John Drake

Abt 1594 - 1659  (~ 65 years)

• Name	John Drake
  Born	Abt 1594	Wiscombe, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	3DP9-PX
  Died	17 Aug 1659	Windsor, , Connecticut, United States   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Buried	18 Aug 1659	Windsor, , Connecticut, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I793	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2016

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rogers,   b. Abt 1604, , , England ,   d. 7 Oct 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1619	Wiscombe, Devon, England
  Children	1. Job Drake,   b. Abt 1620, Wiscombe, Devon, England ,   d. 16 Sep 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 69 years) + 2. John Drake,   b. Abt 1622, Wiscombe, Devon, England ,   d. 11 Nov 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 67 years)   3. Jacob Drake,   b. Abt 1623, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 6 Aug 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 66 years)   4. Samuel Drake,   b. Abt 1624, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 10 May 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 62 years) + 5. Mary O. Drake,   b. Abt 1625, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 12 Jun 1683, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 58 years)   6. Elizabeth Drake,   b. Abt 1629, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 8 Jun 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1.Conn Wp Vol 2, p.177; 2. Am190 Vol 18, p. 214; 3. Freemans Oath-Boston, 19 Oct 1630; N-Yr W3a Vol 2, p. 514; 4; Conn M 2b Vol 26, p. 157.; 5. Colonial Families of U.S. Vol 1, p. 135. NEHGR Vol 5 (1851) p. 167," He was accidently killed there by the overturning of a cart upon him, Aug 17,1659". It also listed Job,md. Mary Wolcot, John md. Hannah Moore, Jacob md. Mary Bissell.; Drake Ped. by Rev. M.E. Dwight; The Descendants ofJohn Drake by Gay. He came to America in 1630, apparently bringing his family with him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] The Descendants of John Drake, Compiled by the Direction of Frank B, Gay, (The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1933), p. 2 (Reliability: 3). John Drake Sen. dyed accidently, as he was driving a cart, loaded with corn, to carry from his house to his son Jacob's the cattle being 2 oxen and his mare, in the highway against John Griffin's somethinf scared the cattle, and they set a runing, and he "laboring to stop them, by taking hold on the mare, was thrown down on his face, and the cart wheel went over him, broke one of his legs and bruised his body, so that he was taken up dead, being carried into his daughters house hadlife come again, but dyed in a short time and was buried on the 18th day of Aug '59' " [S122] History of Ancient Windsor, p. 879, Appendix, A (Reliability: 3). [S15] Rockwell Family in America, Henry Ensign Rockwell, (Boston:Rockwell & Churchill, publishers 1873), p. 102 (Reliability: 3). The Mothers of the Family, chp. [S119] Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), ((http://www.americanancestors.org)), accessed 29 September 2015), John Drake; http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/connecticut-vital-records-to-1870-the-barbour-collection/image/?volumeId=12316&pageName=79&rId=138414333. (Reliability: 3). Windsor, p. 79: Drake, John, Sr., d. Aug. 17, 1659; bd. Aug. 18, [1659] - Vol. 1, p. 42