Lucinda Clemons

Other Events:

• Name: Lucinda Master
• Eby ID Number: 00077-4673.1
• Residence: 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Lucinda Clemons, "was married to Abraham Masters"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].
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Master to the infant children of Abraham C. Master 14 February 1856

To William Miller Esquire, Judge of the Surrogate Court of the County of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario.

The Petition of David Master and Marianne Master of the Township of Wilmot.

Humbly therewith,

That Abraham C. Master, formerly of the said Township of Wilmot, Yeoman, deceased, departed life on or about the seventh day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three, leaving your Petitioners, David Masters and Marianne Master, infants within the age of Eighteen years (the said David Master now growing to the age of fourteen and the said Marianne Master to the age of Eight years) him surviving, and your petitioners have now no legal Guardian.

That Lucinda Master, their mother, widow of the same Abraham C. Master, also residing in the said Township of Wilmot, is in the humble opinion of your Petitioners a fit and proper person to be appointed Guardian of us her said children, and She being fully able and prepared to give sufficient surety for the due performance of her trust.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that their said mother Lucinda Master may be appointed such Guardian to her children and your Petitioners will ever pray. Wilmot, the nineteenth day of January A. D. 1856.

Signed on behalf of and with the full - - free consent of the said two Petitioners by,

Jared Gibbons, one of the executors of the late Abraham C. Master, deceased.

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To this Surrogate Court of the County of Waterloo in the Province of Canada.

In Matters of Guardianship to the Orphans of Abraham C. Master, formerly of Wilmot, deceased.

Know all men by these Presents, dated the ninth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and fifty Six, that we the undersigned Lucinda Master of the Township of Wilmot, in the said county of Waterloo, Widow of Abraham C. Master, formerly of the said place, Sawyer, now deceased, and Stouffer Clemens and Isaac Bergy of the Township of Waterloo, in the said County - are jointly and severally firmly hold and bound by those presents unto David Master, of the said Township of Wilmot, infant son of the said Abraham C. Master, deceased and of his the said Lucinda Master, now his widow, and to this his executors and administrators, into the true and just final sum of Three Thousand pounds, lawful money of Canada, the Conditions whereof are as follows, that is to say - Whereas the said David Master has made application in writing to William Miller, Esquire, Judge of the Surrogate Court of this said County of Waterloo for the appointment as Guardian over himself of his own aforesaw Mother Lucinda Master, and such appointment being granted by the Judge aforesaid. Now therefore if the said Lucinda Master shall faithfully fulfill and perform due and true administration of the Estate of the said David Masters; also keep and give true and correct account thereof; and also give and pay over to him the said David Master when he shall come upon the full age of twenty one years, or sooner whenever the said Guardianship shall determine; or whenever else she shall and may be directed by the Judge of the said Court, or by any other person or persons having authority to demand, and then give and pay over to the said David Master, or to his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns all and singular the Sum or Sums, or balance of money, property and Estate lawfully belonging to the said David Masters, or to his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns - deducting however all lawful expenses, costs and claims by her had on account of such her Guardianship, then these presents shall be null and void, but otherwise remain in full force and virtue. Witness our hands and seals at Berlin, in the said County of Waterloo, this Ninth day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty six.

Signed by Lucinda Master, Stouffer Clemens, Isaac Bergy.

(A similar document was filed for Marianne Master on the same date and for the same amount.)

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In the Surrogate Court of the County of Waterloo in the Province of Ontario

In matters of Guardianship of the orphans of Abraham C. Master formerly of the Township of Wilmot, in said County, Sawyer, deceased.

You, Lucinda Masters of the Township of Wilmot, in the County of Waterloo, Widow of Abraham C. Masters, late of the same place, Sawyer, deceased being desirous and willing to accept the appointment of Guardian to your own children, David Masters and Marianne Master, which you had - your deceased husband the said Abraham C. Master. - - receiving such appoint-- you do solemnly - that you shall - will keep and make true and just full accounts and reckonings of all and singular, the goods, monies, interest, rents, -, profits, and properties belonging to the said David Master and Marianne Masters, which ever shall and may come into your house and custody or into the hands of any other person or persons for and under you, and that you will deliver and pay over to them, the said David Master and Marianne Master, or to their respective heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, all the sum or balance of monies and properties respectively belonging to them, whenever you shall be lawfully therewith required. So help you God.

Done before me at Berlin in the said County of Waterloo This Sixth day of February, 1856.

Signed Lucinda Master.

