Augustine Clement (abt. 1604 - 1674)

Born about 1604 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Bullock) Clement — married 3 Jul 1628 (to 1 Oct 1674) in Of, Steadinge, Berkshire, England

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1674 at about age 70 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Augustine Clement migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 101) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

No quality sources have been found to show that Joshua Clements is the father of Augustine. Anderson shows no parents. Joshua has been removed from this profile as his father.

Biography

Augustine Clement was born about 1603 (based on his date of marriage.)^[1]

He married Elizabeth (_____) at Wokingham, Berkshire, England on July 3, 1628.^[1] Their children were:^[1]

1. Elizabeth who was baptized at St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire on March 2, 1633/4. She married William Sumner by 1652 as their oldest child was baptized at Dorchester on June 27, 1652.
2. Samuel was baptized at Dorchester on September 29, 1635. He married Hannah Ings, daughter of Madit Ings of Boston, at Boston on July 2, 1657. He married (2nd) by 1669 to Deborah (_____) (oldest child was Augustine who was born at Boston on April 2, 1669.
3. Joanna was born at Dorchester on November 19, 1638.
4. John was born at Dorchester on October 21, 1639

It is probable that Augustine's wife Elizabeth was a sister to Edward Bullock.^[1]

He migrated in 1635 on the James of London sailing from Southampton, England; the passenger list gives only the names of the heads of the families, so we do not know which members were on the vessel. He was accompanied by a servant, Thomas Wheale.^{[citation needed]} He was a painter, sometime of Readinge, who had been apprenticed to Jonathan Miller about 1613, then to Edward Newman of Elton from 1621 to 1625. Going by the spelling "Astinge Clement" in 1629 he was paid for "painting the window" of St. Lawrence, Reading, church. He may have painted the portraits of Dr. John Clark, Rev. Richard Mather, and Governor John Endicott in the 1660s.^[1]

He first resided in Dorchester where he was admitted as a member of the church before May 25, 1636. "Augustine Clement" and "Elizabeth Clement" became members of the second church of Dorchester soon after it was structured toward the end of 1636. Augustine was literate, as his signature is upon many documents and he held several books in his library. He moved to Boston in 1652 and then back to Dorchester by 1668.^[1]

In Dorchester he was a selectman for six months. At Boston he was Constable. Back at Dorchester he was highway supervisor, fenceviewer, committee to "take care of the repair of the meeting house." He was on the Suffolk grand jury in 1672 and 1673.^[1]

Augustine Clement's will was dated January 31, 1671 and proved October 31, 1674. He estate was given to his dear and loving wife Elizabeth during her natural life, after which designated to his son Samuel with legacies to daughter Elizabeth Sumner, and to the children of his daughter Sumner.^[1]

He died at Dorchester on October 1, 1674. His estate totaled L173 4s. 6d. L160 was in houses and land.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Great Migration

Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Sketch of Augustine Clement. pp 101 - 106.subscribers$

• Death 1 Oct. 1674 (NEHGS; image of text): NEHGR Vol. 5 (1851), p. 398; Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21069/398/1426571459 (by subscription)