Geoffrey Clements Lord Mayor (1570 - 1616)

Born 1570 in Devon, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fuller) Felgate — married about 1590 in London, England

Descendants

Died 1616 at about age 46 in Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

Geoffrey Clements was the son of Jeremiah Clements and Agnes Webster born Abt. 1570 in either Devonshire or Oxfordshire, England, He married Elizabeth Fuller on 1590 in London, England, had about six children:

• (1). Samuel Clements Birth: 7 Sep 1601 in Oxfordshire, England
• (2). Elizabeth Clements Birth: 29 May 1603,, England
• (3). Thomas Clements, Birth: 7 Nov 1604, England, London, England
• (4). NIcholas Clements, Birth: 7 Dec 1606 in London, London,
• (5). Jeremiah Clements, Baptism: 08 Nov 1607, St James, London, England, England
• (6). Ezekiel Clements. Birth: 6 Oct 1612 in St James, London, England

Geoffrey Clements was a stockholder in the Virginia Company at Jamestown, Virginia and had plans to come to Jamestown in 1617. But before Geoffrey could take that trip, he would catch a sudden illness that would take his life. Instead, on February 1617, his wife Elizabeth now a widow, would take long trip to Virginia, accompanied with their 4 children, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Ezekiell, and Nicholas, and two servants on the ship called the "George", arriving in Jamestown on 10 June 1617, By 16th Feb 1624, Elizabeth had remarried Captain Ralph Hamor.

Geoffrey Clements' borther-in-law, Nicholas as Fuller of Chamberhouse, Berkshire, was a member of the Virginia Company, Left a Will, 19 February 1619/20, which mentions Elizabeth Clements, daughter of his brother Cuthbert Fuller, Her Late Husband Jeffery Clements and Her Son Nicholas Clements. Her First Cousin, John Clements, son of John and Margery Clements of Stepney, Middlesex, in his Will, Probated 17 May 1620, Left to his Uncle Clement’s Daughter (Elizabeth) his interest in the sailing ship “George

• Geoffrey (can also be spelled Jeffrey)

• Various spellings for the surname Clements: Clement, Clemens, Clemons, Clemmons and several other phonetic variations. Names were often spelled by what the interpreter heard.

Sources

1619/1620 - The Will of Nicholas Fuller, Dated: 19 February 1619/20, Probated: 17 May 1620, Abstracts of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury at Somerset House, London, England, by Church of England Province of Canterbury . Prerogative Court , James Henry Lea, 1904, Nicholas Fuller p. 94-95 - See Attachment

Other Sources

Book: Catch the Watercollord Wind Jamestown 1617 by Jan Frazier, Copy Right 2015, Chapter 1 Early Days in Jameston p. 9-15 http://www.hellgatepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Pages-from-WatercoloredWinds-13443.pdf

Genealogy.com: Re - Geoffrey Clements and Elizabeth Fuller By Cindy Hunter May 21, 2001 at 09:22:58 In reply to: Geoffrey Clements and Elizabeth Fuller 10/12/99, Website: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/clements/2041/

Book: Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary By Martha W. McCartney, printed 207, page 294 - Marriages of Marriages of Elizabeth Fuller, 1st: Geoffrey Clements, 2nd: Ralph Humor and 3rd: Tobias Felgate - See uploaded page: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Fuller-1310