- Parents
- John Clements 1788-1847
- Sarah Edwards
Rebecca Clements
1810-1875
Rebecca Clements was the second of the seven known children of John Clements, a labourer, and his wife Sarah Edwards.
Rebecca married Thomas Moden, also of Haddenham and the couple went on to have thirteen children, moving the family from Haddenham to Wentworth, Cambridgeshire at sometime between 1833 and 1835 (going by the parish registers in both villages).
The couple's oldest daughter, Esther Moden, gave birth to an illegitimate son in 1851, John Thomas Moden. It appears that in order to hide this "shame", Rebecca and Thomas looked after the child as if he was one of their children. Rebecca was still yet to give birth to two more children by this time and so looking after her grandson, as if he was her own child would have seemed the natural thing to do. John Thomas Moden was even baptised with his infant Aunt, Susan Moden.
Further Details
Born:
1810, Haddenham in Cambridgeshire.
Baptised:
28th July 1813 at Haddenham, Cambridgeshire.
Married:
- Thomas Moden (1811-1885) on 13th September 1830 at Haddenham church, Cambridgeshire.
Children
- Esther Moden (1831-1902) married Henry Dewey (1822-?)
- Mary Ann Moden (1833-?) married Robert Boulter (1825-1870s)
- Martha Moden (1837-?)
- Jane Moden (1838-?) married William Edward Howard (1835-?)
- Thomas Moden (1835-?) married Mary Akred (1838-?)
- Matthew Moden (1839-?)
- William Clements Moden (1841-?) married Mary Ann Fisher (1847-?)
- Sarah Ann Moden (1844-1933) married George Sandifer (1841-?)
- Susan Moden (1846-1850)
- John Moden (1848-?) married Phoebe Barrett (1849-?)
- Susan Moden (1850-?) married William Cockle (1843-?)
- Anna Maria Moden (1852-?) married John Akred (1849-?)
- Robert Moden (1856)
Died:
January 1875 at Wentworth, Cambridgeshire, aged 64 years.
Buried:
24th January 1875 at Wentworth, Cambridgeshire.