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Lady Dorothy Button Drake 1568–1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1568

Birth Location: Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England

Death Date: 13 Dec 1631

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

Father: SIR Knight

Mother: Lady (Button)

Spouse(s): Sir Ashe

Children(s): Lord Esq

Lady Dorothy Button Drake was born in 1568 in Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England, the child of Sir William Of Alton Button Knight And Lady Mary Sarah Keilway Button. Lady Dorothy Button Drake married Sir John Fortescue Drake Of Mount Drake Ashe, and had children including Lord William Button Drake Esq Of Yardbury Esq. Lady Dorothy Button Drake passed away in 1631 in Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy Button Drake was born in 1568 in Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England, the child of Sir William Of Alton Button Knight And Lady Mary Sarah Keilway Button.
  • Lady Dorothy Button Drake married Sir John Fortescue Drake Of Mount Drake Ashe, and had children including Lord William Button Drake Esq Of Yardbury Esq.
  • Lady Dorothy Button Drake passed away in 1631 in Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Drake's Ancestors

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Lady Drake
1568–1631
Birth Place: Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England
Parents
SIR WILLIAM OF ALTON BUTTON, Knight
1526–1591
Alton Priors, Wiltshire, England
Lady (Mary Sarah Keilway) (Button)
1541–1618
Rockbourne, , Hampshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William Sherbourne) Kellaway
1495–1569
Rockbourne, Hampshire, England
Lady (Anne) Halways\Callaway
1508–1583
Rockbourne, Hampshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Halways
1490–1545
Elizabeth Trompnell
1490–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Drake's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy Button) Drake (1568–13 Dec 1631) m. Sir (John Fortescue DRAKE of Mount Drake &) Ashe (1566–11 Apr 1628)
  1. 1. Lord (William Button Drake, Esq of Yardbury) Esq 1596–1656 m. Margaret (Ashchurch (Drake)) Westover 1599–1635
    1. 1. Thomas (Richard) Drake 1635–1692 m. Milliant Carner 1639–1696 m. Jane (D (Powers, Drake) Holbrook DNA) ❤️ 1635–1684
      1. 1. Sir (William) Drake 1660–1727 m. Sarah (Jane) Drake 1665–1684
        1. 1. Mary ((m-Andrew Warnock 11*1673)) Drake 1684–1753 m. Sir (Andrew Warnock) I 1673–1727 m. Sir (William) Drake 1661–1684
      2. 2. Thomas (Drake,) Jr 1657–1728
      3. 3. Charles (John) Drake 1659–1717
      4. 4. John ((Rev) Drake) I 1659–1717
      5. 5. John Drake 1660–1717
      6. 6. William Drake 1661–1727
      7. 7. Elizabeth Carver 1663–1748
      8. 8. Joseph Drake 1663–1719
      9. 9. Robert Carver 1665–1696
      10. 10. Amy Drake 1665–1695
      11. 11. Amy Drake 1665–1691
      12. 12. Amye (Holbrook) DRAKE 1666–1689
      13. 13. Eleazer Carver 1667–1744
      14. 14. Elishama Drake 1667–1718
      15. 15. Elizabeth (Drake) (DNA) 1668–1748
      16. 16. David Carver 1669–1727
      17. 17. Benjamin Drake 1676–1759
      18. 18. Experience Drake 1683–1719
      19. 19. Experience Drake 1683–1712
    2. 2. John Drake 1621–1648
    3. 3. John (Rogers) Drake 1622–1688
    4. 4. Dorothy Drake 1623–1626
    5. 5. Dorothy Drake 1623–1626
    6. 6. Francis (Horatio) Drake 1624–1699
    7. 7. *Eleanor ((Annis) Drake) Pyne 1625–1712
    8. 8. Elizabeth Drake 1626–1716
    9. 9. Joane Drake 1628–1670
    10. 10. William Drake 1629–1680
    11. 11. Jane (Drake) (Seward) 1631–1693
    12. 12. Elizabeth Drake 1632–1674
    13. 13. Endimion Drake 1634–1724

Lady Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1568
1568
Birth of Lady Dorothy Button Drake in Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England
Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England
1631
13 Dec 1631
Age 63
Death of Lady Dorothy Button Drake in Musbury, Devon, England
Musbury, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1568
    Event Place: Ashton, Teignbridge District, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Dec 1631
    Event Place: Musbury, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Musbury, East Devon District, Devon, England

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