Lucinda married Abraham C. Master 4 Jan 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Abraham (son of Isaac Master and Mary Clemens) was born 11 Apr 1818, , USA; died 7 Jul 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Ann Master was born 1837, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Mar 1890; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. David Master was born 1842, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1916.

Other Events:

• Land: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 119 E, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Name: David Clemens
• Name: Yankee
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1915
• Public Service: 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; clerk - Waterloo Township
• Public Service: 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk - Waterloo Township
• Public Service: 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tax Collector - Waterloo Township
• Probate: 22 Mar 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

David Clemons, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, November 3rd, 1791. He was a distant relative of all those of his name. He came to this county when a young man and soon took an active part in the improvement of the same. During the years 1833-35 he resided in Berlin. From here he moved on the farm now possessed by John K. Devitt, then he moved to the vicinity of Preston where he died April 8th, 1852. In 1836 he was clerk for Waterloo Township and also collector of taxes for the same township. He may have held this position for several years. His family consisted of four children,"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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A-1-5 David Clemons: The Last Will and Testament of David Clemons of the Township of Waterloo.

…I, David Clemons of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, being of good health and sound and perfect mind and memory….(First) I give and devise unto my beloved wife Charlana, during the time she remains my widow, the use of my property both real and personal, and if she sees fit to marry again she is to have the use of one third during her life. Should she see fit to marry again then the property shall be sold by my Executors and after paying my five sons one hundred and ten dollars each, the remainder shall be divided equally amongst all my sons and daughters, share and share alike. It is my will that if any of the sons die before they attain the age of twenty one years, and without issue, their share should be divided amongst all my sons and daughters or their heirs, share and share alike. It is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses and the portions to be paid to my sons and daughters, Louisa, Lucinda, William and Samuel, by my Executors mentioned in this my will, that the same be paid out of my personal and real estate undivided. Executors shall have full power to grant bargain and sell the same at public auction or private sale Joseph Hagey, of Waterloo and Sylvanus Cornell, of Waterloo, to be executors

Witnessed Henry Mcnally and John Mcnally
Date of Will 15 May 1846
Will proved and insinuated 22 March 1853
Inventory rendered £102/17/0
Administration granted to his son-in-law, Stauffer Clemens, of Waterloo.


Wills of Waterloo County Register A 1853-1871, transcribed by Frances Hoffman

David — Charlana. Charlana was born 28 Feb 1802, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario; died 20 Jun 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Charlana Clemons
• Eby ID Number: 00023-1915.300
• Misfortune: 1849; suicide, mental health, story

Notes:

CLEMENS - An inquest was held yesterday at the home of Mr. David Clemens, about three miles above the village of Preston, before Dr. Seagram, coroner of the District of Wellington and Gore, to investigate into the cause of death of Mrs. Charlena Clemens, the wife of the above David Clemens, who had been found dead on the previous night about 10 o'clock. A highly respectable jury had assembled of whom George Clemens, Esq., was chosen foreman and, being sworn, proceeded to view the body of the unfortunate woman and the scene of her death. The latter was most appalling, into a stable about three feet from the floor of a barn, some hundred yards or so from her dwelling house, a rope was fixed, the other end of which the deceased had tied round her neck with a running noose. The cord was just long enough to prevent her knees reaching the floor, her knees being doubled beneath her, tightening the cord round her neck to suffocation, she appeared in her dying agony to have clutched the halter with her hand to hasten her death, but the blood appeared meantime to have spurted from her nose and mouth, a quantity being on the floor and lengthening her suffering by diminishing the pressure on the brain. Finally, however, she perished, and about sundown, all her family being from home, a lad going into the barn, saw the body of the deceased hanging by the rope, and alarmed the neighbourhood. Two persons cut her down and the body, being stiff and cold, they saw that life was long gone, and that any attempt at restoring it was helpless. They carried the body to her late residence, and sent for the coroner. The inquest brought out few new facts other than what are stated above, except that since January, the deceased exhibited symptoms of mental derangement, the consequence of some disease of the brain. One witness swore that in the month of January, he was stopping in the house when at midnight the deceased got up, sung psalms, prayed, and entirely undressed herself, saying she was bound to travel through the world for eight months naked, moneyless, and without food. From that time to the day of her death, she had frequent returns of her malady. The last time she was seen alive, was about 9 o'clock in the morning of her death. Her children are all highly respectable and married, or being at a great distance from their mother's house, and her husband had gone on business to another township. This accounts for her death not being discovered sooner. The jury without retiring or any hesitation returned a verdict "that the deceased came to her death by strangulation while labouring under a fit of insanity".

Hamilton Spectator 27 Jun 1849