General Notes

Also Known As:<_AKA> 1st Earl of /Exeter/
According to "The Cecils of HatfieldHouse An English Ruling Family" by David Cecil, Houghton Mifflin 1973: He wentabroad for a year at age 19. Thomas was "healthy, lazy, amiable with not muchof a brain and intent on mainly girls and sport."  Thomas did manage to settledown respectably and became Earl of Exeter.
It appears that the Cecil's who immigrated to America are mostly from this line.  According to Jim Cissell in hisInternet Page, most Cissell's are able to connect with John Cecil of Marylandwho arrived in 1658. From 1607 until 1624 there are Cecil's listed in the Virginia colonies such as Robert, Thomas, William and General Cecill.  I am alos looking to find descendents of these Cecil's.  by the first congressional census in 1790 there are Cecil's in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and most predominately Maryland.

Signer, along with son Edward, of the Second Virginia Charter, May 23, 1609.  According to Linda LSyselt@@aol.com, as per Paul Tobler, the Meetings of the managers of the Virginia Company were sometimes held at his house in London, first known as Burleigh House, and later as Exeter House.
Other signers: Its on the Second Virginia Charter, May 23, 1609, and it lists as signers, among many others, Sir Edward Cecill, Knight (Cecil), Sir Henrie Nevill,Knight (Nevil), Sir Robert Payne, Knight, Sir Dudley Diggs, Knight (Digges), Captaine Clakre, George Calvert, Esquire, William Oxenbridge, Esquire (could heperhaps be related to the Susan Oxenbridge who married Thomas Cecil the Engraver?); Christopher Nicholls, John Gardener (Gardiner); John Gilbert (could this also be Guilbert?), William Payne, and Christopher Nicholds (Christopher Holt).


Not all information verified and/or documented. Not all are my direct line(only those denoted by *). Please use this as a guide and contact me or the source for more information. I am actively making updates and corrections and reposting the information.