Notes for: David Wickliffe, Sr.
Note from Dave Bodine: The best evidence shows that David Wickliffe was the grandson or the great-grandson of Francis Wycliffe and Jane Rokeby. My educated guess, based on the notes below, is that he was the great-grandson of Francis, the grandson of Thomas Wycliffe and the son of William Wycliffe. If more evidence comes to light, then that progression could change.
David Wickliffe and his wife were Protestants. Their son, David, was the first male child born in Maryland of Protestant parents.
From A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family in England and the United States: with brief notes on some of the allied families, by Charles Wickliffe Throckmorton (Richmond, VA; Old Dominion Press; 1930), pp. 392-393:
David Wicklif, who went to the province of Maryland in the Evelyn Expedition in 1635, was in all probability the son of one of William Wycliffe's (1558-1611) brothers. The Evelyns were related to the Yonges of Yorkshire, and several well-known Yorkshire names beside that of Wycliffe appear in their company, and stranger still, the names of families allied to the Wycliffes, viz: Metcalf, Wortley, William Willamson. Thomas Williamson was feodary of the North Riding of Yorkshire and married Jane Evers, whose niece, Muriel, daughter of William Lord Evers, married William Wickliffe. It would seem quite natural for her to name her son William after her distinguished half-brother, Lord Evers. Muriel married (first) Sir George Bowes, by whom she had a daughter, married to Christoper Metcalf. A Nicholas Wortley married Isabel Tunstal, related to the Marmaduke Tunstal who married one of William Wickliffe's daughters and became of Wickliffe in right of his wife.
The name David does not appear in any of the printed pedigrees of Wycliffe, or Wickliffe as it is spelt in America, but in the Gentleman's Magazine for December, 1812, an article appeared about the church of Wycliffe, and the statement was made that on the death of Ralph Wycliffe, son of William Wycliffe, in 1609, the male line of the family of Wycliffe became extinct, as shown above. This was not the fact, as not only were two of Ralph's uncles alive with issue in 1610, but the family of Wycliffe of Gayles, which descended from William Wycliffe, who died in 1584, and his second wife, Muriel, daughter of Lord Evers, did not become extinct until the middle of the nineteenth century. However, this statement was taken exception to in the following letter which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine of January, 1813, and while it contains some innacuracies, the main facts as stated are borne out by David Wickliffe's appearance in the New World:
.....[Note from Dave Bodine: So the David Wickliffe mentioned below in this letter is the David Wickliffe who moved to America!]
Hertford, Nov. 14
Mr. Urban,
I beg leave to correct a mistake of your Correspondent in his account of the Wycliffe family; the male line of which did not become extinct on the death of Ralph in 1606; it was continued in his uncle, William [sic], who is mentioned by your correspondent himself to be living in 1611. David, the grandson of this William was the last Wycliffe who was in the possession of the family estates, and he mortgaged them in the beginning of the last century [sic] to Marmaduke Turnstal, esq. from whose descendants the present respectable proprietor has derived them.
I happen to be in the possession of several interesting documents relating to this family, one of the most ancient in England, and the decay of which I have always considered a subject of great regret. These papers and a degree of personal knowledge acquired from a residence of nearly half a century in this neighborhood, have supplied me with many particulars respecting the family, which I shall readily communicate to such of your readers as may take an interest in the subject.
Senex.
Throckmorton goes on to say that Senex must have been an old man and was apparently confused as to some of his facts. For instance, the "uncle" would not have been a William and it would have been in the early 17th Century, not the early 18th Century. However, those were "the errors of an old man." In general, Senex had his facts correct. The uncle's real name was most likely "Thomas."
There is a response to Senex in the 1814 volume of the Gentleman's Magazine, but it basically addresses Senex's obvious mistakes. They do not take away from the gist of what Senex had to say. One thing the response does say of interest is that the Parish registers of Wycliffe don't seem to exist for the mid 1600's at least, if not earlier. In the response, it says the earlier part of the Parish Register was lost and the part that remains begins again about 1690. That is a shame since that Parish Register of Wycliffe might have told us a lot.
