Clement Biddle (1740 - 1814)

Born 10 May 1740 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Cornell) Biddle — married 18 Aug 1774 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1814 at age 74 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Clement Biddle was born in Philadelphia on May 10, 1740, the son of John Biddle and Sarah Owen Biddle. He was part of a larger Quaker family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and descended from William Biddle who came to America in 1681.^[1][2]

He married Rebeckah Cornell, daughter of Gideon Cornell of Newport, Rhode Island, and Rebeckah his wife, but now Rebeckah Retch of Dartmouth, on 18d 8m 1774.^[3]

Clement joined the "Quaker Light Infantry" at the time of the American Revolution and served with honor. "He took part in the engagements at Princeton, Germantown, Brandywine and Monmouth, and was with Washington's army at Valley Forge."^[4]

From Glenn:

COLONEL CLEMENT BIDDLE, second son of John and Sarah, born in Philadelphia, 10 May, 1740 ; died 14 July, 1814. He married first, 6 June, 1764, Mary, daughter of Francis Richardson, of Chester. He married secondly^[5], Rebekah, only daughter of Hon. Gideon Cornell, of Rhode Island, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of that Colony.^[2] Clement Biddle was commissioned Deputy Quarter Master General for the “ Flying Camp” and for the Militia of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with the rank of Colonel, 8 July, I 776; Marshal of the Court of Admiralty of Pennsylvania, 10 November, I780; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Philadelphia, 23 September, 1788. Colonel Biddle was distinguished in many ways as a citizen, and his services as an officer in “the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War were such as to elicit the highest praise.”
"By his first wife he had issue:
1. Francis R., d. infant.
By his second wife he had^[2]:
1. Frances, b. 20 May, 1775; d. infant.
2. Thomas, b. 4 June, 1776; m. Christine Williams.
3. George Washington, b. 21 Feb., 1779; d. 1812.
4. Mary, b. 12 Jan., 1781; m. Gen. Thomas Cadwalader. See that family.
5. Rebecca Cornell, b. 7 Nov., 1782; m. Prof. Nathaniel Chapman, M. D.
6. Clement Cornell, b. 24 Oct., 1784; m.. Mary Barclay.
7. Anne, b. 24 Dec., 1785 ; d. infant.
8. Lydia H., b. 12 May, 1787; d. 1826.
9. Sarah T., b. 21 Oct., 1789; d. young, unm.
10. Anne Wilkinson, b. 12 June, 1791 ; rn. Thomas Dunlap.
11. John Gideon, b. 10 June, 1793; m. Mary Biddle.
12. James Cornell, b. 29 Dec., 1795.
13. Edward Robert, b. 7 Feb., 1798.^[6]

Clement oversaw the operation in Pennsylvania of the first US census.^[7]

After a long time in public service, Clement returned to the shipping business of his father.^[7]

Clement died in Philadelphia on July 14, 1814.^[2][4][8]

Research

• According to The Rotches^[2], Clement is a 'lineal' ancestor of Francis Biddle, Attorney General in the cabinet of Frankin. D. Roosevelt. In addition, The Rotches mentions that Clement close friend of George Washington.

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Feb 2018), "Record of BIDDLE, CLEMENT", Ancestor # A009914.

^{[6] [1] [4]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia article on Clement Biddle Wikipedia
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} John Morgan Bullard, The Rotches; (New Bedford, Cabinet Press, 1947) p. 407-408. [Copy available at (https://archive.org/details/rotchesbull00bull) or (http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005693070).]
3. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 518.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Johnson, Rossiter and Brown, John, "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans", Biographical Society, 1904, Google Books
5. ↑ 29 Seventh 1774. Residence Place: Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Monthly Quaker Meeting, Arch Street. “Clement Biddle having at our last Monthly Meeting requested our Certificate to you on Account of Marriage with a young woman belonging to your Meeting. There may therefore inform you that he hath a right of Membership, and upon enquiry made it doth not appear but that he is clear of Marriage engagement here. We recommend him to your Christian Care and Notice, in the accomplishment of his weighty(?) undertaking and remand. Signed in and on behalf of our monthly, your loving Friends. Meeting of Philadelphia, James Pemberton. Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Certificates of Removal, 1772-1800; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:406. Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana; Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Glenn, Thomas Allen (1896). "Merion in the Welsh tract: With sketches of the townships of Haverford and Radnor. Historical and genealogical collections concerning the Welsh barony in the province of Pennsylvania, settled by the Cymric Quakers in 1682", Herald Press, 1896, pp. 143-14 Google Books
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Andrew Babin. Who conducted the First Census in 1790?, website of US Census Bureau, 9 March 2020, accessed 10 March 2020
8. ↑ Regarding internment, “Biddle. Clement, about 74 years, 7-14-1814.” Residence Place: Philadelphia, PA. Monthly Quaker Meeting: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Southern District Source Citation: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Record of Interments, Vol 2, 1807-1872; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes. Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina; Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana; Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

See also:

• University of Delaware Library, Biddle Family Papers UDelaware (link not working at 15 January 2021: Wayback Machine alternative)
• War Department Papers - Correspondence of Clement Biddle [wardepartmentpapers.org/person.php?id=418 link] dead at 6 May 2021
• Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Grave Books, 1806-1814; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 365 [1]

Clement Biddle

Death Age 74 Death Date abt 1814

Death Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Burial Place Pennsylvania, USA

Residence Date 14 Jul 1814

Residence Date on Image 14 Seventh 1814

Residence Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Event Type Burial

Monthly Meeting Philadelphia Monthly Meeting

Yearly Meeting Philadelphia State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia

• Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Record of Interments, Vol 2, 1807-1872; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes [2]

Clement Biddle

Age About 74 Birth Date abt 1740

Residence Date 14 Jul 1814

Residence Date on Image 14 Seventh 1814

Residence Place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Event Type Index

Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Southern District

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

Meeting State Pennsylvania Meeting County Philadelphia