Clement Weaver

Clement Weaver
Born	c.1620 Glastonbury, England
Died	1683 Newport, Rhode Island
Other names	Clement Weaver Jr., Sergeant Clement Weaver
Occupation	Wall builder, Farm owner, Member of House of Deputies
Spouse(s)	Mary Freeborn
Children	Clement, William, John, Thomas
Parent(s)	Clement Weaver Sr. and Rebecca Holbrook

Clement Weaver (c. 1620-1683), also known as Clement Weaver Jr. and Sergeant Clement Weaver, was a member of the House of Deputies of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in 1678, one of the founders of East Greenwich, and the immigrant ancestor of thousands of Weaver descendants in the United States. Clement Weaver and his ancestry and descendants are the subject of a 740-page volume, History and Genealogy of a Branch of the Weaver Family, published in 1928.

Clement Weaver was born in Glastonbury, England around 1620. He was the son of Clement Weaver Sr. and Rebecca Holbrook, daughter of William Holbrook, a resident of that town. Clement Weaver Sr. was the son of Thomas Weaver and Margaret Adams. There is some indication that Thomas Weaver was the son of John Weaver of Presteigne/Stapleton and London, and cousin of Richard Weaver (MP).

Clement Weaver Sr. and Rebecca Holbrook had three known children: son Clement, and daughters Elner and Elizabeth.

Clement Weaver and his family were part of the Great Migration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving some time before July 1640. Clement Weaver Sr. is listed as a property owner in Weymouth in 1643, adjacent to his brother-in-law Thomas Holbrook who came to Weymouth with Rev. Joseph Hull's company in 1635.

The Weaver family's religious views at the time of their migration are not known, but they had been affiliated with the Anglican churches of Glastonbury, and were associated by marriage to the Holbrook family who held views that were in conflict with the strict Puritans of Massachusetts. Some time after 1643, Clement Weaver and family moved to the more religiously tolerant Colony of Rhode Island.

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