock,^[49][50] Robert's occupation while he lived in Haverhill was presumably principally as a yeoman. Robert had several side businesses as well, however. In 1651, the town of Haverhill granted Robert, his son Job and four other men the right to build a saw mill.^[51] The saw mill was apparently never built,^[52] but Robert's estate inventory shows that he did own a grist mill.^[49][50] In addition, in 1653, Robert was licensed to sell wine in Haverhill^[53] and, in 1654, licensed to sell "strong waters" in Hampton.^[54]

Robert's high socio-economic status in the Massachusetts Bay Colony is shown by the fact that records starting in 1649 fairly consistently referred to him by the honorific title of "Mr."^[13]

Second Marriage

Sometime after the death of his first wife in March 1641/2,^[10] and, given the lack of time between her death and his emigration to New England, almost certainly sometime after he emigrated, Robert married a second time, as established by the fact that his 1658 will included a bequest to his wife. His will does not, however, give his wife's name.^[55][49] According to Percival Wood Clement's 1927 Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements, the Coffin manuscripts held by the Essex Institute contain a record of a deed dated April 15, 1657 by Robert and his wife Judith,^[44] but no copy or abstract of the deed appears to be available online. Percival also stated that, after Robert's death, his widow Judith married John Whitney of Watertown.^[56] Percival's assertions regarding the name of Robert's second wife and her subsequent marrige to John Whitney of Watertown are supported by (1) the fact that Watertown vital records for 1660 include an entry stating that "John Whetny & Judah Clement Married 29 of September"^[57] and (2) the fact that the Essex County Court Records contain a letter dated March 23, 1660/1 by "Judeth Whitney" to "Goodman Curier of Sallbery" complaining that he had not yet delivered the boards that were due to her,^[58] coupled with the fact that one of the bequests by Robert to his wife in his will was of "the boards I bought at Salisbury to repaire the house."^[55][49]

There is no evidence that Robert had any children by his second wife.

Savage's "Brother John" Confusion

Savage stated that (1) Robert had a brother named John who married Sarah Osgood, perhaps as a second wife, (2) Robert administered his brother John's estate, and (3) Robert's son John married Elizabeth Richardson in 1688.^[59] In reliance on Savage, these claims have been repeated by a number of genealogists. In fact, (1) Robert did not have a brother John (or any other known brother), (2) Robert's son John married Sarah Osgood, (3) Robert's son Robert administered Robert's son John's estate (in 1659, after this Robert's death)^[60] and (4) it was probably John Clifford (and definitely not Robert's son John) who married Elizabeth Richardson in 1658.^[61]

Will; Death; Burial; Estate

Robert made his will on September 6, 1658. In his will, he described himself as "Robertt Clements of Haverhill." He made bequests to his wife, his sons Job, Robertt, John, Abraham & Dannell and sons[-in-law] Moses Pengrow, Abraham Morrill and John Osgood. He named Moses Pengrow, Abraham Morrill and John Osgood as executors. The will was witnessed by Bartell Heath and William White and proved in Hampton court on October 11, 1658.^[55][49]

Robert died on September 29, 1658.^[49][50][62] Robert's Find-A-Grave page states that he was buried on his farm in Haverhill.^[63] However, the page provides no supporting evidence for that assertion and none has been found.

The inventory of the Robert's estate was taken by Tristram Coffyn, Sr and William White and presented to the court on October 10, 1658. The inventory was appraised at 494li 14s 2d, including his dwelling house (55li), livestock (133li) and the grist mill (30li).^[49][50]

