He was the son of Johann Peter Engle Sr (1711-1793) and his wife, Mary Susanna Vautrin (1718-1793). Peter and Mary were German by descent but immigrated to America with their children (including Clemens) in 1754, arriving aboard the ship Barclay from Rotterdam, Netherlands, via the Rhine River to the North Sea, then across the Atlantic.
Clemens was an ensign for the army during the Revolutionary War. On 12 May 1786 he was an ensign in the 2nd Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Cable. "Clemens married and established a successful farm in Elklick Twp and served in the local militia on the Western frontier. He built a successful water powered grain mill and sawmill operation. He fathered 19 children and at least 14 survived to adulthood with 9 of them males. He fathered his last child at the age of 62." Stones from this mill could still be located as late as 1979. The county road to the mill is still named Engle Mill Rd.
Clemens was an ensign for the army during the Revolutionary War. On 12 May 1786 he was an ensign in the 2nd Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Cable. "Clemens married and established a successful farm in Elklick Twp and served in the local militia on the Western frontier. He built a successful water powered grain mill and sawmill operation. He fathered 19 children and at least 14 survived to adulthood with 9 of them males. He fathered his last child at the age of 62." Stones from this mill could still be located as late as 1979. The county road to the mill is still named Engle Mill Rd.
He was the son of Johann Peter Engle Sr (1711-1793) and his wife, Mary Susanna Vautrin (1718-1793). Peter and Mary were German by descent but immigrated to America with their children (including Clemens) in 1754, arriving aboard the ship Barclay from Rotterdam, Netherlands, via the Rhine River to the North Sea, then across the Atlantic.
Clemens was an ensign for the army during the Revolutionary War. On 12 May 1786 he was an ensign in the 2nd Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Cable. "Clemens married and established a successful farm in Elklick Twp and served in the local militia on the Western frontier. He built a successful water powered grain mill and sawmill operation. He fathered 19 children and at least 14 survived to adulthood with 9 of them males. He fathered his last child at the age of 62." Stones from this mill could still be located as late as 1979. The county road to the mill is still named Engle Mill Rd.
Clemens was an ensign for the army during the Revolutionary War. On 12 May 1786 he was an ensign in the 2nd Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Cable. "Clemens married and established a successful farm in Elklick Twp and served in the local militia on the Western frontier. He built a successful water powered grain mill and sawmill operation. He fathered 19 children and at least 14 survived to adulthood with 9 of them males. He fathered his last child at the age of 62." Stones from this mill could still be located as late as 1979. The county road to the mill is still named Engle Mill Rd.
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