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John Drake (aft. 1542 - 1572)

John Drake
Born after in Devon, Englandmap
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Son of and [uncertain]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died before age 30 in Nombre de Dios, Colon, Panamamap
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Biography

Francis Drake’s Raids on Spanish Colonial Ports Netted Tons of Loot (below link)

http://www.historynet.com/francis-drakes-raids-on-spanish-colonial-ports-netted-tons-of-loot.htm


Nullified Will of John Drake - brother of Francis Drake (below link)

https://books.google.com/books?id=svtPzefAv-MC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=%22John+Drake%22+1572+Alice&source=bl&ots=yogRDsa6JF&sig=k0-J0FliOX1TE7wS8tMozvEq20c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3_4m-oo_XAhVEwmMKHcQEB28Q6AEINzAE#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Drake%22%201572%20Alice&f=false

9 Oct 1572 - John had been killed in an attempt to plunder a Spanish ship - Nombre de Dios, Colon, Panama

29 Nov 1575 - John Drake's will cancelled and administration granted to Alice Cotton

The Cotton family with whom Alice allied herself may have been either mercantile or sea-going ; the name occurs frequently under both heads.

This Cotton family may be related to Cotton family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Note: Capt Francis Drake lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and died 24 SEP 1687 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey - possible descendant of John Drake, brother of Sir Francis Drake.

Cotton family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (below link)

https://archive.org/stream/cottonfamilyofpo00cott/cottonfamilyofpo00cott_djvu.txt

The visitations of the county of Devon : Comprising the herald's ... Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick), 1830-1896. (below link)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917;view=1up;seq=1

John Drake was 2nd oldest son of Edmund Drake.

Drake FamilyTreeDNA Project Website Title - Y-DNA Colorized Chart (below link)

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Drake/default.aspx?section=ycolorized

DYS388 for this Drake family of Devon, England will always equal 10.

Biography

The following information came from a tree on family search. [1]

Francis Drake’s Raids on Spanish Colonial Ports Netted Tons of Loot (below link) [2]

Nullified Will of John Drake - brother of Francis Drake (below link)[3]

9 Oct 1572 - John had been killed in an attempt to plunder a Spanish ship - Nombre de Dios, Colon, Panama. (Date of death - 8 month discrepancy)His brother Joseph also died at some point during this voyage.

12 Feb 1574 - Francis Drake named executor of will

29 Nov 1575 - John Drake's will cancelled and administration granted to Alice Cotton (John's wife). (Alice remarried and filed suit against Francis.) The Cotton family with whom Alice allied herself may have been either mercantile or sea-going ; the name occurs frequently under both heads.

This Cotton family may be related to Cotton family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Note: Capt Francis Drake lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and died 24 SEP 1687 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey - possible descendant of John Drake, brother of Sir Francis Drake.

Cotton family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (below link) https://archive.org/stream/cottonfamilyofpo00cott/cottonfamilyofpo00cott_djvu.txt The visitations of the county of Devon : Comprising the herald's ... Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick), 1830-1896. (below link) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917;view=1up;seq=1

John Drake was 2nd oldest son of Edmund Drake. Drake FamilyTreeDNA Project Website Title - Y-DNA Colorized Chart (below link) https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Drake/default.aspx?section=ycolorized

Sources

Sources

  1. "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3L2N-C8V : accessed 16 September 2019), entry for John Drake; "Hankins Mark March 2019 GEDCOM Download from Wikitree" file (2:2:2:MM65-KM7), submitted 12 March 2019 by MarkHankins1 [identity withheld for privacy].
  2. Francis Drake’s Raids on Spanish Colonial Ports Netted Tons of Loot
  3. Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate




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Drake-962 and Drake-318 appear to represent the same person because: Same father but need to decide which mother
posted by Karen Brubaker

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