'Drax2'
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Families covered: Drax in Barbados, Drax of Charborough, Drax of Ellerton Abbey
| William Drax (originally from Yorkshire, vicar of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Drax of Coventry | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Lapworth | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir James Drax in Barbados | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Meliora Houghton (d 03.1663, dau of John Houghton of Wolverton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir James Drax of Hackney (dsp 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Essex Lake (a 1697, dau of Sir Lancelot Lake of Canons) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Drax of Barbados then Boston, Lincoln (Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Tufton (dsp, dau of John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Lovelace (dau of John Lovelace, 2nd Lord of Hurley) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | "several children" (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Meliora Drax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Pye of the Meene | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Drax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Shatterden of Popes | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Shatterden, later Drax of Popes | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1692) Elizabeth Ernle (dau of Edward Ernle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Drax of Charborough and Ellerton Abbey (d 1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1720) Elizabeth Ernle (dau of Sir Edward Ernle, 3rd Bart of Etchilhampton, by Frances Erle) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Erle Drax of Charborough (b c1722, dsp 1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.10.1754) Mary St. John (dau of John St. John, 10th Lord of Bletso) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Edward Drax of Charborough | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.04.1762) Mary Churchill (dau of Awnsham Churchill of Henbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sarah Frances Drax (d 15.06.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.03.1788) Richard Grosvenor, later Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (d 08.02.1819) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Drax (b c1720, d 26/9.06.1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.05.1744) Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley (b 18.02.1715-6, d 09.01.1755) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.01.1757) Robert Nugent, Earl Nugent (b c1702, d 14.10.1788) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Drax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Durbin, Mayor of Bristol | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Herriet Drax (dsp 02.04.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1765) Sir William Hanham, 4th Bart of Dean's Court | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Susanna Drax (dsp 31.07.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Cacroft (Alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1776) John Touchet, 8th Earl of Castlehaven (b 1724/5, dsp 22.04.1777) | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue - Frederick (d young), Frances (d 1751) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Drax | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Plulateas Drax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gorneldon of Kent | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue (d unm) - John (in Barbados), Samuel, Jeremiah | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Bamfield (dau of John (sb Thomas?) Bamfield of Hardington) | |||||||||||||||
| ix.+ | other issue (d young or unm) - James, Bamfield, Alexander, Jacob | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Drax of Barbados and London | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax of Charborough)
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