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Margaret Westover Drake 1599 – 1635 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 May 1599 [a.k.a. Westover]

Birth Location: Colyton, Devon County, England

Death Date: 16 Apr 1635

Death Location: Colyton, Devon, , England

Father: William Westover

Mother: Lady Kirkham

Spouse(s): Lord Yardbury

Children(s): Eleanor Westover\Eyton

Margaret Westover Drake was born in 1599 in Colyton, Devon County, England, the child of William Westover and Lady Margaret Kirkham. Margaret Westover Drake married Lord William Button Drake, Esq of Yardbury, and had children including Eleanor Drake Westover\Eyton. Margaret Westover Drake passed away in 1635 in Colyton, Devon, , England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Westover Drake was born in 1599 in Colyton, Devon County, England, the child of William Westover and Lady Margaret Kirkham.
  • Margaret Westover Drake married Lord William Button Drake, Esq of Yardbury, and had children including Eleanor Drake Westover\Eyton.
  • Margaret Westover Drake passed away in 1635 in Colyton, Devon, , England.

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Margaret Drake's Ancestors

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Margaret Drake
1599 – 1635
Birth Place: Colyton, Devon County, England
Parents
William Westover
1551 – 1615
Colyton, Devon, England
Lady (Margaret) Kirkham
1568 – 1598
Colyton, Devon, England
Grandparents
William (Westover) Westoffer
1539 – 1593
Colyton, Devon, England
Lydia (A) Wareham
1536 – 1579
Devon, England
George Kirkham
1525 – 1582
Bicton, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
William Westover
1525 – 1586
Margaret Kirkham
1525 – 1592
John\Johannis #1
1511 – 1576
Kathryn\Katherine (12ggm)
1515 – 1572
Thomas Kirkham
1504 – 1552
Lady Kirkham
1504 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Drake's Descendants

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Margaret (Westover) Drake (29 May 1599 [a.k.a. Westover] – 16 Apr 1635) m. Lord (William Button Drake, Esq of) Yardbury (23 Jun 1596 – Feb 29, 1640)
  1. 1. Eleanor (Drake) Westover\Eyton (15 Dec 1625 – 15 Dec 1712) m. John (Sewarde) Eyton (1620 – Sep 1651)
    1. 1. *William (Sewarde) Drake (1640 – 4 May 1703) m. Elizabeth Caufield (1643 – 1676) m. Elizabeth Caufield (1643 – 19 Jan 1679)
      1. 1. Elizabeth SEWARD (1670 – 21 Sep 1737) m. William (B HOLT) SIR (19 July 1666 – 18 May 1726)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Caufield) Holt (1683 – 24 Jul 1721) m. William (1683) Seward (25 March 1683 – 24 Feb 1721)

Margaret Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1599
29 May 1599 [a.k.a. Westover]
Birth of Margaret Westover Drake in Colyton, Devon County, England
Colyton, Devon County, England
1635
16 Apr 1635
Age 36
Death of Margaret Westover Drake in Colyton, Devon, , England
Colyton, Devon, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 May 1599 [a.k.a. Westover]
    Event Place: Colyton, Devon County, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1635
    Event Place: Colyton, Devon, , England

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