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About Ensign Nathaniel Drake
Summary
- Nathaniel Drake was born about 1613 in Colchester, Essex, England
- He died 1691 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- He married about 1652, Jane (---) Berry, widow of William Berry. Jane was born about 1611 and died after 1687.
- Nathaniel and Jane had two daughters: Jane and Rachel.
- Parents: Robert Drake baptized 23 July 1581 & unknown
- Nathaniel moved to Portsmouth as early as 1656 and lived there at least until 1690.
Thompson, Alice Smith, "The Drake Family of New Hampshire," (NHHS, 1962), pp. 27-32 (places Jane first in chronological order by date of birth). See PDF download link below
Sources
- Thompson, Alice Smith, and Anthony Richard Wagner. The Drake family of New Hampshire: Robert, of Hampton, and some of his descendants ; a genealogy. (Concord, New Hampshire: Historical Society, 1962) Download PDF of The Drake Family. This is a really excellent book.
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- The Ancestry of Helen Marion (Locke) Wright ed.Aaron Goodwin, Paricia Hatcher, FASG, Michael Leclerc. (Boston, Massachusetts: Newbury Street Press, 2011), 57 # 358. Nathaniel2 Drake (Robert2) was born in England possibly in or near Colchester, Essex, about 1613 (78 in 1691) and died possibly in Portsmouth, New Hampshire after 1691. He married probably second, given his age, by 1657 widow Jane (-) Berry. He was an ensign. He immigrated to Hampton, NH, probably with his father by 15 Mar 1649/50 (father's land purchase).
- Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939). ENSIGN NATHANIEL DRAKE (Son of Robert Drake), 78 in 1691, app. came with his father by 1 Oct. 1650. Gr. 30 a. by Exeter 1650, jury 1650, selectm. 1651. In 1653 of Hampt., he soon rem. to Portsm. and again to Sandy Beach; liv. just bef. the Ind. raid of 1691, he did not appear I as wit. to prove Anthony Brackett’s will 11 July 1692. Portsm. selectm. 1656, 1661, 1663, 1671, 1676. Gr.j. 1660, 1680, 1684, 1687. Ensign 1666-1680. Lists 376b, 377, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55b, 57, 311b, 312cd, 313a, 323, 324, 326c, 330abc, 332b. He m. by 1657 (likelier 2d) wid. Jane Berry (12) and fathered her younger Berry ch. List 323. See Locke. Ch: Rachel. Jane, mar. 15 Dec. 1673 Wm. Wallis. Son? ‘Pd. to Nathl. Drake & Son’— Town Treas. accts. 1671. List 331a
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 2:70.
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Ensign Nathaniel Drake's Timeline
| 1612 |
April 1612
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Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1650 |
1650
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Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH, United States
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| 1653 |
1653
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1691 |
September 11, 1691
Age 79
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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September 13, 1691
Age 79
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Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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| 1999 |
December 22, 1999
Age 79
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| 2003 |
March 25, 2003
Age 79
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