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John Thomas Edward Clarke 1540 – 1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1629

Death Location: Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Clark

Mother: Margaret Blysse)

Spouse(s): Margaret Clarke

Children(s): Dorothy HEYSHAW

In 1540, John Thomas Edward Clarke entered the world in Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Clark and Margaret Clarke (nee Blysse). John Thomas Edward Clarke married Margaret Clarke, and had children including Dorothy Clark HEYSHAW. John Thomas Edward Clarke passed away in 1629 in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1540, John Thomas Edward Clarke entered the world in Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Clark and Margaret Clarke (nee Blysse).
  • John Thomas Edward Clarke married Margaret Clarke, and had children including Dorothy Clark HEYSHAW.
  • John Thomas Edward Clarke passed away in 1629 in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Clark
1513 – 1556
Birth Location: Courtneehall, Northampton, England
RC
Margaret Blysse)
1517 – 1601
Birth Location: Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
MB

Spouses(s)

Margaret Clarke
1533 – 1637
Birth Location: Feering, Essex, England
MC

Children(s)

Dorothy HEYSHAW
1559 – 1617
Birth Location: of Alstonfield, Stafford, Eng.
DH

John Clarke's Ancestors

Self
John Clarke
1540 – 1629
Birth Place: Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Clark
1513 – 1556
Courtneehall, Northampton, England
Margaret (Clarke (nee) Blysse)
1517 – 1601
Courteenhall, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richard (Blysse\Blease III) ^*
1500 – 1581
Pattishall, Northamptonshire, , England
Joyce (Alice Townhende ^* of Daventry (m.) Bliss)
1504 – 1567
Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Clarke's Descendants

1.
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John (Thomas Edward) Clarke (1540 – 1629) m. Margaret Clarke (1533 – 4 MAR 1637)
  1. 1. Dorothy (Clark) HEYSHAW (1559 – 1617) m. John Beresford (9 May 1539 – 17 Sep 1607)
    1. 1. Anne Beresford (12 Feb 1591 – ) m. Richard Bateman (16 Mar 1586 – 22 Jan 1651)
      1. 1. Richard Wood (1617 – 07 Jan 1669) m. Sarah (Francis) Woodrow (1621 – 1 Apr 1699)
        1. 1. MARY (SARAH FORD) WOOD (1643 – 4 May 1705)

John Clarke's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of John Thomas Edward Clarke in Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
1629
1629
Age 89
Death of John Thomas Edward Clarke in Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Woodchurch, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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