And here is information from the footnotes of Throckmorton on page 394:
In support of Senex's article and to show that Ralph Wycliffe was not the last male descendant of the family I give, at the end of this Excursus, a list of the rectors of Wycliffe from the earliest times with the patrons of the advowsers, attention is called to the fact that Ambrose Wycliffe was instituted rector on the 18th of Oct. 1681, and that the patron of the living at that time was John Wycliffe, Esq. Just what relationship John Wycliffe was to William Wycliffe, who broke the entail in favor of his two daughters, is not shown in any of the pedigrees of the family and I am unable to explain how he could have been the patron of the manor which was in the possession of Marmaduke Tunstall in right of his wife in 1611, or what relationship he was to David Wycliffe, who according to Senex, mortgaged the manor of Wycliffe to Marmaduke Tunstall. I am of the opinion, however, that when the entail was broken by William Wycliffe in 1611, his brothers stipulated that the advowson of the manor be separated from the ownership of the manor and that it was so conveyed. This was called "holding the advowson in gross" and would explain the fact that although Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq., was Lord of the manor in right of his wife, he was not the patron of the living.
***** End of info from Throckmorton.
From Wikipedia: Advowson (or "patronage") is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a process known as presentation. In effect, an advowson is the right to nominate a person to be parish priest (subject to episcopal approval), and such right was often originally held by the lord of the manor of the principal manor within the parish.
In support of what Throckmorton says above about the advowson, I found some interesting information in North Riding records, v. 1-9, 1883-92; n. s. v. 1-4, 1894-97 (North Riding Record Society, London), p. 100:
Indenture December 18, 1728, between John Lodge of Bernard Castle in Durham, gent., of the one part, and Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe, Esq., on the other part, whereas by Indenture of Nov. 18, 1725, between Tho. Middleton of Cleatham in Durham, gent., and the said Marm. Tunstall of the one part, and the said John Lodge of the other part, the advowson, donation, free disposition, and right of patronage and presentation of, in and to the rectory, parsonage and parish church of Wyclifffe aforesaid was granted and conveyed unto the said John Lodge and his heirs: now this lndenture witnesseth that for t.he perfecting an assurance or conveyance to be had and made of the said advowson and premisses by way of common recovery the said John Lodge hath granted, &c. to the said Marm. Tunstall upon the condition herein-after mentioned the said advowson, &c. of the said rectory &c. with all the rights, members and appurtenances, and the reversion, &c. and all his estate, &c. to have and to hold to the use of him and his heirs for ever, upon this condition nevertheless, that if the said Marm. Tunstall do pay the said
John Lodge £500 upon February 18th next then this present grant and release shall be utterly void and of none effect, and after such default of payment it shall be lawful for the said John Lodge to hold and enjoy the said advowson and premisses as in his former estate.
Inroll'd January 24, 1728-9.
From the above, it appears that John Lodge held the advowson of the parish of Wycliffe separately from the land Marmaduke Tunstall owned. John Lodge seems to have gotten this from Thomas Middleton in 1725. Then John Lodge sold this to Marmaduke Tunstall in 1728/1729. There is more in the next record that has to do with this as Marmaduke Tunstall passed on things to someone else in December of 1728. I don't know exactly what was going on, but it looks like some type of legal battle over the land and parish. There is more on p. 108, too.
Here is more from A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family in England and the United States: with brief notes on some of the allied families, by Charles Wickliffe Throckmorton (Richmond, VA; Old Dominion Press; 1930), p. 394:
The Wickliffe family is apparently extinct in England, but the descendants of David Wicklif of Maryland have thrived in the New World and have been prominent in the states of Kentucky and Louisiana, having furnished two governors of the former and one of the latter state, a postmaster general of the United States, United States Senator and Congressmen, and several members of the legislatures of those states, and in addition have served with honor and distinction in the different wars of the United States. As no extended pedigree of this extended family has ever been published, I have given below in in condensed form the genealogy of the Wickliffe family in America. I regret that lack of space has prevented me from giving a more complete account of the family.
And from footnotes at the bottom of p. 394 mentioned above:
From further research, recently made, there seems to be little doubt as to David Wicklif's identity. Captain Robert Evelyn was the son of George Evelyn and his wife, Sussanna, daughter of Gregory Yong, of St. Peter's Cornhill, London, who was born in Bedale in the North Riding of Yorkshire about 12 miles from Wycliffe (The Evelyns in America, by G. D. Skull).
Thomas Wycliffe, of Wycliffe (the second son of Francis Wycliffe, of Wycliffe, and brother of William Wycliffe, of Wycliffe, who broke the entail), married Mary, a daughter of ---------- Yonge, and had with other issue, William Wycliffe "Merchantailor of London, eldest son," who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Yonge, of Solby, Leicestershire; as Thomas Wycliffe apparently had other sons, David was in all probability his son, and without much doubt Mary Yonge, his mother, was either a sister or near relative of Sussanna Yong, the mother of Captain Robert Evelyn; this relationship would explain the presence of David in the expedition to Maryland, commanded by Captain Robert Evelyn.
