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Lieutenant-Commander Terhune married Josephine Lee, daughter of Colonel Alexander McCurdy and Marianna (Clark) Smith. They have one son, John Alexander, born at Yonk- ers, New York, August 23, 1895.
(IV) Jacob Terhune, third TERHUNE son and fifth of the nine chil- dren of Richard (Dirck) (q. v. ) and Catherine (Kip) Terhune, was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, July 22, 1739. He was a well established farmer, a member of the state militia, and a member of the com- mittee of safety in the American revolution. He was married to Elizabeth Naugel, and they had children, born in Hackensack, New Jer- sey, including Jacob, see forward.
(V) Jacob (2), son of Jacob (I) and Eliz- abeth (Naugel) Terhune, was born in Hack-
ensack, Bergen county, New Jersey, about 1770. He married Maria Bogart, and their three children were born in Hackensack, New Jersey, as follows: I. John Bogart, see for- ward. 2. Margaret, married Simon Garrison. 3. Peter (2), married Sophia Bolton, who was born in 1825, and they had six children, only three reaching maturity, as follows: i. Abra- ham B., married Charlotte Dingley, and had six children : Mann, Charles D., Allen G., Jean, Perry W. and Elliott C. ii. Peter P. iii. Al- bert D.
(VI) John Bogart, eldest child of Jacob (2) and Maria ( Bogart) Terhune, was born in Hackensack, Bergen county, New Jersey, where he was brought up, educated, and learn- ed the trade of carpenter and builder, which business he engaged in during the remainder of his life, first in Hackensack, where his three eldest children were born, and afterward in New York City, where five other children were born. He married Nancy Ann Scott ; children : I. Margaret Jane, married George Wright, and they had four children: Ella, George, Annie and Peter Wright. 2. Maria, married (first) John Van Brokel, and (second) Alfred R. Hammond; had three children who died in early life. 3. Deborah, married Cornelius Westervelt, and had three children: Cornelius (2) ; John and Eleanor Westervelt. 4. Ellen, died in infancy. 5. John Jacob, died unmar- ried. 6. Sarah Scott, married Edward E. Pier- son, and had three children: Henry Edgar, Frank B. and Albert H. Pierson. 7. Richard Scott, November 27, 1857; see forward. 8. William, unmarried. John Bogart Terhune died June 27, 1886.
(VII) Richard Scott, second son and sev- enth child of John Bogart and Nancy Ann (Scott) Terhune, was born in New York City, November 27, 1857. He received his school training in private schools of his native city. He married (first) Emily F., born May 7, 1857, died July 30, 1896, daughter of Daniel F. and Mary (O'Connor) O'Connell. Chil- dren, born in New York City: I. Irene M., November 13, 1879. 2. Walter Bryant, No- vember 29, 1894. He married (second), Sep- tember 19, 1909, Mary A., born December 19, 1864, daughter of John and Jane (Giblin) Horey, of Schoharie county, New York.
(V) Dirck (Richard) Ter- TERHUNE hune, eldest son and third child of Albert (q. v.) and Mary (Demarest) Terhune, was born in Polifly, Bergen county, New Jersey, November 5, 1756.
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He married Mary Berry, born September 14, 1761, died June 16, 1821, and by her he had eight children, born as follows: I. Albert (q. v.). 2. William, March 9, 1788. 3. Jacobus (James), October 14, 1789. 4. John, Decem- ber 31, 1791. 5. Elizabeth, March 14, 1794. 6. John (2), August 2, 1796. 7. Mary, Octo- ber II, 1798. 8. Catherine, September 30, 1801. Richard Terhune died in Polifly, New Jersey, March 6, 1842.
