Birth: 1625 Headley, Hampshire, UK
Father: Edmond Cleere (Clear, Cleer) 1587-c1653
Mother: Johan (Joan) Gill (Gile) 1589-1662
Christening: 3 May 1625 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
Marriage: 12 April 1652 St Mary the Virgin, Frensham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Joan (Jane, Joane, Jone) Bettesworth (Betsworth) 1637-1715
Death: June 1702 Headley, Hampshire, UK
Burial: 19 June 1702 All Saints, Headley, Hampshire, UK
John Cleere (Clear) 1660-1717
Henry Cleere (Clear) 1663-1722
Edmond (Edmund) Cleere (Clear) 1665-1666
Elizabeth Cleere (Clear) [Chapman] 1667-a1716
Joan Cleere (Clear) 1669
Christening of William Cleere in the IGI on 3 May 1625 in Headley, Hampshire, father Edmond Cleere. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
The same information is in Headley Baptisms adding the spelling Clear.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for William Cleere baptised 5 May 1625 at Headley All Saints, father Edmond Cleere. "Anno Dom: 1624: [...] The [?] day of May [?] Baptized William ye sonne of Edmund Cleere". The date is in roman numerals but illegible.
His three brothers were baptised on 11 April 1630, 1 February 1631 and 27 November 1633, all at All Saints, Headley, father Edmond Clere.
Marriage of William Clere and Jone Betsworth in the IGI on 12 April 1652 in Frensham, Surrey. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for the marriage of William Clere and Jane Betsworth on 12 April 1652 at Frensham St Mary. "Marriages 1649 [...] 1652 [...] William Clere & Jone Betsworth Marryed April ye 12:"
His first son was born on 13 October 1660 parents William and Joan Cleere and recorded at All Saints, Headley, his second son was baptised on 13 September 1663, and two daughters on 16 June 1667 and 23 June 1669, all at All Saints, Headley, parents William and Joan Cleere.
Entry in Headley Burials for William Cleere on 19 June 1702.
Two entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for William Cleere on 19 June 1702 at Headley All Saints. "Page 35 1700 [...] 1702 [...] William Cleere Buried June 19th", and for Wm Cleere on 22 June 1702 at Headley All Saints "June 22 1702 Affivadit was then made before Mr Pilkington that Wm Cleere was buried in Woollen only".
There are one hundred and two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Clere/Cleere.
William Cleere was my second cousin nine times removed.
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