Clere History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Clere family

The surname Clere was first found in Brittany, where they held a family seat at many locations including Coural, Grave, Keraliou, Kergolher, Lessquiffio and Lexuhel.

Early History of the Clere family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clere research. Another 265 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1418, 1444, 1772, 1778, 1793 and 1802 are included under the topic Early Clere History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clere Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Leclair, Leclaire, Leclaires, Leclère, Leclere, Leclères, Lecleres, Leclert, Lecler, le Clair, le Claire, le Claires, le Clère, le Clere, le Clères, le Clert, le Cler, Clair, Claire, Claires, Clère, Clere, Clères, Clert and many more.

Early Notables of the Clere family

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Clere Ranking

In France, the name Clere is the 6,301^st most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Clere migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clere Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Josephine Clere, aged 19, who arrived at Ellis Island, New York in 1833 aboard the ship "Othello"
Maria Clere, aged 31, who arrived at Ellis Island, New York in 1833 aboard the ship "Othello"
Catharine Clere, aged 14, who arrived at Ellis Island, New York in 1833 aboard the ship "Othello"
Jean Pierre Clere, aged 3, who arrived at Ellis Island, New York in 1833 aboard the ship "Othello"
Francoise Clere, aged 4, who arrived at Ellis Island, New York in 1833 aboard the ship "Othello"
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Clere migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2

Clere Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Mr. John Clere, (b. 1608), aged 26, British settler travelling from Gravesend, UK aboard the ship "Hopewell" arriving in Barbados on 17th February 1634 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Clere (post 1700) +

Edward D. 'Ed' Clere (b. 1974), American politician, Member of the Indiana House of Representatives (2008-)
Hugo Clere (b. 1994), French motorcycle racer
Colonel Francis Clere Hitchcock MC (1896-1962), Irish author who wrote Stand To—A Diary of the Trenches (1915–1918)
John Clere Parsons (1760-1826), Anglo-Irish lawyer, politician and judge, Member of Parliament for King's County (1818–1821)

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)