(VI) Albert, eldest of the eight children of Richard and Mary ( Berry) Terhune, was born in Polifly, Bergen county, New Jersey, July 3, 1786. He learned the trade of boot and shoe maker, and worked at his trade in Newark, New Jersey. He married (first) Mary Suther- land, born October 1, 1790, died June 9, 1835, and by her he had eleven children, probably all born in Newark, New Jersey, as follows : I. Mary, October 16, 1809; died October 17, 1809. 2. Mary Ann, December 23, 1810; died March 3, 1833. 3. John S., April 26, 1813; died July 7, 1853. 4. James Albert, October 24, 1815; died September 9, 1892. 5. Richard Albert (q. v.), November 4, 1817. 6. Eliza- beth, February 21, 1821; died November 23, 1821. 7. Elizabeth (2), February 23, 1822 ; died September 26, 1858. 8. Albert Hammond (q. v.), November 30, 1823. 9. George Roff, De- cember 22, 1825 ; died February 21, 1845. 10. Robert Payne, May 12, 1828; died June 25, 1877. II. Joel Tay, May 12, 1834; died May 20, 1834. Mary (Sutherland) Terhune, the mother of these children, died June 9, 1835, and Albert Terhune married (second) Cath- arine Parker, from Monmouth county, New Jersey, and by her he had four children-Kate, Mary Ann, Sarah and William. Mary Ann Terhune, thirteenth child of Albert, married, and her husband, a mason by trade, lives with her on Hollywood avenue, East Orange, New Jersey. Albert Terhune died in Newark, New Jersey, September 6, 1865.
(VII) Richard Albert, third son and fifth child of Albert and Mary (Sutherland) Ter- hune, was born in Newark, New Jersey, No- vember 4, 1817. He was a carpenter and builder in Newark, and later settled in Orange, where he continued the business until three years prior to his death. He was the first chief of the volunteer fire department and a popular citizen. He married (first) Lavinia Banta, and they had one child, Mary Elizabeth, who died unmarried. Richard Albert Terhune mar- ried (second) Sarah Maria, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Hopper) Baldwin, and by her he had three children born in Orange, New Jer-
sey, as follows: 2. Theresa Adelaide, Febru- ary 6, 1848; married Thomas H. Decker, and had four children: Addie Terhune, Richard Martin, Mabel Gray and Randall Hunt Decker. 2. Henry Preston, April 30, 1850; died in in- fancy. 3. Harry Rosenquest (q. v.). Richard Albert Terhune died in Orange, New Jersey, December 12, 1888.
(VIII) Harry Rosenquest, youngest child and second son of Richard Albert and Sarah Maria (Baldwin) Terhune, was born in Orange, New Jersey, September 4, 1859. He was educated in the public schools of Orange and graduated from the Orange high school in 1876, and in 1877 took a position in a stock broker's office in New York City. He became thoroughly instructed in the brokerage busi- ness, but left it in 1891 to take the office man- agement of a hat manufactory in Orange, which business he managed for four years. He then engaged in the bicycle business, which he conducted for one year, returning to the brokerage business in New York City in 1896, and becoming connected with the firm of Charles Fairchild & Company, 29 Wall street, with which firm he was still connected in 1909. He married, April 8, 1885, Emma Terese, daughter of Marcus and Isabella (Leonard) Mitchell, of Orange, New Jersey. They have no children.
(VII) Albert Hammond, fourth son and eighth child of Albert and Mary (Sutherland) Terhune, was born in Newark, New Jersey, November 30, 1823. He was a pupil in the public school of his native city, completing the public school course, and then engaged as a boot and shoe dealer, in which business he en- gaged 1834-96. He was a soldier in the civil war, serving in the Thirteenth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. On his return from the war he resumed his business, which he carried on up to ten years before his death. He mar- ried (first) June 16, 1846, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Van Ness; children, born in Newark, New Jersey: I. Anna Melissa, married William H. Harrison, and had seven children: Mary A., Benjamin F., Edward V., Frederick, Adelaide F., Clifford B. and Albert V. Harrison. 2. Sarah Martha, mar- ried Cornelius V. Hopper ; children : Frank C., Leslie C. and Edith F. Hopper. Sarah Elizabeth (Van Ness) Terhune died August 14, 1852, and her husband married (second), June 14, 1854, Gertrude Anna, daughter of George and Jane (Ackerman) Smith, of New York City, and by this marriage had eleven children, born in Newark, New Jersey, as fol-
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lows: 3. George H. 4. Harriet N. 5. Millard F., October 16, 1859; married Ida J. Dodd ; one child, Ada M. Terhune. 6. Edith G., mar- ried Samuel H. Van Syckel; children: Ger- trude T., Frederick T., Edith T. and Florence T. 7. Charles M., never married. 8. Leonard L., married Harriet Burtt ; one child, Albert H. Terhune. 9. Robert S. (q. v.). 10. Edwin P., deceased. II. Florence A., unmarried. 12. Helen E., unmarried. 13. Mary J., twin with Helen E., deceased. Albert Hammond Terhune died in Newark, New Jersey October 10, 1906.
