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The name Clyes is frequent in Devon, England.   There is a Cloise, France. (Genealogical History of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) The name is also spelled CLOYSE, CLAYES, CLOYE, CLOICE. From the records of Saint Nicholas Parish, Colchester, England as given by the Rev. Canon M. M. Martin, M. A. of St. James Rectory, East Hill, Colchester, England.  Peter Cloyse was a member of St. Nicholas Parish in early 1500.  He apparently came over from France during the Flemish immigration.    (info provided by Tom Cloyes from "Cloyes and Dagwell  Family Genealogies" by Mrs. F. H. Obetz, July 1972, in his possession)
Cloyes-sur-le-Loir is a village southwest of Paris. In the "artist district" of Paris there is a Cloys Hotel and a Rue de Cloys.  This area can be located on a map and is north of the river. There is also Cloyes-sur-Marne which is east of Paris, and is a very small village.
In 1212 Stephen of Cloyes, then aged 12, led the Children's Crusade.
The Cloyes name can also be traced to Lincolnshire, England in the 1500's.

In my records I have chosen to use the most widely used spelling of the name, 'Cloyes', although my particular branch of the family used the spelling 'Clayes' most frequently in legal documents.

Generation No. 1
1. PETER1 CLOYES1 was born Abt. 1539 at or near Clois, France2,3, which is a small village close to Orleans, and died 1576 of St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England4,5.  He married ELLEN HOLLANDT5 1563 in St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England6,7, daughter of JOHN HOLLANDT and CECILY.

  History of  Colchester

Children of PETER CLOYES and ELLEN HOLLANDT are:
2. 1. FRANCIS2 CLOYES, d. 1631.
 ii. ELLEN CLOYES11, b. Abt. 155847,48,49,50; m. THOMAS HASELWOOD51,52,53,54, November 01, 1576, Colchester, St Nicholas, Essex, England; b. Abt. 1556.
 iii. LAWRENCE CLOYES9, baptised December 28, 1560, Colchester, St Nicholas, Essex, England68,69,70,71; d. Aft. 1590, Colchester, England.
3. iv. HENRY CLOYES, baptised March 04, 1563/64, Colchester, St Nicholas, Essex, England.
4. ii. PETER CLOYES, baptised June 27, 1567, St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England
5. iii. NATHANIEL CLOYES, baptised December 10, 1570, St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England; d. 1636.
 

Generation No. 2 

2. FRANCIS2 CLOYES (PETER1)75,76,77 died 1631.  He married DORATHAS81,82,83. 

  Will of Francis Cloyes
  
Child of FRANCIS CLOYES and DORATHAS is:
6. i. THOMAS3 CLOYES.

3.  HENRY2 CLOYES (PETER1) was Baptised March 04, 1564/65 at  St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England.12. Not listed in Cloyes - Dagwell genealogy

Child of HENRY CLOYES is:
i. PETER3 CLOYES, b. Abt. 1586.
 

4. PETER2 CLOYES (PETER1)13 was baptised June 28, 1567 at Colchester, Essex, England14,15.  He married ELIZABETH Bef. 1600 in Colchester, Essex, England.  

Children of PETER CLOYES and ELIZABETH are;
 7. i. PETER3 CLOYES. 
 ii. ELIZABETH CLOYES, baptised July 11, 1600 at St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England22.
8. iii. JOHN CLOYES, baptised March 04, 1603/04, St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England; d. 1676, Falmouth, Penobscot River, Maine or Hampton, New Hampshire.
 

5.  NATHANIEL2 CLOYES (PETER1)25 was baptised December 10, 1570 at St. Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, England, and died 163627.  He married (1) JANE HASELWOOD27, daughter of THOMAS HASELWOOD.  He married (2) ELIZABETH BARWICK175,176,177,178 August 25, 1595 in Colchester, St. Botolph, Essex, England.  He married (3) JANE WYER27 1620 in St. Botolph's Church, Colchester, Essex, England27.  He was a merchant at Colchester and Scrivener.  (New England Genealogical and  Memorial - Cutter)

  Will of Nathaniel Cloyes

Children of NATHANIEL CLOYES and ELIZABETH BARWICK are:
 i. NATHANIEL3 CLOYES, baptised March 11, 1595/96, Colchester, St James, Essex, England.
 ii. ANNIS CLOYES202,203,204,204,204,205, baptised May 06, 1604, Colchester, St James, Essex, England.    

