Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mary "Polly" Custer

Female 1763 - 1819  (56 years)


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  • Name Mary "Polly" Custer 
    Born 15 Feb 1763  , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39092629 
    Name Mary "Polly" Clemens 
    Name Polly 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-82773 
    Died 8 Sep 1819  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I82773  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Family Abraham C. Clemens,   b. 1764, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1819, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 18 Oct 1785  Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jacob Clemens,   b. 11 Jan 1800, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Nov 1813  (Age 13 years)
     2. Deacon Abraham C. Clemens,   b. 7 Feb 1803, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1872  (Age 69 years)
     3. Sarah Ann "Sally" Clemens,   b. 5 Jan 1805, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F21565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "OCTOBER 18, Tuesday. United in marriage Abraham, the son of George Clemens, and [Molly] the daughter of Paul Custer, hitherto unmarried persons of Shippach, Montgomery County, on the written consent and bond of the parents."

      THE JOURNALS of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg In Three Volumes

      Vol 3, p689 1785 date; pg 690 MARRIAGE: OCT 18, 1785 Tues "The Journals of H M Muhlenberg" 3 Vol. Translated by Tappert and Doberstein. Publ: The Evangelical Luthern Ministerium of PA and Adjacent States and The Muhlenberg Press, Philadelphia, PA 1958.

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Clemens Bible.
      Abraham Clemens was born 1764 aged 55 years. Mary Clemens was born 15th of February 1763 aged 56 year both died the 8th September 1819 at Hespeler, Waterloo.

    2. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).
      In memory of / Abraham Clemens / who was born 1764 / and died 1819 aged / 55 years / also of Mary his / wife who was born / 1763 and died 1819 aged 56 years

    3. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Clemens Bible.
      Mary (Custer or Kuster) Clemens was born the 15th of February 1763 and dyed the 8th day of September 1819

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Feb 1763 - , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Oct 1785 - Skippack, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Sep 1819 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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