(VIII) Robert Spencer Terhune, a promi- nent member of the Newark, New Jersey, bar, was born in that city, October 12, 1871, son of the late Albert Hammond and Gertrude Anna (Smith) Terhune. He received his education in the public schools of Newark. He began the study of law in the office of Malcom Mac Lear, now judge of the district court of New -- ark, and completed his law course in the New York Law School. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney in June, 1903, and has been successfully engaged in the practice of his pro- fession in the city of Newark ever since, being associated with John P. Manning. In 1904 and 1905 he was journal clerk of the house of assembly of New Jersey. Mr. Terhune has been identified with politics for the past ten years, casting his first vote for Benjamin Harri- son for president of the United States. He is a member of the Essex county Republican committee from the Eighth Ward of Newark, where he has been district leader. At the regular election in November, 1909, he was elected to represent the Imaginary Assembly District, comprising the Eighth, Eleventh and Fifteenth Wards, in the New Jersey legisla- ture. Mr. Terhune is counsel for three local building and loan associations, namely: The Public Building and Loan Association, the Modern Woodmen Building and Loan Asso- ciation, and the Municipal Building and Loan Association, and is also a member of the North- ern Republican Club, of which he is one of the auditors ; the Republican Indian League, elec- tive member of the Essex County Republican Committee and member of the Lawyers' Club of Essex county. He is a member of Kane Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Newark City Camp, Modern Wood- men of America.
(V) Paulus Terhune, third TERHUNE son of Captain Nicholas (q. v.) and Rysie (Haring) Ter- hune, born in Polifly (now Hasbrouck i-19
Heights), Bergen county, New Jersey, March 19, 1771 ; married Sarah Paulison, and died in Polifly, 1850.
(VI) Nicholas, son of Paulus and Sarah ( Paulison) Terhune, was born in Polifly, New Jersey, May 4, 1804, and died there, in 1883. He was a farmer in Polifly. He married Cath- erine Brinkerhoff, who died about 1895, in the ninety-first year of her age. Children, all born in Polifly : Peter Nicholas, see forward ; Rich- ard; Jacob, married Sarah Christie; John Van der Linda, died unmarried; William; Sarah; Catherine.
(VII) Peter Nicholas, eldest child of Nich- olas and Catherine (Brinkerhoff ) Terhune, was born in Polifly, New Jersey, October II, 1829, and died in Jersey City, New Jersey, December 16, 1902. He was a builder and contractor, doing business in Jersey City, New Jersey. He married Ellen, daughter of Henry P. and Gertrude (Bogert) Van Iderstine, of Passaic, New Jersey. Ellen Van Iderstine was born May 27, 1834, and died June 25. 1887. Children: Mahlon, born in Newark, New Jersey, December 18, 1857 ; Nicholas, see forward; Henry Van Iderstine, see forward ; William, see forward; Gertrude, born in Jer- sey City, New Jersey, June 1, 1866; Edward Stewart, Jersey City, New Jersey, March 31, 1868; Annie, Jersey City, New Jersey, July 29, 1871, died unmarried.
(VIII) Nicholas, second son of Peter Nich- olas and Ellen (Van Iderstine) Terhune, was born in Passaic, Passaic county, New Jersey, December 29, 1859. He was brought up in Jersey City, New Jersey, educated in the public schools, and on being graduated from the grammar school began business as a clerk in a mercantile house and later in a banking house in New York City. In 1887 he entered the service of the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani- toba Railway Company, now the Great North- ern Railway Company, and has been an em- ployee and officer of that corporation since that time. He became in 1901 assistant secre- tary and treasurer of the corporation, and a director in the Northern Securities Company. He is also a fiscal officer of the Chicago, Bur - lington & Quincy Railroad Company. His clearly defined pedigree back to Holland ances- tors readily secured him membership in the Holland Society of New York, and his revolu- tionary ancestors enabled him to become a member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, organized in New York in 1875 by John Austin Stevens. in connection with other patriotic gentlemen of revolutionary ancestry.
