Cecil, Thomas^[1]

1542 - 1623  (80 years)

• Name	Cecil, Thomas
  Born	5 May 1542	Cambridge, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Feb 1623	London, Burghley House, Strand, England
  Buried	10 Feb 1623	St. John Baptist's Chapel   [2]
  Person ID	I115	Fitzgerald-Aller
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2005

  
  

  Father	Cecil, Baron William,   b. 18 Sep 1520, Burghley, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 4 Aug 1598, Burghley House, Strand, Co Middlesex, England  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Cheke, Mary,   b. 1512, St. Mary's, Cambridge, England ,   d. 22 Feb 1543-1544, Cambridge, England  (Age 32 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1541	Gray's Inn, London, England
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Neville, Dorothy,   b. 1548, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 23 Mar 1608, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1564	England
  Children	1. Cecil, Elizabeth,   b. Between 1560 and 1575, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Cecil, William,   b. 1566,   d. 6 Jul 1640  (Age 74 years)   3. Cecil, David,   b. Between 1567 and 1574,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Cecil, Sir Knight Richard,   b. 1570,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Cecil, Earl Edward,   b. 1571, Burleigh, Glouchester, England ,   d. 1638  (Age 67 years)   6. Cecil, Sir Knight Thomas,   b. 30 Dec 1578, England ,   d. 3 Dec 1662, Stamford, England  (Age 83 years)   7. Cecil, Frances,   b. 28 Feb 1579-1580, St. Martin's in the Fields, England ,   d. 12 Jun 1653, Rainham, England  (Age 73 years)   8. Cecil, Mildred,   b. Bef 1587,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Cecil, Mary,   b. Bef 1609,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Cecil, Lucy,   b. Bef 1609,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Cecil, Catherine,   b. Bef 1609,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Cecil, Christopher,   b. Bef 1609,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Cecil, Susan,   b. Bef 1609,   d. Yes, date unknown   14. Cecil, Anne,   b. Bef 1609,   d. 1621  (Age ~ 12 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2005
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Brydges, Frances Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1580, Sudely Manor, Glouchester, England ,   d. Abt 1663  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	1610	Cambridge, England
  Children	1. Cecil, Anna Sophia,   b. 13 Jul 1616,   d. 15 Sep 1621  (Age 5 years)
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2004
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: He went abroad for a year at age 19. Thomas was "healthy, lazy, amiable with not much of a brain and intent on mainly girls and sport." Thomas did manage to settle down respectably and became Earl of Exeter. It appears that the Cecil's who immigrated to America are mostly from this line. According to Jim Cissell in his Internet Page, most Cissell's are able to connect with John Cecil of Maryland who arrived in 1658. From 1607 until 1624 there are Cecil's listed in the Virginia colonies such as Robert, Thomas, William and General Cecill. I am alos looking to find descendents of these Cecil's. by the first congressional census in 1790 there are Cecil's in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and most predominately Maryland. Signer, along with son Edward, of the Second Virginia Charter, May 23, 1609. According to Linda LSyselt@aol.com, as per Paul Tobler, the Meetings of the managers of the Virginia Company were sometimes held at his house in London, first known as Burleigh House, and later as Exeter House. Other signers: It?s on the Second Virginia Charter, May 23, 1609, and it lists as signers, among many others, Sir Edward Cecill, Knight (Cecil), Sir Henrie Nevill, Knight (Nevil), Sir Robert Payne, Knight, Sir Dudley Diggs, Knight (Digges), Captaine Clakre, George Calvert, Esquire, William Oxenbridge, Esquire (could he perhaps be related to the Susan Oxenbridge who married Thomas Cecil the Engraver?); Christopher Nicholls, John Gardener (Gardiner); John Gilbert (could this also be Guilbert?), William Payne, and Christopher Nicholds (Christopher Holt).

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] GEDCOM File: Melissa Thompson Alexander, Melissa Thompson Alexander. [S31] Burials in West Minister Abbey.