James Clarke

• Preferred Name: James Clarke^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}
  
• Alternate Name: James Clerke
  
• Alternate Name: James Clarke Honorable Esquire of Forde Hall; Gentleman
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron Of The Exchequer, Esquire of Forde with note: WEB INFO
  
• Alt. Death: 20 SEP 1553 with note: Description: Wrotham, Kent, England
  
• Additional Name: with note: Description: James Clerke
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• Occupation: Knight
  
• Alternative Birth Information: ABT 1481 in OF, Bovingdon, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND at LATI: N1.7237 LONG: E0.5345 with note: Merged record.
  
• Death: 20 SEP 1554 in Wrotham, Kent, England at LATI: N1.2895 LONG: E0.2983 with note: before uk existed
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Gent of Ford Hall-Baron of Exchequer
  
• FSID: L415-1S9
  
• Place: BET 1544 AND 1547 with note: Description: Kent
  
• Alt. Birth: 9 DEC 1485 with note: Description: Forde, Kent, England
  
• Alt. Burial: in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.9927 LONG: E2.499
  
• Birth: 9 DEC 1485 in Wrotham, Kent, England at LATI: N1.2895 LONG: E0.2983 with note: Ancestry trees
  
• Alt. Birth: 1480 with note: Description: North Weston, Oxfordshire, England
  
• Alt. Birth: 9 DEC 1485 with note: Description: Wrotham, Kent, England
  
• Notes:

  CLARKE FAMILY HISTORY FOLLOWS:
  CLARKE FAMILY
  
  (More Clarke’s before 1400.)
  
  Until 17th Cent, surnames were only common w/aristocracy. Commoners later adopted practice to appear more sophisticated. Titles, locations, parents, & phys
  
  Clerke, Baron James story
  James Clerke was born on December 9, 1485, in Wrotham, Kent, England. He was married four times and had eight sons and one daughter. He died on September 20, 1554, in his hometown at the age of 68.
  
  === What a Mess ===
  This is a mess. Merges and people not looking at info and sources. Yes, way too many children.
  
  === LDDS FAM HIST CENTER #AFN:888J4L-BM ===
  LDDS FAM HIST CENTER #AFN:888J4L-BM
  
  === Facts about this person: Alt. Born Abt. ===
  Facts about this person: Alt. Born Abt. 1485 Wrotham, Kent, England Source: World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.Pub. Facts: Release date: November 29, 1995 Medium: Family Archive CD Comments: Customer pedigree. Pages(s): Tree #2063 Date of Import: Jul 20, 2000
  
  === From the Wife's Page ===
  SIR JAMES CLARKE was born 9 December 1485, Forde Hall, Wrotham, Kent, England, to John Forde Clarke (1448-1497) and Lady Lucia Moyle of Canterbury (1450-1491.) He married (1) Joane Agborowe, 1502; (2) *Elizabeth De Ferrers 1508 of Kent, England.
  He was a Gent of Ford Hall-Baron of Exchequer.
  Sir James Clarke died 20 September 1554, Wroth, Kent, England, age 69.
  
  === !AKA: James Clerke, Gentleman, of Forde ===
  !AKA: James Clerke, Gentleman, of Forde Hall - Doc. Line 11-37 !DEATH: Date: September 20, 1553 - Doc. Line 11-37 !MARRIAGE: James Clerek, Gent. and Elizabeth Ferrers - Doc. Line 11-37 Date: ca. 1508 - Doc. Line 11-37
  
  === Relation to Jack Peterken note ===
  Fourteenth Great Grandfather : Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather
  
  === Does anyone read the reseach in memories? ===
  John Clarke did not marry Elizabeth Ferrers...it was James Clarke! Also only few children born they are listed and not 20 as attached here!
  
  === ! This individual is on "Ancestral File" ===
  ! This individual is on "Ancestral File" # 9FVX-XK.
  
  === !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Cen ===
  !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. The Descet 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 by David Faris First Edition.
  
