Philippa Drake

Philippa Dennis

• Birth: 26 March 1561 - Holbombe-Burnel, Bicton, Devon, England
• Parents: Robert Denys, Knt., Margaret Godolphin
• Married: abt 1594 - Wiscomb, Devon, England
• Husband: William Drake, son of Robert Drake & Elizabeth Prideaux
• Death: 16 Jul 1647 - Southleigh, Devon, England  

4th cousin (and more) of her husband?

children include:

1. John   b. About 1595, Wiscomb, Devon, England ,
2. Thomas   b. 1599
3. Thomas (again)   b. 1602
4. Acton Drake, will of Dec. 16, 1647, pro. May 15, 1651
5. William   b. 1604
6. Joan b. 1606
7. Anye   b. 1608

comments

Older studies (noted below) asserted that John Drake, of Windsor was a son of this couple, but contemporary genealogists do not accept the relationship. See https://www.geni.com/discussions/169080?msg=1154590

Citations:

• [S2] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots.
• [S359] Charles Henry Browning, Colonial Dames.

lineage

• Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry, Volume 1 By John Burke 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 defence 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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links

• FamilySearch AFNs: HQVH-DT, 22TS-8JR
• http://adupree.com/wp/g/getperson.php?personID=I5931&tree=adupree