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Personal data John Drake 

• He was born about 1590Probably Hampton-in-Arden
  England.
• Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 11, 1902.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 11, 1902.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on November 16, 1902.
• Immigrated in the year 1630.
• Immigrated in the year 1630 vanuit Mary &, John, Quality: 3.
• Profession: Farmer.
• He died on August 17, 1659Windsor
  Connecticut Colony.
• A child of unknown Drake and unknown unknown
• This information was last updated on January 7, 2020.

Household of John Drake

He is married to Lettice Shakespeare.

They got married on June 25, 1616Hampton in Arden
England United Kingdom.

Child(ren):

1. Job Drake  < 1620-1689 

Notes about John Drake

NOTE: Source #1 material has been used - the Venerable Stiles and other sources are wrong!

Source #1: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. Boston. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1999. I:222-7. (1st & 2nd
generations)

18 October 1630: applied for freemanship [MBCR 1:80]. [Not my ancestor - see below]

26 May 1631: John Reading of the Inner Temple, London, to John Winthrop, writing about the will of Isaac Johnson: "You write you have sent it over, John Drake sayth he copied it to that purpose, but none can be heard of" [WP 3:37]. [Not my ancestor - see below]

13 March 1633/4: Bequest in will of Francis Drake of Esher, Surrey, to "John Drake, my Cozen William Drake's sonne, twenty poundes to be sent unto him into New England" [Waters 580-81]. [Not my ancestor - see below]

COMMENTS: The John Drake of the third item above, and almost certainly of the other two, was son of William Drake of Wiscombe Park, Devonshire, a junior line of the prominent Drakes of Ashe of the same county. The letter of John Reading shows that a John Drake had recently been in New England, at or shortly after the death of Isaac Johnson (September 1630); this John Drake, then, would have been in New England at the time of requesting freemanship in October 1630, but gone by the time the first group of freemen were admitted in May 1631. Presumably he returned on the Lyon in March 1630/1. He may have returned to New England shortly thereafter, or Francis Drake may simply have lost track of his cousin at this time. In any case, he is not the John Drake who appears briefly in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, late in the 1630s, moves to Windsor, Connecticut, and dies there in 1659 [TAG 63:193-206, 65:87-88].
Douglas Richardson has discovered that John Drake of Windsor derived from Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire [Frederick L. Weis, Ancestral Roots ..., 7th edition (Baltimore 1992), p. 197].

Source #2: Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut 1635-1891" (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, Feb 2000 reprint of 1893 original) Vol II, pp. 177-178

Source #3: Drake, Samuel Gardner. Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in America. N.p.: George Coolidge, 1845.

REFN: 15728

{geni:about_me} ===John Drake===
* Birth: about 1590 perhaps of Hampton-in-Arden, county Warwick, England
* Parents: unknown
* Wife: 1) married 1616 to Lettice Shakespeare d 1623 2) after 1623 to Elizabeth Rogers (1602-1681)
* Death: 17 Aug 1659 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Children by 1st wife:

# John Drake+ d. 1689. Married Hannah Moore.
# Esther d.y.
# Job Drake+3 d. 16 Sep 1689. Married Mary Wollcott.
# Jacob Drake d. Sep 1689. Married Mary Bissell

Children by 2nd wife
# Elizabeth Drake. Married 1) William Gaylord 2) John Elderkin
# Mary Drake d. 12 Jun 1683. Married John Gaylord.

John Drake died accidently as he was driving a cart, loaded with corn from his home to his son Jacobs house. It was being pulled by two oxen and his mare. As he passed John Griffins house something frightened the oxen and they began to run away. He tried to stop them by grabbing the mare. He was thrown down on his face and was run over by one of the cart wheels. A leg was broken and his body was so bruised they thought he was dead. He was carried to his daughter's house and lived only a short time.

