John Drake

Male Abt 1622 - 1689  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name John Drake 
    Born Abt 1622  Wiscombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 3DP9-VS 
    Died 11 Nov 1689  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I874  James Henry Martineau
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 

    Father John Drake,   b. Abt 1594, Wiscombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1659, Windsor, , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Rogers,   b. Abt 1604, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1681, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married Abt 1619  Wiscombe, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Moore,   b. Abt 1627, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married 30 Nov 1648  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. John Drake,   b. 14 Sep 1649, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1689, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    +2. Job Drake,   b. 15 Jun 1651, Windsor, , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1733, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Hannah Drake,   b. 8 Aug 1653, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1694  (Age 40 years)
     4. Enoch Drake,   b. 8 Dec 1655, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1698  (Age 42 years)
     5. Ruth Drake,   b. 1 Dec 1657, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1731, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     6. Simon Drake,   b. 28 Oct 1659, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1711  (Age 52 years)
     7. Lydia Drake,   b. 26 Jan 1661, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1702, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     8. Elizabeth Drake,   b. 22 Jul 1664, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1698  (Age 33 years)
     9. Mary Drake,   b. 29 Jan 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1728  (Age 62 years)
     10. Mindwell Drake,   b. 10 Nov 1671, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1736  (Age 64 years)
     11. Joseph Drake,   b. 26 Jun 1674, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1754  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Nov 1648 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Descendants of John Drake , AB D5, P. 5, 15-23.
      974.6 V2w, B, Mg & D rec. of Windsor, Conn. by Matthew Grant.; NEHGR ,Vol 5 (1851), p. 66 Lists John his wife Hannah Moore & Mg. date & their 12 childrens names & b. dates.
      Early Records of Windsor, Conn.. lists John Drake as one of the "First Settlers of Windsor, as recorded in the Town records of 1640, five years after their removal from Dorchester."
      His will dated 12 Sep 1689, proved 11 Nov , 1689. lists all 12 of his children listed on p. 6-7 of "The Descendants of John Drake".
      In the "Windsor, Conn., Land Records, Vol. 3, p. 55." is written: Mar . 3, 1706/7 Joseph Loomis, Sen,. son of Joseph deceased, Nicholas Buckland and James Loomis, all of Windsor, Conn., deed 271/2 acres of woodland to Daniel Loomis, Sen., part of a lot bought by "our father-in-law John Drake deceased," of Richard Lyman, and given to his three daughters, Lydia, late wife of Joseph Loomis, above, Elizabeth, late wife of Nicholas Buckland, and Mindwell, wife of James Loomis, by his last will.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] The Descendants of John Drake, Compiled by the Direction of Frank B, Gay, (The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1933), p. 6 (Reliability: 3).
      His will dated 12 Sep 1689 & proved 11 Nov 1689.

    2. [S14] The Descendants of John Drake, Compiled by the Direction of Frank B, Gay, (The Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1933), p. 6 (Reliability: 3).