Descendants of William Christopher Wescott - Person Sheet
NameClement MESSERVE 
, 8G Grandfather, M261, 1309, M
, 8G Grandfather, M261, 1309, MBirth1644, Isle of Jersey, England31
Death1721, England31 Age: 77
BurialEngland31
FatherJean MESERVE , 6319, M (1615-1664)
MotherMarie MACHON , 6320, F (~1615-1674)
Spouses
1Elizabeth JONES , 8G Grandmother, J520, 1308, F
, 8G Grandmother, J520, 1308, FBirth1645, Dover, Strafford County, NH, USA31
Death173031 Age: 85
Notes for Clement MESSERVE
Landed at Strawberry Banke, the early name of Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1670 from the Isle of Jersey; was taxed there in 1673, and took the oath of allegiance in 1685.
He is a sixth generation Messervy from Gregoire Messervy born in 1500
Mrs. Meservey indicates possibly spelling of MESERVE as MESERVEY64
Page 1236, indicates possibly spelling of MESERVE as MESSERVY40
Page 948, from the Isle of Jersey, was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire as early as 1670; was taxed there in 1673, and took the oath of allegiance in 1685. Indicates name as MESSERVE58
Page 1236, Clement Messervy, whom tradition makes to have come from the Isle of Jersey to America, was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1673, took the oath of allegiance in 1685, and had a seat in the meeting house in 1693. Later he lived in Newington, New Hampshire. On August 6, 1710, he conveyed the homestead in Newington to his son Clement. Both he and his wife died previous to 1720. He was very probably son of John Messervy, of Gorey, Grouville, and of Mary Malcolm, his wife, and his supposed ancestry is traced some generations in Jersey. His wife’s name was Elizabeth. No list of the children of Clement, the immigrant, has been found and we only know positively that Clement and John were his sons because so called by him in deeds, in 1705 and 1710; but as the same documents speak of “other sons and daughters,” and as tradition has always made three branches of the family, in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the assumption seems warranted that he had: Aaron, Clement, Daniel, John, Elizabeth, Mary and Jamison.40
Age 54 in December 1706, undoubtedly from Jersey and considered son of Jean and Marie (Machon), lived early with Mr. Richard Cutts to keep his cattle. Taxed Portsmouth 1673; oath allegiance 28 Aug 1685. Of Welch Cove in 1705, he deeded to her; after her death to son John, with 1 shilling each to other sons and daughters. of Welch Cove in 1710, both deeded to son Clement, to take effect after their deaths. The son sold the Newington property in 1721.76
Page 387 JONES, “22 Jenkin”; Page 477 MESERVE, “Clement”76
Clement came to Strawberry Banke, NH (the early name for Portsmouth, NH) in 1670. He followed his family's tradition of being cattle farmers and worked, for a time, as a herdsman for Richard Cutts. His name is on the tax list of Portsmouth, NH, in 1673 and he took the oath of allegiance on 28 August 1685. Clement 1 and Elizabeth lived near Portsmouth harbor for several years and had a pew in the North Church at Portsmouth, NH. Later they moved to Newington, NH. I have a note in my research material that on 23 February 1705, Clement 1 deeded his home at Welch Cove or Welchman's Cove to his wife, Elizabeth, for her life, and then to his beloved son, John. This John must have died soon after as Clement 1 deeded the same property to his son, Clement 2, on 6 August 1710, who in return, "would care for his parents as long as they should live."79
He is a sixth generation Messervy from Gregoire Messervy born in 1500
Mrs. Meservey indicates possibly spelling of MESERVE as MESERVEY64
Page 1236, indicates possibly spelling of MESERVE as MESSERVY40
Page 948, from the Isle of Jersey, was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire as early as 1670; was taxed there in 1673, and took the oath of allegiance in 1685. Indicates name as MESSERVE58
Page 1236, Clement Messervy, whom tradition makes to have come from the Isle of Jersey to America, was a taxpayer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1673, took the oath of allegiance in 1685, and had a seat in the meeting house in 1693. Later he lived in Newington, New Hampshire. On August 6, 1710, he conveyed the homestead in Newington to his son Clement. Both he and his wife died previous to 1720. He was very probably son of John Messervy, of Gorey, Grouville, and of Mary Malcolm, his wife, and his supposed ancestry is traced some generations in Jersey. His wife’s name was Elizabeth. No list of the children of Clement, the immigrant, has been found and we only know positively that Clement and John were his sons because so called by him in deeds, in 1705 and 1710; but as the same documents speak of “other sons and daughters,” and as tradition has always made three branches of the family, in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the assumption seems warranted that he had: Aaron, Clement, Daniel, John, Elizabeth, Mary and Jamison.40
Age 54 in December 1706, undoubtedly from Jersey and considered son of Jean and Marie (Machon), lived early with Mr. Richard Cutts to keep his cattle. Taxed Portsmouth 1673; oath allegiance 28 Aug 1685. Of Welch Cove in 1705, he deeded to her; after her death to son John, with 1 shilling each to other sons and daughters. of Welch Cove in 1710, both deeded to son Clement, to take effect after their deaths. The son sold the Newington property in 1721.76
Page 387 JONES, “22 Jenkin”; Page 477 MESERVE, “Clement”76
Clement came to Strawberry Banke, NH (the early name for Portsmouth, NH) in 1670. He followed his family's tradition of being cattle farmers and worked, for a time, as a herdsman for Richard Cutts. His name is on the tax list of Portsmouth, NH, in 1673 and he took the oath of allegiance on 28 August 1685. Clement 1 and Elizabeth lived near Portsmouth harbor for several years and had a pew in the North Church at Portsmouth, NH. Later they moved to Newington, NH. I have a note in my research material that on 23 February 1705, Clement 1 deeded his home at Welch Cove or Welchman's Cove to his wife, Elizabeth, for her life, and then to his beloved son, John. This John must have died soon after as Clement 1 deeded the same property to his son, Clement 2, on 6 August 1710, who in return, "would care for his parents as long as they should live."79