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Joseph Drake 1542 – 1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Crowndale, Devon, England

Death Date: 3 Jan 1572

Death Location: West, Nimba, Liberia

Father: Rev Drake,

Mother: Mary (Milway)

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Joseph Drake was born in 1542 in Crowndale, Devon, England, the child of Rev Edmund Drake, and Mary Elizabeth Mylwaye (Milway). Joseph Drake passed away in 1572 in West, Nimba, Liberia.

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Biography

  • Joseph Drake was born in 1542 in Crowndale, Devon, England, the child of Rev Edmund Drake, and Mary Elizabeth Mylwaye (Milway).
  • Joseph Drake passed away in 1572 in West, Nimba, Liberia.

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Joseph Drake's Ancestors

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Joseph Drake
1542 – 1572
Birth Place: Crowndale, Devon, England
Parents
Rev Edmund Drake,
1520 – 1566
Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England
Mary (Elizabeth Mylwaye) (Milway)
1522 – 1573
Great Waltham, Essex, England
Grandparents
John (VI) Drake,
1502 – 1558
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Lady (Amy Amye, Anne) Grenville,
1504 – 1577
Stowe, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Drake,
1474 – 1554
Lady Cole
1476 – 1554
Sir Grenville,
1477 – 1524
Lady Whitley
1474 – 1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Grenville,
1447 – 1513
Lady Gilbert
1455 – 1494

Joseph Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Joseph Drake in Crowndale, Devon, England
Crowndale, Devon, England
1572
3 Jan 1572
Age 30
Death of Joseph Drake in West, Nimba, Liberia
West, Nimba, Liberia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Crowndale, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1572
    Event Place: West, Nimba, Liberia

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