John was born in 1651. He was the son of John Somers of Clifton in Worcestershire. He passed away in 1716.
Somers never married, but left two sisters, of whom the eldest, Mary, married Charles Cocks, whose grandson, Charles became the second Baron Somers in 1784, the title subsequently descending in this line.
He was buried on 4 May 1716 in North Mimms, Hertfordshire.[1]
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