The proximity of Bedale, the home of the Yongs in Yorkshire, to Wycliffe is a strong argument to say the least to the relationship of Sussanna and Mary Yong.
Gregory Yonge had a son, Thomas Yonge (so spelt in Brown's Genesis of the U. S.), baptized at St. Peter's Cornhill on Aug. 24th, 1579, who purchased a farm in James City County, Virginia. This Thomas may have been the Thomas Yonge whose daughter, Elizabeth, married David's brother, William Wiccliffe, of London. (See Visitation of London, 1634, Harl. Soc. Pub., v. 17, p. 376; for pedigree of Wiccliffe of London.)
*****End of information from Throckmorton.
In England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, there are the following two children listed for a David Wycliffe who were both baptized at Barnard Castle, Durham Co., England: Anne Wyclife on May 31, 1688 and Margaret Wycliffe on Nov. 7, 1689. This would tell me that there was a Wycliffe family using the name David in the Barnard Castle area not too long after this David Wickliffe was born. Barnard Castle is only a few miles from Wycliffe-on-Tees. In that same time frame, a Thomas Wycliffe had three children baptized: Thomas (Sep. 29, 1687), Catherine (Aug. 19, 1688), and Mary (Apr. 15, 1691).
The baptism, marriage, and death registers for Barnard Castle are available on microfiche for dates in the early 1600's, but they look very hard to read on microfiche. One may have to read the original registers if one hopes to make heads or tails out of them - or use a very good microfiche reader. That might be possible. I only had a short amount of time to look at them on microfiche when I found them at a library in London, but I could barely make out anything on the microfiche readers there. I think the originals are in Durham County, England.
Laura Audrey, in her database at WorldConnect, says this:
The National Society of Magna Charter Dames are reported to have recorded and accepted the ancestry of David Wickliffe as in the foregoing list and to Robert
Fitzwalter, a surety for Magna Charter, as follows: David Wyckliffe, son of Anthony, son of Francis, Esq., Lord of Wyckliffe and Ulvington, and wife, Jane Rokeby, dau. of Thomas of Mortham.
From what I have seen and read about, however, there is no direct evidence of who David's father was; although, it does look like David came from Yorkshire County, England where the Wycliffes of England have their origin. According to A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family in England and the United States with Brief Notes on Some of the Allied Families," by Charles Wickliffe Throckmorton and Kincheloe, McPherson, and related families: Their genealogies and biographies, by Lewin Dwinell McPherson, the father of the immigrant David Wickliffe was Thomas Wickliffe. Despite that claim, we still need original evidence to back it up. Others have claimed that Anthony Wycliffe was David's father. Both Thomas and Anthony were sons of Francis Wycliffe. There does seem to be quite a bit of agreement that Francis was David's grandfather or great-grandfather, but even that can't be proved by any evidence I've seen.
The information I have is that Thomas Wycliffe had died by 1610. That could make it less likely that Thomas was David's father since David was supposedly born between 1611-1615. It is possible, though, that David was born around the time Thomas died or even a little afterwards (posthumously). If Francis is David's grandfather, then it also seems quite possible that Anthony or his brother Francis was David's father. Both Anthony and Francis were living in 1610 and had issue. It should be noted, though, that some genealogies do not list Francis Wycliffe as a brother to Anthony Wycliffe. Several important ones I've seen do list him.
And here is an even better possibility as to who David's father was. There is a small genealogy for some Wycliffes in London in The Visitation of London, anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. This was made by Sir Henry St. George, knight., Richmond herald, and deputy and marshal to Sr. Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieux king of armes. It is found in The Harleian Society Publications, v. 17, p. 376. It tells us that Francis Wycliffe had son Thomas who married Mary Yonge who then had son William (not Robert) Wycliffe who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Yonge of Soylby Com. Leic. William was the oldest son and [of Thomas we suppose] living in 1634. The shield shown there is that of the Wycliffe/Ellerton shield. This is all a little confusing, but this William could well be the father of the David Wickliffe who ended up in America. That is only a guess, but let's keep it in mind. It would make more sense that the progression goes Francis Wycliffe - Thomas Wycliffe - William Wycliffe and then this David Wickliffe who went to America. The following dates don't have sources, but I am guessing that Francis Wycliffe was born around 1528-1530; his son Thomas was born about 1560; his possible son William could have been born about 1685; and then that would leave room for David around 1610.
This David Wickliffe and his family do seem to have had significant contact with important families in America. I do not think he was a poor Wickliffe from some far-flung branch of the English Wycliffe family. He could very well have been a grandson of the Francis Wycliffe who was Lord of Wycliffe and Ulvington. This David married Mary Lisson whose first husband was supposedly Nathaniel Pope. The Popes were a very well-connected family in America. This David's grandaughter, Ann Wickliffe, married John Washington who was the brother of General George Washington's grandfather. The Washingtons were a rich and well-connected family as well.
The best information I've seen so far about the connection between the English Wycliffes and the American Wycliffes is the following. It comes from Harry Lantrip's database on WorldConnect at Rootsweb:
David WICKLIFFE apparantly arrived with the George and Robert Evelyn expedition if 1635. The Evelyn brothers were the nephews of Capt. Yonge (Young) of North Riding of Yorkshire, England, which is about 12 miles from Wycliffe, the ancestral home of the Wycliffe family. The Lords of Wycliffe can be traced back to Roger de Wycliff (1100-1154). (see C. Wickliffe Throckmorton's "English Ancestry of the Wickliffe Family in America") There is no record to document who David's father was, but it appears probable that he was the grandson of Francis Wycliffe, the 15th Lord of Wycliffe and Ulvington. In the Evelyn's company there were many Yorkshire men, a number of them allied to the Wycliffe family. George Evelyn claimed land in 1638 for having brought David Wickcliffe to Maryland, while David in 1640 obtained a grant of land for 50 acres for having transported himself to the colony in 1630. The Evelyns were relatives of George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, who in 1632 was granted by Charles I a charter to what is now Maryland. Lord Baltimore appointed George Evelyn commander of the Island of Kent, and Robert was appointed agent for trading with Indians by Cloberly & Company. It is certain there was a Yonge (Young)--Evelyn--Wycliffe (Wickliffe) family connection.
The first records of David Wickliffe I in America is a warrant for his arrest, issued by the Govenor of Virginia, 11 May 1636, apparently for engaging in Indian trade without a commission from the Governor. The warrant was directed to the capture of Capt. Henry Fleet, but included "David Witlieve" ... "Also to bring in a vessel that one David Witlieve is gone out in with the said David and his company." This suggests that David Wickliffe was well known to the Virginia authorities and that he had been engaging in Indian trade in the Chesapeake waters for some time. Under the guise of safety the governing authorities attempted to monopolize the Indian trade and it was a felony at that time for anyone to barter with the Indians without their sanction, and a commission from the Governor. The jurisdiction of the Governor was frequently challenged, and there was almost continuous trouble with the trading and shipping interests. We can conclude that the order for his arrest prompted his permanent settlement in Maryland as planter, instead of Virginia.
23 Jun 1636 David Wickliffe appears as a member of the first general Assembly of Maryland as a representative of the St. Georges Hundred. In the March 1642 session David Wickliffe took a prominent part as a member from St. Georges Hundred, serving on the committee to consider bills and the committee on safety. At this session he introduced a bill which resulted in the restoration of church property belonging to the Protestants, and the punishment to those responsible for closing the church and carrying away the books. In the 5 Sep 1642 session he was among those specially summoned by the Governor to make up his council. He was a member of the jury in the famous trial of John Elkin for killing an Indian, and with other members of this jury was heavily fined because the verdict brought in displeased the Governor. This, however, did not prevent the Governor from selecting him as a member of his council. His last recorded public service was as a member of a jury on 1 Dec 1642. He was also assessed in St. Maries county in the same month.
2 Jun 1643 Jane Wickliffe is recorded as his widow. There are several records referring to "Jane" as the wife, or widow, of David Wickliffe, but they do not disclose her maiden name. In 1650 Jane (Wickliffe) is mentioned as the wife of Henry Brooks in a petition for 200 acres of land promised her former husband, David Wickliffe, by Capt Cornewallia.