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The New York Society was instituted Febru- ary 22, 1876, reorganized December 4, 1883, and incorporated May 3, 1884, to "Keep alive among ourselves and our descendants the patriotic spirit of the men, who, in military, naval and civil service, by their acts and coun - sel achieved American Independence ; to col- lect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records and other documents relating to the War of the Revolution; and to promote intercourse and good feeling among its mem- bers now and hereafter." Mr. Terhune is a member of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church of New York, of the Union League Club of New York, the Columbia Yacht Club, the Lawyers' Club of New York and the New York Athletic Club-the mere recital of which exclusive clubs and associations gives a better estimate of the tastes, associations and asso- ciates and the regard and estimation of his fellow men than any eulogistic words written by one less closely identified with his life and companionship.
He married (first) Ida Elizabeth Newkirk, of New York City, who died in 1898, and they had children, born in New York City : 1. Harold La Forge, October 10, 1884; B. S., Harvard, 1906 ; bond expert in banking house of Spencer Trask & Company ; is a member of the Har- vard Club of New York, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution and the Delta Phi fra- ternity. 2. Edith Litchfield, May 17, 1889: graduate of Hillside Academy, Norwalk, Con- necticut. Mr. Terhune married (second) Charlotte May Crampton, of Rochester, New York. There are no children by this marriage. (VIII) Henry Van Iderstine, third son of Peter Nicholas and Ellen (Van Iderstine ) Ter- hune, was born in Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, February 5, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Jersey City, and when he reached his majority he engaged in the foun- tain pen business in New York City; he has grown up with the business which was in its infancy when he became a clerk and book- keeper for E. S. Johnson, of New York, where he remained for fifteen years, and the next twelve or more years he has been associated with L. E. Waterman Company of New York, manufacturers of fountain pens, and in 1898 he was given charge of the bookkeeping de- partment and has managed that department up to the present time (1909), and the credit de- partment of the largest fountain pen manu- facturing establishment in the United States, and controlling the trade of the world. His fraternal affiliation is with the Royal Arcanum,
the supreme council of which was organized at Boston, Massachusetts, June 23, 1877, and incorporated under the laws of the common- wealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Terhune's resi- dence is in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was married, September 7, 1887, to Eloise E., born February 18, 1862, daughter of John A. and Fredericka (Haberbosch) Geiger, of Jersey City, and their first child, Edward Henry, was born January 29, 1891.
(VIII) William, fourth son of Peter Nich- olas and Ellen (Van Iderstine) Terhune, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, March 21, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of Jersey City, and on completing the academic course entered the banking house of Harry Content & Company, 50 Broadway, New York, where he learned the banking and stock broker- age business, and in 1909 had charge of the bookkeeping department of the house, an office he had then filled for several years. He mar- ried, February 18, 1890, Margaret Mandeville, born February 18, 1865, daughter of John Cal- vin and Jane Maria (Van Winkle) Bogert, and they had three children: William Bogert, born December 21, 1891, died March 23, 1892 ; Irma Gertrude, born June 13, 1893; Edgar Malcolm, born September 13, 1895.
(VII) David Martin Ter- TERHUNE hune, fourth son of Martin (q. v.) and Catherine (Ack- erman) Terhune, was born in Paramus, Ber- gen county, New Jersey, November 17, 1825; died at Garfield, New Jersey, January 6, 1884 .. He was a blacksmith in Hackensack; late in life he gave up work at his trade and pur- chased a farm in New York state; after sell- ing it he settled at Garfield, New Jersey, where he spent his last days.
