Clement Weaver

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, 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, 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.

Sergeant Clement Weaver died in Newport in 1683, as his will was probated in that year. Clement Weaver Sr. also died in Newport in 1683, "nearly a hundred years old". Captain Clement Weaver continued to represent East Greenwich in the House of Deputies at various times from 1683 to 1690.

Descendants

Clement Weaver's descendants include veterans of the Revolutionary War and other colonial and U.S. wars, and entrepreneurs and corporate executives, too numerous to list individually. Following are some documented descendants that are notable in the areas of politics and entertainment. Benjamin Weaver (1781-1863), member of the Rhode Island General Assembly and State Senate, and sons Joseph and John, also members of the General Assembly and owners of the Ocean House and Atlantic House hotels in Newport Wanton Arnold Weaver (1795-1866), member of the Connecticut State Legislature Russell Weaver (1795-1866), member of the New York State Legislature George Sumner Weaver (1818-1908), successful author, established the Marietta Liberal Institute in Marietta, Ohio Oren Wiley Weaver (1840-1900), Chief Clerk in U.S. Dept. of Labor, and primary genealogy researcher for the early Weaver family Silas Matteson Weaver (1843-1923), Mayor of Iowa Falls, member of the Iowa State Legislature, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court Lucius Egbert Weaver (1846-1936), author of History and Genealogy of a Branch of the Weaver Family Lucetta Belle Weaver Cole (1853–1905), well-known operatic singer of the late 1800s Franklin Everett Weaver (1870-1954), one of the first to cross the U.S. by bicycle in 1890 Mary Baker Weaver (1887-1978), women's suffrage activist, member of the Connecticut State Legislature Sylvester Barnabee "Pat" Weaver (1908–2002), president of NBC television and father of actress Sigourney Weaver Grant Devolson Wood (1891- 1943), American artist known for the painting American Gothic Alexander Haefner (b 1996)