'Clerk03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Clerke of Hitcham, Clerke of North Weston, Clerke of Shabbington
[Much of this page was first launched within Clerk02. It was moved here to facilitate review & expansion.]

                               
Sir William Clerke of Shabbington & Hitcham, Buckinghamshire (d 01.02.1624-5)
m. Mary (or Margaret) Brown (dau of Sir John Brown or Bourne of Holt Castle, Secretary of State)
1. Sir Francis Clerke of Hitcham (d 13/18.03.1631-2)
  m. Grisel Woodruffe (d 18.03.1631, dau of Sir David Woodruffe of Poyle)
  A. Sir John Clerke of Hitcham (Buckinghamshire) & North Weston (Oxfordshire), 1st Bart (b c1622, d 07.10.1667)
m. Philadelphia Carr (bpt 14.09.1626, d 09.08.1698, dau/coheir of Sir Edward Carr of Hillingdon by Jane, dau of Sir Edward Onslow of Knoll)
  i. Sir William Clerke of Shabbington, 2nd Bart (b 09.07.1643, d 06.09.1678)
  m. Elizabeth Muschamp (a 1695, dau of William Muschamp of (Row) Barnes)
  a. Sir William Clerke, 3rd Bart (b by 1662, d before 12.1699)
  m. (11.07.1683) Catherine Onslow (b c1655, d 14.03.1741, dau of Sir Arthur Onslow, 2nd Bart (by Mary Foote), sister of Richard, 1st Baron)
  (1) Sir John Clerke, 4th Bart ( dsp 27.02.1726-7)
  (2) Sir William Clerke, 5th Bart (dsp before 11.1738)
m. _ Bunsrow of London
  (3)+ other issue - Catherine, Mary (a 1731), Elizabeth (a 1731), Philadephia (d 1684)
  b. John Clerke of North Weston (d 1708)
  m. Catherine Jennings (dau of Henry Jennings of Devonshire)
  (1) Sir Francis Clerke, 6th Bart (b 12.07.1682, d unm 12.02.1769)
  c. Elizabeth Clerke (d 1734)
m. J(ohn) Walker of Hillingdon (b 02.1652, d 29.09.1734)
  ii. Richard Clerke of Horspath, Oxfordshire (b 04.03.1659, 6th son)
  m. (13.03.1675/ 6) _ Day
  a. John Carr Clerke (d unm)
  b. Francis Carr Clerke of North Weston (b c1694, d 27.05.1730)
  m. Catherine Bertie (dau of Henry Bertie of Notley Abbey by Philadelphia, dau of Sir Edward Norreys by Jane Clerke)
(1) Francis Clerke of North Weston (b 23.09.1724, d 30.04.1760)
  m. (1747) Susannah Elizabeth Ashhurst (dau of Thomas Henry Ashhurst of Waterstock)
  (A) Sir Francis Carr Clerke, 7th Bart (b 24.10.1748, d unm Saratoga 12.02.1769)
  (B) Sir William Henry Clerke, 8th Bart (b 25.11.1751, d 10.04.1818)
  m. (05.05.1792) Byzantia Cartwright (d 30.04.1815, dau of Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe by Byzantia Lane)
  (i) Sir William Henry Clerke, 9th Bart (b 13.09.1793, d 16.02.1861, Lt. Col.) had issue
  m. (02.05.1820) Mary Elizabeth Kenrick (b 1798-9, d 12.06.1873, dau of George Watkin Kenrick of Mertyn Hall by _ Foulkes)
  (ii) Charles Carr Clerke (b 23.12.1798, dsp 24.12.1877, archdeacon of Oxford, 3rd son)
  m. (15.04.1847) Caroline Ashhurst (d 25.12.1904, dau of William Henry Ashhurst of Waterstock)
  (iii)+ other issue (d unm) - Francis (b 10.09.1797, d 01.1853, rector of Eydon), Byzantia (d 12.1854)
  (C) Diana Susanna Clerke (b 24.06.1750)
  m. Rev. E. Williams of Newbold
  (D) Suannah Clerke (b 30.04.1753, dsp 10.09.1824)
m. (18.10.1805) Sir Robert Peel, 1st Bart of Drayton
  iii. Jane Clerke (b 1644)
  m.Sir Edward Norreys of Weston-on-the-Green
  a. Philadelphia Norreys
  m. Henry Bertie of Notley Abbey (Captain, brother of James, 1st Earl of Abingdon)
  iv.+ other issue - 4 sons, Grisel, daughter
  B. Elizabeth Clerke (d 22.09.1678)
  C. Grizell Clerke probably of this generation
  m. John Hooke of Bramshot (d 04.05.1686, MP)
  D. Dorothy Clerke (d by 12.1702) probably of this generation
  m. Sir William Oglander, 1st Bart of Nunwell (b c1611, d 1670
2. Sir William Clerke 'of Hitcham' (dvp?)
  m. Ursula St. Barbe (dau of William St. Barbe, widow of Sir Francis Verney)
3.+ 3 sons (dvp) and 3 daughters

Main source(s): BP1934 ('Clerke'), Lipscomb (Bucks, vol 1, 'Pedigree of Clerke of Shabbington', p446+) with support from TCB (vol 3, 'Clerke of Hitcham', p80+)
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