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Sir John Clerke 1503–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England

Death Date: 03 Mar 1559

Death Location: Finningham,County, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Clarke

Mother: Joan Watkins

Spouse(s): Marie Rasmussen

Children(s): Joane Gully, John Clerk, John Clarke, Lady Clerke, Johnny Clark, Elizabeth Clarke, Sarah Clark, William Clerke, Alice Gully, Mary Clerke

Sir John Clerke was born in 1503 in Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England, the child of Thomas Clerke Clarke And Joan Jean Barrell Watkins. Sir John Clerke married Marie A Rasmussen, and had children including Alice Evelyn Gully, Elizabeth Clarke, Jill Clark Abramski, Joane Gully, John Bunton Clarke, John Clerk, Johnny Clark, Lady Marion Clerke, Mary Clerke, Sarah Elizabeth Clark, William Clerke. Sir John Clerke passed away in 1559 in Finningham,County, Suffolk, England.

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  • Sir John Clerke was born in 1503 in Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England, the child of Thomas Clerke Clarke And Joan Jean Barrell Watkins.
  • Sir John Clerke married Marie A Rasmussen, and had children including Alice Evelyn Gully, Elizabeth Clarke, Jill Clark Abramski, Joane Gully, John Bunton Clarke, John Clerk, Johnny Clark, Lady Marion Clerke, Mary Clerke, Sarah Elizabeth Clark, William Clerke.
  • Sir John Clerke passed away in 1559 in Finningham,County, Suffolk, England.

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Sir Clerke's Ancestors

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Sir Clerke
1503–1559
Birth Place: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
Parents
Thomas Clerke Clarke
1488–1553
Yaxley, Suffolk, England
Joan (Jean Barrell) Watkins
1490–1553
Yaxley, Suffolk, England
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Sir Clerke's Descendants

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Sir (John) Clerke (1503–03 Mar 1559) m. Marie (A.) Rasmussen (30 May 1504–1598)
  1. 1. Joane Gully 1524–1562 m. Sir (George Henry) Clarke 1518–1556
    1. 1. Amy Clarke 1555–1573 m. George Stevens 1550–1574
      1. 1. Katherine (Stevens) (12ggm) 1573–1609
        1. 1. Rev (William) Sargent 1602–1682 m. Elizabeth Perkins 1611–1670
        2. 2. Elizabeth Sargent 1603–1681
        3. 3. Joanna (Jane) Sargent 1602–1649
        4. 4. John Sargent 1609–
        5. 5. Martha (Elizabeth) Sargent 1603–1673
      2. 2. John Stevens –1588
    2. 2. George Clerke 1540–
    3. 3. Jerome Clerke 1542–
  2. 2. John Clerk 1519–1585
  3. 3. John (Bunton) Clarke 1519–1585
  4. 4. Lady (Marion) Clerke 1518–1588
  5. 5. Johnny Clark 1525–1611
  6. 6. Elizabeth Clarke 1524–1561
  7. 7. Sarah (Elizabeth) Clark 1524–1563
  8. 8. William Clerke –1622
  9. 9. Alice (Evelyn) Gully –1658
  10. 10. Mary Clerke –1637

Sir Clerke's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Sir John Clerke in Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
1559
03 Mar 1559
Age 56
Death of Sir John Clerke in Finningham,County, Suffolk, England
Finningham,County, Suffolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Wrotham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Theydon Garnon, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Mar 1559
    Event Place: Finningham,County, Suffolk, England

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