William DRAKE, of Yardbury, Colyton, Esq.

Abt 1596 - 1640  (~ 44 years)

• Name	William DRAKE  [1, 2]
  Suffix	of Yardbury, Colyton, Esq.
  Birth	Abt 1596	Yardbury, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	2 Nov 1635  [3, 4]
  Death	1640  [5]
  Will Proved	29 Feb 1640  [3]
  Burial	Temple Church, London, Middlesex, England, 51.513984,-0.109881   [4, 6]
  		Repository - Temple-Church-189 The Temple Church, London, England, in 1892, by Herbert Railton.
  Person ID	I7928	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John DRAKE, of Mount Drake,   b. Abt 1566, Mount Drake & Ashe, Devonshire, England d. 11 Apr 1628, Musbury, Devonshire, England (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Dorothy BUTTON,   b. Abt 1568, Ashton, England bur. 13 Dec 1631, Drake Tombs, Musbury, Devonshire, England (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	Wiltshire, England
  Family ID	F1647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret WESTOVER,   b. Abt 1599, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 bur. 16 Apr 1635, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 (Age ~ 36 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1620	possibly at Exeter   [4, 7]
  Children	1. Dorothy DRAKE,   c. 26 Mar 1623, , Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355   2. Joan DRAKE,   b. Bef 11 Jun 1628, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 d. Bef 1670, Weymouth, Massachusetts (Age < 41 years)   3. William DRAKE,   c. 22 Dec 1629, , Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 d. 6 Mar 1679/80, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 (Age ~ 50 years)   4. Thomas DRAKE,   c. 13 Sep 1635, , St. Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.74158,-3.06995 d. 1691, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 55 years)   5. John DRAKE,   c. 24 Mar 1621/22, , Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 bur. 12 Apr 1648, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355 (Age ~ 26 years)   6. Eleanor DRAKE,   c. 15 Dec 1625, , Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355   7. Elizabeth DRAKE,   c. 10 Dec 1632, , St. Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.740194,-3.070355   8. Endimion DRAKE,   c. 25 Jun 1634, , St. Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devonshire, England, 50.74158,-3.06995
  Family ID	F1646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos		DRAKE-WESTOFER MONUMENT
  		DRAKE-WESTOFER MONUMENT_SMALL William Drake, of Yardbury, Colyton, Esq. (c.1596-?)

  
  

• Sources

  [S262] The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895, 262. [S2078] Drake Family Genealogy, 2078. (Reliability: 3). [S2476] Will of William Drake, 2476. (Reliability: 3). [S18197] Colonial Families of the United States of America, 18197. (Reliability: 3). p. 136 [S19476] Wikipedia - John Drake (died 1628). [S262] The Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895, 262. (Reliability: 2). [S2489] Problems of Identification of Early US Immigrants, 2489. (Reliability: 2).