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Personal data Isabella Drake 

  • She was born about 1579 in Elmstead, Essex, England.
  • She was christened on October 25, 1579 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England.
  • She died on July 12, 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • She is buried October 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • A child of William Drake and Joan Merrylls
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Isabella Drake

(1) She is married to John Smith alias Bland.

They got married on December 7, 1600 at Freiston, Lincolnshire, England.


Child(ren):

  2. John Smith  ± 1602-1669
  3. Frances Smith  1606-1650
  4. Francis Bland Smith  1609-1649


(2) She had a relationship with John Smith.


(3) She has/had a relationship with John Blande alias Smith.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Isabella Drake

William Drake
1518-1555
Joan Marsham
± 1529-< 1573
John Merrylls
1525-1584
Catherine Alice Drake
1535-1567
William Drake
1553-1616
Joan Merrylls
1557-1616

Isabella Drake
± 1579-1639

(1) 1600

John Smith alias Bland
1572-1668

Annabella Smith alias Bland
1613-< 1683
John Smith
± 1602-1669
Frances Smith
1606-1650
Francis Bland Smith
1609-1649
Isabella Smith alias Bland
1614-1699
(2) 

John Smith
1579-1639

(3) 

John Blande alias Smith
± 1579-1668


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Historical events

Christening day October 25, 1579

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
    • February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
    • June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
    • June 26 » Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
    • July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
    • October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.

Day of marriage December 7, 1600

  • 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 1600: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
    • March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
    • August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
    • October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
    • October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
    • December 31 » The British East India Company is chartered.

Day of death July 12, 1639

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1639: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 14 » The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
    • March 13 » Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
    • April 14 » Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
    • August 22 » Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.


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