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WEAVER
FAMILY OF RHODE ISLAND Clement
Weaver, the founder of the Rhode Island family, was an early settler at
Newport. His ancestry has been discovered by Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett 2, and will
probably be published in the near future. October
20, 1683, Samuel Hubbard of Newport, wrote to William Gibson, of New London.
"Old Weaver is dead near 100 years old." This reference is without
doubt to Clement Weaver, Sr. and if Samuel Hubbard's statement is correct, he
was born circa 1585. The name of his wife is unknown; he had a son Sergeant
Clement Weaver, whose name first appears in the Rhode Island records in 1655,
in "The Roule of ye Freemen of ye Colonie of Everie Towne," and
among the names for the town of Newport were: Clement Weaver, Clement Weaver,
Jr. and Thomas Dungin (20 Vol. 1, p. 301). Clement Weaver, Jr. or Sergeant
Clement Weaver as he was called, was one of the jurymen summoned by the
Assembly June 7, 1671, to try two Indians on a criminal charge. "fowerteen
of ye towne of Nuport and ten of ye towne of Portsmouth," constituting
the jury. In 1678, he was elected a member of the House of Deputies. (Rhode
Island Col. Rec. Vol. 3, page 3). August 28, 1680, Clement Weaver deeded to
his son Clement Weaver, of East Greenwich, 90 acres of land and at said son's
death, the property to go to William Weaver, son of son Clement. February 13,
1682, Clement Weaver sold to George Vaughan, of Newport, Rhode Island, 10
acres in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Sergeant
Clement Weaver married circa 1645, Mary Freeborn, daughter of William and Mary
Freeborn of Witham, Essex, whc came over in 1634; her age is given on the
ship's log as seven years, hence born circa 1627. March
6, 1664, Mary Weaver exchanged 20 acres of land with her brother Gideon
Freeborn, which her father William Freeborn had given her to the use of
herself and children; the consent of her husband and children to the transfer
is given; signed by Mary Weaver, Clement Weaver, Sr., Clement Weaver, Jr.,
William Weaver and John Weaver (her son Thomas was probably under age as he
did not sign). (18) Clement
Weaver, Sr. made a will dated November 4, 1680, and proved in 1683; the
witnesses being William Hitchcock and Thomas Ward. This will was presented in
Court in the year 1700, along with 17 others dating from 1676
to 1695; the law requiring
three witnesses whereas, these wills had but two. (18) Sergeant
Clement Weaver and Mary Freeborn: had issue. Capt.Clement
Weaver, b. circa 1646, d.1691
m.1st.
?
m.
secondly Sept. 26, 1677, Rachel Andrew, She married secondly William Bennett. January
15, 1676, "Clement Weaver, Jr. and his brother John, sons of Clement
Weaver, Sr. and his wife Mary, daughter of William Freeborn, deceased, of
Portsmouth, sold 20 acres of land in Portsmouth to Gideon Freeborn." October
24, 1677, "Clement Weaver was indicted for having declared himself
married to Rachel Andrews, at the house of Joseph Clarke." October
31,‑ 1677, he was one of the grantees with 47 others, to 5000 acres of
land, to be called East Greenwich. 1683‑1690,
member of the House of Deputies. 1683,
Assistant Deputy Governor of Rhode Island. 1687,
Overseer of the Poor, and 1688, member of the Grand Jury.
March 14, 1692, his widow Rachel entered into an agreement with her son Clement by which she was to have the house, orchard and 5 acres of land for a term of 7 years and if she married before the term had expired was to deliver the premises peaceably. Rachel Weaver was a member of a jury of matrons and widows, selected to try the case of a young woman with a child. (18)
2 Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett was commissioned by Lucius E. Weaver to travel to England and research the life and ancestry of Clement Weaver. His findings were published as part of Lucius E. Weaver's work entitled, History and Genealogy of a Branch of the Weaver Family, published in 1928 by the Du Bois Press, Rochester, New York. Lucius Weaver had the following to say concerning the efforts of Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett:
When
this work was begun nothing was known regarding the ancestry of our immigrant
ancestor, Clement Weaver, further than that he was a Welshman.
Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett of Boston, who is a specialist in English research, was then commissioned to go overseas and glean such facts as could be found concerning our ancestor who came to America about 1632. He found that Clement was a son of Thomas Weaver who lived in Glastonbury, Eng., as early as 1590 and as late as 1632.The details of his exhaustive research are recorded in Chapter IV. He made no attempt to trace the family further back than Glastonbury. When the early home of our immigrant ancestor was found to be in Glastonbury, Eng., the discovery was reported to H. Baillie Weaver, a retired barrister of London, Eng. He is very familiar with the Weaver pedigree and has gone into it more deeply than any other person. His reply is as follows:
Widdington,
Newport,
Essex, September
14, 1914.
Lucius
E. Weaver, Esq., 165
Alexander St., Rochester,
New York. Dear
Sir: Many thanks for your letter of the 4th inst. I am glad you have at last located Clement Weaver and I am obliged to you for the details you send me. The fact that the branch of the Weavers in question belongs to the substantial yeoman class in no way diminishes the probability, nay the certainty, that if inquiries are pursued further you will find that such branch links itself on to one or other of the two Weaver stems -- Cheshire or Herefordshire.
As far as I know all English Weavers descend from one or other of those
stems.
Yours
very faithfully,
H. BAILLE WEAVER
In
another letter he stated that many families of the early generations of the
Weavers of Cheshire settled in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Wales. A
few years ago, William John Weaver, who is No. 487 in Chapter VII., became
interested in his ancestry and spent some time in English research with
excellent results. He found that our immigrant ancestor, Clement Weaver, was a
son of John or Thomas, who were sons of No. 9 in the following
pedigree, but he was unable to determine which was the father of Clement.
He
knew nothing about the work of J. Gardner Bartlett, and he did not know that the
pedigree which follows had a Welsh ancestry. He compiled a brief genealogy
containing the results of his research and his own immediate line. He was about
to publish it when he learned that this work was in progress and he turned over
his copy to the author of this volume. One of the pages of his manuscript reads
as follows:
"Visitation of London. Taken from Robert Cooke, Clarencent King of
Arms in the year 1568. Published in London, 1869, by the Harleian Society."
1. "WALTER WEAVER of Co. Hereford, Esq."
2. "WALTER WEAVER, sone and heyer, married Joane Bohun, daughter and
heyer of Gilbert Bohun and Marguerite (Wastney) Bohun of Sallup (Shropshire).
"Walter, 1st son; Thomas, 2nd son."
3. "THOMAS WEAVER married Marguerite Wysham, daughter of Sir William
Wysham."
4. "WALTER WEAVER married Maud, daughter of John Burghill,
Esq."
5. "THOMAS WEAVER married Anne, daughter of (???) Delabere.
6. "JOHN WEAVER married Jane, daughter of James Apleby. Jenkin, 1st
sonne; Griff, 2nd sonne; Walter, 3rd sonne; Henry, 4th sonne."
7. "JENKIN WEAVER married Marguerite, daughter of Robert Nanton.
John, 1st sonne; Griffith, 2nd sonne; Hugh, 3rd sonne; Ellen, daughter."
8. "GRIFFITH WEAVER married Ellen, daughter of John Sadler of
Prestend in County Hereford (Prebendus in Co. Hd. de Prestine. Harl.
1442)."
9. "JOHN WEAVER, Gentleman, married Alice, daughter of Thomas Anton,
Clark of the Courts of Wards and Liveries. John, 1st sonne and hiere;
Thomas, 2nd sonne; George, 3rd
sonne; James, 4th sonne; Jane, Anne, Catherine."
"Clement
Weaver, who emigrated to America 1630-1632, was one of the younger sons of John
or Thomas, who were sons of No. 9 on the above pedigree, but so far the writer
has been unable to learn definitely which, as the records are not
complete." William
John Weaver was a careful and conscientious investigator and we might accept his
report without question, but there is evidence to support it. The report of Mr.
Bartlett (see Chapter IV.) proves that the father of Clement was Thomas Weaver,
which confirms the finding of William John Weaver to that extent.
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