Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: James CLERKE
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1540 ^b
Death: Abt 13 Jul 1614 ^d

Parents:

Father:
George CLERKE Birth: 1510 Death: 6 Mar 1558/9 in Wrotham, Kent

Mother:

Elizabeth WILSFORD

Family:
Marriage:

Mary SAXBY on Abt 1565 .^m1
Mary SAXBY

Children:

Bibliography

Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1540 [Ref: Faris PA2 p88, Richardson PA p210, Weis AR7 #11]; second son [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p214],
parents:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p88, Richardson PA p210, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p213, Roberts RD600 p270, Weis AR7 #11]

Sources for death Information

date:: 1614 [Ref: Weis AR7 #11]; will dated 13 Jul 1614, pro 1 Nov 1614 [Ref: Faris PA2 p89, Richardson PA p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p214]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mary SAXBY

date:: abt 1565 [Ref: Faris PA2 p88, Richardson PA p210]; abt 1566 [Ref: Weis AR7 #11],
names:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p270],
child:: [Ref: Faris PA2 p89, Richardson PA p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p214, Roberts RD600 p271, Weis AR7 #11]

Research Notes:
Gent, of East Farleigh, Kent [Ref: Faris PA2 p88, Richardson PA p210, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p214]

will made Jul 13 1614 [Ref: Weis AR7 #11]

Pedigree of James CLERKE
                   /-----John CLERKE
          /-----James CLERKE
         |        |         /-----Sir Walter MOYLE
         |         \-----Lucy MOYLE
/-----George CLERKE
|        |                                                      /-----Henry De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |                                             /-----Sir William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |                                            |         \-----Isabel De VERDUN
|        |                                    /-----Henry De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Robert De UFFORD, K.G., Earl of Suffolk
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret De UFFORD
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret De NORWICH
|        |                           /-----William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De POYNINGS
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Luke De POYNINGS, Lord Poynings
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Agnes De ROKESLEY
|        |                          |         \-----Joan De POYNINGS
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Hugh De St JOHN, Lord St John
|        |                          |                  \-----Isabel De St JOHN, Baroness St John
|        |                          |                           \-----Mirabel WAKE
|        |                  /-----Thomas FERRERS
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Robert De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert De CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Maud De CLARE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Roger CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Maurice De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel BERKELEY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Eve ZOUCHE
|        |                 |         \-----Philippa De CLIFFORD
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Guy De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Alice De TOENI
|        |                 |                  \-----Maud De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Earl Of March
|        |                 |                           \-----Katherine MORTIMER
|        |                 |                                    \-----Joan De GENEVILLE, Countess Of March
|        |         /-----Sir Henry FERRERS
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Baldwin De FREVILL
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Baldwin De FREVILL
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth De MONTFORT
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Baldwin FREVILLE
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John CLINTON, Lord Clinton
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Ida CLINTON
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Margarey CORBET
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Baldwin III FREVILLE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De BOTETOURTE
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John De BOTETOURTE, Lord Botetourte Of Weoble
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De SOMERY
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Joyce De BOTETOURTE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William La ZOUCHE De MORTIMER, Lord Zouche
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joyce La ZOUCHE De MORTIMER
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Alice De TOENI
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth FREVILLE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey Le SCROPE
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Ivette De ROS
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Stephen Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan
|        |        |                  \-----Maud Le SCROPE
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Adam De WELLES, Lord Welles
|        |        |                          |         /-----John De WELLES, Lord Welles
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BARDOLPH
|        |        |                           \-----Margery WELLES
|        |        |                                   |         /-----William De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|        |        |                                    \-----Maud De ROS
|        |        |                                             \-----Margery De BADLESMERE
|         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS
|                 |         /-----Sir William HECKSTALL
|                  \-----Margaret HECKSTALL
|                           \-----Joan
James CLERKE
|                  /-----James WILSFORD
|         /-----Thomas WILSFORD
|        |        |         /-----John BETTENHAM
|        |         \-----Elizabeth BETTENHAM
\-----Elizabeth WILSFORD
         |                           /-----Walter CULPEPER
         |                  /-----Sir John CULPEPER
         |                 |        |         /-----Ralph ROPER
         |                 |         \-----Agnes ROPER
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Roger LEWKNOR
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas LEWKNOR
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth CAREW
         |                 |                  \-----Beatrix LEWKNOR
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir William ECHYNGHAM
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth ECHINGHAM
         |                 |                                    \-----Alice BATISFORD
         |         /-----Walter CULPEPER
         |        |        |         /-----John GAYNESFORD
         |        |         \-----Agnes GAINSFORD
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Lewis De CLIFFORD, K.G.
         |        |                 |                  /-----William CLIFFORD
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Alinore MOWBRAY
         |        |                 |         /-----Lewis CLIFFORD
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Arnold SAVAGE
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor Elizabeth SAVAGE
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joan ECHYNGHAM
         |        |                  \-----Margaret CLIFFORD
         |        |                          |                  /-----Richard De MOLEYNS
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Eleanor BEAUMONT
         |        |                           \-----Anne De MOLEYNS
         |        |                                    \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
          \-----Elizabeth CULPEPER
                  |                                             /-----Nicholas AUCHER
                  |                                    /-----Henry AUCHER
                  |                           /-----Henry AUCHER
                  |                          |        |         /-----John DYGGE
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth DYGGE
                  |                          |                  \-----Juliane De NORTHWODE
                  |                  /-----Thomas AUCHER
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel ATTE TOWNE
                  |         /-----Henry AUCHER
                   \-----Anne AUCHER
                           |                           /-----William GUILDFORD
                           |                  /-----Edward GUILDFORD
                           |                 |         \-----Joan De HALDEN
                           |         /-----Sir John GUILFORD
                           |        |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
                            \-----Elizabeth GUILFORD
                                    |                  /-----John WALLER
                                    |         /-----Richard WALLER
                                    |        |         \-----Margaret LANDSDALE
                                     \-----Alice WALLER
                                              \-----Silvia GULBY

