Jacob Reiff Clemens (1703-1782) - Find a Grave Memorial

Jacob Reiff Clemens

Birth

1703

Death

1782 (aged 78–79)

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Lower Salford Mennonite Cemetery

Harleysville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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Birth Year:
"A list of all the poor Germans lately come over from the Palatinate to this Kingdom taken in St. Catherine's the sixth May 1709".
Mennonite Arrivals at London 6 May 1709:
Gerhard Clemens, b. 1681, Dittelsheim, Germany, linen weaver, age 28 and wife and two sons, ages 5 and 1½ years.

Based on the above information and the Bible of Johannes Clemens that lists his birth year as 1707 I estimated Jacobs birth year to abt 1703.

Jacob married Barbara Clemmer, a daughter of Jacob Clemmer of Great Swamp in Bucks County. She was born 1714 and died 14 Dec 1779.

Inscription

"Pioneer of the Clemens Family / First Generation / Gerhart Clemens 1680-1745 / Ann Clemens / Emigrated 1709 / Second Generation / John Clemens 1707 /Elizabeth Clemens /Anna (Clemens) Kratz 1793 / Jacob Clemens 1787 / Abraham Clemens 1776 / Valentine Kratz 1793 / Barbara Clemens / Catherine Clemens" The opposite side reads: " 1707 John Kratz 1780 / Progenitor of the Kratz Family in America / Migrated from the Palatine 1727 / Married Ann Clemens / Daughter of Gerhart Clemens / Lived Lower Salford."