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Gilbert Drake, of Exmouth & Ashe

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ashe & Exmouth, Devon, England
Death: circa May 09, 1580 (51-68)
England
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Son of John Drake of Exmouth and Ashe and Margaret Drake
Husband of Katherine Drake; 1st Wife Unknown; Margaret Drake and Joan Drake
Father of George Drake, of Spratshayes; John Drake; Robert Drake; Elizabeth Drake; Isabel Drake and 3 others
Brother of John (the Elder) Drake, Esq., of Ashe; Joan Drake; Sybil Drake; Edmund Drake, of Crowdale and Robert Drake

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About Gilbert Drake, of Exmouth & Ashe

  • Arthur Meredyth Burke. The prominent families of the United States of America. (page 5 of 47)
  • http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/arthur-meredyth-burke/the-pro...
  • The Prominent Families of the United States of America By Arthur Meredyth Burke
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  • The Prominent Families of the United States of America By Arthur Meredyth Burke
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  • JOHN DRAKE, of Otterton ; m. a dau. of John Crews, of Cruwys-Morchard, Co. Devon, and, by
  • her, had issue :
  • JOHN DRAKE, of Otterton; m. Agnes, dau. of John Kaloway, and had a son and heir :
  • JOHN DRAKE, of Exmouth, Co. Devon ; m. Margaret, dau. and heir of John Cole, of Rill, in the parish of Withycombe-Rawleigh, Co. Devon, and left issue :
  • 1. John, of whom later.
  • 2. John, m. Margaret, dau. of William Auert, of Exeter, and widow of Richard Martyn.
  • '3. GILBERT, of Spratshay, Co. Devon ; m. (as his second wife) CATHERINE, dau. of William SHEARMAN, of Ottery St. Mary, and left issue.
  • JOHN DRAKE ( -1558), of Ashe, Co. Devon ; High Sheriff of Devon ; m., 1535, Amye, dau. of Roger Grenville, of Stowe, Cornwall, and, by her (who d. 18 Feb. 1577, and was bur. at Musbury), left issue:
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  • Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 1 By John Burke
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  • John Drake, was also of Otterton, and m. a dau. of John Cruwys, Esq., the then representative of the ancient house of Cruwys of Cruwys Morchard.
  • John Drake, Esq., the fourth of that name, of Otterton, by wife, Agneta, dau. of John Keloway, Esq., had issue, 1. John, his heir; 2. Richard; 3. Robert; and 4. Thomas, Esq. of Hortford, co Devon, m. Ellen, dau. of Bennett Hilton, of South Awtry, co. Devon, and had issue three sons and two daughters.
  • John Drake, the eldest son and heir, was of Exmouth and Ashe. He m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of John Cole, Esq. of Rill, in the parish of Withecombe Ralegh, co. Devon. This John Drake brought his Formedon against Simon Francheney, and recovered the estate of Ashe from him, who held it as being son and heir of Christopher Francheney, which Christopher was son and heir of Christiana Billet, by a second marriage with Richard Francheney. The estate descended from that time in the direct male line of the Drake family, until the year 1733, when on the death of the last representative of the eldest line of the family, it fell into the hands of his widow, and became the inheritance of strangers. He d. Leaving issue three sons. I. John, of whom presently. II. John (a ssecond son of the same name,) who is mentioned by Sir William Pole to have been "a great merchanman." He m. Margaret, dau. of William Auerst, Esq. of Exeter, and relict of Richard Martyn. He was possessed of the estate of Rill, as also of the manor of Withecomb, de jure mat., both of which on his death descended to his elder dau. and co-heir, viz., Juliana, m. to Thomas Raymond, of Chard. A second dau., whose Christian name does not appear, m. __ May. III. GILBERT, of Spratshays, in the parish of Littleham, in the hundred of East Hudleight, co Devon, m. 2ndly (who his first wife was does not appear,) KATHERINE, dau. of William SHEARMAN, of Ottery St. Mary, by whom he left three sons and one dau......
  • The eldest son,
  • John Drake, Esq. of Ashe, who s. his father in the representation of the family, m. (26 HENRY VIII.,) Amye, dau. of Roger Grenville, Esq. of Stow, co. Cornwall, and had issue,
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  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke
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  • John Drake, esq. of Otterton, in Devonshire, who m. the daughter of Crewse, of Crewse-Morchard, in the same county, and had a son and heir,
  • John Drake, esq. of Otterton, who m. Agnes, daughter of JOhn Kelloway, esq. and was s. by his son,
  • John Drake, esq. of Exmouth, who m. Margaret daughter of John Cole, of Rill, near that place, and had three sons and a daughter, viz. John, his successor. John, GILBERT,... Agnes, m. to William Pole, esq. of Shute.
  • John Drake, esq. of Ashe, who m. Anne, daughter of Roger Grenville, esq. of Stowe, in Cornwall, and left at his decease, 4th October, 1558,
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  • A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and ... By John Burke
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  • Pg.581
  • John Drake, esq. of Otterton. This gentleman espoused Agnes, daughter of John Kelloway, and had issue, John, his heir. Richard. Robert. Thomas, of Hertford, in Devon, who m. Hellena, daughter of Bennett Hillen, esq. of Fen Autri, in the same shire. Agnes, m. to William, second son of John Pole, esq. of Shute, in Devonshire.
  • The eldest son,
  • John Drake, esq. of Axmouth, married Margaret, daughter of John Cole, esq. of Rill, in the county of Devon, and had with GILBERT, ancestor of the Drakes of Spratshays, an elder son, his successor, John Drake, esq. of Ashe. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter of Roger Grenville, esq. of Stow, in Cornwall, by whom (who d. in 1577) he left at his decease in 1558,
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  • Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the ..., Volume 1 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
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Gilbert Drake, of Exmouth & Ashe's Timeline

1520
1520
Ashe & Exmouth, Devon, England
1541
1541
1543
1543
1549
1549
1559
1559
Devon, England
1580
May 9, 1580
Age 60
England
May 9, 1580
Age 60
1939
May 6, 1939
Age 60
May 6, 1939
Age 60