He married, July 5, 1847, Christina Van der Linder, born at Teneck, Bergen county, Au- gust II, 1826, died at Passaic, New Jersey, June 3, 1896. They lived at Hackensack, New Jersey, where their children were born: I. Catherine Jane, July 6, 1848; married John J. Conklin, and had four children: i. Charles Conklin, died young; ii. Ida Conklin, married J. Wesley Bennett, and had three children : May, Ellen and John Bennett; iii. George W. Conklin (2), married Anna Vreeland, and had one child, Catherine Conklin ; iv. Robert Conk- lin, married Mrs. Adeline (Paterson) Gott, and had no issue. 2. Janet M., December 23, 1849; died unmarried, March 19, 1870. 3. Sarah, January 21, 1852 ; died young. 4. Jacob A., April 2, 1855; died young. 5. Eliza Ann,
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December 16, 1857; died young. 6. Charles Irving, see forward. 7. Van Nelson, March 4, 1863 ; married (first) Anna Van Roden, No- vember 3, 1886, no issue; married (second), June 12, 1890, Louisa Mason, and had one child, Herbert M., born April 30, 1891. 8. John Herbert, April 22, 1865; married Mary , and had four children : Ruth, Herbert, Wallace I. and Sophia. 9. Minnie Louisa, De- cember 27, 1866; married Wallace Hover, and had one child, Mary Hover. 10. Alfred, Feb- ruary 7, 1869; married Mary Post, November 4, 1891, and had four children: i. Floyd Irv- ing, born July 15, 1892 ; ii. Edith Hayden, De- cember 6, 1893; iii. Grace Louise, April 23, 1897; iv. Male child, died . unnnamed. II. David Wesley, April 29, 1872 ; married Jennie Westervelt, and had two children, Radcliffe and Elva.
(VIII) Charles Irving, second son and sixth child of David Martin and Christina ( Van der Linder) Terhune, was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, August 15, 1861. He received a common school education attending the pub- lic school in Hackensack, New Jersey, and in Tioga county, New York, to which place his father removed about 1875; he returned with him to New Jersey and worked in a grocery store in Ridgefield, New Jersey, up to 1886, when he removed to Passaic, New Jersey, to take a position in the Dundee Chemical Works as shipping clerk. He was made assistant superintendent of the works in 1890, his chief being James B. Ackerman, with whom he has worked for nearly twenty years. His political choice was the Republican party and his relig- ious home that of his forefathers for seven generations, the Dutch Reformed Church, now called the Reformed Church of America.
He married (first), December 25, 1886, Mary F. Sanborn, born in Fairview, New Jer- sey. She died July 5, 1887, in Passaic, New Jersey. Her only child, Anna Terhune, died in infancy. Mr. Terhune married (second), October 2, 1889, Lucy Alice, daughter of George and Libbie (Vernon) Baker, of Hart- ford, Connecticut, her father being a native of England and her mother of Ireland. She was born in Hartford, May II, 1865. Children : I. Marion Inez, born April 12, 1894. 2. Helen Adelaide, April 4, 1899. 3. Alice L., August II, 1906; died September 15, 1907.
John Browning Clement, of CLEMENT Camden, New Jersey, traces his lineage through several lines back to the year 380, tracing descent
through King Henry I., King Alfred the Great, King Edward I., Hugh Capet and Dermot Mc- Murrough, Malcolm, king of Scotland.
Pedigree of King Henry I. ( from king of France through William the Conqueror ) : (I) King Charles, of France, married Lady Rot- rude. (II) Pepin L'Bref, married Lady Bertha de Leon. (III) Charlemagne, emporer of the west, married lady of Savoy. (IV) Louis I., king of France, married Lady Judith. (V) Charles II., king of France, married Lady Ermentrudis, daughter of count of Orleans. (VI) Count Baldwin I., of Flanders, married Lady Judith. (VII) Count Baldwin II., of Flanders, married Lady Ethelwida. (VIII) Andolph the Great, of Flanders, married Lady Alice, daughter of Count de Vermandois. (IX) Baldwin III., of Flanders, married Matilda, of Saxony. (X) Arnolph II., of Flanders, mar- ried Lady Susanna, daughter of duke of Italy. (XI) Baldwin IV., of Flanders, married Lady Eleanore, of Normandy. (XII) Baldwin V .. of Flanders, married Lady Adele, granddaugh- ter of Hugh Capet. (XIII) Matilda, daugh- ter of Baldwin V., married William the Con- queror, William I., of England. (XIV) Henry I., king of England, son of William the Con- queror and Matilda.
