Hi there,
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
Hi 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?