Chronology of Records

• 1595. The Cosby, Leicestershire parish register contains an entry for the year 1595 stating that "Robert Clemens sonne of Richard Clemens baptized the xiiii of December."^[2]
• 1617. By final concord "in eight days of St. Michael" (October 6-12), 15 James I (1617), Robert Clements, plaintiff, acquired from William Bent gen. and his wife Elizabeth, deforciants, "one messuage one garden one orchard 30 acres of land 4 acres of meadow 10 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all manner of cattle in Huncote Narborrowe and the Forest of Leicester" for £60.^[3]
• 1617. On October 20, 1617, Robert Clements was granted administration of the estate of his father, Richard Clements.^[3]
• 1618. On September 1, 1618, Robert Clements became bound, with Richard Cheney, William Cheney and Henry Cheney, to William Beale of Ashby Parva for £44.^[6]
• 1619. Agnes Clements of Huncote (undoubtedly Robert's mother) died and administration of her estate granted at Leicester on August 7, 1619 to William Fellowes of Enderby.^[6]
• 1620. The will of William Beal of Ashbie Parva date April 3, 1620 included a bequest to his daughter Margaret of "that bond wherein Richard Cheney and William Cheney of Shernford County Leicester and Henry Cheney of Brinkloe County Warwick and Robert Clemente of Huncote County Leicester stand bound to me for payment of £44.^[6]
• 1624. On November 18, 1624, Robert Clement of Ansley in the County of Warwick yeoman testified that there was a bill pending against John Dowell, Joan Beale, John King, Richard Cheyney, William Cheyney and Henry Cheyney in a suit by said Robert Clement against the said Cheyneys claiming that said Cheyneys were bound to save him harmless from an obligation of £80.^[6]
• 1634. By final concord in the octaves of Michaelmas (October 6-12), 9 Charles I (1634), Robert Clements, plaintiff, acquired from Chadd Sadler and Elizabeth his wife, John Sadler and Margaret his wfe, and Mary Sadler widow, deforciants, "two messuages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 20 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow, 3 acres of pasture, and common pasturage for all animals in Broughton," for £60.^[9]
• 1638. By final agreement from Easterday in 15 days, 14 Charles I (1638), Robert Clements, plaintiff, acquired from James Clements and Edith his wife and Thomas Kysse, deforciants, "one messuage, one garden, one orchard, 20 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, and common of pasture for all manner of cattle with appurtenances in WItherly," for £60.^[9]
• 1642. The Ansley, Warwickshire parish register contains an entry for the year 1641 stating that "Lydia the wife of Robert Clemense yeoman was buryed March 12, 1641."^[10]
• 1642. By an indenture dated (May 10, 1642), "Robert Clements of Anceley in the County of Warrs yeoman Job Clements of Anceley aforesaid in the said County of Warrs Tanner Sonne and heire apparant of the said Robert and John Clements of Anceley aforesaid in the said County of Warrs yeoman" sold to Matthew and Richard Abell of Mancetter, Warwickshire, for £155, all that messuage or tenement with appurtences in Wytherley, Leicestershire now or late occupied by John Kisee, as well as various surrounding lands.^[11]
• 1642. By deed dated November 15, 1642, Passquo and SaggaHew, with the consent of Passaconnaway sold to the inhabitants of Pentuckett all the lands they had in Pentuckett. The deed was signed on behalf of the inhabitants of Pentuckett by John Ward, Robert Clements, Tristram Coffin, Hugh Sherratt, William White and Thomas Davis.^[35] (Pentuckett was the Indian name for the lands of the township of Havershill.^[35]
• 1645. At a Court at Ipswich on November 4, 1645, the list of men made freeman include Robert Clements and Tristram Coffen of Haverill.^[46]
• 1647. Mr. Clements was one of the 35 deputies at the General Court of Election at Boston on May 26, 1647.^[64]
• 1647. At a General Court of Election at Boston on May 26, 1647, the Court confirmed the selection by the town of Haverhill of Robert Clements, Henry Palmer & Thomas Hale to "end small causes there."^[65]
• 1648. Robert Clement was one of the 36 deputies at the General Court of Election at Boston on May 10, 1648.^[66]
• 1648. At a General Court of Election at Boston on May 10, 1648, Mr. Samuel Dudley, Captn Wiggen & Robert Clements were appointed as commissioners to hold courts of small causes in the several towns of Norfolk County.^[67]
• 1649. Robert Clements was one of the 37 deputies at the General Court of Election at Boston on May 2, 1649.^[68]
• 1649. At a General Court of Election at Boston on May 2, 1649, Richard Bellingham, Esq & Mr. Samuel Symonds were appointed to keep courts at Salisbury and Hampton, with Capt Thomas Wiggen, Mr. Samuel Dudley & Mr. Robert Clements, as associates, to join with them.^[69]
• 1649. At a General Court of Election at Boston on May 2, 1649, Mr. Robert Clements, John Osgood & Frances Smith were appointed to lay out a highway from Reding to Winnetsemet, "as men most indifferent to lay out the same."^[70]
• 1650. Mr. Robert Cleoments was the deputy for Haverill at the Court of Election at Boston on May 22, 1650.^[71]
• 1650. At a Court of Election at Boston on May 22, 1650, the Court confirmed the selection by the freemen of Norfolk of Mr. Robert Clemente, Mr. Christopher Batt & Lieutenant Pike to sit as commissioners with the magistrates in their county courts for the year ensuing.^[72]
