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John DRAKE*[1]

Male 1566 - 1628  (62 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname John DRAKE* 
    Birth 1566  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 11 Apr 1628  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 62 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Drake,   b. 1474, Otterton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Nov 1554, Exeter, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Gertrude Fortescue,   b. 1538, Mt Drake, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1601, Musbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID P7897  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Sir Bernard Drake, Knight of Mount Drake and Ashe,   b. 1528, Ashe, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1586, Crediton Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Gertrude Fortescue,   b. 1538, Mt Drake, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1601, Musbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1563  Filleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 35 years - She : ~ 25 years. 
    Family ID F1909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Dorothy BUTTON,   b. 1568, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1631, Musbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1595  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 29 years - She : ~ 27 years. 
    Children 
    +1. Sir John DRAKE,   b. 1591, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1636, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=7897