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Nicholas Drake

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wiscombe, Devonshire, England
Death: October 03, 1640 (74-83)
Rosehall,Devon,England
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Drake, of Wiscombe Park and Elizabeth Drake
Husband of Katharine Tothill
Brother of Amy Drake; John Drake; Humphrey Drake; William Drake, of Southleigh; Robert Drake and 5 others

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About Nicholas Drake

  • Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 1 By John Burke
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=YdIKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA347&lpg=PA347&dq...
  • Pg.347
  • 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,
  • I Bernard, his heir.
  • II. Robert, of Wiscomb Park, in the parish of South Legh, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey Prideaux, Esq. of Theoborough, and had issue seven son and three daus.,
  • 1. William, Esq. of Wiscombe, m. Philippa, dau. of Sir Robt. Denys, Knt. of Halicomb, and had issue.
  • 2. Bernard.
  • 3. John, m., and had issue.
  • 4. Robert,}
  • 5. Henry,} both in the army, and killed at the defene of Osten, in the prime of their age, s. p.
  • 6. 'NICHOLAS, m. KATHERINE, dau. of William TOTTLE, and relict of __ Kingley.
  • 7. Humphrey.
  • 1. Gertrude, m. to Henry Honychurch, of Awn Gifford.
  • 2. Amye, m. __ Poole, of Nottingham.
  • 3. Ursula, unm.
  • III. Richard, equerry to Queen Elizabeth, m. Ursula, dau. of Sir William Stafford, Knt., and from whom the Drakes of Shardeloes.
  • Mr. Drake, who served the office of sheriff for the county of Devon, 4 Queen Elizabeth, d. 4 Oct. 1558, and was s. by his son,
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  • The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n55/mode/2up
  • Of the 36 children of William Tothill, the names on record of only 12 are known to us, and the order of these not certain: 1. Joan, m. John Hulse, (2) Richard Hokeley. 2. Grace. 3. Geoffrey, m. Joan Dillon. 4. John. 5. Alice, m. William Parsons. 6. Juliana, m. Richard de Burnbury. 7. Amy, m. ___ Hill. 8. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Stukeley of Pulam. 9. Richard, m. Joan Grafton. 10. Robert. 11. Daughter, m. Thomas Walker (2) Thomas Cranston. 'KATHARINE, m. William Kingsley; (2) NICHOLAS DRAKE.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n61/mode/...
  • 2. Robert Drake of Wiscomb, m. and had 7 sons and 3 daus. 1. William. 2. Bernard. 3. John, m. and had i. 4. Robert. 5. Henry, killed in army; s. i. 6. 'NICHOLAS, m. KATHARINE, dau. of William Tothill and wid. of Wm. Kingsley'. 7. Humphrey. 8. Gertrude. 9. Amy. 10. Ursula. *http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n63/mode/...
  • .'12. KATHARINE TOTHILL. A memorial brass in Canterbury Cathedral says she was "the youngest of 36 chil. of Wm. Tothill and survived them all." Husted's Kent, vol. ix., p. 395. She d. 1622; bu. in Christ chh., Canterbury; m. Wm. Kinglsey of London, Gent.; m. set. dated 1591. He bought the manor of Rose Hall in Hers Co. 1593; bu. at Surrat, March 31, 1611. .... She m. (2) NICHOLAS DRAKE, Esq., and survived him. He was cousin of Frances Drake of Shardeloes who m. Joan Tothill. i. by 1st m. 5 ss. 1 dau.
  • I. William.
  • II. Thomas of Rose Hall.
  • III. Catharine, m. James Penniman.
  • IV. Edmund.
  • V. George, d. s. i. 1. Wm. 2. Thomas.
  • VI. Francis, m. Abigal Stanes. 1. Wm., m. Dorothy, dau. of Sir Edward Boteler of Danbury, Essex. 1. Dorothy, b. July 26, 1630; m. Robert Gilbert. 2. Catharine, m. Thos. Jones, 3. Wm., b. Dec. 8, 1631. 4. Francis, Oct. 5, 1633. (From Husted's Hist. of Kent and Burke's Pedigrees.)
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Nicholas Drake's Timeline

1561
1561
Wiscombe, Devonshire, England
1640
October 3, 1640
Age 79
Rosehall,Devon,England
October 1640
Age 79
1939
May 6, 1939
Age 79
May 6, 1939
Age 79
May 6, 1939
Age 79
May 6, 1939
Age 79
May 6, 1939
Age 79
1940
January 24, 1940
Age 79