Ancestry of
Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

Richard de Clare

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• • 21st Great-grandfather of Ben Ames Williams — 24th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 15538668 
  • Father:
  • Gilbert de Clare 
  • Mother:
  • Isabel Marshal   
  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Aug 1222 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jul 1262 
  • Death Location:
  • Asbenfield Manor, Waltham, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Maud de Lacy
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 25 Jan 1237/1238 
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  Gilbert de Clare (Ahnentafel No:7769334 )

  Thomas de Clare

  Roese de Clare

  • Notes: 

  • 8th Earl of Clare, Earl of Hertford and Gloucester

• Sources for Richard de Clare

  • ¹ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 71.
  • ² Wikipedia, "Richard de Clare, 5th Earl of Herford", _6th_Earl_of_Hertford, (accessed 02/23/2010).
  • ³ Wurts, John S., Magna Charta, New York: Brookfield Publishing Company (1893), 1594.