THE STUART FAMILY ARCHIVE
Clemens and earlier Keyser family — 59-person research, 8 October 2026
Evidence reference: WEB-20261009-015911-671df7a0
Evidence status: Added by a family editor; independent verification not established
Historical date: 1724 and 1799 original probate; 1889 historical compilations
Collection: Wallace / Clemens / Keyser / Original probate and ancestry research
Archive AI research, third round, 8 October 2026. 59 distinct person dossiers: 42 new research profiles and 17 existing people. Original Garret Clemens estate explicitly lists seven children; Peter Keijser’s 1724 registered will names wife Margaret, her brother [[person:person-225eeea8-ca26-48f3-bcbf-7b0aa58ca19f|Andrew Souplis]], and sons Dirik and Peter. Correlated father links distinguished from compilation-only Dutch leads. Three earlier ancestor leads: Dirck Gerritsz Keyser, Cornelia Govertsz, Tobias Govertsz van den Wyngaert. Other new profiles include ancestral siblings and spouses; not all are direct ancestors. Typed cemetery card is derivative; burial dates are not death dates. No speculative mother links or martyr ancestry asserted. Full citations, limitations, and inspected images in attached report.
R3A — Philadelphia Register of Wills, Administration Files, 1798-1799, case 32 (1799), Garret/Garett Clemens or Clements. Bond 11 January 1799; inventory 15 January 1799, affirmed 19 April 1799; account affirmed 12 April 1800. Ancestry collection 8802, record 2477331, images 005874130_00376-00384. Original loose-paper images inspected. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8802/records/2477331
R3B — Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, reel 631; Germantown Church of Brethren Cemetery, Old section, lot 38, Catharine Leibert Estate. Ancestry collection 2451, record 2511065, image 40162_264348-00462. Later typed lot card, NOT a contemporary burial register. Dates are headed date buried. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/40162_264348-00462?pid=2511065
R3C — Samuel Fitch Hotchkin, Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1889), printed pp. 224-226, especially p. 226. Historical compilation drawing on Abraham H. Cassel and Dr. Peter D. Keyser; not wholly independent family testimony. Relevant page image inspected. https://archive.org/details/ancientmodernger01hotc
R3D — Philadelphia Register of Wills, Will Book D, pp. 405-407, no. 325, Peter Keijser/Keijzer of Germantown, shoemaker. Dated 10 August 1724; proved 16 October (8br) 1724. Ancestry collection 8802, Wills Vol C-E 1705-1736, images 007726372_00378 and 00379. Original registered copy inspected; not the testator-signed loose original. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8802/images/007726372_00379?pId=3010017
R3E — Charles S. Keyser, The Keyser Family (Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell & Co., 1889), printed pp. 17, 19, 30, 34, 121-123, 128-129; p. 132 for previously documented Clemens sisters. Inspected page images; historical family compilation. Dates and Dutch relationships remain attributed pending original registers. https://archive.org/details/keyserfamilydesc00keys
Associated people
- Abraham Keyser (1711–1717)
- Abraham Keyser (born 1742)
- Aernaut ter Himpel
- Alice Keyser (born 1734)
- Alitje (Alice) de Neuss
- Andreas Keyser (born 1703)
- Andrew Souplis (brother of Margaret)
- Anneke Keyser (1716–1807)
- Anneken Keyser (died 1681, Amsterdam)
- Catherine Clemens
- Christian Clemens (child in Garret’s 1799 estate)
- Cornelia Govertsz (wife of Dirck Gerritsz Keyser)
- Cornelia Keyser (1685–1686)
- Deborah (wife of Dirck Keyser Junior)
- Derick Keyser (born 1737)
- Dirck Gerritsz Keyser (Amsterdam ancestor lead)
- Dirck Keyser (1635–1714)
- Dirck Keyser (1701–1756)
- Dirck Keyser Junior (died 1715)
- Dirck ter Himpel
- Elizabeth Clemens Keyser
- Elizabeth Keyser (1728–1812)
- Elizabeth Keyser (born 1714)
- Elizabet Keyser (1673–1681)
- Elizabet ter Himpel
- Elizabet van Singel
- Garrit Clemens (parentage research lead)
- George Gorgas (husband of Rachel Clemens)
- Gerrits Dirck Keyser (Amsterdam)
- Hannah Keyser (born 1739)
- Hannah Levering
- Jacob Clemens (child in Garret’s 1799 estate)
- Jacob Souplis Keyser (1707–1781)
- Jan van Singhel
- Johanna Harperts Snoeck
- Johanna Keyser (1683–1688)
- Johannes Keyser (1709–1711)
- Johannes Keyser (born 1721)
- John Clemens (child in Garret’s 1799 estate)
- John Keyser (1730–1813)
- Kathelina Keyser (born 1718)
- Keturah (wife of Garrit Clemens)
- Margaret Keyser (born 1723)
- Margaret Souplis
- Mary Clemens (child in Garret’s 1799 estate)
- Mary Mechlin (second wife of Peter Keyser)
- Michael Eccard (husband of Margaret Souplis)
- Michael Keyser (1745–1825)
- Peter Dirck Keyser (born 1705)
- Peter Keyser (1732–1818)
- Peter Keyser (1766–1849)
- Peter Keyser (born 1726, died young)
- Peter ter Himpel
- Pieter Dirck Keyser
- Pieter ter Himpel Junior
- Pieter van Singhel
- Rachel Clemens Gorgas
- Tobias Dirck Keyser (Amsterdam)
- Tobias Govertsz van den Wyngaert (ancestor lead)
