Thomas Wickliffe

Thomas WICKLIFFE was born 1583 in England. He was the son of 4. Francis WICKLIFFE and 5. Jane ROKEBY. 3. Mary YOUNGE was born ABT 1583 in England.

Child of Mary YOUNGE and Thomas WICKLIFFE is:

• !David WICKLIFFE was born 1614 in Yorkshire, England, and died 1642 in St. Mary's Colony, MD. He married Jane (Joane) [Rokely?] ABT 1636 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She was born ABT 1620 in England ....

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According to Laura Audrey..."The Nat. Society of Magna Carta Dames, are reported to have recorded and accepted the ances of David Wyckliffe as"...."David Wyckliffe, son of Anthony, son of Francis, Esq (Lord of Wyckliffe and Ulvington) and (his) wife, Jane Rokeby, daug. of Thomas of Mortham".

From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bodine/n35487.html

And here is an even better possibility as to who David's father was. There is a small genealogy for some Wycliffes in London in The Visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. This was made by Sir Henry St. George, knight., Richmond herald, and deputy and marshal to Sr. Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux king of armes. It is found in The Harleian Society Publications, v. 17, p. 376. It tells us that Francis Wycliffe had son Thomas who married Mary Yonge who then had son Robert Wycliffe who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Yonge of Soylby Com. Leic. William was the oldest son [of Robert I guess] and living in 1634. The shield shown there is that of the Wycliffe/Ellerton shield. This is all a little confusing, but this Robert could well be the father of the David Wickliffe who ended up in America. That is only a guess, but let's keep it in mind. The name Robert was very common among the Wickliffes in America. It would make more sense that the progression goes Francis Wycliffe - Thomas Wycliffe - Robert Wycliffe and then the son of Robert could be this David Wickliffe who went to America. The following dates don't have sources, but I am guessing that Francis Wycliffe was born around 1528-1530; his son Thomas was born about 1560; his possible son Robert could have been born about 1685; and then that would leave room for David around 1610.
David WICKLIFFE apparantly arrived with the George and Robert Evelyn expedition if 1635. The Evelyn brothers were the nephews of Capt. Yonge (Young) of North Riding of Yorkshire, England, which is about 12 miles from Wycliffe, the ancestral home of the Wycliffe family. The Lords of Wycliffe can be traced back to Roger de Wycliff (1100-1154). (see C. Wickliffe Throckmorton's "English Ancestry of the Wickliffe Family in America") There is no record to document who David's father was, but it appears probable that he was the grandson of Francis Wycliffe, the 15th Lord of Wycliffe and Ulvington. In the Evelyn's company there were many Yorkshire men, a number of them allied to the Wycliffe family. George Evelyn claimed land in 1638 for having brought David Wickcliffe to Maryland, while David in 1640 obtained a grant of land for 50 acres for having transported himself to the colony in 1630. The Evelyns were relatives of George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, who in 1632 was granted by Charles I a charter to what is now Maryland. Lord Baltimore appointed George Evelyn commander of the Island of Kent, and Robert was appointed agent for trading with Indians by Cloberly & Company. It is certain there was a Yonge (Young)--Evelyn--Wycliffe (Wickliffe) family connection.

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