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Joseph Drake (1542 - 1573)

Joseph Drake
Born in Crowndale,Tavistock,Devon,Englandmap
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Died at about age 31 in Fort Diegomap
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Biography

Joseph Drake died of yellow fever due to the poor living conditions and the wet season,[1] while in Fort Diego on an island near Cabo Cativa. The fort was built by Francis Drake and his crew, from wreckage from ships on the reefs. Many men died of the fever as well. [2] Soon the poor living conditions and the wet season began to claim his men through yellow fever — including his other brother, Joseph, who died of the disease right after New Year’s Day 1573.

Birth: about 1542 Crowndale,Tavistock,Devon,England

Source: #S48

Death: about 3 Jan 1572 Fort Diego, on an island near Cabo Cativa

Source: #S48

Sources

  1. Francis Drake’s Raids on Spanish Colonial Ports Netted Tons of Loot
  2. Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate
  • Source S48: Title: Public Member Trees: Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;
  • This person was created through the import of David Rentschler Family Tree_2010-09-30.ged on 01 October 2010.




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