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• Birth	Abt 1585	Hampton,Arden,Warwickshire,England
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Aug 1659	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
  Buried	18 Aug 1659	Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut
  Person ID	I97354	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Family 1	Lettice SHAKESPEARE
  Married	25 Jun 1616	Hampton,Arden,England
  Children	1. John DRAKE, Jr., b. Abt 1616   2. Esther DRAKE, b. Abt 1617   3. Job DRAKE, b. Abt 1619   4. Jacob DRAKE, b. Abt 1622
  Family ID	F42504	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Elizabeth ROGERS, b. 1581, Hampton,Arden,Warwickshire,England
  Married	Wiscombe,Devon,England
  Children	1. John DRAKE, b. Abt 1622, Of England And C   2. Job DRAKE, b. 1623, Wiscombe,Devonshire,England   3. Jacob DRAKE, b. Abt 1623, Windsor,Hartfd,Ct   4. Mary O. DRAKE, b. Abt 1625, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   5. Samuel DRAKE, b. Abt 1626, Windsor,Hartfd,Ct > 6. Elizabeth DRAKE, widow, b. 1630/1631, Windsor,Hartford,Connecticut   7. John DRAKE, b. Abt 1635
  Family ID	F42480	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !He died from injuries when a farm wagon turned over. All came to New England in 1630 on the 'Mary and John'. !The History of Ancient Windsor, by Henry J. Stiles, & other sources; Mary & John, volume 2, page 68: John Drake ( -1659) Granted lot in 1640, 363 ft. wide, on Conn. River, s. of John St. Nicholas & n. of John Bissell, acrossed the road from "Rocky Hill", on the west. In 1652, he complained in Court that John Bennett had enticed and drawn away the affections of Drake's dau. Bennett was often in trouble and Drake may not have wanted him to associate with a daughter. This was either Elizabeth (age 21) or Mary (age 20), who married respectively, William Gaylord Jr., or John John Gaylord, both from "Mary & John" families, the following year. John Drake died from injuries received in front of John Griffin's house, when he was driving a cart loaded with corn, drawn by two oxen and his mare. Griffin was living either on the lot of Francis Stiles or Henry Stiles. Something frightened the oxen and they began running away. John tried to stop them by grabbing the mare. He was thrown down on his face and was run over by one of the cart wheels. A leg was broken and he was so bruised they thought he was dead. He was carried to his daughter's house and died soon after. This daughter was probably, Elizabeth (age 38), widow of William Gaylord Jr., who lived between the lots of Francis & Henry Stiles. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Elizabeth (38) widow in Windsor, Mary (37), wife of John Gaylord of Windsor, Job (36), husband of Mary Wolcott, in Windsor, John Jr.(34), husband of Hannah Moore in Windsor & Jacob (33), husband of Mary Bissell in Windsor. Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, Vol. 14, p 19: Drake, John (a. 1600-1659) of Windsor, CT. English home: Claimed to be son of William Drake and Philippa Dennys of Wiscombe Park, Southleigh, Devon, but disputed, withour and clear evidence, in TAG 63:193 (Oct. 1988). He prob. came of the "Mary & John" in 1630. In TAG 26:155 there is a suggestion John Drake may have lived in Donyatt, Somerset (1 mile E of Ilminister). This article says it is eight miles from Wiscomb, Devon. In Donyatt there are two children of a John Drake, Elizabeth, bpt. 3 Dec 1623 and Susanna, bpt. 1629.