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Sara Smith James 1569 – 1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1569

Birth Location: Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 October 1649

Death Location: Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Smith

Mother: Rose Goddard

Spouse(s): Thomas Cleyborne

Children(s): William Claiborne

Sara Smith James was born in 1569 in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Captain Smythe Smith and Rose Lady of Southwark Surrey Goddard. Sara Smith James married Thomas Cleyborne, and had children including William C Claiborne. Sara Smith James passed away in 1649 in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sara Smith James was born in 1569 in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Captain Smythe Smith and Rose Lady of Southwark Surrey Goddard.
  • Sara Smith James married Thomas Cleyborne, and had children including William C Claiborne.
  • Sara Smith James passed away in 1649 in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Smith
1530 – 1591
Birth Location: Southwark, Surrey, England
SS
Rose Goddard
1535 – 1615
Birth Location: St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
RG

Spouses(s)

Thomas Cleyborne
1557 – 1607
Birth Location: Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
TC

Children(s)

William Claiborne
1600 – 1677
Birth Location: Crayford, Kent, England
WC

Sara James's Ancestors

Self
Sara James
1569 – 1649
Birth Place: Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Captain Smythe Smith
1530 – 1591
Southwark, Surrey, England
Rose (Lady of Southwark Surrey) Goddard
1535 – 1615
St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alice (Joan Brouker) Townhende
1500 – 1579
Cosham, Wiltshire, England
John (Thomas) Goddard
1500 – 1545
Upper Upham, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Berenger
1489 – 1534
Manningford, Bruce, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Goddard
1465 – 1545
Christian Bushe
1448 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sara James's Descendants

1.
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Sara (Smith) James (1569 – 4 October 1649) m. Thomas Cleyborne (1557 – 10 September 1607)
  1. 1. William (C) Claiborne (10 Aug 1600 – 21 March 1677) m. Elizabeth Butler (1610 – 20 August 1676)
    1. 1. Mary Claiborne (1635 – 1709) m. Edward Rice (1626 – 1660)
      1. 1. Thomas Rice (1650 or 1656 – 1711) m. Marcey (Ann) Hewes (1664 – 1731)
        1. 1. David Rice (1682 – 1770)
        2. 2. Charles Rice (1684 – )
        3. 3. Michael Rice (1684 – )
        4. 4. James Rice (1686 – 1754)
        5. 5. William Rice (1686 – 1734)
        6. 6. Thomas Rice (1688 – 1744)
        7. 7. Edward Rice (1690 – 1747)
        8. 8. Susannah Rice (1692 – 1790)
        9. 9. Mary Rice (1694 – 1751)
        10. 10. John Rice (18 September 1698 – 21 October 1769)
        11. 11. Francis Rice (1699 – 1736)
        12. 12. Alice Rice (1700 – 1751)
        13. 13. Henry Rice (1702 – 1746)
        14. 14. Marcey Rice (1702 – )
        15. 15. Sarah Rice (1705 – January 1752)
        16. 16. Benjamin Rice (1708 – 1786)
        17. 17. Elizabeth Rice (1709 – )
        18. 18. Matthew (Hewes) Rice (1710 – 20 Nov 1775)
    2. 2. Thomas (Lt.) Claiborne (17 August 1647 – 7 October 1683)

Sara James's Timeline

2 Records

1569
1569
Birth of Sara Smith James in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1649
4 October 1649
Age 80
Death of Sara Smith James in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 October 1649
    Event Place: Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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