Born about in Woodbury, Devon, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Henry Pollexfen MP
and Mary (Duncombe) Pollexfen
Sister of
Mary (Pollexfen) Buller and Henry Pollexfen
Wife of
Francis Drake MP
— married
18 Feb 1690 (to 25 Mar 1717) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Francis Henry Drake and George Drake
Died before
before about age 47
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2017
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Biography
NB: The name Pollexfen is pronounced Poulston.
Elizabeth Pollexfen, daughter of Henry Pollexfen of Nutwell Court in Devon and his wife, Mary Duncombe, married widower, Francis Drake, son of Thomas Drake and his wife, Susan Crymes, on 18 February 1690. She bore him 7 sons and a daughter.[1]
Elizabeth died in 1717 and was buried at Meavy in Devon on the 25th of March.[2]
Sources
- ↑ History of Parliament online: DRAKE, Sir Francis, 3rd Bt. (1647-1718), of Buckland Abbey, Devon
- ↑ Complete Baronetage Page 208: Drake
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