 His son John took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and was imprisoned in the Fleet prison in London.The granddaughter of his brother Robert Clavering (1625–1675) (who had married the heiress to the estate at Chopwell Hall, Chopwell, Co Durham) married William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper in 1706.Their son William changed his name to Clavering-Cowper on inheriting Chopwell from his uncle.