Pedigree of Edward I: (I) Egbert, Saxon king, first king of England, married Redburga. (II) Ethelwolf, king of England, married Os- burga, daughter of earl of Osiac. (III) Al- fred the Great, of England, married Ethelbith, daughter of earl of Ethelran. (IV) Edward. of England, married Edgiva, daughter of earl of Sigeline. (V) Edmund I., of England, married Elgiva. (VI) Edgar, of England, married Elfrida, daughter of earl of Devon. (VII) Ethelred, of England, married Elgiva, daughter of earl of Thorad. (VIII) Edmund II., of England, married Elgatha, of Denmark. (IX) Prince Edward, king of England, mar- ried Agatha, of Germany. (X) Princess Mar- garet, of England, married Malcolm III., king of Scotland. (XI) Henry I., king of England. married Princess Matilda. (XII) Geoffrey, king of England, married Maud, empress of Germany. (XIII) Henry II., king of England. married Eleanor, daughter of duke of Aquitaine, (XIV) John, king of England, married Isa- bella, daughter of Count de Augouieme. (XV) Henry III., king of England, married Eleanor, daughter of count of Provence. (XVI) Ed- ward I., king of England, married Eleanor, of Castile. (XVII) Princess Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Edward I., married Humphrey, earl of Hereford. (XVIII) William, earl of North-
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ampton, married Elizabeth. (XIX) Robert Fitz Alan, tenth earl of Arundel, married Eliz- abeth. (XX) Sir Robert Goushill, knight, married Joan. (XXI) Thomas, first Lord Stanley, married Margaret. (XXII) Sir Will- iam Troutbeck. (XXIII) Jane Troutbeck, married Sir William Griffith. (XXIV) Sir William Griffith, married Jane Poleston. (XXV) Sibill Griffith, married Owen ap Hugh. (XXVI) Jane Owen, married Hugh Gwyn. (XXVII) Sibill Gwyn, married James Powell. (XXVIII) Elizabeth Powell, married Humph- rey ap Hugh. (XXIX) Owen Humphrey, married Jane. (XXX) Rebecca Humphrey, married Robert Owen. (XXXI) Robert Owen, married Susanna Hudson. (XXXII) Mary Owen, married Henry Burr. (XXXIII) Rachel Burr, married Josiah Foster. (XXXIV ) Mary Foster, married Samuel Clement. (XXXV) Robert Wharton Clement, married Sarah A. Mathis. (XXXVI) Samuel M. Clem- ent, married Annie Browning. (XXXVII) John Browning Clement, of whom this sketch treats.
Pedigree of Hugh Capet, king of France, to Edward the First (through William the Con- queror) : (I) Hengst, king of Saxons. (II) Hartwaker, prince of Saxons. (III) Hattevi- gate, prince of Saxons. (IV) Hulderic, king of Saxons. (V) Bodicus, king of Saxons. (VI) Berthold, king of Saxons. (VII) Sig- hard, king of Saxons. (VIII) Dietric, king of Saxons, whose daughter, (IX) Dobrogera, married king of Wonden-had (X) Wernicke. king of Saxons. (XI) Witekind, king of Saxons. (XII) Witekind II., count of Wet- ten. (XIII) Witekind III., count of Wetten. (XIV) Robert Fortes, duke of France. (XV) Robert II., duke of France. (XVI) Hugh the Great, of Burgundy, count of Paris. (XVII) Hugh Capet, king of France, married Adelia, daughter of Adelheld, of Germany. (XVIII) Robert, king of France, married Constance, of Provence. (XIX ) Princess Adela, of France, married Baldwin V, of Flanders, whose daugh- ter, (XX) Matilda, married William the Con- queror, of England, whose son, (XXI) Henry I., of England, married Princess Matilda, daughter of Malcolm III, king of Scotland, and wife, Princess Margaret, of England.
Gregory Clement, first of the line herein treated of whom we have information, was a knight of Kent, companion of Oliver Crom- well. He was from Kent, afterward of Lon- don, England: member of long parliament ; judge regicide of Charles I .; executed by Charles II.
(I) James Clement, founder of the Amer- ican branch of the family, was one of the pioneer settlers of Haddonfield, New Jersey, locating there in 1670. He married (first) Jane -; (second) Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Field. He died in 1724.
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