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Cecil, Baron William

Male 1520 - 1598  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  Cecil, Baron William was born on 18 Sep 1520 in Burghley, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England; died on 4 Aug 1598 in Burghley House, Strand, Co Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    Also spelled Burleigh-but I defer to the Oxford University Press spelling
    He was High Treasurer and Prime Minister of England. He was Elizabeth I's chief minister until the day of his death.
    According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: He may have had a child out of wedlock by age 14
    With his father's help he became an MP, and a justice of the peace. At 27 he became Master of the Requests to Edward VI, he was knighted shortly afterward. He retired to the country during the reign of Mary Tudor. He was a womanizer and had frequent liassons. In 1571 elizabeth I created him Lord Burghley, a year later, Knight of the Garter and Lord Treasurer.
    Lord Burghley conducted what amounted to a school for young noblemen at his estate, partly to educate and partly to build the governing class and strengthen Elizabeth I
    From Michael David Smart: "Sixty Old Master paintings drawn from the collection of one of England's grandest Elizabethan houses came to Lakeview Museum in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Paintings, Paintings from the Burghley House Collection...This outstanding collection of 16th to 18th century paintings has remained near intact for more than 300 years at Burghley House, a 750 room house located 90 miles from London and home to 17 generations of the Cecil family. The house is the oldest home in England still lived in continuously by the same family. Burghley House was finished in 1587 for Sir William Cecil...Though the interior was remodeled in the 1690's the house remains the finest example of late 16th century architechture in England..."

    Adrian Channing reports "1st Lord Burleigh was v fond of maps, at a time when maps of 'regions' were first being produced in England. My ancestor (a Browne) sent him the first map of county Mayo, Ireland in 1585, so perhaps this fondness of maps carried down to his grandson."

    William married Cheke, Mary on 8 Aug 1541 in Gray's Inn, London, England. Mary (daughter of Cheke, Peter and Duffield, Agnes) was born in 1512 in St. Mary's, Cambridge, England; died on 22 Feb 1543-1544 in Cambridge, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Cecil, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1542 in Cambridge, England; died on 7 Feb 1623 in London, Burghley House, Strand, England; was buried on 10 Feb 1623 in St. John Baptist's Chapel.

    William married Cooke, Mildred on 21 Dec 1545 in England. Mildred was born on 24 Aug 1524 in Gildea Hall, Co Essex, England; died on 5 Apr 1589 in Burghley House, Strand, Co Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Cecil, Anne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Dec 1555 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 6 Jun 1588 in Westminister, Salisbury, England.
    2. 4. Cecil, Frances  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Apr 1556 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.
    3. 5. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1559 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.
    4. 6. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in May 1561 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.
    5. 7. Cecil, Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jun 1563 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 24 May 1612 in St. Margaret's Priory, Marlborough, England.
    6. 8. Cecil, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jul 1564 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cecil, Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 5 May 1542 in Cambridge, England; died on 7 Feb 1623 in London, Burghley House, Strand, England; was buried on 10 Feb 1623 in St. John Baptist's Chapel.

    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).

    Thomas married Neville, Dorothy in 1564 in England. Dorothy (daughter of Neville, John and Somerset, Lucy) was born in 1548 in Yorkshire, England; died on 23 Mar 1608 in London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Cecil, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1560 and 1575 in England; and died.
    2. 10. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1566; died on 6 Jul 1640.
    3. 11. Cecil, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1567 and 1574; and died.
    4. 12. Cecil, Sir Knight Richard  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1570; and died.
    5. 13. Cecil, Earl Edward  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1571 in Burleigh, Glouchester, England; died in 1638.
    6. 14. Cecil, Sir Knight Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Dec 1578 in England; died on 3 Dec 1662 in Stamford, England.
    7. 15. Cecil, Frances  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Feb 1579-1580 in St. Martin's in the Fields, England; died on 12 Jun 1653 in Rainham, England.
    8. 16. Cecil, Mildred  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1587; and died.
    9. 17. Cecil, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1609; and died.
    10. 18. Cecil, Lucy  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1609; and died.
    11. 19. Cecil, Catherine  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1609; and died.
    12. 20. Cecil, Christopher  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1609; and died.
    13. 21. Cecil, Susan  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1609; and died.
    14. 22. Cecil, Anne  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1609; died in 1621.

    Thomas married Brydges, Frances Elizabeth in 1610 in Cambridge, England. Frances was born about 1580 in Sudely Manor, Glouchester, England; died about 1663. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Cecil, Anna Sophia  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1616; died on 15 Sep 1621.

  2. 3.  Cecil, Anne Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 5 Dec 1555 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 6 Jun 1588 in Westminister, Salisbury, England.

