John Draper (1610)

Born 1610 in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

John was the son of William and Grace (Mitchell) Draper, baptized 5 August 1610 at Heptonstall, Yorkshire.^[1]

John Draper received a bequest in his father's will, in 1634, as follows: "To John Draper, son, and his heirs for ever, several houses messuages garden &c and one house and cottage called Northwell and close of land called Barkepitt, lying in Heptonstall, in the several tenures of John Robertshay, Richard (? Harswell), Henry Warley, Michael Utley, and said house at Northwell in occupation of said William Draper, testator, provided he paid out of said messuages and landssum of L20 within space of 5 years to said four daughters equally to be divided between them, but if he refuse so to do said property bequeathed to said four daughters equally."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Draper, Lothrop, Rogers, Byington, Goodsell, etc : allied families of Van Leuven, Book VI, compiled by Audrey Van Leuven, 1998-1999, page 4.
2. ↑ From "The English Ancestry of James Draper", Vol. XV, p 237.