Descendants of James CLERKE

1. James CLERKE m. Mary SAXBY

m. Mary SAXBY father: Sir Edward SAXBY mother: Elizabeth FISHER

2 Walter CLERKE

3+ William CLERKE m. Mary WESTON

5 Edward CLERKE

6 Elizabeth CLERKE

7 Anne CLERKE m. Humphrey BROWNE

9 Barbara CLERKE m. Nicholas CRUMP

2nd generation

3. William CLERKE m. Mary WESTON

m. Mary WESTON father: Sir Jerome WESTON mother: Mary CAVE

10 Weston CLERKE m. Dorcas SMITH

11 William CLERKE

12 James CLERKE m. Sarah HARVEY

13 Essex Rev CLERKE

14 George CLERKE

15+ Jeremy Capt CLERKE m. Frances LATHAM

16 Richard CLERKE

3rd generation

15. Jeremy Capt CLERKE m. Frances LATHAM

m. Frances LATHAM father: Lewis LATHAM mother: Elizabeth

19 Walter Gov CLERKE m1. Content FREEMAN m2. Hannah SCOTT m3. Freeborn WILLIAMS m4. Sarah PRIOR; Freeborn WILLIAMS; Sarah PRIOR

20+ Mary CLARKE m1. John Gov CRANSTON m2. Philip JONES m3. John STANTON

21 Jeremiah CLERKE m. Ann AUDLEY

22 Latham CLERKE m1. Hannah WILBUR m2. Anne COLLINS; Anne COLLINS

23 Weston CLERKE m1. Mary EASTON m2. Rebecca EASTON; Rebecca EASTON

24 James Rev CLARKE m. Hopestill POWER

25+ Sarah CLERKE m1. John PINNER m2. Caleb CARR

4th generation

20. Mary CLARKE m1. John Gov CRANSTON m2. Philip JONES m3. John STANTON

m. John Gov CRANSTON father: James Rev CRANSTON

26 Samuel Gov CRANSTON m. Mary HART

m. Philip JONES

m. John STANTON

25. Sarah CLERKE m1. John PINNER m2. Caleb CARR

m. Caleb CARR father: Benjamin CARR mother: Martha HARDINGTON

27+ Francis CARR m. Damaris ARNOLD

28+ James CARR m.

29+ Sarah CARR m. John HAMMETT

30+ Elizabeth CARR m. John GODFREY

5th generation

27. Francis CARR m. Damaris ARNOLD

m. Damaris ARNOLD father: Josiah ARNOLD mother: Sarah MITLER

31 Sarah CARR m. George PIGGOTT

28. James CARR m.

32+ Caleb CARR m.

29. Sarah CARR m. John HAMMETT

m. John HAMMETT

33 John HAMMETT

34 Mercy HAMMETT

35 Thomas HAMMETT

36 Sarah HAMMETT

37 Elizabeth HAMMETT

38 James HAMMETT

30. Elizabeth CARR m. John GODFREY

m. John GODFREY father: John GODFREY mother: Sarah (GODFREY)

39 Mary GODFREY

40 John GODFREY

41 Caleb GODFREY

42 Elizabeth GODFREY