1. | Francis Drake was born in 1615 in Colchester, Essex, England (son of Robert Drake and Jane Gawton); died on 24 Sep 1687 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in New Market Baptist Church Cemetery, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Weaver
- Arrival: 1650, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; With wife Mary
- Residence: 1661, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
- Residence: 1680, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
- Probate: 29 Sep 1687, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; Abstract of his will
Notes:
Notes about Francis Drake from several sources are listed on the "Evans Family Webpage", compiled by David R Evans. See http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Drake_Francis.htm
Birth:
He is sometimes referred to as Captain Francis Drake, because he was briefly a captain in the New Jersey militia around 1675. There is no proof of a relationship to to the famous Elizabethan ship captain, Sir Francis Drake
Buried:
Based on DAR records in "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots". This cemetery does not exist in FindAGrave.com; his FindAGrave memory says "Burial:Unknown". GRid=32747588;
Francis married Mary Ann Walker in 1657 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH. Mary was born in 1625 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH; died on 29 Jul 1688 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Francis Drake died about 1733 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
- George Drake died about 1709 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
- Elizabeth Drake was born in 1653 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH; died about 1711 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ.
- John Drake was born in 1655 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH; died in 1741 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in Stelton Baptist Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex, NJ.
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