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Robert Drake 1528–1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 March 1600

Death Location: Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Musbury

Mother: Lady Grenville

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Prideaux, Lady Fortescue, Elizabath Prideaux

Children(s): Joan Drake

Robert Drake was born in 1528 in Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Vii Drake Lord Of Musbury And Lady Amy Amye Anne Grenville. Robert Drake married Elizabath Prideaux, Elizabeth Prideaux, Lady Gertrude Jacquet Fortescue, and had children including Joan Drake. Robert Drake passed away in 1600 in Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Robert Drake was born in 1528 in Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Vii Drake Lord Of Musbury And Lady Amy Amye Anne Grenville.
  • Robert Drake married Elizabath Prideaux, Elizabeth Prideaux, Lady Gertrude Jacquet Fortescue, and had children including Joan Drake.
  • Robert Drake passed away in 1600 in Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Musbury
1502–1558
Birth Location: Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
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Lady Grenville
1513–1577
Birth Location: Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Prideaux
1523–1572
Birth Location: Thuborough, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Lady Fortescue
1538–1601
Birth Location: Filleigh, North Devon District, Devon, England
LF
Elizabath Prideaux
1540–1577
Birth Location: Wiscombe, Devonshire, England
EP

Children(s)

Joan Drake
1548–1573
Birth Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
JD

Robert Drake's Ancestors

Self
Robert Drake
1528–1600
Birth Place: Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John VII DRAKE, Lord of Musbury
1502–1558
Exeter, City of Exeter, Devon, England
Lady (Amy (Amye Anne)) Grenville
1513–1577
Cornwall, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Drake's Descendants

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Robert Drake (1528–30 March 1600) m. Elizabeth Prideaux (1523–1572) m. Lady (Gertrude Jacquet) Fortescue (1538–10 Feb 1601) m. Elizabath Prideaux (Abt. 1540–18 Oct 1577)
  1. 1. Joan Drake 1548–1573 m. Christopher (Stalham) Stratton 1536–1596
    1. 1. Esq. (John Stratton I of) Hinwick 1562–1627 m. Alice\Alicia (beebe Stratton) Gibson 1567–1626
      1. 1. Robert (Macy) Stalham\Stratton 1593–1627 m. Goodwith (Jane) Derehaugh 1586–1698
        1. 1. Margaret (Stratton (Arrived) 1630) 1611–1681 m. Deacon (Samuel Wright (Arrival) 1638) 1606–1665

Robert Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Robert Drake in Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1600
30 March 1600
Age 72
Death of Robert Drake in Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 March 1600
    Event Place: Southleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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