Stage 1
The Clendons remained in England until the advent of George Clendon (1761-1839) and his wife Elizabeth Chitty (17773-1858). He was a friend of her fathers and they married on 22 January 1795.
George Clendon was born in late 1760 to early 1761 and christened on 20 Feb 1761 in St. Mary’s, which stood on Dock Road in Chatham, Kent, England. George was born to a poor family. His father Thomas was a porter at Chatham Docks, a horse jockey and a drunk. As a young boy George ran away to sea. In 1777 he bought a double vault at St. George’s Church, Deal with Gideon Chitty, his future father-in-law. George married Elizabeth Chitty (daughter of Gideon Chitty and Elizabeth Bayly) on 22 Jan 1795 in Deal, Kent, England. George was a Cinque Port Pilot first at Dover and then Deal, in 1819 and was the holder of a Trinity House Licence. He became prosperous.
They had 11 children who survived until adulthood.. Her children were only in the same room once, some time in 1815/16. By 1820 they were scattered. Six emigrated or worked abroad as in the case of Lt Thomas Clendon who went out to India with his wife Frances Bowen who died there in 1835. Thomas was a Bombay Marine Midshipman May 19 1819, 2nd Lieut Nov 10 1824. From Oct 1819 to Dec 1824 he served on the ship “Benares”. From Dec 1825 to Oct 1826 he was on sick leave. Promoted Lieutenant 23 June 1828 and he was in Bombay by Sept. In Dec was Signal Officer at Light House, Dec 1829 was Acting Boat Master. From Dec 1830 -Dec 1836 he was in charge of Hastings Receiving Ship, by Dec 1837 was on sick leave and died in 1838.
The others went to USA. Australia and New Zealand, establishing significant families which helped over time to move the preponderance of the family from the UK to those countries and in particular New Zealand.
| Clendon | Partner | Destination | Children |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Clendon (1798-1887) & Mary Ann Draper (1801-1878) (2nd ggf of William R Clendon) | Mary Ann Draper (1801-1878) | Arrived in New York May 11, 1850 and settled in Queensbury, New York, USA before moving to Ohio and then Virginia where they died | 5 children including Mary Ann Clendon (1831-1902) who migrated with her mother subsequently marrying Thomas Collings (1831-1903). Thomas (1836-1921) and Eliza Vye (1839-1915) migrated to New Zealand. Note he and his brothers George and Benjamin fought for the Union in the American Civil War. |
| Captain James Reddy Clendon (1800-1872) settled initially in Australia. (2nd great grand uncle of William R Clendon) | Sarah Isabella Hill (1804-1855) married on 2 Oct 1826 in Sydney, NSW, Australia | Their 2nd child, Elizabeth Chitty Clendon (1830-1908) was aboard their ship off Hokianga, New Zealand | James later married Jane Takatowi Cochrane (1838-1919) in 1856 in the Pahia Mission Church, Hokianga, NZ. 14 children |
| Rebecca Clendon (1804-1899). Emigrated to Nelson , New Zealand, where last child Augustus James Howard was born in 1845. (2nd great grand aunt of William R Clendon) | William Lott Howard (1803-1865). Married on 29 October 1829 in Deal, Kent. | Arrived in Nelson, New Zealand in early 1840s. | 5 children |
| Louisa Clendon (1813-1879) Migrated first to Australia thence to NZ where two children born in 1844-45. (2nd great grand aunt of William R Clendon) | Joseph Dixon(1805-1863) Married July 30th 1836 in Marleybone, Middlesex UK | By 1851 Joseph at least was back in Australia residing in Cumberland, NSW. He died in Sydney in 1863. Louisa also died there in 1879. | 5 children |
| Mary Parson Clendon (1815-1849) She arrived in Philadelphia in June 1838 after first marrying. (2nd great grand aunt of William R Clendon) | William Knowles (1806-1889) Born in Kent he married Mary Parson Clendon on 17 April 1838 | They arrived in Philadelphia 23 June 1838. Mary died in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA on 2 Nov 1849 aged 34. Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States of America | 6 children |
Stage 2
There was a similar exodus later in the same century with the family of Willis Henry Willian Clendon (1851-1923) and Nancy Withell (1850-1933). Henry was born in Chelsea, Middlesex and died in Aston RegD, Warwickshire. Nancy came from Goodmanham, Yorkshire and died in Vancouver, Canada. They had seven children, mostly born in Hamdsworth, Staffordshire, England. Four at least went to Canada and one to Australia.
| Clendon | Spouse | Destination | Children |
| All 6th cousins 1x removed of W Ross Clendon. Linda Rhoda Clendon (1879-1960) was born in Handsworth and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her father died in 1923 and some time after that her mother, Nancy Withell (1850-1933), came out to Vancouver. | Arthur Edward Lawton (1871-) was born in Birmingham, England. He married Linda in 1898. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1913. Arthur returned form England in 1915 via New York. | The couple arrived in New York in 1912. Her first son, Norman Lawton was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1913. | Norman L:awton |
| Mary Gertrude Clendon (1881- abt 1920) (6th cousin 1x removed of William Ross Clendon) | Leonard William Lloyd(1880-1945) was born in Alberta, Canada. He was in England in the late 1890s departing on 1 July aboard the Campania listed as a clerk. | Newly marrieds arrived in New York en route to the north of Canada in April 1904 aboard the Lucania. Were back in England in 1917 when their daughter Barbara was born. | Barbara Lloyd(1917-1934) |
| Bert (possibly Francis) Clendon (1883-1974) | Mary Ellen Blennerhassett (1885-1928) The married in 1907 at Aston in Birmingham, England. | They arrived in Quebec in 1912 , third class, aboard the Empress of Britain. At some point they moved to Vancouver | Their children were all born and died in Birmingham . |
| Robert Withell Clendon (1886-1962) was born in Handsworth and died in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. | Anna Marie Darby (1879-1971) was born in Warwickshire and died at Sutton Coldfield in that region. | Annie Marie and daughter Evelyn Clendon left England on 1 May 1912 aboard the Miltiades for Melbourne. At some point both returned to England where Evelyn was married in April 1939. Clearly Robert lost touch with them because the Public Trustee in Australia was advertising in England for them following his death. | |
| Tom Clendon (1890-1967) was born in Aston, Warwickshire. | Dorothea Elizabeth Schultz (1839-1920) was born in Kilworthy, Ontario, Canada and married Tom in 1913. | Tom went to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He arrived in Quebec on 21 June 1912 aboard the Empress Of Britain from Liverpool. | Three Children |