Birth: 13 October 1660 Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: William Cleere (Clear, Clere) 1625-1702
Mother: Joan (Joane, Jone) Bettesworth (Betsworth) 1637-1715
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 1 October 1694
Wife: Sarah Prior b1679-1712
Death: September 1717 Hatch House, Lindford, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Burial: 4 September 1717 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Unknown
Birth of John Cleere in the IGI in Headley, Hampshire, parents William and Joan. The same information is in Headley Baptisms with the alternative spelling Clear and a note stating "born". This was just after the restoration of the monarchy and of christening records, but obviously not yet in Headley.
Marriage of John Cleare and Sarah Prior in the IGI on 1 October 1694 in Headley, Hampshire. The same information is in Headley Marriages.
There is an entry in Headley Burials for John Cleere (Clear) on 4 September 1717, with a note "aff Mary Bignol".
Between 1690-1796 a separate register (No.6) was kept for 'affirmations' that the deceased was buried 'in woollen only'.
His wife died in 1712.
There is an entry in Headley Wills for a will and inventory of John Cleere, senior, yeoman of Hatch House buried on 4 September 1717, dated 1718. This is probably Hatch House Farm in Headley Road, Lindford, but in Headley parish the singer Lulu once lived here with Maurice Gibb of the Bee-Gees (in the 1970s?)
There is an entry in Headley Burials for John Cleere (Clear) the elder of Curtis on 13 August 1732, and in in Headley Wills for John Cleere, the elder of Curtis and yeoman buried on 13 August 1732, dated 17 May 1733 reference PROB 11/659. However this will gives his wife's name as Mary.
John Clear was my third cousin eight times removed.
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