Individual Details

Clopton attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, receiving his BA in 1634 and his MA in 1637. He was Rector of Much Horkesley, Essex, and All Saints, Rettendon, Essex. He married before 1653 to Elizabeth Sutcliffe, daughter of the Rev. Isaiah Sutcliffe, of Rettendon. They were devised part of the manor of Eastwoodbury after her mother's death. He was ejected "for conscience sake" in 1662, and thereafter resided near Eastwood. His will was dated 24 oct 1670, proved 4 Jun 1671. Elizabeth died at Paglesham in 1683.

From The Clopton Chronicles:
"William Clopton graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, considered by his time to be "a nursery of Puritanism." The Cloptons had married and remarried into a network of the great Puritan families of East Anglia. For many, their ties with the Church of England was all but a distant memory. Their timing could not have been worse. Charles II regained the monarchy in 1660 and proceeded to make life miserable for the Puritans. William was one of more than 2,000 clergymen who refused to embrace the High Church or Anglo-Catholic rituals, and were "ejected from their livings.” Their son, William, would flee to America and become the patriarch of the American Cloptons."

Christen	19 Apr 1613	Boxted, Essex, England
Marriage	Bef 1653	ELIZABETH Sutcliffe
Death	Bef Jun 1671

Spouse	ELIZABETH Sutcliffe ( - 1683)
Child	WILLIAM CLOPTON (1655 - 1733)
Child	Living

Father	WALTER CLOPTON ( - 1622)
Mother	MARGARET Maidstone (1588 - 1666)