  === His wife's name was Lady Elizabeth Ferrers ===
  His wife's name was Lady Elizabeth Ferrers
  
  === !Initial source: "Anc. of Jeremy Clarke ===
  !Initial source: "Anc. of Jeremy Clarke..." by A. R. Justice. This gives no birth information and only approximate year of marriage. Source of death given is "Genealogist, New Series" V. 13 pg 66. It says he was of Forde Hall, Gentleman. LDS proxy baptism is from the IGI, no birthdate given, just marriage 1500, Cambridge, Eng., no parents, Rel: Lorenzo S. Clark, other ord "pre-1970". Several other entries with parents, later proxy ordinance dates. Proxy sealing to parents is in another entry from temple film 1063713. Proxy sealing of marriage is in the IGI.
  
  === James Clerke, Gentlemen, son of John Cl ===
  James Clerke, Gentleman, son of John Clerke, of Ford, Kent, England[myfamily1.FTW] James Clerke, Gentlemen, son of John Clerke, of Ford, Kent, England[myfamily1.FTW] James Clerke, Gentlemen, son of John Clerke, of Ford, Kent, England[myfamily4.GED] James Clerke, Gentlemen, son of John Clerke, of Ford, Kent, England[myfamily3.GED] James Clerke, Gentlemen, son of John Clerke, of Ford, Kent, England[myfamily2.GED] James Clerke, Gentlemen, son of John Clerke, of Ford, Kent, England
  
  === Research Notes on John Clarke ===
  "John Clarke of Stevenedg, co. Hertf." is listed at the top of the pedigree chart in "The Visitations of Hertfordshire" of 1572 and 1634, "The Harleian Society (of London), Volume 22, 1886, page 41. John Clarke is also listed in this pedigree chart as being the father of three sons: 1) Sir Edward Clarke of .... nere Reding [Reading] in Berkshire"; 2) Thomas Clarke of Houghton, co., Bedf."; and 3) George Clarke of Walkern, co. Hertf.". Online source: https://books.google.com/books?id=gqwKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=visitations+of+hertfordshire,+volume+22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih2rX5lYvOAhVlVWMKHbaCDl0Q6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=visitations%20of%20hertfordshire%2C%20volume%2022&f=false.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 9FVX-XK ===
  Ancestral File Number: 9FVX-XK

• m. JUN 1528 in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England

• m. 1500 in North Weston, Oxfordshire, England

• m. 1508 in Forde, Wrotham, Kent, England
• m. 1500 in North Weston, Oxfordshire, England

1. Thomas Clarke, b. 1500 in England     d. 23 SEP 1551

• m. ABT 1515 in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: James Clark (1480-1553), "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors"
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2474.htm#i74337 Citations: 1. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 210. 2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 482. 3. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 213. 4. [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by shadow361.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2474.htm#i74337;
   Note: James Clark, Esq. [1,2,3] Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #74337, b. circa 1480, d. 20 September 1553 Father John Clark, Esq., Baron of the Exchequer2,3 b. c 1450, d. 4 Jul 1497 Mother Lucy Moyle1,2,3 b. c 1451 Charts Pedigree of Clifford LeRoy Provost James Clark, Esq. was born circa 1480 at of Forde Hall, Kent, England. He married Elizabeth Ferrers, daughter of Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park and Margaret Hexstall, circa 1508; They had 4 sons (Henry; Walter; George, Gent; & John).1,2,3 James Clark, Esq. died on 20 September 1553 at Wrotham, Kent, England.1,3 Family: Elizabeth Ferrers b. c 1480 Children: John Clarke+4 b. c 1509, d. 3 May 1559 George Clark, Gent.+1,2,3 b. 1510, d. 6 Mar 1559
   
2. Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
   Author: Source number: 7480.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HDG
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/244407;
   
3. Title: Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy
   Author: Ancestry.com. Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Justice, Alfred Rudulph,. Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy. unknown: unknown, 1922.
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25945329?h=6aa05e&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url;
   Note: Compiled by Justice, Alfred Rudulph. Chapter Clerke of Forde Hall, Wrotham, County Kent. Page 37, entry #4.
   
