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Lady Dorothy Button Drake 1561–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1561

Birth Location: Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England

Death Date: 5 Oct 1655

Death Location: Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Keilway

Spouse(s): John Sir

Children(s): Sir Drake

Lady Dorothy Button Drake was born in 1561 in Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England, the child of Sir William Of Alton Button Knight And Lady Mary Sarah Keilway. Lady Dorothy Button Drake married John Drake Sir, and had children including Sir John Drake. Lady Dorothy Button Drake passed away in 1655 in Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy Button Drake was born in 1561 in Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England, the child of Sir William Of Alton Button Knight And Lady Mary Sarah Keilway.
  • Lady Dorothy Button Drake married John Drake Sir, and had children including Sir John Drake.
  • Lady Dorothy Button Drake passed away in 1655 in Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Drake's Ancestors

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Lady Drake
1561–1655
Birth Place: Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England
Parents
Sir William of Alton Button Knight
1526–1591
Ashton, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Mary Sarah) Keilway
1541–1618
Rockbourne, , Hampshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William Button I of) Alton
1495–1547
Alton, Wilshire, England
Lady (Anne Agnes) Carter
1500–1528
Lettercomb, Berkshire, England
William Kelway
1495–1569
Rockbourne, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Anne) Halways
1508–1582
Rockbourne, Hampshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Carter
1470–
Margaret Awdlett
1470–1552
William Halways
1500–1760
Elizabeth Trompnell
1500–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Drake's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy Button) Drake (26 Mar 1561–5 Oct 1655) m. John (Drake) Sir (1565–11 April 1628)
  1. 1. Sir (John) Drake 1591–1636 m. Eleanor Boteler 1596–1666
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Drake 1622–1698 m. Sir (Winston 'Cavalier Colonel' of Marlborough) CHURCHILL 1620–1688

Lady Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1561
26 Mar 1561
Birth of Lady Dorothy Button Drake in Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England
Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England
1655
5 Oct 1655
Age 94
Death of Lady Dorothy Button Drake in Southleigh, Devon, , England
Southleigh, Devon, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1561
    Event Place: Holcombe Burnell, Bicton, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1655
    Event Place: Southleigh, Devon, , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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