Mary Drake

1625 - Aft 1692  (> 67 years)

• Name	Mary Drake  [1, 2]
  Birth	1625	Richmond, County Surrey, England
  Gender	Female
  Jury duty	17 Apr 1677	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Richard Hill summoned a jury of inquest to investigate the death of a bastard child born to Elizabeth Man, who was "privately delivered thereof contrary to law." The jury found several injuries on the child, so it was ordered that the sheriff take Eliz. Man into custody till the next court, where she was to appear for further questioning. Ordered that Mary Aires, Mary Finlow, An Brown, and Christian Blacklock be summoned to testify. The jury's verdict concerning a bastard child born to Elizabeth Man, who reported that it was stillborn: the child was injured on the left breast and in the mouth, and since Eliz. Man was delivered privately, they questioned her "for further light", as they did the reputed father, Peter Booty, who was the first person that came into the house. The jury found that their stories varied. Signed 26 March 1677, by: Mary Aires, Christian Blacklock, Ann Browne, Patience Drumond, Mary Finlow, Marie Hill, Rebecca Karte, Lucretia Lewis, Elizabeth Loame, Eleanor Macklamie, Ann Marshall, Ann Ternan.
  Will - Husbands	26 Mar 1688	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	She was shown as wife Mary Hill in the will of Capt. Richard Hill of Hunting Creek.
  Anecdote	22 Mar 1692	Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	The widow Mary Hill was alive on 22 Mar 1692 as she testified in Accomack court. She subscribed that she was at the birth of one of Mr. Jno. West & Mrs. Matilda Wests sons which is named Jonathan, born about 5 or 6 weeks as I remember after the birth of my grandson Edmond Ayres, the son of John & Mary Ayres, and do farther say that I was at the the birth of most of Mr. & Mrs. West's children and have been acquainted with them, did never know any other child of theirs of the name Jonathan. The day and year Jonathan was born is not remembered by me.
  Marr Name	Mary Hill
  Reference Identifier	Royalty
  Record ID	6545
  Death	Aft 22 Mar 1692	Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  Person ID	I6545	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert Drake, (Gateway Ancestor),   b. Bef 4 Jul 1591, St Clement Danes, County Surrey, England d. Bef 8 Sep 1636, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 45 years)
  Mother	Joane Gawton,   b. 17 Nov 1602, Rygate, County Surrey, England d. Bef 26 Feb 1656/57, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 54 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1622	Merstham, County Surrey, England   [1, 2, 6]
  Family ID	F2403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Capt. Richard Hill,   b. 1608, England d. Bef 21 Nov 1694, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1645  [7]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Hill,   b. 1646, England d. Aft 9 Dec 1703, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age > 57 years)   2. Richard Hill, Junior,   b. Abt 1647, Westmoreland Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Patience Hill,   b. Abt 1649, Westmoreland Co, Virginia d. Bef 15 Nov 1713, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 64 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F2402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S389] Count D'Angerville, D'Angerville - Desc of Blood Royal, V.5, (World Nobility, and Peerage, London & Paris), 389. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 986-987 (tract A87A, inscriptions on a squre shaft, preceded by the Drake family's coat of arms), 572. [S700] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1676-1678, Volume 5, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1997), p. 38/39 (17 Apr 1677 Court), 700. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 23 (will of Capt. Richard Hill of Hunting Creek), 570. [S1008] Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson & Allied Families Vol 1, (New York, The American Historical Company, Inc, 1961), p. 47 (Ayres Family) & p. 147 (Hill family), 1008. [S1008] Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson & Allied Families Vol 1, (New York, The American Historical Company, Inc, 1961), p. 114 (Hill family), 1008. [S1008] Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson & Allied Families Vol 1, (New York, The American Historical Company, Inc, 1961), p. 108 (Hill family), 1008.