• 1650. At a session of the General Court of Elections at Boston on June 18, 1650, at the request of the town of Haverill, Mr Robert Cleoments was appointed and empowered to give the oath of fidelity.^[48] (On August 5, 1650, John Davis and Thomas Whitcher took the oath of fidelity before Mr Robert Clements of Haverhill.^[73])
• 1650. At a Court held at Hampton on August 1, 1659, Mr. Robert Clements, Mr. Christopher Batt and Lt. Pike took the oath of associates.^[74]
• 1651. At a Court held at Salisbury on April 8, 1651, Mr. Robert Clement was sworn as an associate for the County of Norfolk.^[75]
• 1651. Mr. Robert Clements was the deputy for Haverill at a General Court of Election at Boston on May 7, 1651.^[76]
• 1651. In December 15, 1651, the town of Haverhill granted Isaac Cousins, Mr. Clement, Job Clement, Stephen Kent, William White and Theophilos Satchwell each 1/6 interest in a saw mill to be set up on Thomas Hale's river.^[51]
• 1652. Mr. Robert Clementes was the deputy for Haverill at a Court of Election at Boston on May 27, 1652.^[77]
• 1652. The list of 41 persons receiving shares in the second division of plough land laid out by the town of Haverhill on June 7, 1652 included Robert Clement (6 acres), Job Clement (6 acres) and John Clement (8 acres).^[78]
• 1652. Robert Clements and Job Clements were among the inhabitants of Hampton, Salisbury, Newbury, Haverhill and Andover who signed a petition requesting that Robert Pike's sentence for speaking out against a decision of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Court, be revoked.^[79]
• 1653. Mr. Robert Clements was the deputy for Haverill at a General Court of Election at Boston on May 18, 1653.^[80]
• 1653. At a Court held at Salisbury on June 14, 1653, Mr. Rob. Clements was allowed to sell wine for the town of Haverhill.^[53]
• 1654. At a Court held at Hampton on October 3, 1654, Mr. Richard Dumer, Mr. Robert Clement and Mr. Brian Pendleton were sworn as associates.^[81]
• 1654. At a Court held at Hampton on October 3, 1654, Robert Clement was licensed to sell strong waters for the town of Hampton.^[54]
• 1655. At a General Court of Election at Boston on November 18, 1655, Capt Thomas Wiggin, Mr. Robert Cleomans, Mr. Samuell Winslowe & Samuell Hall were appointed as the committee for Norfolk County to consider ways to encourage merchandizing, to improve the relationship between merchants and husbandmen, and to regulate workman's wages.^[82]
• 1656. At a Council held at Boston on August 14, 1656, in order to settled "uncomfortable differences" between the churches of Haverill and Salisbury, the Court ordered that representatives of the churches in Boston, Cambridge and Ipswich go to Haverill and Salisbury to try to resolved the differences, with "mr Robert Clements for Haverill" and "mr Samuell Hall for Salisbury" ordered to take care of the entertainment of all concerned, and to be reimbursed by the Treasurer.^[83]
• 1658. Robert Clements made his will on September 6, 1658.^[49]
• 1658. Robert Clements died on September 29, 1658.^[49][62]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 1-9. Link to book at familysearch.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Cosby, Leicestershire, England Parish Register. Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, Archive reference DE9030/1. Link to record at findmypast.com. See image attached to this profile.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 13. Link to book at familysearch.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cosby, Leicestershire, England Parish Register. Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, Archive reference DE9030/1. Link to record at findmypast.com. See image attached to this profile.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 8. Link to book at familysearch.org.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 14. Link to book at familysearch.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Narborough, Leicestershire, England Parish Registers, Archive Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, Archive reference DE1653/1. Link to record at findmypast.com.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 30. Link to book at familysearch.org.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 15. Link to book at familysearch.org.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5} Ansley, Warwickshire, England, Warwickshire County Record Office, Archive reference DR0298/1. Link to record at findmypast.com. See image attached to this profile.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 18-19. Link to book at familysearch.org.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 30-32. Link to book at familysearch.org.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4} See "Chronology of Records" in this profile.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 20. Link to book at familysearch.org.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 30-31. Link to book at familysearch.org.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 36-37. Link to book at familysearch.org.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Cosby, Leicestershire, England Parish Register. Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, Archive reference DE9030/1. Link to image 108 of 122 of the parish register at findmypast.com.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Narborough, Leicestershire, England Parish Registers, Archive Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, Archive reference DE1653/1. Link to image 6 of 24 of the parish register at findmypast.com.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 27-28. Link to book at familysearch.org.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} For estimated of Job's date of birth, see discussion in "Marriage" in this profile.
