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Personal data William Drake 

  • He was born about 1553 in Halstead, Essex, England.
  • He died on November 3, 1616 in Elmstead, Essex, England.
  • A child of Thomas Drake and Agnes Butler
  • This information was last updated on April 18, 2011.

Household of William Drake

He is married to Joan Merryllis.

They got married on October 12, 1578 at Halstead, Essex, England.


Child(ren):

  1. Robert Drake  ± 1581-1668 


Notes about William Drake

ID: I39580
Name: William Drake
Surname: Drake
Given Name: William
Sex: M
Birth: Abt. 1553 in Halstead, Essex, England 1
Death: 3 Nov 1616 in Elmstead, Essex, England 1
_UID: E05D0B18058BB3489FBB7B0457D4B259FAA0
Note: REFN: #24600
Change Date: 23 Feb 2003 at 21:38:53

Father: Thomas Drake
Mother: Agnes Butler

Marriage 1 Joan Merryllis b: Abt. 1557 in Halstead, Essex, England
Married: 12 Oct 1578 in Halstead, Essex, England 1Children
Robert Drake b: Abt. 1581
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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Drake

William Drake
± 1553-1616

1578

Joan Merryllis
1557-1617

Robert Drake
± 1581-1668

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Day of marriage October 12, 1578

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1578: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 31 » Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons.
    • April 27 » Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
    • May 31 » King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
    • August 4 » Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
    • September 29 » Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.

Day of death November 3, 1616

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1616: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 12 » The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
    • March 5 » Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
    • March 20 » Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
    • May 3 » Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war.
    • July 11 » Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
    • October 25 » Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.


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