4. Title: James Clerk in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Jan 1920) page 74
   Author: New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Jan 1920) page 74
   Note: "James Clerk, of Forde, Esq., son and heir of John (3), died at Wrotham 20 Sept. 1554. He married, about 1508, Elizabeth Febrers, dauughter of Sir Henry, Knight, and Margaret (Heckstall) and sister of Sir Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton, co. Warwick, and Peckham, co. Kent, Knight (Visitation of Warwiclsshire, 1619, page 5)"
   
5. Title: James Clarke in entry for Richard Clarke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQXX-VF3 : 5 February 2023), James Clarke in entry for Richard Clarke, 1539.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQXX-VF3;
   
6. Title: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants&h=93832&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
   
7. Title: James Clerk (1480-1554), Millennium File
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/109011520;
   Note: Name: James Clerk [James Clarke] Gender: Male Birth Date: 1480 Birth Place: Forde, Kent, England Death Date: 20 Sep 1554 Father: John Clerke Mother: Lucia Moyle Spouse: Elizabeth Ferrers Children: George Clerke Spouse Father: Henry Ferrers Spouse Mother: Margaret Heckstall
   
8. Title: The Ancestors and Relatives of Samuel Clark, Mormon Pioneer (2018, 92 pages)
   Publication: Name: https://sites.google.com/view/scfo/clark-history;
   Note: The research publication “The Ancestors and Relatives of Samuel Clark, Mormon Pioneer” (92 pages) was produced by the Samuel Clark Family Organization in 2018.
   
9. Title: The English Ancestors and Relatives of Ezra Thompson Clark (1823-1901), Mormon Pioneer (2018, 76 pages)
   Publication: Name: https://sites.google.com/view/scfo/other-clarks;
   Note: The research publication “The English Ancestors and Relatives of Ezra Thompson Clark (1823-1901), Mormon Pioneer” (76 pages) was produced by the Samuel Clark Family Organization in 2018.
   
10. Title: Visitations of Hertfordshire
    Author: https://books.google.com/books?id=gqwKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=visitations+of+hertfordshire,+volume+22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih2rX5lYvOAhVlVWMKHbaCDl0Q6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=visitations%20of%20hertfordshire%2C%20volume%2022&f=false
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=gqwKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=visitations+of+hertfordshire,+volume+22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih2rX5lYvOAhVlVWMKHbaCDl0Q6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=visitations%20of%20hertfordshire%2C%20volume%2022&f=false;
    Note: Documents 3 sons of John Clarke
    Page: Documented portion of record details three sons of John Clarke
    
11. Title: James Clerke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
    Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLXG-LJM : 6 January 2021), James Clerke, .
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLXG-LJM;
    Page: England Marriages, 1538–1973
    
12. Title: Millennium File
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7249/records/109011520;
    
13. Title: James Clerk in entry for Robt. Clerk, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
    Author: "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZGM-DPJ : 17 April 2023), James Clerk in entry for Robt. Clerk, 1580.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZGM-DPJ;
    Page: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 James Clerk
    
14. Title: James in entry for Robert Clerk, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
    Author: "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7H-QGL3 : 8 July 2020), James in entry for Robert Clerk, 1 Jan 1580; citing Burial, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 4,046,576.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7H-QGL3;
    Page: Names agree to husband listed
    
15. Title: James Clerke (1485-1554), "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKSH-Q2PZ : 6 March 2021), James Clerke, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 206974910, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKSH-Q2PZ;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206974910/james-clerke James Clerke BIRTH 9 Dec 1485 Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England DEATH 20 Sep 1554 (aged 68) Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 206974910 Spouse: Elizabeth de Ferrers ( 1486-1558 ) Parents: John Forde Clarke 1448–1497 Lucia Moyle Clerke 1450–1491
    
16. Title: James Clerk, in "Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy"
    Author: Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Island and Dungan genealogy page 37 [image 43 of 563]
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/10231/records/41;
    Note: James Clerk, of Forde Hall, son of John and Lucia (Moyle) Clerk. died 20 Sep 1553. married 1508 Elizabeth Ferrers, daughter of Henry Ferrers and Margaret Heckstall
    
17. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Sir James Clarke - birth:
    Author: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
    Note: birth: death:
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2026280052
    
18. Title: James Clarke in entry for Walter Clarke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSLZ-H8H : 5 February 2023), James Clarke in entry for Walter Clarke, 1540.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSLZ-H8H;
    
19. Title: Immediately family listing of Sir John Clarke, Baron of Forde and Lady Lucia Moyle of Canterbury
    Author: Ancestry.com
    Publication: Name: http://person.ancestry.com/tree/18232629/person/18326061577#18326061577/facts?&_suid=144130550413908584118455096339;
    Note: Lists all children of John III and his wife
    Page: add son
    
20. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree