John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1387

Continuing with a few comments on Christian Clements that were started in the last note, the close connection to the Vaught (Vogt) family was noted.  When John Paul Vaught proved his importation in 1735, he stated that he brought his wife, Mary Catherine, and his children, John Andrew, John Caspar, Catherine Margaret, and Mary Catherine.  Of the two daughters, Nancy M. Dodge suggests that Mary Catherine Vaught married Christopher Moyer, Sr.  Christian Clements named his wife as simply Catherine, and this is probably the one that John Paul Vaught referred to as Catherine Margaret in the importation, and in his will as the daughter who had married Christian Clements.

When John Paul Vaught and his son-in-law, Christian Clements, moved to the Shenandoah Valley, their places were in Orange Co.  When John Paul Vaught died in 1761, the county was Augusta, and today is Rockingham.

Apparently Christian Clements and his wife Catherine Vaught had five children:

  1. Gaspar or Caspar Clements, born about 1746, left a will dated 25 May 1813 in Rockingham County, which was proven 27 Feb 1815.  Gaspar named his wife Mary, and his children Christian, John, Nancy (wife of George Crawford), Catren, Polly, and James.
  2. Mary Catherine Clements (another Catherine!) married George Trout.  They had at least a son David, who married Susannah Whetsel in 1787.
  3. John Clemons was married to Elizabeth.  John may have been in Washington Co., VA, in 1800.
  4. Margaret Clements married Philip Barrier.  They had sons Casper, Jacob, and John.  George Trout and Mary Catherine Clements (Margaret's sister) deeded land to Margaret Barrier in 1761.  This land was delivered to Gaspar Barrier in 1769, which perhaps was the result of Philip dying by 1761, and Margaret by 1769.
  5. Elizabeth Clements married Henry Lyner (Liner).  A list of Rockingham Co. tithables in 1783 has Henry Liner and his sons, Christopher and Adam.

Most of this information came from Helen Spurlin (now deceased) and her sister Mickey Martin.  It was published in 1990 in Beyond Germanna.
(23 Mar 02)
(To see updated, corrected information on this family, please see 1696 .)

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