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Robert Drake 1577–1642 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1577

Birth Location: Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 27 Nov 1642

Death Location: Hartshead Moorside, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Robert Drake

Mother: Margaret Cockson

Spouse(s): Mary Chadwick

Children(s): Jonas Drake

Robert Drake was born in 1577 in Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Russell Drake And Margaret Cockson. Robert Drake married Mary Chadwick, and had children including Jonas Drake. Robert Drake passed away in 1642 in Hartshead Moorside, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Robert Drake was born in 1577 in Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Robert Russell Drake And Margaret Cockson.
  • Robert Drake married Mary Chadwick, and had children including Jonas Drake.
  • Robert Drake passed away in 1642 in Hartshead Moorside, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.

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Robert Drake's Ancestors

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Robert Drake
1577–1642
Birth Place: Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Russell Drake
1543–1619
Hartshead, Yorkshire, England
Margaret Cockson
1547–1613
Hartshead, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Drake
1513–1551
Hartshead, Yorkshire, England
Mary Clay
1517–
Hartshead, Yorkshire, England
Cockson
1510–
Rylstone, Craven, North Yorkshire
Great-Grandparents
Sir Drake
1500–1544
Margaret Cole
1476–1539
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Agnes Kelloway
–1617

Robert Drake's Descendants

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Robert Drake (1577–27 Nov 1642) m. Mary Chadwick (1578–16 Aug 1653)
  1. 1. Jonas Drake 1603–1651 m. Jane Whitehead 1607–1690
    1. 1. Susan Drake 1628–1706 m. Thomas Sykes 1627–1693
      1. 1. Elizabeth Sykes 1653–1720 m. Thomas (Wilson of Mill Hill House) Leeds 1653–1694
        1. 1. Richard (Wilson Recorder of) Leeds; 1678–1761 m. Anna Lockwood 1684–1746

Robert Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1577
1577
Birth of Robert Drake in Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1642
27 Nov 1642
Age 65
Death of Robert Drake in Hartshead, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hartshead, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1577
    Event Place: Hartshead, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1642
    Event Place: Hartshead, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hartshead Moorside, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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