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Notes for James CLEMSON

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James Clemson I died on July 18, 1718, and his will, dated June 12, 1718, was entered into probate on August 5, 1718.
In 1716, Mary, the eldest child, had married Henry Gest, whose parents had arrived in Philadelphia from the
Birmingham, England, area on June 11, 1686, aboard the ship Delaware . As part of Mary and Henry’s nuptial agreement, James I settled the 300 Concord Township acres on Henry Gest in an entailed fee. Mary and Henry would have seven sons and one daughter.
Their sixth son, Joseph, married Deborah, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dickinson of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, and one of their children, John, would play an important role in the Clemson family during the early 1800s.
After James Clemson I’s death, his third wife, Joan, continued to reside in Philadelphia on her own land. Three of his daughters—Mary, Hannah, and Rebecca—each received fifty acres in Lancaster County. The youngest daughter, Sophia, received her father’s bonds, held by his widow Joan in 'usufruct' probably for her life or until Joan’s remarriage. The elder two sons, John and James, each received 200 acres, and Thomas, the youngest, 136 acres, all in Lancaster County.

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