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Antrim / Re: Clements of Headwood Kilwaughter
« on: Monday 02 September 19 17:09 BST (UK) »Hi there,Hi CL,
Yes I have been advised by a Clements cousins (through our DNA connection) that Elizabeth was not an Agnew, but a McDowell. When she died, Eliza Clements was present and this was the Eliza Agnew who married James Clements.
I can now make sense of Daniel McGookin being executor for Elizabeth Clements, as her husband Henry a farmer/grocer, was his cousin. Henry and James were the sons of Andrew Clements; Martha Clements brother. So no further confusion.
Thank you for your comments,
CL
I'm new to this research, so any guidance would be appreciated. My interest is in James Clements b~1817,d.24/2/1890 and married to Elizabeth Agnew 18/8/1850. They had six children :Maggie;Andrew;Martha Jane; Thomas John; James and Henry.
I agree that James' wife, Eliza Clements of Headwood is likely to be the person present at the death of Eliza Clements Craiganorne (widow of a weaver) on 3/9/1885.
There is obviously a connection between the two Clements families, but I'm struggling to make it!
In the 1851 census there is a linen weaver: Henry age 46 married in 1839 to Eliza age 36 since 1839 with a son called Andrew age either 7 or 1 and a mother-in-law called Marget Wallace.
So this entry has a Henry, an Eliza and an Andrew almost all the right ages. But a M-i-L called Wallace not McDowell
There is a record of a teacher Andrew Clements marrying Mary Gilmour (15/7/1867) and their eldest living child in 1885 was a Margaret Eleanor living in Annahilt. Margaret Eleanor is a beneficiary in Eliza's (Craiganorne) Will as a granddaughter. One of her five siblings was named Isabella McDowell Clements so there is a case that was certainly a family name. If Henry was 46 in 1851 he wouldn't be far away from the Henry Clements listed as a son of John Clements/Elizabeth Kirk born 6/2/1809. They also had a son James b. 12/2/1807, but that can't be my James as he's 10 years too old and his father is John not Andrew.
So questions!
The Martha Clements that married William McGookin on 17/4/1823. Was she a sister of Henry (linen weaver), Henry (Clements/Kirk) or even related at all?
Daniel McGookin b. 1827,d.15/10/1894 who married Elizabeth Crowe ~1860, had a son Samuel Alexander b. 20/8/1868 who ended up being an executor for Thomas John Clements in a reprise of the previous generation.
Any tips on how to trace James Clements?