Grizzell Clements

Grissell Coleman

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• Birth c 1655 - Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, Virginia
• Death 1701 - Abingdon Parish, Virginia
• Parents Robert E. Coleman, Elizabeth Grizzell
• Brother Captain Robert Coleman
• Husband Benjamin Clements
• Children Ann Clements, William Clements, Grizzell Clements, Richard Clements, Elizabeth Clements, Sarah Clements,

Most sources report her birth c. 1652, though it is variously reported as c. 1650 and c. 1660.

The children of Benjamin and Grissell;

• 1. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. Dec. 1, 1678
• 2. Grizzell, daughter of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. November___, 1680
• 3. Grizzell, daughter of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. Jan. 1, 1685/6
• 4. Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. July 28, 1687
• 5-6. Mary and Sarah, twin daughters of Mr. Benjamin Clements, bap. January 5, 1683/4
• 7. Richard, son of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. October 19, 1682
• 8. Richard, son of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, b. Sept. 27, 1689
• 9. Thomas, son of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. May 26, 1698
• 10. Thomas, son of Benjamin and Grizzell Clements, bap. April 22, 1701
• 11 Another record lists Anne as a (first?) child of Benjamin.
• 12. George Clements was also a son of Benjamin of Gloucester.

It would seem that three of the children died in infancy and the names were reused on subsequent children

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coleman-1752
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clements-4356
• The Register of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1780, compiled by Robert Robins
• “Some Old Surry Families.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, 1908, pp. 221–235. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1922659. Accessed 14 Jan. 2021.
• Some Old Surry Families Author: The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 16, No. 4 (Apr., 1908), pp. 221-235. Meriwether, Browne, Clements, Flood and Jordan Families
• "Clements of Surry Co., Va., & Baltimore, Maryland." In Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 373-391. Albridgton - Gerlache ed. Vol. I. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub., 1981. GoogleBooks
• "THE COLEMAN FAMILY OF MOBJACK BAY, VIRGINIA" BY Sherrianne Coleman.Nicol. 1998
• Settlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984 , by James B. Slaughter, Essex County Board of Supervisors, 1985 p. 36: