James Clifford

• General Notes
  • "James and wife Anne lived in Ainderby Quernhow, Pickhill cum Roxby Parish, North Yorkshire Riding, Yorkshire, England, at least between 1696 and 1714. No dates or locations of births for James or wife. James’s wife was probably the Anne Clifford buried 21 July 1733. But this Anne could have been James’s daughter Anne. Note that daughter Mary, who married Stephen Bavil, named her firstborn child Anne. Some of the family lived in the parish as late as 1734." Hugh Clifford
    
    Children:
    1. William Clifford; baptized 20 February 1696.
    
    2. John Clifford; baptized 10 January 1698.
    
    3. James Clifford; baptized 9 April 1701; died circa January 1782 in New Jersey; married. Known children: (a) George Clifford; (b) Charles Clifford; (c) James Clifford (possibly he was the firstborn child); (d) Edward Clifford; (e) Ann Clifford (Martin); (f) John Clifford; and (g) Elizabeth Clifford (Little/Lytle). Prudence White is not the wife of this James Clifford. The James Clifford whose wife was Prudence White was George Clifford's son James.
    
    4. Anne Clifford; baptized 12 March 1706.
    
    5. George Clifford; baptized 21 September 1712; married (first), 16 August 1734, Elizabeth Bowman in Ainderby Quernhow; married (second) Mary (re George’s 1757 New Jersey will). George died November or December 1757 in New Jersey. Known children: (a) Ann Clifford (Beavers), born circa 1735 (probably by first wife Elizabeth and probably in Yorkshire, England); (b) John Clifford, born 1743 in New Jersey; (his mother could have been either Elizabeth or Mary; I would guess by Mary; note the 8 years difference between first child Ann and second child John); (c) Mary Clifford (Maxwell); (d) James Clifford; (e) Margaret Clifford; and (f) Sarah Clifford (Sellers). See Generations Two and Three for details. Since George married in England in 1734, and the first records that I have of him in New Jersey were in 1738, this gives a good indication of when he (and possibly his brother James) came to North America.
    
    6. Mary Clifford; baptized 15 January 1714; married, 17 July 1731, Stephen Bavil in Ainderby Quernhow. First living child was Anne Bavil, baptized 15 September 1732, “dau of Stephen Bawel;” from Pickhill cum Roxby Parish registry, page 44.