Susannah Clements

Brief Life History of Susannah

When Susannah Clements was born in 1645, in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Clements, was 23 and her mother, Mary Lawrence, was 25. She married Richard Powell II in 1667, in Norfolk County, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in April 1721, in her hometown, at the age of 76, and was buried in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

John Powell
1645–1687
Susannah Clements
1645–1721
Marriage: 1675
Mary Powell
1675–1775
Susan Powell
1678–1778
Martha Powell
1679–1722
Lemual Powell
1680–1718
Dorcas Powell
1682–1782
Katherine Powell
1685–1716
Sarah Powell
1686–1786

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  • England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • The Highsmiths of America

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Name Meaning

English, Irish (Tyrone and Antrim), and Dutch: variant of Clement , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Clementz and Slovenian patronymic Klemenc (see Klements ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Susannah Clements Powell

In August 1675, The Court states that Susan Powell had lately been delivered of a child out of wedlock and that she had lived in adultery with John Powell , her husband's brother, she was to be bou …

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