Henry Brooks was from time to time a member of the Assembly of Maryland from St. Georges Hundred as a freeman. He is mentioned frequently as a merchant, and all references point to the Brooks family as one of wealth and position. About 1650 Henry Brooks, with his children by a former wife and Jane with her children, joined the general exodus and fled from Maryland across the Potomac to Northumberland County (which in 1653 became Westmoreland County), Virginia. According to family tradition, the family ws forced to leave Maryland for religious reasons. Political events in England also caused guarreling in Maryland among Catholics, members of the Church of England, and the Puritans. In order to put an end to the dispute, Lord Baltimore and the Assembly passed the Act of Religion Toleration Act in 1649. The Wickliffes were Protestants, and were on the wrong side politically. Henry Brooks settled on a tract of 1,060 acres on Mattox Creek, embracing most of "Wakefield," later acquired by the (George) Washington family. Henry seems to have treated his stepsons much as he treated his own children, but in making gifts to them he may have only been returning to them what was theirs by right from their father's estate. Evidently a part of the acreage granted to Henry Brooks was for bringing David's three children; David II, Robert, and Alice to Virginia. Henry Brooks died in 1662, and Jane Wickliffe Brooks died about 1683.
Here is some more information. It comes from http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/q/Tonya-A-Mcquade/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0372.html:
BIRTH: Kincheloe, McPherson & Related Families, by L. McPherson: 1650-1950; p 54; San Jose Fam Hist Center, San Jose, CA; NOTE: National Society of Magna Charter Dames have accepted Thomas as the father of David based on the fact that Robert Evelyn married into the Young family and the association of David Wickliffe with the Evelyns indicated relationship; other students have placed him as son of Anthony.
CONFLICT: Could be son of Thomas or Anthony; neither name continues in the family.
EMIGRATION: to Maryland in Evelyn Expedition, 1635 (Some Internet sites list the ship as the Plain Joane, but the passenger list of that voyage doesn't list him.)
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/b/Kathern-C-Cabbage/?Welcome=1022454773 says his wife was Jane Rokeby. Lesly Klippel think this is an error as that is the name of his grandmother.
OCCUPATION: Indian trader; Representative of St. Geroges Hundred in Maryland Assembly 1637-1642.
DEATH: Last mentioned in Maryland records as a member of a jury, 1 Dec 1642 and Jane is recorded as his widow 2 Jun 1643.
BIOGRAPHY: David Wickliffe was probably born in Yorkshire, probably the son of Thomas Wycliff and Mary Yonge. He first appears in the records of the Colonies in a warrant for his arrest issued by the Governor of Virginia on May 11, 1636, apparently for engaging in commerce with the Indians without a commission from the Governor of Virginia. David was mentioned as having gone out in a boat, apparently as its skipper, having others with him. The warrant also names Captain Henry Fleet and it appears that Captain Fleet and David Wickliffe were agents for Cloberly and Company using the Isle of Kent as a trading post. The Governor of Virginia tried to monopolize the Indian trade and thus it was a crime to trade or barter without a commission. This authority was frequently challenged and there was constant conflict with ship owners and traders engaging in commerce on the Chesapeake Bay.
The warrant for his arrest was probably the reason David Wickliffe settled down in St. Georges Hundred, Maryland on a plantation. He was a member of the first Maryland Assembly which met at St. Marys in June 1636. He was a member of most of the Assemblies up till the year of his death, and in 1642, he was summoned to be a member of the Governor's council. He was an active and influential member, introducing a bill in Feb. 1642 which restored the church property to the Prostestant Catholics and punished those who had closed the church and carried away the books and records.
In October 1640, David Wickliffe petitioned the Governor of Maryland for 50 acres of land for having transported himself into the colony in 1636. The petition was granted and he received 50 acres on the west side of Wickliffe Creek. In 1638, George Evelyn had received land for bringing David to Maryland.
David Wickliffe died between December 1642 and June 1643 and his widow, Jane, married Henry Brooks before 1650 when as Jane Brooks, she petitioned the Governor for 200 acres which she claimed Captain Cornwallis promised her former husband, David Wickliffe. The records are silent on the result of that petition. Lands in St. Marys may have been sold when the family moved to Virginia in 1650. The land records of that county need to be searched.
The following comes from M Hershberger at a database (sturmans) on WorldConnect at Rootsweb.com:
David Wickliffe came to St. Mary's County, Maryland as part of the Evelyn expedition in 1635. Belatedly, George Evelyn claimed 1,200 acres of land on April 30, 1638 for having brought 23 persons, including David Wickliffe, for the Manor Evylton in the Baronie of St. Maries. On the other hand, on October 4, 1640 David obtained a grant of 50 acres of land for having transported himself into the colony in 1636. The parcel of land for the latter claim was laid out by survey on November 18, 1640. North of St. Mary's City, the creek which bordered his property and that of his neighbors became known as Wickliffe's Creek, and it appears as such on early maps of the area.
