John DRAKE

1649 - 1689  (39 years)

• Name	John DRAKE  [1]
  Birth	14 Sep 1649	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	07 Jul 1689  [1]
  Notes	"The Descendants of John Drake": John Drake had a grant of land at Hop Meadow, Simsbury, in 1667. Just when John Drake, Jr., took up his residence upon it we do not know, but the Committee empowered to lay out the land in Massaco (Simsbury) voted in 1668 that if the "oweners" of lots were not resident upon them by September next, the lots would be forfeited. (Barber's History of Simsbury, p. 36). John Drake's barn was near the site of the present Congregational Church and his name was given to a small stream known as Drake's Brook and to a hill. John Drake was buried in the old burying ground at Simsbury; his tombstone is still standing. It give the year o death as 1688, a year earlier than the Town records. the probating of the estate in 1689 would agree with the Town records.
  Person ID	I19787	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	John DRAKE,   b. England d. Between 12 Sep and 11 Nov 1689, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Hannah MOORE   d. 16 Feb 1686, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	30 Nov 1648	Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F25529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary WATSON,   b. 11 Jan 1651   d. 07 Aug 1693, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1671	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Mary DRAKE,   b. 21 May 1674, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  [Natural]   2. Hannah DRAKE,   b. Abt 1678, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Aft 1745 (Age > 68 years)  [Natural]   3. John DRAKE,   b. 12 Aug 1688, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Between 08 Feb 1724 and 1725, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 35 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F25553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S04153] "The Descendants of John Drake of Windsor Connecticut", Compiled by the Direction of Frank B. Gay (Trustee of the Timothy Drake Fund) and Includes the manuscript of the Late Harrie Beekman Drake....Published by Rutland, VT. The Tuttle Company 1933. [S03434] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Windsor. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.