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Robert Drake 1553–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1553

Birth Location: Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 March 1640

Death Location: South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert, Colonel

Mother: Elizabeth Prideaux

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Robert Drake was born in 1553 in Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Esq Lord Of Wiscombe Drake Colonel And Elizabeth Prideaux. Robert Drake married Elizabeth Denslow. Robert Drake passed away in 1640 in South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Robert Drake was born in 1553 in Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Esq Lord Of Wiscombe Drake Colonel And Elizabeth Prideaux.
  • Robert Drake married Elizabeth Denslow.
  • Robert Drake passed away in 1640 in South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom.

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Robert Drake's Ancestors

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Robert Drake
1553–1640
Birth Place: Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert, Esq., Lord of Wiscombe Drake Colonel
1528–1600
Southleigh, East Devon District, Devon, England
Elizabeth Prideaux
1523–1572
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Grandparents
John Drake
1500–1588
Ashe (Dorsetshire) England
Amy Grenville
1504–1577
Kilkhampton Manor, Stowe, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Humphrey Prydeaux
1487–1550
Adeston, Sutcombe, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
John V
1474–1554
Margaret Cole
1476–1554
Sir O
1477–1524
Lady Whitleigh
1474–1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Drake's Timeline

4 Records

1553
1553
Birth of Robert Drake in South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1553
1553
Birth of Robert Drake in Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1567
7 February 1567
Age 14
Death of Robert Drake in Will, Will, Illinois, USA
Will, Will, Illinois, USA
1640
4 March 1640
Age 87
Death of Robert Drake in South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 3013.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GRG
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Ashe, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 February 1567
    Event Place: Will, Will, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 March 1640
    Event Place: South Leigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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