Robert Drake, (Gateway Ancestor)

Bef 1591 - Bef 1636  (< 45 years)

• Name	Robert Drake  [1]
  Suffix	(Gateway Ancestor)
  Birth	Bef 4 Jul 1591	St Clement Danes, County Surrey, England
  Christening	4 Jul 1591	St Clement Danes, County Surrey, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Bef 1636	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Reference Identifer	gateway anc
  Record ID	6546
  Death	Bef 8 Sep 1636	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	On 8 Sep 1636 Robert Drake was granted 200 acres in Accomack County, VA. Beginning from the half way tree, runing S.E. into the woods & W. upon the maine baye. Due in right of his late father Robert Drake, whoe at his owne costs did transport himselfe, the sd. Robert his sonn, Joane Drake his wife & Elizabeth Drake his daughter."
  Person ID	I6546	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry Drake,   b. 1548, Wiggey, Reigate, County Surrey, England d. 31 Dec 1609, Wiggey, Reigate, County Surrey, England (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Lee,   b. Abt 1571, Maidstone, County Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1586	Ashe, County Devon, England
  Family ID	F4733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Robert Drake,   b. 1623, Merstham, County Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Patience Drake,   b. Abt 1624, Merstham, County Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Mary Drake,   b. 1625, Richmond, County Surrey, England d. Aft 22 Mar 1692, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age > 67 years) + 4. Jane Drake,   b. Abt 1626, Merstham, County Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Elizabeth Drake,   b. 1626, Merstham, County Surrey, England d. Bef 17 Sep 1628, Merstham, County Surrey, England (Age < 2 years) + 6. Elizabeth Drake,   b. 1628, Merstham, County Surrey, England d. Bef 3 Jun 1650, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 22 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F2403	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. [S893] Nugent, Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vol I, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), p. 46, 893. [S1008] Sheppard, Ayres - Dawson & Allied Families Vol 1, (New York, The American Historical Company, Inc, 1961), p. 114 (Hill family), 1008.