===will===

Will proved on 1 December 1659 at Hartford Co., Connecticut, (undated but apparently written after Nov 1655 when daughter Mary was married and before Aug 1656 when daughter Elizabeth had one child). Mentions "my son John £20; and after my wyve's decease after the State I have, I give him tenn pounds more." To son, Job, six acres of meadow bounded on the south side with Goodman Phillips, and six acres more after my wyve's decease. To all my grandchildren, viz.: "three of sonne John, and four of my sonne Job, and one of my daughter Elizabeth Gaylord, three pounds apeece." To my wife, all my part of howsing and lands that I have in possession for to make use of as she and her friends shall think shall be for her best advantage, and my land that I bought of Goodman Bissell that lie on the East side of the great river I give to my son Jacob provided that he pay to my son John, ten pounds after my wife's decease. Jacob to pay to my other children, sixteen pounds, after my wife's decease. To daughter Mary Gaylor, one feather bed and two blanketts and a bolster after my wife's decease. To daughter Elizabeth, one Coverlid, and to Timothy I give him forty shillings and two suits of cloths when his time is out.9

===disputed origins===

Unknown. Not accepted as a "Drake of Wiscomb" by genealogists Robert Anderson and Douglas Richardson. See discussion https://www.geni.com/discussions/169080?msg=1154593

Two descendants of John Drake have submitted their Y-DNA test results and pedigrees to the Drake DNA Surname Project. Both results demonstrate that the participants, and therefore their direct male Drake ancestors, belong to haplogroup T and are not related within a meaningful genealogical time period to the majority of other Drakes who can trace their ancestry to the American colonies in the 17th century.

==notes==

Came from England on the ship "Mary and John" in the Winthrop Fleet 1630. Comment: that's a mixup with https://www.geni.com/people/John-Drake-of-the-Mass-Bay-Colony/6000000060632698821

* "Higley and their Ancesters" page 103
* "Ancient Windsor, Conn" Vol II Stiles
* "Records and documents, Windsor, Conn 1639 - 1703"

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He came to Boston about 1639; he d. from the result of an injury, Aug. 17, 1659. His widow d. Oct. 7, 1681, it is stated, "at 100th year of age." If so, she must have been several years older than her husband, or else, which is more probable, he was b. at a considerably earlier date than stated above." Comment: this is an old myth. Elizabeth Rogers was more likely born about 1602.

http://www.xroyvision.com.au/drake/history/hist47.html
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John Drake1

b. circa 1600, d. 17 August 1659

John Drake was born circa 1600 at Wiscomb, County Devon, England [SIC: that's a mixup with https://www.geni.com/people/John-Drake-of-the-Mass-Bay-Colony/6000000060632698821]

He married Elizabeth Rogers at probably England.2 John Drake died on 17 August 1659 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.2 He was buried on 18 August 1659 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.2

John the emigrant, came to Boston, 1630; bought land at Taunton, but did not settle; came to Windsor before 1639. "Aug. 17, 1659, John Drake, Sr, dyed accidentally as he was driving a cart loaded with corn to cary from his house to his son Jacob's; the cattle being 2 oxen, and his mare. In the highway, against John Griffin's, somethng scared the cattle, and they set a running, 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, brake one of his legs, and bruised his bodye so that he was taken up dead, being carried to his daughter's house, had life come again, but dyed in a short time, and was buried on the 18th of August, 1659."

Children of John Drake and Elizabeth Rogers

* John Drake+ d. 1689
* Job Drake+3 d. 16 Sep 1689
* Jacob Drake d. Sep 1689
* Elizabeth Drake+
* Mary Drake d. 12 Jun 1683

Citations

* [S52] Henry R. Stiles History of Ancient Windsor II, Vol. II:Pg 177-8.
* [S578] Frank B. Gay, John Drake, page 2.
* [S578] Frank B. Gay, John Drake, Page 7.