By one account there had been an association between the Wickliffe and Evelyn families for at least two generations. David's father, living in Yorkshire, England, married Mary Yonge, whose sister, Susannah, is said to have married Robert Evelyn, Sr., the latter being the father of Robert Evelyn, Jr. and George Evelyn.
The first official record of David Wickliffe in America was on May 11, 1636, when the Governor of Virginia issued a warrant for the apprehension of David, along with Captain Henry Fleet, for engaging in trade with the Indians without a ccmmission from the Governor of Virginia. Although this was directed particularly to the capture of Captain Henry Fleet, it included "also to bring in a vessel that one David Wittlieve is gone out in with the said David and his company."
Captain Fleet had arrived at Virginia much earlier than this, having been captured by the Indians in 1623 and held prisoner by them until 1627. With ample time to learn their language, he then engaged in trade with them for several London merchants for about 10 years. After the Maryland colony was established (1634) he settled there, where he continued to function as an Indian trader and interpreter and as a member of the Assembly. During the exodus to escape the religious problems of Maryland in about 1650, he moved to Virginia and finally settled in Lancaster County, where he again became an Indian interpreter and a Burgess.
Very shortly after his arrival in Maryland, David married Jane Rokeby in St. Mary's City. They had two sons, David and Robert. David, ihe first son, probably born around 1637, was regarded as the first Protestant to be born in the State of Maryland. Some years later, this same lad became known as a "...noted Indian scout and interpreter." David Wickliffe (the elder) was active in the political life of ihe Wickliffe's Creek settlers and was in attendance or served as a representative in the Assembly, participating in elections in 1637, 1638, 1641, and 1642. He served several terms as a Burgess from St. George's Hundred. His home often served as gathering place for Assembly elections for St George's Hundred.
On March 22, 1641, David Wickliffe presented a petition "in the name of the Protestant Catholicks of Maryland." This was: "...complaining against Mr. Thomas Gerard for taking away the Key of the Chappel and carrying away the Books out of the Chappel and such proceedings desired against him for it as to Justice appertaineth Mr. Gerard being charged to make answer the house upon hearing o f the Prosecutors and defence found that Mr. Gerard was Guilty of a misdemeanor and that he should bring the Books and key taken away to the place where he had them and relinquish all title to them or ihe house and should pay for a fine 500 lbs Tobacco towards the maintenance of the first minister as should arrive.
And the following comes from Tom Hamm, Jr from his database at WorldConnect:
1635/1636: Immigrated to Maryland with the Evelyn Expedition
1635/1636: Came with wife on "Plain Jane" with Robert Evelin Expedition/
1635/1636: DAVID WICKLIFFE (WHITLIFF) ARRIVES IN MARYLAND. HE ASSIGNS HIS LAND RIGHTS. Maryland Land Book, No. 1, at Annapolis; p. 90.
1636: David is described as having arrived in 1636, paying his own passage. He assigned his land rights (to 200 acres). Captain George Evelyn claims them as part of his title to obtain a grant to Evelynton Manor, April 30, 1638. Julihn Genealogy (Virginia Families) by Julihn, C. E., Second Printing Isabel and Loren L. Ryder.
11 May 1636: Warrant for arrest, issued by the Govenor of Virginia, for engaging in the Indian trade without a comission from the Govenor of Virginia. The warrant was directed particularly to the capture of Capt. Henry Fleet, but included David 'Wittlieve'.
11 Oct 1650: Jane Brooks, wife of Henry Brooks, says that a bargain with her former husband, David Wickliffe, was made with Capt. Cornwallis, there was due her 200 acres of land.
This comes from Donna Waldrop Gandy at WorldConnect on Rootsweb:
David is the first of the American Line of the Wickliffe Branch. He married his spouse in England. David came to America in 1635 with the expedition of Robert Evelyn (who married David's aunt Susan Yonge) and settled on a grant of 50 acres of land (which he named "Wickliffe") on Prince George's Hundred, St. Marys County, Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland Assemble during the period from 1636 to 1643.
After David died, Jane married Henry BROOKS, who moved Jane and her children to Westmoreland County Virginia in 1650 to escape religious persecution.