The Clift family traced in these pages is descended from John Clift who was born around 1769 in Codsall, Staffordshire. The family is described in a family tree here, and in register books here. There is an 1886 map of the Codsall area here, and the first edition OS map here.

A discussion of the distribution of the various spellings of the surname can be found here.

There are other resources for the surnames Cliff, Cliffe, Clift and Clifft. Follow the links below or on the left.