Clement Aldridge Sr. (1601 - 1668)

Born 1601 in Worstead, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Crompton) Aldridge — married 2 Jul 1626 in Worstead, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 1668 at about age 67 in Northumberland, Virginia

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Biography

Clement Aldridge Sr. was born in England.

Clement Aldridge Sr. lived in Virginia.

Clement was born about 1600 in Worstead, England. In 1626, he married the widow Susan Boswell.^[1]

Name

• Clement /Aldridge/ Sr.^[2][3][4]
• Clement Allred^[5]

Birth

• 1601, Worstead, Norfolk, England^[2][6]

Marriage

Marriage to Susan Crompton, widow of Edmund Boswell,^[7] on July 2, 1626.^[8]

Worstead Parish Register, Norfolk, England. Record of the 1626 marriage of Clement Aldrich and Susan Boswell, widow. Performed by Rev. Henry Aldred, vicar of Worstead.^[9]

Children

• Father of Clement Allred^[5]
• Father of Clement Aldridge Jr.^[4]
• Father of Marie Aldrich^[10]

Death

• 1650 in Northumberland, Virginia^[5]
• 1668 in Northumberland, Virginia, United States^[4]

Research Notes

From Pam Wilson's page on Clement Aldridge:

Notes for SUSAN CROMPTON BOSWELL:

Teri Allred [in her Winter 1994 "Aldridge and Allred of the South" newsletter] cites a letter written by Sylvia M. Allred of W. Jordan, Utah, to John Lisk in 1976:

"In her second letter, she is discussing Susan BOSWELL who married Clement ALDRED/ALDRIDGE 2 Jul 1626. She states that after Susan Boswell's name in the marriage record to Clement, it definitely states "widow." On 24 june 1612, an Edmond BOSWELL married Susan CROMPTON. If that is the case and this is confirmed, the maiden name of Clement ALDRIDGE's wife would be CROMPTON instead of Boswell."

• Susan Boswell, July 2, 1626 in Worstead, Norfolk, England^[5]
• Susan Boswell, 12 JUL 1626, Worstead, Norfolk, England^[2][4]

Parents

John and Agnes (married 9 FEB 1584, Worstead, Norfolk, England^[2]) may not be Clement's parents. Although Clement's marriage is found in Worstead Parish register, his birth/baptism is not. From Pam's Geni entry:

This may have also been the case with Clement [not from Worstead], who is of the right age to have been John's son but for whom no birth record can be found in the Worstead Parish Register. He may have been John's nephew or other relative who came to Worstead to marry.

Pam also added the following note to the Geni entry for Clement:

"I have thoroughly searched the Worstead Parish Register with a fine-toothed comb to try to find a birth/baptism record for Clement from 1595-1610, but there is no sign of one. If he was the son of John and Agnes, he should have been baptized in Worstead along with their other children. This is puzzling to me and leads me to wonder if he was not their son but rather someone from another town who came to Worstead to marry (he married there in 1626). There are a couple of other Clement Aldrich's who could have been related--most notably one in North Walsham (neighboring village to Worstead) who was married to a Rose and had children named Clement, John and Elizabeth in the 1660's. There was also a Clement born 1571 in Kenton, Suffolk."

Sources

1. ↑ see Facebook's Arledge Family History Project. Pam found the marriage record and posted a picture. It is no longer the timeline photo (30 June 2019). If you're logged in to Facebook, try this link. I've copied Pam's post below.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Source: #S43
3. ↑ Source: #S7
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Aldridge-396
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} from Allred-397
6. ↑ both Allred-397 and Aldridge-396
7. ↑ from Pam Wilson's Clement Aldridge information, Susan married Boswell in 1612
8. ↑ Facebook's Arledge Family History Project: see image there with comments from Pam Wilson (image also attached to this profile)
9. ↑ from Pam's Facebook post
10. ↑ Family Search

• Aldridge Family History
• Geni: Susan Crompton
• Rootsweb posts based on LDS records (accuracy is questionable)
  • Susan Boswell (with Boswell parents)
  • Clement Aldridge
  • John Aldridge
• S43: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online Publication, 2004). Original data...from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Text: Birth 1604, En; Marriage 1626, En. Text (for parents' marriage): Birth 1558, Marriage 1584.
• S7: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
• S-1024580409: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Aldridge-396 was created by Heath Vogel through the import of Vogel Wiki Upload.ged on Jan 22, 2013. Source citations: S7, S43.
• The WikiTree profile Allred-397 was created through the import of Holman Family Tree.ged on 06 March 2011. Source citation: #S-1024580409.
• Thanks to Terry Childress for creating the WikiTree profile Aldredge-18 on Sunday, August 3, 2014.
• Liz Shifflett

Pam Wilson

Aldridge researcher extraordinaire, Pam has posted her findings online for years, and her information is extensively quoted in this profile. Footnoted above is a reference to the image of Clement and Susan's marriage record. The image and post is here in FaceBook (but you need to be signed in to FB to see it). Her post, dated 22 January 2014:

"The last few days I've decided it's time to again tackle the big question of where the Northumberland County Virginia Arledge/Aldridge family came from. SO much bad information has been circulating out there in print and on the internet for so many years.

"So, the last few days, I've been immersed in the 16th century trying to find our Arledge (aka Aldridge/Aldrich) ancestors in Norfolk, England records. Last night, I discovered the Worstead Parish Register starting from 1558 online. I'm in history geek heaven! (Except, damn, it's hard to decipher this writing!)

"This is the record of the 1626 marriage of Clement Aldrich and Susan Boswell, widow. Performed by Rev. Henry Aldred, vicar of Worstead (not an ancestor, even though many have tried to claim him).

"Hours of poring over this and my head and vision are spinning. But I've found some good stuff to both support and cast doubt upon some earlier theories."