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Persoonlijke gegevens Captain Francis Drake 

• Alternatieve naam: Captain Francis "of Devon & Piscataway" Drake
• Hij is geboren op 23 december 1615 in Devonshire, Essex Co., England.
• Hij is overleden op 24 september 1687 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co. New Jersey, hij was toen 71 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Robert Drake en Susan Knopp
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 5 december 2015.

Gezin van Captain Francis Drake

Hij is getrouwd met Mary Ann Walker.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1640 te Portsmouth, Rockingham Co.New Hampshire, hij was toen 24 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Josias Drake  1647-1701 
2. George Drake  1651-1710 
3. Elizabeth Catharine Ann Drake  1653-1711 
4. Russell John Drake  1655-1740 

Notities over Captain Francis Drake

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The Drake family came to Amersham when Francis Drake married Joan Tothill, heiress to Shardeloes, in 1603. Two myths concerning these families need to be exploded. Francis was not related to his more famous naval namesake, but he was his godson. Joan was not the eldest of 33 children, rather she was the eldest of 3 daughters of a wealthy lawyer, William Tothill, whose father Richard had made his fortune as a printer and publisher in London. Through successfully sitting on the political fence during the Civil War, and a series of judicious marriages, the Drake family built up a considerable holding of land and wealth in the Amersham area. In 1760 they inherited the estates of Sir John Tyrwhitt, changing their name to Tyrwhitt-Drake. The family intermarried with other gentry families from Bucks and Herts (Denham, Garrard, Marshall, Raworth, Annesley, Halsey), and were responsible for many of the surviving ancient buildings in Amersham. Their patronage included restoration of St. Mary's church, building the Market Hall, and the Drake Almshouses - all of which still stand. As Lords of the Manor, the Drakes supplied at least one if not both of the members of Parliament for the borough of Amersham in an almost unbroken line from 1623 to the passing of the Reform Bill in 1832, when Amersham was reduced to a single member. The ancestral home of the Tothill and Drake families has been Shardeloes, an imposing building perched above its own lake just to the West of the town. The present house was built by William Drake during the 18th century on the site of an Elizabethan manor house, to designs by Stiff Leadbetter and Robert Adam, with landscaping by Humphrey Repton. It remained in the Drake family until death duties obliged the family to sell it in 1957, when it was converted into luxury flats, which is how it remains today. A failure to marry heiresses, producing large numbers of children, and a certain profligacy when combined with death duties meant that the Drakes sold off almost all their holdings in Amersham during the 20th century. An auction of many of the houses on the High Street, took place in 1928 when local papers reported the 'sale' of the town. The senior branch of the Drake family no longer lives in the town, and only the author of this page still lives in the area.The sale of Shardeloes in 1957 has had huge benefits for local and family historians. The muniments room at Shardeloes was stuffed full of legal and historical documents for many years, and almost all of these were then transferred to the County Record Office in Aylesbury. A series of Bucks Record Society papers and a book "Shardeloes Papers" by George Eland, the premier historian of Bucks in the first half of this century, highlight some of the more interesting ones. Amersham has long been a hotbed of nonconformity in religious beliefs. Townsfolk responded to Wycliffe's ideas and supported the Lollard cause. In 1414, three of them were burned at the stake for these beliefs. Worse was to follow. In 1506 the Bishop of Lincoln held an inquisition in Amersham which resulted in more burnings with William Tylsworth's pyre ignited by his own daughter. A further inquisition in 1521 caused five more Amersham men to be burnt at the stake. These martyrs are remembered by a memorial just outside the town. The town was later host to Baptist, Methodist and Quaker churches, all of which had strong followings. The ecclesiastical census of 1851 shows that the Baptist church in the town was nearly as strong as the official church. The Quaker William Penn, later to become the proprietor of the American State of Pennsylvania, came often to Amersham, where he courted a local girl, Gulielma Springett, whom he married. ``` "Capt. Francis Drake first heard of in Portsmouth N.H. Served on grand jury 1663. Married Mary (unknown maiden name). Had two sons - George and John. George born in 1650 and married 1677 Mary Oliver of Elizabethtown. Died in Piscatawney where his will was probated in 1709. Was porminent in local affairs and served as legislator in General Assembly for several successive years . Children were (1)George(2) Mary (3) Elizabeth (4) Andrew (5) Deborah (6) Elizabeth (7) David (8)George (9)Hannah. Andrew married Hannah Fitz-Randolph in 1705 and they had 12 children. The 4th child was Fitz-Randolph and he married Rachel (maiden name unknown). They had a daughter Elizabeth Drake who married Elisha Laurence. Fitz-Randolph and Rachel also had two sons named Abraham and Jacob." I lose the Drake's here as my line continues through Elizabeth who married a Laurence or Lawrence. I have no dates other than those listed Notes for Mary Walker: Francis Drake, born 1615 in Devonshire, England; died September 24, 1687 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH. He was the son of 3520. Robert Drake and 3521. Susan Knopp. He married 1761 Mary Walker 1635 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH. Mary Walker, born 1621 in Meath, Ireland; died July 29, 1688 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. She was the daughter of George Walker. Children of Francis Drake and Mary Walker are: i. John Drake , Sr., born 1653 in Portsmouth, NH; died Bef. April 7, 1740 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; married Rebecca Trotter July 7, 1677 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, NJ. ii. George Drake, died 1709 in Piscataway, NJ; married Mary Oliver. iii. Francis Drake, died 1733 in Piscataway, NJ; married Patience. iv. Elizabeth Drake, born 1654 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; died 1711; married Hugh Dunn December 19, 1670 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. Children of Francis Drake and Mary Walker are: . . 2. i.. . Francis3 Drake, born Abt. 1648; died 1733. He married Patience.. +. 3. ii.. . Capt George Drake, born Abt. 1651 in Dover, New Hampshire; died Abt. 1710 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.. +. 4. iii.. . Elizabeth Drake, born Abt. 1654 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey; died Abt. 1711 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.. +. 5. iv.. . Rev John Drake, born Abt. 1654 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died September 1741 in Piscataway, Essex, New Jersey.. . .

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