Person:Clement Miner (1)

His parents were Thomas Miner and Grace Palmer of Chew Magna, Somersetshire, England, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, and Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

From It's About Time

18 December 1661 - "We, Thos. Stanton, Sr., Saml. Chesebrough, Elihu Palmer, Nehemiah Palmer, Elisha Chesebrough, Nathl. Chesebrough, Thos. Miner Sr., and Clement Miner, do bind ourselves each to the other in a bond of L20 to build a mill at Wequetequock upon the river that runs by Goodman Chesebrough's between this and Michaelmas (Sept. 29 next)."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   3:215.

   Minor, or Miner, Clement, New London 1666, s. of Thomas, adm. freem. that yr. m. 1662, Frances, wid. of young Isaac Willey, had Mary, b. 19 Jan. 1665; Joseph, 6 Aug. 1666; Clement, 6 Oct. 1668; William, 6 Nov, 1670; and Ann, 30 Nov. 1672; his w. d. 6 Jan. foll, and he m. Martha, d. of William Wellman, had Phebe, 13 Apr. 1679. This sec. w. d. 5 July 1681, and he had third w. Joanna, wh. d. Oct. 1700. He was a deac. and d. very near the same time with his last w.

2. ↑ Miner, John A. (John Augustus), and Mary Jane Barton Shurts. The Lyon's Whelps : Descendants of Thomas Miner, 1608-1900. (Winchester, Mass.: University Press, 1970)
   71.
3. ↑ Miner, John A. (John Augustus). Thomas Minor Descendants, 1608-1981. (Trevett, Maine: J.A. Miner, Jan 2001 (Second Edition))
   19-20, 27.

   LIEUTENANT CLEMENT MINOR, the second son of Thomas, and Grace Palmer, was baptized in Hingham, Mass. 4 March 1638 and went to Nameaug (New London, Conn.) in 1658 with his father's family. When his father moved from New London to Quiambog and Togwonk in Stonington, Clement remained behind and became a permanent resident. He received a grant of land near to that of Walter Palmer's whose land it abutted on the south. In Sept. 1669, Clement applied for a house lot next to that of Grace Chappell. He was a very active man and held many public offices in the town. He was a lieutenant in the Militia, which was a considerable honor in his day. In the records of New London, Clement is mentioned as "Deacon" or "Ensign," but the record of his appointment as Ensign has not been found.
   
   In Oct. 1692, and in May 1696, Clement served as a Deputy for New London in the Connecticut General Court. On April 30, 1691, he joined the First Congregational Church at New London. It is thought that his election to the office of Deacon was soon after the death of Deacon Hough, 10 August 1683. Shortly after this date, the Pastor, Rev. Bradstreet, died, and this probably explains why no record of Clement's election to the Deaconate was made. At a town meeting on 19 December 1683, Clement and several others formed a committee to seek advice in securing a minister for the town to replace Rev. Bradstreet. Ensign Clement was one of those appointed to assign seats in the meetinghouse. He saw service in King Philip's war.
   
   Deacon Clement married, 1st, Frances Burcham Willey 26 November 1662. She was the daughter of Edward Burcham of Lynn, Massachusetts and widow of Isaac Willey, Jr. who died August 1662. She died 6 December 1672, and Clement married, 2nd, Martha Wellman 20 February 1673. She was born in 1652 and died in New London 5 July 1681, daughter of William Wellman and Elizabeth Spencer. Clement married, 3rd, Joanna _____ who died 10 October 1700. Clement died 8 October 1700 and is buried in the Old Burying Yard [Ancient Cemetery] in New London with a plain, rough shaped granite stone lying flat on a foundation, marked simply, "C M 1700."

4. ↑ Clement Minor, in Find A Grave.
5. ↑ New London, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   29:303.

   MINER, MINOR, MYNOR
   Clement, Deac., died Oct. [ ], 1700