Lydia (Lake) Clements (1671)

Born 7 Feb 1671 in Betchworth, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Bleighton Sr — married 21 Jan 1689 in Surry Co., 'Virginia

Wife of Francis Clements Sr. — married 1702 in Virginia

Wife of Richard Ogilby — married before 11 Dec 1739 in Prince George Co., Virginia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Lydia was born about 1672.

• Biography of Lydia's Father, Benjamin Laker
• "Benjamin LAKER is considered to be one of the First Families of North Carolina, that is he settled in the Province of Carolina ...by 1680 .... deputy to one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina ... bought land in Perquimans Precinct (Albemarle County,North Carolina) shortly after 1680 ... was a resident of Betchworth Parish,Surry County,England and a member of the family of that name in the vicinity of ... Guildford, Dorking and Reigate .. is known to have been a staunch dissenter ... left England with sufficient funds to begin his life in Carolina as a man of substance ... purchased 400 acres and settled with his wife [Elizabeth] and family of six children to the life of a planter. ...
• The climate of Carolina was difficult for Benjamn's family... his son and oldest daughter died within a short time ...Elizabeth and two other daughters dying later ...
• Benjamin married a second time, and a third time to Juliana HUDSON TAYLOR.... it would seem that his daughter Lydia LAKER was a daughter of Elizabeth and came to Carolina with her father and mother...

Sources

• 1688 - Surrey County, Virginia Court Records, Marriage Record, Groom: George Bleighton, Sr., Bridge: Lydia Laker, Dated: 21 January 1688/89, Place: Surry County, Virginia, Solemnized by Alexander Ellington?

• 1701 - Benjamin LAKER made his will April 7, 1701 and died April 8, 1701... specific bequests of books expounding his Baptist faith to his daughter, Sarah HARVEY, and to George BLEIGHTON, the husband of his daughter, Lydia... left his land to his beloved wife, Juliana to be at her disposal and also a Negro girl and a mare. The rest of his property was to be divided equally between his wife and his daughter, Ruth....his wife the executrix of his estate."
• [Tidewater Virginia Families, Generations Beyond, Chapter 20, p. 191]

• Widow of George Blayton.
• Surrey County,Virginia Order
• Book 1691-1718, page 240
• As Blighton. Francis Clements and Lydia his wife were administrators of the estate of George Blayton.

• 2 May 1706, Captain Francis Clements patented 2000 acres on the south side of Main Black Water Swamp, naming among the headrights Thomas Blayton, his wife Joane, and children Thomas, George, Elizabeth and Sarah
• Patent Book. 9, 725

• 1711 Surry Court, held August 11, 1711, Francis CLEMENT and his wife, Lydia, administer the estate of George BLIGHTON.

• "1712 - On motion of Nathaniel HARRISON, guardian to George BLEIGHTON, son of George BLEIGHTON, dec'd, it is ordered that he take in his possession the estate of said orphan in hands of Francis CLEMENTS and Lydia his wife, Adm'x of George BLEIGHTON, dec'd, being £310/12/1½ and 10, 971 lbs tobacco, pursuant to accounts of estate enterred by said CLEMENTS 11 Feb. 1712." [Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume 23 Number 1, p. 32]

• 1714 - Prince George County Records. 1714 - "Suit by John WOODSON vs. Francis CLEMENTS and Lyona [sic, Lydia] his wife adninistrix of George BLEIGHTON, deceased." [Virginia will Records, Prince George County Records, p. 263.]

• 1714-1715, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan., 1912), pp. 79-95 (17 pages) - p. 86 Estate of George Bleighton & and Francis Clement & wife Lydia. See attachment

• 1715 - "Benjamin EVANS, 81 acs. (N.L.). Pr. Geo. Co., beg. at land of Capt. Geo. BLAYTON, dec'd, on W. side of Ponds Run, 16 Aug. 1715, p. 241. 10 Shill."

• 1717 - Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800, by Blanche Adams Chapman, p. 60, (Will & Deed Book # 2, p. 632), Clements, Francis, Sr.I , Will dated: 22 November 1717;
• Those mentioned:
• 1. Son Francis
• 2. Son Benjamin
• 3. Son Thomas
• 4. Friend Capt. Nathaniel Ridley & his wife Elizabeth
• 5. Friend James Stanton
• 6. Daughter Mary
• 7. Daughter Elizabeth
• 8. Wife Lydia Extx.
• Witnesses: James Stanton, James Stanton, Jr. Richard Jones, John Allen
• January 12, 1724/5 - Lydia relinquished dower rights in land sold by George Bleighton in Prince George County and September 29,1733 when she purchased land on which she then lived in Martin's Brandon Parish.

• "1733 Lydia CLEMENTS, who bought "Goodwyns" from William WILLSON in 1733, was a daughter* of GEORGE BLIGHTON."16 Aug1715 - Benjamin EVANS, 81 acres of New Land in Prince George County on the west side of the Ponds Run, adjoining the land of Captain GEORGE BLIGHTON [dec'd]. For 10 Shillings. (Virginia Patents, 10:241)" [*Error, widow of George BLEIGHTON, and in 1733, widow of Capt. Francis CLEMENTS. RLD]

• Prince George County Records, 29 September 1733: William Wilson of Henrico County, Virginia, to Lydia Clements for 5 £, 100 acre plantation called "Goodwin’s", on Ward's Creek and one other plantation where said Lydia Clements now dwells in Martin Brandon Parish. Witnesses: Wm. Averill, John Mingo, Benjamin Clements, Matthew Whitfield, James Pries, James Clement. Recorded 9 October 1733.

• 1733-1739 Loose Papers - Prince George County, Virginia Records - Deed, 9 October 1733, William Wilson to Lydia Clements 100 acres on Wards Creek Prince George County, Virginia, Minute Book 1737-1740, Page 369: On 11 December 1739 a deed and release was made to John Smith, Jr., from Richard Ogilby & Lydia Clements, his wife

• Benjamin LAKER married Elizabeth had seven children, four of whom, a son and three daughters, died young. Their surviving children were Sarah, who married first Thomas HARVEY and second Christopher Gale; Lydia, who married George BLEIGHTON and Francis CLEMENTS; and Benjamin, who married Juliana and had a daughter Ruth. ["TVF, GB, Chapter 20, The LAKER Family", p. 192.]

• HISTORY OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY
• As Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere, Mrs. Watson Winslow, Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton Co., 1931.
• The Honorable Benjamin LAKER, Esquire, is named among those who served as Lord Deputies to John ARCHDALE, Governor of North Carolina in the 1690s. Others were "Honorable Francis JONES, Benjamin LAKER, Major Samuel SWANN, and Thomas HARVEY, Esquires, Lords Deputies during the incumbency of Archdale." [HISTORY OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY , p. 11, http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13772]

• YDNA Results for Clements Family - Website: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/clements-clemmons-dna/about/background