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7} Since it appears that Robert Clements lived in Huncote in Narborough parish from the time of his marriage until at least 1620 (when son John was baptized in Narborough) but was "of Ansley" by 1624, it is probably that Robert and Lydia's children born before 1602 were born in Huncote, those born in or after 1624 were born in Ansley, and those born in 1621-1623 born in either Huncote or Anlsey.
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1 22.2} Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1911. p. 66.Link to page at hathitrust.org.
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 37. Link to book at familysearch.org.
24. ↑ Based on date of baptism.
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 38. Link to book at familysearch.org.
26. ↑ ^{26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume II. 1927. p. 865. Link to book at familysearch.org.
27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume II. 1927. p.p 870-871. Link to book at familysearch.org.
28. ↑ ^{28.0 28.1} Robert stated in a deposition in June 1664 that he was aged about 30 years, which would mean that he was born about 1634. See Essex Quarterly Courts 3:167. However, that would mean (1) that there was a 7 year gap between his birth and the birth of his next older sibling, (2) that he was only 18 when he was born and (3) that he was one year younger than his wife Elizabeth Fawne, who was baptized in April 1633. It is therefore quite possible, if not likely, that he was born at least 3 years earlier.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1} Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1911. p. 67.Link to page at hathitrust.org.
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1 30.2} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 47. Link to book at familysearch.org.
31. ↑ ^{31.0 31.1} Mary stated in a deposition in July 1695 that she was aged 58 years, which would mean that she was born about 1637. See NEHGR 18:151-152. However, since that would mean that she was only about 16 when she got married, it is quite possible that her date in the deposition is incorrect and that she was born up to 5 years earlier.
32. ↑ ^{32.0 32.1} Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. p. 87. Link to page at archive.org.
33. ↑ ^{33.0 33.1 33.2} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 57. Link to book at familysearch.org.
34. ↑ ^{34.0 34.1} Ansley, Warwickshire, England, Warwickshire County Record Office, Archive reference DR0298/1. Link to first page of parish register at findmypast.com.
35. ↑ ^{35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. pp. 46-47. Link to pages at archive.org.
36. ↑ ^{36.0 36.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. pp. 21-22. Link to book at familysearch.org.
37. ↑ ^{37.0 37.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 32. Link to book at familysearch.org.
38. ↑ ^{38.0 38.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. pp. 38, 48. Link to pages at archive.org.
39. ↑ ^{39.0 39.1} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640. A Concise Compendium. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
40. ↑ ^{40.0 40.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 21. Link to book at familysearch.org.
41. ↑ ^{41.0 41.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume II. 1927. p. 865-876. Link to book at familysearch.org.
42. ↑ ^{42.0 42.1} "Potter Family Records." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume XVIII (1854). pp. 151-152. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
43. ↑ ^{43.0 43.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. p. 48. Link to pages at archive.org.
44. ↑ ^{44.0 44.1 44.2} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 25. Link to book at familysearch.org.
45. ↑ ^{45.0 45.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. pp. 35-46. Link to pages at archive.org.
46. ↑ ^{46.0 46.1 46.2} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 86. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
47. ↑ ^{47.0 47.1} "Massachusetts General Court," wikipedia.org.
48. ↑ ^{48.0 48.1 48.2} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. IV - Part I. 1650-1660. 1854. p. 19. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
49. ↑ ^{49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6 49.7 49.8 49.9} The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1635-1664. The Essex Institute, 1916. pp. 272-274. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
50. ↑ ^{50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. p. 49. Link to pages at archive.org.
51. ↑ ^{51.0 51.1 51.2} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. p. 76. Link to pages at archive.org.
