Clench_Panel_proof2 Freeman Schermerhorn Clench 1795-1877 Freeman S. Clench left his home in Schenectady, and moved to Canada in 1816. After the War of 1812 many Americans were heading for the mid-west, but Clench, for reasons unknown (though he was rumoured to be �eeing the sheri� ), headed north. He settled in Kingston for a few years, where he worked as a cabinet maker and married Eliza Cory in 1820. In 1824, he moved his family to Cobourg and established a cabinet-making business that produced furniture that rivalled the best in the colony. Today his pieces are much sought after by collectors. His furniture is admired worldwide. Who he was, and how he got here: PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE PERIOD Freeman S. & Eliza Cory Clench (paintings by Paul Kane) Clench Table