She was born on 17 Nov 1602 [1] in Reigate, Surrey, England and her parents were Patience (Best) and Thomas Gawton, Sr.
She was christened on 10 Nov 1607 in Merstham, Surrey, England. [2]
Joane Gawton first married on 06 Jun 1622 in Merstham, Surrey, England to Robert Drake [3][4] of Merstham, Surrey, England. He was the 4th son of Henry Drake of Frenches and his wife, Mary Lee.
The couple had 1 son (Robert) and 2 daughters (Elizabeth & Mary, m: Richard Hill), when they emigrated to Virginia in 1836. They settled in Accomack County, Virginia, where Robert patented 200 acres of land at Maggettey Bay.
By1636 the Drake family had emigrated from England to Virginia [5] and settled in Accomack County (later Northampton County, Virginia, USA). Her husband, Robert, soon died intestate.
On 08 Sep 1636 her husband, Robert Drake (Sr.) was noted as deceased, in a patent to his son, Robert Drake (Jr.). [6]
Joane married secondly on 29 Mar 1641 in Accomack County, Virginia to Thomas Hunt (c1600-c1656) [7]
She made her last Will on 20 January 1656/57 in Northampton County, Virginia and soon passed away. [8]
On 26 Feb 1657 her estate was in the probate court of Northampton County, Virgina. [9]
Will
The last Will of Joane Hunt, widow of Thomas Hunt, Sr. was made on 20 January 1656/57 in Northampton County, Virgina and mentioned ...
- to daughter Frances Bibbye, all my clothes, my wedding ring and silver bodkin
- to Thomas Parramore, one serge suit
- to Frances Parramore, a calf
- to my grandchild Mary Hill, one cow calf
- to Patience Hill, one cow calf
- to my grandchild Elizabeth Beby, one mare coult (when it shall please god that my son, Thomas Hunt, buys a mare), she to receive the 1st mare coult
- to each of my son Drake's two children, a cow calf
- to Mary Beck's child, one cow calf when the mother is free
- to my mayde, Ann Dreyton, one cow calf when she is free
- remaining estate to my son, Thomas Hunt.
witnesses: Allexander Maxwell, James Camwell. [10]
Children
m1: Robert Drake ...
Robert Drake, Jr., b: 1623; m: c1650 Elizabeth Starr
↑ Mark C. Lewis Genealogy Research Files (Accomac, VA: Eastern Shore Public Library)
↑ "England Births and Christenings 1538-1975" on FamilySearch database (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPLG-98S : 06 Dec 2014) citing system origin: England-ODM; Indexing Project batch#P01411-1; :GS#0599892 item#6; Thomas Gawton in entry for daughter, Joane Gawton, bpt: 10 Nov 1607 Merstham, Surrey, England
↑ "England, Selected Marriages 1538-1973", index on FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2DG-731) citing system Origin: England-ODM; Indexing Project batch#M01411-1; GS#0599892 item#6; Text: On 6th June 1622 at Merstham, Surrey, England, Robert Drake married Joan Gawton, daughter of Thomas Gawton, Gent.
↑ "England Marriages 1538–1973" index on FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2DG-731) citing system Origin: England-ODM; Indexing Project batch#M01411-1; GS#0599892 item#6; Text: On 6th June 1622 at Merstham, Surrey, England, Robert Drake married Joan Gawton, daughter of Thomas Gawton, Gent.
↑ "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s"
↑ "Drake Family in England and America, 1360-1895" p294 Drakes of Virginia; Robert Drake (Jr.) was granted two hundred acres of land in Accomack County, Virginia on 08 Sep 1636
↑ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry in 2013 v2 p 467, DRAKE 17; supersedes Magna Carta Ancestry, edition#2 in 2011 v2 p92 DRAKE 16
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #171910187 for Joane Elizabeth (Gawton) Drake, b: 17 Nov 1602 Merstham, Reigate & Banstead Borough, Surrey, England; d: 26 Feb 1652 Northampton County, Virginia, USA; as burial unknown
↑ Northampton County, Virgina, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations 1632-1802 by James Handley Marshall; p49 for last Will of Joane Hunt, widow of Thomas Hunt
↑ James Handley Marshall, Northampton County, Virgina; Abstracts of Wills & Administrations 1632-1802 p49 (Will of Joane Hunt, widow of Thomas Hunt, Sr.) (Marshall's note: Mary Eires is the eldest daughter of Richard Hill)
↑ "Alabama, Surname Files Expanded 1702-1981" for "Hill, Richard of Accomack County, Virginia; Will proved 1694; m: Mary Drake (daughter of Robert Drake, 1591-1636) and Joan (Gawton) of Accomack County, Virginia; Ames, p77, 98; 11W(2)259"
Descendants of Charlemagne (741-813, King of the Franks & Holy Roman Emperor of the West) for Joane (Gawton) Drake
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Doubtful she had 2 daughters named Mary born 2 years apart and both lived to adulthood. One shows as daughter of 2nd spouse, Thomas Hunt, but they did not marry until 1641 yet she was born in 1623 while she was still newly married to Robert Drake. The bio does not show a 2nd Mary for either spouse. Should Mary Hunt Johnson be removed as her daughter? Or, should she be merged with Mary Drake Hill?
Gawton-19 and Gawton-1 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same 2 spouses and same children. Both profiles have now been cleaned and include sources. If you think any children need to be removed, there is no reason that can't be done after the merge is complete. Wikitree policy is that each individual should have only one profile. Thanks for your co-operation.
It does not seem possible that Mary Hunt Johnson, Robert Hunt, and Elizabeth Hunt are children of Thomas and Joane Gawton Hunt who marreied in 1641 in Virginia. These children are listed as being born in England before 1641. Thomas Gawton I (father of this profile) and Thomas Gawton Sr (father of Gawton-1) need to be merged first and before that, removed as brothers. Otherwise a lot of profiles will become very tangled up and more complicated to fix after.
Gawton-19 and Gawton-1 are not ready to be merged because: Need to clean up Gawton-19 before merging. Gawton-19 has no sources and Family Search is not a source.
edited by Karen Brubaker