Born in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Job Drake Sr
and Marih (Wolcott) Drake
Sister of
Abigail (Drake) Dewey, Mary (Drake) Colton, Job Drake Jr, Joseph Drake and Hepzibah (Drake) Packer
Wife of
Thomas Griswold
— married
11 Aug 1681 in Windsor, Hartford, Cn
Descendants 
Died
at age 28
in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Nov 2010
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Biography
Hester Drake is the daughter of Mary Wolcott who is the sister of Simon Wolcott. Simon Wolcott's son Roger becomes a governor of Connecticut and his son, Oliver, is a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
She married Thomas Griswold on 11 August 1681. They had four children:
- Thomas
- Samuel
- Samuel (2)
- Hester
Sources
See also:
- Drake, Harrie Beekman 1864-1894., Gay, Alice M. The descendants of John Drake of Windsor, Connecticut / compiled by the direction of Frank B. Gay. Rutland VT : Tuttle Company, 1933.Page 26-27.
- Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 16
- Family Search Ancestral File Number: 1P9Z-7L
- Profile created by Alicia Hunt through the import of John Wolcot Family Tree.ged on Aug 25, 2019.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hester by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hester:
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~0.39%
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Drake-8095 and Drake-665 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate person
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