James Clemson III (1729 - 1792)

Born 10 Aug 1729 in Salisbury Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Heard) Clemson — married 1749 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1792 at age 62 in Salisbury Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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James Clemson III has English ancestors.

Biography

James Clemson was born circa 1730, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania (see researcher's notes) one of six children of James Clemson, who obtained a warrant, dated May 18, 1716, for six hundred and thirty-six acres of land on the Pequea. James married Margaret Heard, and left a son James Clemson, who was a member of the Legislature, in the years 1777-79. ^[1]

James Clemson III performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

James Clemson III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A023037.

James Clemson is remembered for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. He took the Oath of Allegiance in support of the Continental Congress, in 1778. He was a deputy that was sent to the Provincial Convention from Lancaster county. ^[2] Applications for membership in the DAR have been made by the descendants of James and his wife Margaret Heard, of his daughters, Rebecca Clemson, who married William McCansland; Sarah Clemson, who married John McCauley; Margaret Clemson, who married John Watson; Rachel Clemson, who married David Whitehill; and of his sons, John Clemson, who married Elizabeth Haines; and James Clemson, who married Mary Brady.

James and Margaret wed in 1749 in Lancaster Co. They were married by Reverend John Frederick Handecker. Both are buried in St. John's Churchyard, Compass, Pennsylvania. Children of James & Margaret (Heard) Clemson are:

• Jane Clemson, married Henry Skiles of, 2-24-1751, at Salisbury, PA

• Rachel Clemson, married David Whitehill 3-17-1753, at Frederick, MD.

• James Clemson, married Mary Brady 3-20-1755, at Lancaster, PA.

• John Clemson, married Mary Haines 7-25-1757, at Frederick, MD.

• Sarah Clemson, married John McCouley 3-4-1760, at Kinzers.

• Margaret Clemson, married Dr. John Watson, 3-17-1763 at Donegal.

• Elizabeth Clemson, married Herman Skiles 8-9-1765, at Ventage, PA.

• Mary Clemson, married Isaac Atlee, son of Col.Sam Atlee, on 6-10-1769

• Rebecca Clemson, married Major William McCauland, in 1771

Researcher's Notes

The Clemson Family of Pennsylvania, by Raymond Martin Bell, Frank R. Baird, and Margaret Snyder Ward, Published by Washington and Jefferson College, 1971 gives James' date of birth as August 10, 1729. DAR records give the date of birth for this James Clemson as December 5, 1730. His Find A Grave memorial ^[3] gives his date of birth as August 10, 1729. His Find A Grave memorial also indicates that he was a "member of Captain David Whitehill's Company of Salisbury Township, 1777, which formed part of the Seventh Battalion of Lancaster County Militia." and gives a source of The Genealogical Register, p. 240. Further investigation is required to determine whether this is the same (doubtful) James Clemson.

Sources

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/416501-the-clemson-family-of-pennsylvania-1701-1968?offset=

1. ↑ History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. by Franklin Ellis, Samuel Evans, Everts & Peck, Publishers, 1883, digitized here: https://archive.org/stream/historyoflancast02elli#page/n1188/mode/1up/search/Margaret+Heard
2. ↑ Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. 13, PP 449, 452; Rupp, History of Lancaster Co, PA, PP 383-385, 389
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78722038

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of ged22.ged on 11 June 2010