Land Patent Records, Book 7, p 703, 450 acres granted to Francis Clements in 1689 for the transportation of 9 persons into the colony, and the list is headed with his own name, showing hime to be an emigrant.
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May 16, 1692, Richard Parker of Surry County, VA, conveyed to RIchard Washington, for the sum of 2000 pounds of tobacco, 80 acres of land lying of "Parker's Spring Branch" and Blackwater Swamp. Wit: Elizabeth and Francis Clements, Vol III, p 265
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Documentary History of Jamestown Island, Vol III: Biographies of Owners and Residents, Martha W. McCartney, National Park Service, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2000, p 84, Francis Clements in December 1690 had Henry Hartwell's power of attorney. Hartwell lived in Jamestown, where he occupied Studey Unit 4 Tract L Lot C. In 1699 Clements was identified as a friend of John Thompson of Surry County (Surry County Deeds, Wills &c 1687-1694: 181)
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The Colonial Virginia Register, compiled by William and Mary Newton Stanard, Albany, NY, Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1902, p 88
March 2, 1692-93, House of Burgess lists Captain Francis Clements from Surry (The levy of Surry, September 28, 1693, provides for payment of these burgesses 40 days each.)
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Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia, John Bennett Boddie, Chicago Law Printing Co, Chicago, 1938, p 214
Captain Francis Clements was Burgess for Surry in 1693. He married Ann, daughter of Nicholas Meriweather of Surry, who died in 1678, and was appointed administrator of his estate. Captain Clements moved from Surry into Isle of Wight where he made his will in 1717. Inasmuch as he received a grant of land in Surry for the transportation of himself to Virginia, he is evidently not a descendant of Jeremiah Clemens who came to Virginia in 1611 and was Burgess for James City in 1641.
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From Clement by Stucki and Herring p 7: Lived in Surry County, Virginia and in 1689 450 acres of land were granted to him for transportation. March 2, 1692, Captain Francis Clements represented Surry County in the House of Burgesses and was Clerk of the General Assembly in 1699.
Prior to 1715, he moved to Isle of Wight County where he died. In his will he bequeaths a plantation called "The Spring" (516 acres) to his son, Francis, and to a son, Thomas, 450 acres of land. To his son Benjamin, he gives a plantation located on the north side of the Nottaway RIver, as well as 450 adjoining acres. Names daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, and wife, Lydia.
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Surry County Orders, 1713-1718, p 63
A power of attorney from Francis Clements to Nicholas Maggett who appears in court to acknowledge a deed of gift for a parcell of land to Francis Clements, Junior Witnessess: Amos and Eliz. Times
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Isle of Wight Co, VA,
Wills, Vol 1, 1647 - 1758, Francis Clements will, p 632
WB 3, 1726-1733, p 347, Francis Clements Inventory taken December 2, 1718 , recorded May 28, 1733