    Notes:

    Anne Cecil, daughter of Sir William and Mildred (Cooke) Cecil, did wed Edward
    De Vere, the Earl of Oxford. He was a bisexual courtier, and she was,
    apparently, miserable with him. She died young. Anne was a quiet, bookish type and totally wrong for him.
    Penny

    Anne married in 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Cecil, Frances Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 6 Apr 1556 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

  4. 5.  Cecil, William Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 23 Oct 1559 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

  5. 6.  Cecil, William Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in May 1561 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

  6. 7.  Cecil, Robert Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 1 Jun 1563 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; died on 24 May 1612 in St. Margaret's Priory, Marlborough, England.

    Notes:

    According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: With his father's help, but aided by his own skill and cunning, he became Queen's Secretary by 1596. Robert was dropped by a nurse when a baby. He had grown up very short, with a crooked back and awkward way of walking, splaying his feet. He had hazel eyes. Robert the public servant was prudent, rational and reliable. Robert the private person was an extravagant reckless gambler, suspected of many affairs and liable to fits of depression. He was an MP at age 18. He never remarried after his wife died, hot that his name was not linked with many women. He was knighted in 1591 and then made a member of the Privy Council. His cousins included Anthony and Francis Bacon, brothers - though they were rivals in the Court. Their mother was Anne Cooke. In 1603 James I made him Lord Cecil, then Viscount Cranborne. In 1605 he was created Earl of Salisbury. Built first Hatfield House, bought Cranborne Estate. In 1607 James appointed him Lord Treasurer as will as Chief Secretary

    Robert married in Aug 1589. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Cecil, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 1 Jul 1564 in Westminister, Salisbury, England; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 9.  Cecil, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born between 1560 and 1575 in England; and died.

    Elizabeth married before 1598. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Elizabeth married in 1598 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 10.  Cecil, William Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1566; died on 6 Jul 1640.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    William married about 1620. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Cecil, David Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born between 1567 and 1574; and died.

  4. 12.  Cecil, Sir Knight Richard Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1570; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Cecil, Earl Edward Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1571 in Burleigh, Glouchester, England; died in 1638.

    Notes:

    According to "The Cecils of Hatfield House An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: He became a drunkard, homosexual and declared athiest in Italy. According to research by Jim Cissell as quoted from his Internet Home page, Sir Edward visited the Virginia Colony and showed up in the 1607 Virginia Colony Census.
    It appears this Edward was a signer of the Second Virginia Charter, dated May 23, 1609.
    He was also known as General Cecil. "The Records of the Virginia Company of London", ed. Susan Myra Kingsbury, A.M., Ph.D., published by the Library of Congress, Washington, in 1933, 4 volumes, for your Sir Edward CECIL. Found quite a few references. On pg 81, vol III, there is a list of "Adventurers to Virginia, with the several amounts of their holdings", "Sir Edward Cecill 25" He is also listed several other places as a General Cecill). At the quarter court meeting on 9 Jun 1619 he (written General Cecill and Generall Caesill) apparently consulted with Sir Horation VEERE (VERE) and Sir Thomas GATES about some engineering issues in Virginia.
    Sir Edward was also a General-and we know from Colonial Census data he was in Virginia Colony in 1607, 1611, 1619 (as General) and 1624. A Robert was in VA in 1607, and Edward in 1611, a Thomas in 1607, and a William in 1612.There is no doubt, because of the investment of Sir Thomas, Earl of Exeter, and his son Edward, in the 2nd Virginia Company, that this is the Cecil family. Each of them may have even fathered children out of wedlock in VA (based on their known reputations)-but these children probably did not carry their surname. We also know that Barbados was often a way station on the way from England to VA and MD colonies. We still do not have the definitive tie of the immigrant Cecil?s and Cissell's to MD to this family. I have not gotten any significant information from the Oxenbridge family (a different Oxenbridge was an investor in the 2nd VA company) to verify that the Thomas Cecil who married Susan Oxenbridge is the Thomas Cecil, son of above Thomas, who is documented to have married Ann Lee, daughter of a Mayor of London.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Edward married on 10 Jul 1601 in Brooke, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 14.  Cecil, Sir Knight Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Dec 1578 in England; died on 3 Dec 1662 in Stamford, England.

    Notes:

    There is yet to be proof that this Thomas Cecil was the engraver who came to Maryland, nor that the Thomas Cecil who married Susan Oxenbridge fathered these children, it is still speculative.
    Burke's Peerage does not give this 2nd marriage to Susan Oxenbridge, but the Oxenbridge family is very clear that the marriage, which is documented in London marriage records, was to Sir Thomas Cecil.
    From: Adrian (Surrey, UK) AChanning@CompuServe.Com
    "I am not to keen on the suggested connection Thomas Cecil (1542-1622/3) 2nd Lord Burghley and 1st Earl Exeter > Thomas (1578-) as being the Thomas Cecil engraver and map maker and shown as dying 1664 (can't remember the exact date). This makes him pretty old, and I have the Thomas (1578-) as member of the merchant tailors guild rather than anything to do with engraving. However I think it was a condition of trading in London to be a member of one of the recognized guilds and I don't think it always signifies the persons trade, although I think he would have had to have been apprenticed to a merchant tailor."

