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Elizabeth Gregory

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Elford"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plympton St. Mary's, Devon, England
Death: March 18, 1632 (77-86)
Sheepstor, Devon, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gregorie Gregory
Wife of Thomas Drake, of Buckland and John Elford, of Sheepstor
Mother of Sir George Drake; Sir Francis Drake MP 1st Baronet; Elizabeth (Drake) Bamfield of Poltimore Manor; Alice Lippincott (Elford); Walter Elford, of Sheepstor and 1 other

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About Elizabeth Gregory

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"John Elford, son and heir, who died 20 aug. 1584, and was buried at Sheepstor, married Elizabeth Gregory, of Plympton St. Mary. She afterwards married Thomas Drake, brother and heir of the great Sir Francis, died 18 Mar 1631, and was buried at Sheepstor. Her will was proved P.C.C., 23 Jun 1632, and there is mention in it of her issue by both marriages. By her first husband she had two sons, Walter and William, the latter of whom resided at Bickleigh; his will is dated 10 Jul 1641. He married Marian, daughter of Anthony Furlong, and had issue William, John, Walter, and Francis Elford, and a daughter."

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Elizabeth Gregory of Plympton Saint Mary, the widow of John Elford, of Sheepstor. She died 18 Mar 1631, and was buried at Sheepstor. Her will was dated June 1632. (PCC Audley 680)]. He monumental inscription reads:

“And also the body of Elizabeth Drake, first the wife of the said John Elforde, and last the wife of Thomas Drake, of Buckland Drake, Esquier, Brother and heire to Sir Francis Drake, Knight, who died 18 Mar, ye year of our Lord God one-thousand six-hundred 31.”

http://www.wyverngules.com/Pedigrees/Buckland.htm



Note: Elizabeth Gregory, daughter of John Elford

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jdrake71053/Drake%2...



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Elizabeth Gregory's Timeline

1550
1550
Plympton St. Mary's, Devon, England
1571
1571
Sydbury, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1574
1574
1576
1576
Sheepstor, Devon, , England
1584
1584
Sheepstor, Devon, , England
1588
September 26, 1588
Buckland Abbey, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1592
March 22, 1592
Buckland, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1632
March 18, 1632
Age 82
Sheepstor, Devon, England