North Carolina in 1746 when
George Clements Jr. sold his father’s land on Roquist Pocosin
In 1729, Benjamin Clements was identified as a child of
George Clements in his will, dated 1729.
The will was probated in March 1730.
The language of the George Clements will gives the impression that his
three children were minors at the time the will was written. Not to mention, three children hardly made a
complete family at this time. The will
was written and probated in Bertie County, North Carolina. With the absence of George Clements from the
Bertie County record, the Clements name disappeared, but only for a short time.
Benjamin Clements was the son of
George Clements and Susannah. Susannah was
possibly a Culliver/Cullifer/Gulliver/Gullifer of Bertie County, North
Carolina, the only location of this surname at this time outside of
Massachusetts
In 1746, a George Clements once again appeared in Bertie
County records. He sold land that was in
the new boundaries of Bertie County, North Carolina. George Clements also connects himself to his
father George in that 1746 record. The
1746 Bertie County deed reports that George Clements sold 100 acres on Roquist
Pocosin that had been once owned by his father George Clements. This also reveals George Clements was the
oldest son as common practice at the time awarded the eldest son the father’s
land.