Joan (Unknown) Drake (abt. 1529 - bef. 1573)

Born about 1529 in Great Waltham, Essex, England

Wife of William Drake Sr — married [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died before 10 Jul 1573 before about age 44 in White Notley, Essex, England

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Biography

Joan was born c. 1529 in Great Waltham, Essex, England. She married 1st. William Drake bef. 1550. Her husband William Drake died c. 1555 was buried at White Notley on September 23, 1555. Joan married 2nd Thomas Everard. She preceded her second husband in death c. 1573, and was buried in White Notley, Essex. It is purportedly from Thomas Everard's will that the children of Joan and William Drake are listed.

William and Joan:

1. William Drake Jr
2. Mary Drake
3. Agnes "Elder" ((Presumed died in infancy))
4. Barbary Drake
5. Joan Drake
6. John Drake
7. Brigit Drake
8. Agnes "Younger" Drake
9. Dennis Drake

Research Notes

I have reviewed a variety of sources to resolve this sourceless profile, from the source listed on the profile, to the Essex Records Office online archive, to Essex parish records hosted on familysearch and ancestry.com, the NEHGS online archives, to the Feet of Fines for Essex as published by The Essex Society for Archaeology and History, and I have had very little success in sourcing. I will continue to comb the Essex parish records. The Essex Records office holds a certified copy of the Will of Thomas Everard, but it is only available in person on Microfiche at their archives office, which purportedly is a primary source for the children of Joan/Ann Marsham Drake Everard. As I live in the US, I am unavailable to check this source in person. If anyone has any further ideas for sources, please let me know. Sarah Grimaldi 20 OCT 2020

Sources

• NOTE: This reference lists an Ann Marsham who married a William Drake with no dates, locations, context...not a source really.

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland: Page 418

• The Drake family of New Hampshire: Robert of Hampton and some of his descendants, a genealogy. With an historical introd. on the family background in England by Sir Anthony Richard Wagner. Concord, NH, USA: Concord, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1962. Digitized by Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/drakefamilyofnew00thom/page/n31/mode/2up

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
• Thank you to Anonymous Large for creating Everard-159 on 26 Jul 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Anonymous and others.
• Thanks to William Hauser for starting this profile.