Ancestry of
Button Gwinnett

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare

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• • 23rd Great-grandfather of Button Gwinnett — 26th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 37442862 
  • Father:
  • Richard Fitzgilbert 
  • Mother:
  • Rohese Giffard   
  • Birth Date:
  • BY 1066 
  • Birth Location:
  • Clare, Suffolk, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1115 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Adeliza de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
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  Gilbert Fitzgilbert de Clare

  Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare

  Alice Fitzrichard de Clare (Ahnentafel No:18721431 )

  • Notes: 

  • Lord of Clare, Tonbridge, and Cardigan

• Sources for Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1981, Vol. 57, p. 32.
  • ² Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Vol. I, London: J. Billing, Printer and Stereotyper (1851), pedigree XIII for Rev. Pierce William Drew.
  • ³ Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. (1999), 2498.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 548, 551.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 845.
  • ⁶ 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), 225, 227.
  • ⁷ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 185.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Gilbert Fitz Richard", (accessed 02/21/2010).