52. ↑ ^{52.0 52.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. p. 83. Link to pages at archive.org.
53. ↑ ^{53.0 53.1 53.2} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 282. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
54. ↑ ^{54.0 54.1 54.2} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 371. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
55. ↑ ^{55.0 55.1 55.2 55.3} "Will of Robert Clements." The Essex Antiquarian. Volume VII, 1903. pp. 158-159. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
56. ↑ ^{56.0 56.1} Clement, Percival Wood. Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Clements of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. First Settler of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Volume I. 1927. p. 27. Link to book at familysearch.org.
57. ↑ ^{57.0 57.1} Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book and the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages. Historical Society of Watertown, 1894. p. 22. Link to page at archive.org.
58. ↑ ^{58.0 58.1} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume II 1656-1662. The Essex Institute. 1912. pp. 376-377. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
59. ↑ ^{59.0 59.1} Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. Vol. I. Little, Brown and Company, 1860. Footnote on p. 109. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
60. ↑ ^{60.0 60.1} The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1635-1664. The Essex Institute, 1916. p. 290. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
61. ↑ ^{61.0 61.1} Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton. Part One. 1897. p. 95. Link to page at archive.org.
62. ↑ ^{62.0 62.1 62.2} Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1911. p. 375.Link to page at hathitrust.org.
63. ↑ ^{63.0 63.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #49583328
64. ↑ ^{64.0 64.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 186. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
65. ↑ ^{65.0 65.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 192. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
66. ↑ ^{66.0 66.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 238. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
67. ↑ ^{67.0 67.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 242. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
68. ↑ ^{68.0 68.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 265. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
69. ↑ ^{69.0 69.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 266. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
70. ↑ ^{70.0 70.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1642-1649. 1853. p. 271. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
71. ↑ ^{71.0 71.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. III. 1644-1657. 1854. p. 183. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
72. ↑ ^{72.0 72.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. III. 1644-1657. 1854. p. 200. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
73. ↑ ^{73.0 73.1} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 203. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
74. ↑ ^{74.0 74.1} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 201. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
75. ↑ ^{75.0 75.1} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 223. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
76. ↑ ^{76.0 76.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. III. 1644-1657. 1854. p. 221. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
77. ↑ ^{77.0 77.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. III. 1644-1657. 1854. p. 259. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
78. ↑ ^{78.0 78.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. p. 77. Link to pages at archive.org.
79. ↑ ^{79.0 79.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. p. 80. Link to pages at archive.org.
80. ↑ ^{80.0 80.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. III. 1644-1657. 1854. p. 297. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
81. ↑ ^{81.0 81.1} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume I 1636-1656. The Essex Institute. 1911. p. 369. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
82. ↑ ^{82.0 82.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. IV - Part I. 1650-1660. 1854. p. 247. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
83. ↑ ^{83.0 83.1} Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement, in 1640, to the Year 1860. 1861. pp. 84-85. Link to pages at archive.org.

See also:

• Greeley, A.W. "Robert Clements of Haverhill and Some of His Descendants." Essex Institute Historical Collections. Volume 47 (1911). pp. 317-322. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
• Belknap, Henry Wyckoff. "The English Ancestry of the Clements Family of Haverhill, Mass." Essex Institute Historical Collections. Volume 53 (1917). pp. 250-254. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton. Part One. 1897. pp. 95-96. Link to page at archive.org.
• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis historical Publishing Company - Boston, Mass., 1908) Vol 2, p. 851. Link to page at hathitrust.org.