Clement Weaver

[2][4] Clement Weaver and his family were part of the Great Migration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving some time before July 1640.

Some time after 1643, Clement Weaver and family moved to the more religiously tolerant Colony of Rhode Island.

Clement is referred to as Sergeant in later Newport town records - the origin and significance of the title is unknown.

Clement Weaver is listed among the 48 founders of East Greenwich who were granted 100-acre tracts in 1677 "for the services rendered during King Philip's War".

[2][3][4] In 1678 Sergeant Clement Weaver became a member of the House of Deputies of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, representing the new settlement of East Greenwich, under then Governor Benedict Arnold.

[4] Captain Clement Weaver continued to represent East Greenwich in the House of Deputies at various times from 1683 to 1690.