Children of NATHANIEL CLOYES and JANE WYER are:
9. i. JANE3 CLOYES.
10. ii. CLOYES.

 

Generation No. 3
6. THOMAS3 CLOYES (FRANCIS2, PETER1)
   
Children of THOMAS CLOYES are:
  i. SARAH4 CLOYES244,245,246.
  ii. MARIE CLOYES247,248,249.

7. PETER3 CLOYES (PETER2, PETER1)250,251,252,253  He married GRACE PEEKES258,259,260,261,262,263 May 22, 1615 in Colchester, St Nicholas, Essex, England.  She was born Abt. 1595.
   
Children of PETER CLOYES and GRACE PEEKES are:
  i. PETER4 CLOYES274,275,276,277, baptised April 21, 1616, Colchester, St. Nicholas, Essex, England.
  ii. FRANCIS CLOYES286,287,288,289, baptised May 17, 1618, Colchester, St. Nicholas, Essex, England; d. Bef. 1625, Colchester, St. Nicholas, Essex, England.
  iii. GRACE CLOYSE298,299,300,301, baptised October 01, 1620.
  iv. MARIE CLAYSE306,307,308,309, baptised September 05, 1624.
  v. FRANCIS CLOYES314,315,316,317, baptised September 02, 1627.

8. JOHN3 CLOYES (PETER2, PETER1)32 baptised December 02, 1604 at Colchester, Essex, England33, and died 1676 in Falmouth, Penobscot River, Maine or Hampton, New Hampshire34.  He married (1) ABIGAIL MOURNINGS35 October 12, 1635 in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England36,37.  He married (2) JANE (SPURWELL according to Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates) Bef. May 03, 1656 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts?38.  He married (3) JULIAN39 Abt. 1667 in Massachusetts40.

Children of JOHN CLOYES and ABIGAIL MOURNINGS are:
11. i. JOHN4 CLOYES, b. August 26, 1638, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1713, of Wells, York Co., Maine.
12. ii. PETER CLOYES, b. May 27, 1640, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. July 18, 1708, Sudbury (Framingham), Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
13. iii. NATHANIEL CLOYES, b. March 06, 1642/43, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1722, Wells, York Co., Maine.
14. iv. ABIGAIL CLOYES, b. 1644, Watertown, Middlesex Co.., Massachusetts50; d. Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
 v. SARAH CLOYES, b. Abt. 1646, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts - or 1653?51; m. PETER HOUSING, June 20, 167352. PETER HOUSING: In a petition to Governor Andros for confirmation of title, says, that his father Peter Housing, was possessed of one hundred and twenty acres westside of Presumpscot river, that he was killed before the Indian war, and his family forced from there, and since his widow has sold one half to Gustian John, a Frenchman.  (Maine Historical Society)
15. vi. HANNAH CLOYES, b. Abt. 1650, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1735, Scarborough, York Co., Maine.

Children of JOHN CLOYES and JANE are:
16. vii. THOMAS4 CLOYES, b. 1656, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. May 1690, Casco Bay, Maine (of Falmouth).
 viii.  MARY CLOYES, b. July 01, 1657, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts53; m. RICHARD BURROUGHS.
16a. ix. MARTHA CLOYES, b. October 13, 1659, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts54, baptised October 16, 1659 in Massachusetts (Savage's; The Cloyes Family).
 

9.  JANE3 CLOYES (NATHANIEL2, PETER1)57.  She married ISAAC WILKINSON57.

Children of JANE CLOYES and ISAAC WILKINSON are:
 i. ISAAC4 WILKINSON57.
 ii. ELIZABETH WILKINSON57.
 

10.  CLOYES3 (NATHANIEL2, PETER1)57.  She married WALTERS57.

Children of CLOYES and WALTERS are:
 i. ANNIE4 WALTERS57.
ii. CHRISTOPHER WALTERS57.
iii. WILLIAM WALTERS57.