Clement Meserve

Page 948, Settled in Scarborough. He was born about 1680 and died in 1745.50
Mrs. Meservey indicates possibly spelling of MESERVE as MESERVEY69
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Page 1236, Was in William Redford’s company of militia in 1696. On July 15, 1726, he and Daniel Moody, of Strathan, New Hampshire, purchased of William Cotton, of Portsmouth, one hundred acres of land at Black Point, Scarborough, Maine, and in 1729 they bought one hundred and fifty acres more adjoining. He evidently removed to Scarborough soon after the purchase of Cotton, and was admitted to the first church of Scarborough, August 11, 1728. His will dated February 18, 1740, describes him as “Joyner, aged of body.” The inventory returned by Eliott Vaughan, Daniel Fogg and Samuel Sewall, appraisers, amounted to £896 15s. 7d54
Joiner; taxed Portsmouth +/- 1707. Both owned covenant and baptized at Newington 10 March 1722-3, and she admitted to full committee. With Daniel Moody, he bought 100 acres in Scarborough 1726; taxed Black Point 1729; Scarborough property 1737, as were sons John, Daniel and Clement Jr. 1739. Will 18 February 1739-40 - 5 November 1746, names wife Sarah and children Clement, Nathaniel, George, Joseph, Elizabeth Libby, Daniel and John, but not Peter, baptized at Newington with brothers George and Joseph 19 January 1723-4, nor Abigail, married Samuel Libby68
Page 387 JONES, “22 Jenkin”; Page 477 MESERVE, “Clement”68
Clement was a joiner and interior finish carpenter by trade. He and Elizabeth lived on the home place in Newington, NH, for about 20 years. They joined the church there and were baptized 10 March 1722/3. In 1727, possibly earlier after the death of his parents, Clement 2 sold some of his father's property and, with Daniel Moody, bought 100 acres of land in Scarborough, ME. This land today is located on the Black Point Road, about 2-1/2 miles south of Oak Hill, immediately south of Libby's River. He moved his family there about 1728 during the second settlement of Scarborough, the town having been deserted by the first settlers during the Indian Wars. In 1728, a few months after its organization, the family joined the First Church of Scarborough, ME, now known as the Black Point Congregational Church. In 1729, Clement 2 was taxed in Black Point, Scarborough, ME. His will, dated and signed in February of 1739 soon after his second marriage, and probated 5 November 1746, names his wife, Sarah, and seven of his nine children (Peter and Abigail not mentioned).71