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(f/g) John Drake, Sr
* Birth: 1585
* Death: Aug. 17, 1659

Family links:

Spouse:
* Elizabeth Rogers Drake (1581 - 1681)
Children:
* Elizabeth Drake Elderkin (1621 - 1716)*
* Jacob Drake (1623 - 1689)*
* Job Drake (1623 - 1689)*
* Jacob Drake (1624 - 1689)*
* Samuel Drake (1624 - 1686)*
* Mary O. Drake Gaylord (1625 - 1683)

Burial:
* Palisado Cemetery
* Windsor
* Hartford County
* Connecticut, USA
* Created by: John Parker
* Record added: Jul 26, 2010
* Find A Grave Memorial# 55491719 -tcd

==links==
* FamilySearch AFNs: GCPQ-NV, 168N-78V, 22TS-8HK
* http://nefamilies.com/fam/groupsheetI100008860.aspx
* http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amorrow/fg03/fg03_220.html
* http://www.genyourway.com/gt-am.html#G1113
* http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p102.htm#i5080
* http://mhollick.typepad.com/slovakyankee/2014/12/john-drake-ca-1590-1659-of-windsor-connecticut.html
* http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/Drake/p22.htm#i6823
* http://larkturnthehearts.blogspot.com/2011/05/john-drake-dies-after-being-run-over_13.html

==sources==
* Source 1. The American Genealogist: : John Drakes English connections;
* Source 2. Will of John Drake of Wiscombe;
* Source 3. Manwarings Digest 1:111-12;
* John settled first Dorchester. In 1637 he bought land in Taunton, Mass, but soon after (1639) he was in Windsor, Conn.
* Source 4: Internet; http://www.xroyvision.com.au/drake/history/hist78.html: Thomas Drake of Weymouth; from English Records;
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=== GEDCOM Source ===
Imported from 2001 Familly Tree Maker file Source Medium: Other Date of Import: Feb 18, 2001

John is descended from Henry I, King of France 1031-1060 and Anne
of Kiev (Russia). (Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, 1988, p 191
and Your Family Tree, 1929, p 309)
When John left Boston he bought land at Taunton, but did not
settle there and came to Windsor, CT before 1639. He died while
"driving a cart loaded with corn to carry from his house to his son
Jacob's; the cattle being two oxen, and his mare. In the highway,
against John Griffin's, something scared the cattle, and they set a
running, 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, brake one of his legs, and bruised his bodye so that he was taken up dead, being carried to his daughter's house, had life come again, but dyed in a short time..." (Stiles, Vol 2, pp 177-178)

came over in the Winthrop fleet

Church records.

14 acres.

Colonial and Revolutionary Lineage, Vol 1, p. 172. John Drake, son of William and Philippa Denys Drake, was born at Wiscomb, County Devon, England, about 1590 or 1600 and died 8/17/1659, the result of an injury [ run over by an ox cart wheel]. The exact date of John Drake's arrival in New England is not known, but he was listed among those to become freemen, according to the "Boston Record Commissioners' Report," 10/19/1630. His name does not appear on later lists in Boston and details of his life for the next few years have not been found. He was one of the 46 purchasers of Taunton, Mass in 1637, and was in Windsor early in 1639. John Drake received a grant of 14 acres, a home lot with meadow adjoining from the plantation at Windsor, CT, 1/26/1640. He was a member of the jury in the Particular Court, in June, 1643, and for 8 sessions afterward. The inventory of his estate was taken 9/14/1659 and amounted to L324-13-00. John Drake married, probably in England, Elizabeth Rogers, who died at the home of her son Jacob, 10/7/1681. It is said that she was one hundred years old at the time of her death.

OCCU came over in the Winthrop fleet

RFN: 19762
Immigrant ancestor, Came to Boston in 1630.

!Information on the Drake families found in the Books on the Mary and John
Passengers. Vols I-IX. Also in the New England Registry vol II.
He died as a result of being accidently run over by a cart whe he was hauling
corn.

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