'Drake07'
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Families covered: Drake of Halifax, Drake of Northowram, Drake of The Lee
| Gilbert Drake of Northowram (bpt 1542, bur 05.03.1603) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.05.1563) Sibil Bird | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Humphrey Drake of Halifax (bpt 1569, bur 28.08.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Esther or Hester Drake (bur 1674, dau of William Drake of The Lee, widow of Michael Ward) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Nathaniel Drake (bpt 1617, a 1632, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Drake (bpt 11.07.1619, d by 1692, rector of Dunnington, sub-dean of Ripon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Foxcroft (d 1692, dau of Thomas (or James) Foxcroft of Shibden Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Humphrey Drake (b c1660, rector of Agmondisham, Buckinghamshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1691) Catherine Rigby of Cotgrave | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Christopher Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Musson (dau of Vicar of Shobbington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Christopher, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Catherine Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Austin ("son to a clothier in Gloucestershire") | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Humphrey Austin | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Sarah Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Pierce | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stone of Ludgate Hill | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - John (d young), Montague, Humphry (d young), Humphry, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Frances Drake (d 12.02.1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Ridsdale of Ripon (b c1651, d 20.02.1728) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Gilbert (dsp), Esther/Hesther, Susan (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Drake of Newhouse in Southowram (bpt 1563) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1590) Susan (widow of _ Lockwood) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Samuel Drake of Northowram (bpt 1567, bur 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1594) Susan Ramsden | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Mary Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.02.1598-9) John Broadley (curate of Swerby) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Sibil Drake of Sowerby | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (13.06.1614) Joshia Whitton of Skipton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Michael Whitley of Bentley | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Francis Priestley | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - Michael, Thomas, Grace | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (27.01.1588) Judith Bork or Becke | |||||||||||||||
| 9.+ | other issue - Toby (d infant), Toby (bur 1624), Sibil (a 1603) | ||||||||||||||
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| William Drake of The Lee (Northowram, Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.09.1575) Grace Broadley of Hipperholm (bur 30.08.1599) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Joseph Drake of the Lee (b 1582, bur 14.02.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| FMG (p 507) indicates that all of Joseph's children were by his 3rd wife. The following shows the attribution shown by FMG (p1158). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.05.1609) Ann Ward (bur 20.03.1613, dau of Thomas Ward of Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Esther Drake (bpt 1610) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Watson | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Susan Drake (bpt 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isaac Oates | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1615) Jane (or Jennet, probably not Anne) Rawnsley (bur 22.06.1622, dau of Robert Rawnsley of Hipperholm, widow of Michael Slater) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Joseph Drake of The Lee (bpt 23.06.1616, a 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| FMG (p 508+) shows that Joseph's 1st wife was mother of Marian, Elizabeth & Joseph with his 2nd wife being mother of "the rest" (Marmaduke, John, Thomas, Nathan, Elizabeth, Mary, Maud & Esther). The following shows the children reported by FMG (p1158-9). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Fawcet (or Faver) of Penigent | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Marmaduke Drake of Penigent (bur 15.06.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Garforth | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Drake ("went abroad") | ||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | son & daughter | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Marmaduke Drake (bpt 12.1677, d 03.11.1741, vicar of Beighton (Derbyshire)) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Field (d 14.09.1757, dau of William Field of Shipley Field, Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Drake (bpt 25.07.1706, d 04.02.1763, vicar of Beighton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Drake (d 12.03.1751-2, dau/heir of John Drake of Halifax) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Dorothy (Dorothea) Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wright of Beighton & Kimberworth | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Wright of Billam had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Stables (d 1821, dau of Henry Stables of Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Wainwright of Sheffield, later of Alrewas/Stafford | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Marmaduke of Adwick-upon-Dearn (bpt 03.05.1749, d unm), John (b 1737-8, dsp 23.04.1745), Francis (bur 13.11.1740), William (bpt 23.05.1750, d young), Mary Anna (bur 05.10.1741), Anne (bpt 06.04.1744 d 18.01.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Drake (bpt 27.09.1709, d 08.02.1757, vicar of Hatfikeld, rector of Fall Sutton) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Isabel Smith (b 11.10.1711, d 13.12.1737, dau of James Smith of Manningham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (d unm ) - Nathan (b 20.08.1736, d Calcutta), Isabella (d 07.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.04.1741) Sarah Stancliffe (b 1719-20, d 13.01/06.1799, dau of John Stancliffe of Balmhall, Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Drake of Rotherham (bpt 18.06.1749, d 04.06.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1772) Ann Walker (dau of Jonathan Walker of Masborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Walker Drake of London (b 26.07.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp?) Mary Sheldon (b 06.02.1772, dau of Ralph Sheldon of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Crompton (widow of Thomas Jolly of Solly) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Anne Drake (b 23.09.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Yates of Masborough (ironfounder) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | William Drake of Thorne (b 04.01.1753, dsp 10.09.1787, surgeon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Ince of Pontefract (d 01.1794) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Sarah Drake (a 1804, dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 1771) James Leroux | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Anna Maria Drake (dsp 1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Leyson | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue (d infant) - William, William | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.02.1687) Henry Bainbridge of Barbourn in Kirkby Lonsdale | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Joseph Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.02.1676) Eleanor Wilkinson | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Drake of Halifax (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Savill or Savile | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Ann Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Drake (vicar of Beighton) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (d before 1736) - John, Marmaduke | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Joseph (bpt 29.05.1683, d unm before 1736), William (bpt 23.02.16960, d unm before 1736), Elizabeth (bpt 1685), Mary (bpt 1679), Martaha (bpt 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Pulleyne (Pullen) of Burley | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Thomas Drake of Halifax (d 17.08.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.01.1680) Mary Wilkinson (d by 1731) | |||||||||||||||
