McIntire Family History:Information about Abraham Clements
Abraham Clements (b. Abt. 1726, d. February 1785)
Notes for Abraham Clements:
The Augusta County (Va) Order Book reports that Abraham8 Clements
Nov 21-1747 was "idle and vagrant" and
Apr 8-1748 a charge by Joseph Walker that Abraham w as about to removewithout settling a debt.
In Aug 1748 Abraham is bac k in Hunterdon Co (Common Pleas Court V, 219a). On Oct 18-1753 he was not livin g in Va (see below). Abraham is listed in court records 1748 to 1765, generally involving money. He was a debtor at Trenton (Pa Gazette, Aug 22-1765), In 1765 he sued his father, Ezekiel, and in turn was sued by his father and brother, J eremiah. They all left in the fall of 1765, likely for Va. Ezekiel is listed fo r debts 1726-1740, he is in Hopewell records 1730-1740; in 1741 a freeholder. I n Rockbridge County the 1763 estate settlement of James Greenlee, a former neig hbor, lists a bad note of Ezekiel's. Sometime before 1765 Jeremiah8, son of Eze kiel?, married Elizabeth Moore in Trenton, N J.
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Record Change: October 28, 2003