John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1386

Christian Clements (Cleman, Klemann, etc.) receives very little attention in the Germanna Records.  He had a sizeable tract of land (600 acres) about six miles northeast of the German Lutheran Church which he acquired in 1734.  Two neighbors were, to the north, John Paul Vaught, and, to the south, John Hoffman.  The Vaughts were more than neighbors, for Christian Cleman married a daughter of John Paul Vaught.  When the Vaught family moved to the Shenandoah Valley in the 1740's, it appears that the Clemans went with the Vaught family.

More exactly, Christian Clements married Catherine Margaret Vaught.  They moved, about 1744, to the Shenandoah Valley.  His (Christian's) will was dated 1780, and was proved 18 Mar 1783, in Augusta County.  He mentioned his wife, Catherine; eldest son, Gaspar (Caspar); son, John; daughter, Catherine, who was married to George Trout; grandson, David Trout; and mentions, but does not name, his daughters who were married to Henry Liner and Philip Burger (Barger, Barrier).  Catherine (Vaught) Clement's will was dated 12 Jun 1783, and proved in 1793.  The five children of Christian and Catherine (Vaught) Clements are:

1. Gaspar, born about 1746,
2. Mary Catherine, who married George Trout,
3. John, who married Elizabeth,
4. Margaret, who married Philip Barrier (Barger), and
5. Elizabeth, who married Henry Lyner (Liner).

Neatly all of the records to be found for this family are in the Shenandoah Valley counties.

[With these short comments, I have to stop.]
(22 Mar 02)
(To see updated, corrected information on this family, please see 1696 .)