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Personal data Joan Merrylls 

  • She was born in the year 1557 in Halstead, Essex, England.
  • She died on March 16, 1616 in Elmstead, Essex, England, she was 59 years old.
  • A child of John Merrylls and Catherine Alice Drake
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Joan Merrylls

She is married to William Drake.

They got married on October 12, 1578 at Halstead, Essex, England, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Isabella Drake  ± 1579-1639 
  2. Thomas Drake  1582-1624
  3. Joseph Drake  1588-1623
  4. Joan Drake  1590-1624
  5. Robert Drake  1591-1636
  6. Elizabeth Drake  1594-1606
  7. Alice Drake  1594-????
  8. Ellen Drake  1596-????
  9. Mary Drake  1598-1641
  10. Robert Drake  1601-1698

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joan Merrylls

George Merrylls
± 1503-± 1560
Sarah Merrill
± 1503-????
John Merrylls
1525-1584

Joan Merrylls
1557-1616

1578

William Drake
1553-1616

Isabella Drake
± 1579-1639
Thomas Drake
1582-1624
Joseph Drake
1588-1623
Joan Drake
1590-1624
Robert Drake
1591-1636
Elizabeth Drake
1594-1606
Alice Drake
1594-????
Ellen Drake
1596-????
Mary Drake
1598-1641
Robert Drake
1601-1698

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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 March 16, 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.
    • February 26 » Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.
    • 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.
    • 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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