| Where there are contradictions regarding the family of Thomas & Mary between what is shown on pp508-9 and what is shown on pp1159-60, we follow the latter. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Jeremy Drake of Horley Green (bpt 03.06.1691, d 29.12.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Rooksby (b 01.05.1689, d 05.03.1767, dau of Robert Rooksby of Melton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Drake of Horley Green (b 31.05.1733, d 27.05.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.08.1769) Jane Atkinson (b 20.05.1748, d 22.01.1820, dau of Rev. Christopher Atkinson of Thorpe Arch) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Drake (vicar of Warmfield) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Caroline Assheton (dau/coheir of Rev. ichard Assheton of Manchester & Middleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - George James Assheton, Richard, James (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Atkinson Shermer (dsp 28.10.1820), Thomas Francis (a 1822) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Drake (a 1728, 3rd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Drake of Selby (a 1728) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Jeremy Drake | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Francis Drake (a 1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Sarah Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Benton | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Thomas of Halifax (a 03.1737, chemist/druggist), Francis (b 1695, a 1760, curate), Mary (d unm 1689) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Nathan Drake (b 19.11.1660, a 05.1723, vicar of Sheffield & Market Weighton, rector of Kirkby Overblows) | ||||||||||||||
| On p508, Nathan's wife is identified as "Supposed" Mary Andrews. On p1160 she is identified as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (17.03.1688) Elizabeth Hall (a 12.1741, dau of Robert Hall of Mansfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Drake of Sheffield (b 19.10.1689, d 17.06.1723, apothecary/surgeon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bromhead (b 1683, d 28.11.1765, dau/coheir of Christopher Broomhead or Bromhead of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Drake of Halifax (bpt 10.08.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phoebe Wood (dau/heir of Richard Wood of Field in Shipden Dale) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Drake (vicar of Rochdale, rector of Hadleigh) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.08.1788) Eleanor Yate of Gloucester(dau of Robert Dobyns Yate) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Emma Catherine Drake (b 1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Daniel John Niblett of Harnfield | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sophia Anne Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Peel | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Eleanor Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Taylor Allen (clerk) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | other issue - George Thomas Geffery (b 1790), Richard Henry/Harry (d 1817) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Drake (bpt 14.06.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cane (rector of Harleston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | R. Cane (vicar of Southwell) | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Nathan (bpt 14.07.1718, a 1725?, d young), Sarah (bpt 27.04.1720, d unm), Margaret (bpt 27.06.1721, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Joseph Drake (b 06.05.1697, d before 26.06.1754, vicar of Burleigh, rector of Milton KLeynes, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (Andrews?) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Betty Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Beecher | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Nathan (a 1761, curate at Mulsho), Francis, Thomas, Joshua, Eleanor | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Drake (b 17.01.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Albany) Dodson of Kirby Overblow | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Nathan (b 26.05.1695, dsp 17.01.1718), John (b 01.10.1702, d 06.02.1704), Elizabeth (b 20.05.1693), Sarah (b 27.09.1698, d 23.10.1698), Betty (b 04.03.1703-4, a 1741) | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Jeremy Drake had issue | ||||||||||||||
| On p1159 is shown Jeremy who "had sons living in 1736". He is not mentioned on p508 where there is a John who had a son called William. | |||||||||||||||
| vii.+ | other issue - William (d unm), Mary, Magdalene | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Thomas Drake of Shibden Mill (bpt 01.11.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (m2. _ Hopkins) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - William (dsp before 1677, youngest son), Elizabeth, Esther, Alice | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Bridget Rousley of Light Cliffe, Raunsley | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Nathan Drake of Godley (bpt 17.12.1587, d c12.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Higgin (bpt 08.06.1600, bur 08.12.1658, dau of Francis Higgin of Hardwick near Pontefract) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Jeremy Drake (bpt 30.05.1591, bur 26.07.1641, clothier) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1616) Sara (not Jane) Whitaker (bur 18.01.1658) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Timothy Drake of London (bpt 07.10.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Drake (publisher, precentor of Sarum) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Phoebe Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. Josh. Wilkinson | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - William, Nathan, John, Abraham of Newcastle (bpt 31.10.1619), Jonathan, Grace, Esther, Judith | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Susan Drake (bpt 07.10.1576) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.09.1598) Samuel Lister of Shipden Hall and/or Northowram | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Phoebe Drake (bpt 26.05.1578?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.12.1602) Edward Hemingway of Shipden Mills | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Grace Drake (bpt 08.09.1555) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1609)John Whitley of the Rooks (Rookes) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Judith Drake | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isaac Dickenson of Carlton | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Esther or Hester Drake (bpt 08.05.1580, bur 1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.12.1604) Michael Ward of Halifax | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.09.1616) Humphrey Drake @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | other issue - Abraham (bpt 29.09.1584), Timothy of London | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.11.1602) Martha Whitaker (a 1621) mentioned (with children) on FMG (p1155) | |||||||||||||||
| 11.+ | other issue - Edward (bpt 1606), Isaac (bpt 1610), Edith (bpt 1603) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section :
FMG (vol 2, MS214, 'Drake', p507), FMG (vol 3, MS523, 'Drake', p1156)
(2) For lower section :
FMG (vol 2, MS214, 'Drake', p507+), FMG (vol 3, MS524-5, 'Drake', p1157+)
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