Gervase Clifton

Last updated 29 Jun 2021 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: Bet 9 Sep 1515 and 8 Sep 1516

Died: Bef 13 Mar 1587/88

Father: Robert Clifton (? – 1517)

Supporting evidence for:

name

book-baronetage-of-england-v1-1771: E. Kimber and R. Johnson, The Baronetage of England: Containing A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Englsh Baronets Now Existing: With Their Descents, Marriages, and Memorable Actions both in War and Peace, Collected from Authentic Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, our best Historians, and other Authorities, Volume 1; London: G. Woodfall, et. al., 1771; book image (PDF), unrecorded repository (accessed 4 Aug 2009) [This is the third edition of The Baronetage of England. The first two were authored by Thomas Wotton, who died in 1766. Kimber and Johnson edited and released this third edition.]

Reference Detail: Page 28 (PDF page 102)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Gervase Clifton).

book-plantagenet-ancestry-2004: Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry — A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families; Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004; individual page images, unrecorded site (accessed 15 July 2009)

Reference Detail: Page 536, Need family, #15

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Gervase [Clifton]).

periodical-samuel-levis-quaker-immigrant-1999: “Samuel Levis: Quaker Immigrant to Pennsylvania” by Leslie Mahler, journal article; The Genealogist, 13.1 (American Society of Genealogists: Spring 1999), pages 30-36, online home (https://fasg.org/the-genealogist/: accessed 31 Mar 2007)

Reference Detail: p. 32, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Gervase [Clifton]).

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birth

Reference Detail: Page 28 (PDF page 102)

Comment Detail: Source includes age phrase ("not two years old") as of his father Robert Clifton's death. However, the date of this death, and thus Gervase's birth date range, are in conflict. See research notes for conflict details.

Reference Detail: p. 32, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source includes age phrase ("not yet two years old") as of his father Robert Clifton's death on 9 Sep 1517. The implication is that he was more than one year old, but less than two. This gives a range from 9 Sep 1515 to 8 Sep 1516.

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death

Reference Detail: p. 33, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source includes date his will was proved (13 March 1587[/8]).

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father

Reference Detail: Page 28 (PDF page 102)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Gervase Clifton as the (probable) biological son of Robert Clifton.

Reference Detail: Page 536, Need family, #15

Comment Detail: Source identifies Gervase Clifton as a biological [implied] son of Robert Clifton.

Reference Detail: p. 32, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source identifies Gervase [Clifton] as a son of Robert Clifton. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

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mother

Reference Detail: p. 32, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source identifies Gervase [Clifton] as a son of Ann Clifford. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

Reference Detail: Page 536, Need family, #15

Comment Detail: Source identifies Gervase Clifton as a biological [implied] son of Anne Clifford.

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Miscellaneous Facts

Events

Social Rank: (knight)

Will (signed): 15 Oct 1587

Will (proved): 13 Mar 1587/88

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events

Reference Detail: Page 536, Need family, #15

Comment Detail: Source includes social rank (Knt.).

Reference Detail: p. 33, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source includes date (15 October 1587).

Reference Detail: p. 33, (gen. 9, Ann Clifford).

Comment Detail: Source includes date (13 March 1587[/8].

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

CONFLICTS

Birth Date: This database uses between 9 Sep 1515 and 8 Sep 1516. The book, Baronetage of England [etc.], defines his father Robert Clifton's date of death as 3 Sep 1517, which gives a range from 3 Sep 1515 to 2 Sep 1516. [book-baronetage-of-england-v1-1771]

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research notes

Reference Detail: Page 28 (PDF page 102)

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Sources

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