John Drake III (1649 - 1689)

Born 14 Sep 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Watson) Drake — married 21 Mar 1671 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1689 at age 39 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

John Drake, of Simsbury, was the father of Mary, who married Ebenezer Mills July 8, 1742.^[1]

Will

1689 Will

Name John Drake

Died 9 July 1689

Inventory taken 30 October 1689

Wife: Mary Drake

Children:

Mary 15 years

Hannah 11 years

John 1 year

Admins: John Higley, Thomas Barber, Peter Buell

A Digest of the early Connecticut Probate Records page 440

Named in his Father's 1689 Will

Name: John Drake Senior, of Windsor

Will written: 12 September 1689

Inventory taken: 31 October 1689

Son Job Drake

Son Enoch Drake

Son Simon Drake

Son Joseph Drake

Daughter Lydia

Daughter Elizabeth

Daughter Mindwell

Daughter Mary

Son John's three children: John and two daughters

Daughter Ruth

Executors: Son Job Drake and son-in-law Samuel Barber

A Digest of the early Connecticut Probate Records page 440

Sources

1. ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1: October 1701-May 1745, Pt. 2, pp. 607-608.

• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1898) Page 13