See also
| Husband: | Francis Clifton (1755-1811) | |
| Wife: | Rebekah Katherine Bingham (1771-1830) | |
| Children: | Marshall Waller Clifton (1787-1861) | |
| Name: | Francis Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1755 | St Kitts, West Indies |
| Occupation | 22 Dec 1782 (age 26-27) | Ordination as Priest |
| Occupation | 23 Jul 1788 (age 32-33) | Curate, Alverstoke, Hampshire |
| Death | 5 Oct 1811 (age 55-56) | Stoke, Alverstoke, Hampshire |
| Burial | 10 Oct 1811 | Alverstoke, Hampshire (aged 56) |
| Name: | Rebekah Katherine Bingham | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Isaac Moody Bingham (1733-1807) | |
| Mother: | Catherine Tonge ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1771 | Birchanger, Essex |
| Death | 3 Apr 1830 (age 58-59) | Somerset House, Strand, Middlesex |
| Name: | Marshall Waller Clifton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elinor Katherine Bell (1792-1866) | |
| Birth | 1 Nov 1787 | Alverstoke, Hampshire |
| Death | 10 Apr 1861 (age 73) | Upton House, Australind, Western Australia |
He was born in1755 on St Kitts West Indies and when 9 or 10 yo was sent home to England to be educated. Francis received a sound education and graduated as an M.A from King's College Aberdeen on 30th March 1775 Francis was ordained Deacon on 21st December 1777 by the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry at the Church of St George, Bloomsbury, London. After his ordination as Deacon, Francis returned to St Kitts, where he spent two years in the service of the Church. In 1779 He became a Royal Naval Chaplain and received two commissions to HMS Dublin from 3 Dec 1779 to 18 Jan 1783. However it appears that Francis spent only 11 months of this period at sea. During the remainder of the time he was a resident of Gosport. In 1783 was appointed Curate of St Mary's at Alverstoke in Hampshire. Francis married Rebekah Katherine Bingham; they became the parents of 2 sons and 8 daughters, three of the daughters dying in infancy. Francis Clifton died at Alverstoke on 5th October 1811.
Source: Unsourced reference at Ancestry.co.uk
CLIFTON The Reverend Francis, 10 November 1866. Letters of Administration (with the Will attached) of the Personal estate and effects of the Reverend Francis Clifton late of Stoke in the Parish of Alverstoke in the County of Southampton Clerk deceased who died 5 October 1811 at Stoke aforesaid left unadministered by Rebekah Katherine Clifton Widow the Relict and Marshall Waller Clifton the Son the Executors named in the said Will were granted at the Principal Registry to Katharine Clifton of St. Margaret's Isleworth in the County of Middlesex Spinster the Administratrix of the Personal estate and effects of the said Rebekah Katherine Clifton who was also the Residuary Legatee named in the said Will she the said Katharine Clifton having been first sworn. Former Grant Prerogative Court of Canterbury October 1811. Effects under £20. Resworn at the Principal Registry under £450.
CLIFTON Rebekah Katherine, 27 August 1866. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Rebekah Katherine Clifton late of Somerset House Strand in the County of Middlesex Widow deceased who died 3 April 1830 at Somerset House aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Katharine Clifton of St. Margaret's Isleworth in the County aforesaid Spinster the Daughter and one of the Next of Kin of the said Deceased she having been first sworn. Effects under £20.