    Notes from Salisbury Family Genealogy: Was an engraver in London. In 1635 he came to Maryland and made the first map for the state and was paid by the Crown in land. He returned to England where he died. He returned to England and died in 1662. In 1658 his son, John, came to Maryland to look after his interests. He settled in St. Mary's County.
    In 1658 his son, John, came to Maryland t look after his interests. John settled in St. Mary's Co. There is some confusion on this Thomas Cecil's parents. But I can find no documentation to believe he is the same person as Thomas Cecil, the engraver. Elise Greenup Jourdan quotes a letter from a Mrs. Lynda Louise Cole, a notorized affidavit as a Cecil cousin, that the Thomas who was the son of the Earl of Exeter, drowned at sea with his only child, a daughter.

    London: - Marriage Licences, 1520-1610
    Burials.
    Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of London.
    1605.
    County: London
    Country: England
    05 Jun 1605 Mr Thomas Cecill, Esq., about 24, son of Rt Hon. Thomas, Earl of Exeter, of the Savoy, & Mrs Anne Lee, Maiden, 18, dau. of Sir Robert Lee, Kt & Alderman of London, of St Andrew Undershaft, both fathers consenting; at St Andrew Undershaft aforesaid

    Thomas married Lee, Ann about 1605. Ann was born about 1587; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Cecil, Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1606; and died.
    2. 25. Cecil, Charles  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1608; and died.
    3. 26. Cecil, Dorothy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1610; and died.
    4. 27. Cecil, Ann  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1612; and died.
    5. 28. Cecil, Frances  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1614; and died.
    6. 29. Cecil, Isaac  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1616; and died.

    Thomas married Oxenbridge, Susan about 1634. Susan (daughter of Oxenbridge, John and ) was born on 2 Dec 1617 in Burwash, Sussex, England; died between 1640 and 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Cecil, Rev. Henry  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1621 and 1635; and died.
    2. 31. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1634 and 1635 in England; and died.

  7. 15.  Cecil, Frances Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 28 Feb 1579-1580 in St. Martin's in the Fields, England; died on 12 Jun 1653 in Rainham, England.

    Frances married before 3 Sep 1602. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 16.  Cecil, Mildred Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1587; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 17.  Cecil, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1609; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 18.  Cecil, Lucy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1609; and died.

  11. 19.  Cecil, Catherine Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1609; and died.

  12. 20.  Cecil, Christopher Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1609; and died.

  13. 21.  Cecil, Susan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1609; and died.

  14. 22.  Cecil, Anne Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born before 1609; died in 1621.

  15. 23.  Cecil, Anna Sophia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 13 Jul 1616; died on 15 Sep 1621.


Generation: 4

  1. 24.  Cecil, Benjamin Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1606; and died.

  2. 25.  Cecil, Charles Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1608; and died.

  3. 26.  Cecil, Dorothy Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1610; and died.

  4. 27.  Cecil, Ann Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1612; and died.

  5. 28.  Cecil, Frances Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1614; and died.

  6. 29.  Cecil, Isaac Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born in 1616; and died.

  7. 30.  Cecil, Rev. Henry Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born between 1621 and 1635; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 31.  Cecil, William Descendancy chart to this point (14.Thomas3, 2.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born between 1634 and 1635 in England; and died.

    Notes:

    John CECIL
    BIRTH: 24 DEC 1691, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
    DEATH: 28 JAN 1759, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
    BAPTISM: 31 DEC 1691, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
    Father: William CECIL
    Mother: Mary

    Family 1: Elizabeth SOLLERS
    MARRIAGE: 1718, Queen Anne's Par., Prince George's Co., MD
    Zephaniah CECIL
    Samuel White CECIL
    Elizabeth CECIL
    Sabret CECIL
    Thomas CECIL
    John CECIL
    William B. CECIL
    James CECIL

    Notes
    Some genealogies show him as the son Thomas CECIL(d.1662), an engraver of London who came to MD to make maps, and was paid in land. He later returned to England where he died. Supposedly, he was the son of Thomas CECIL(1544-1622), Lord Burghley, who m.1564 Dorothy, dau John NEVILLE. This line is unproven, and the current consensus of Cecil researcher is that John was the son of William, q.v.
    Also seen him as the descendent of a Henry CECIL (b.1577), grandson of Lord Burleigh (the Great Cecil).


    William married about 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Cecil, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1665 in PA, MD or Barbados?; died in Jul 1749 in Frederick Co., Maryland.



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