First Generation

1. Thomas Drake ^{1 2 3}, son of William Drake and Margaret Westover, was born on 13 Sep 1635 in Colyton, Devonshire, ENG ³ and died on 23 Sep 1692 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ³.

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Marriage; 9 Mar 1680/81; Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA ⁴. Millezant Carver & Thomas Drake were maried the 9 of March 1680/1

Thomas married Jane Holbrook ^{1 3}, daughter of Thomas Holbrook and Jane Powyes. (Jane Holbrook was born about 1637 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ³ and died about 1679 ³.)

Documented events in their marriage were:

1. VR - Birth of Child; 12 Mar 1659/60; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁵. Birth of John, son of Thomas & Jane Drake.

2. VR - Birth of Child; 30 May 1661; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁶. Birth of William, son of Thomas & Jane Drake.

3. VR - Birth of Child; 28 Oct 1663; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁶. Birth of Joseph, son of Thomas & Jane Drake

4. VR - Birth of Child; 15 Jan 1675/76; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁷. Birth of Benjamin, son of Thomas & Jane Drake

Children from this marriage were:

   2 F    i. Amy Drake ^{1 8} was born on 3 Feb 1665/66 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ^{1 8}.

Documented events in her life were:

1. VR - Birth; 3 Feb 1665/66; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

Amy married Joshua Phillips ¹, son of Richard Phillips and Mary Packard, about 1686 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ¹. (Joshua Phillips was born on 10 May 1662 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸ and died before 27 Jan 1689/90 ¹.)

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Birth; 10 May 1662; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

   3 M    ii. John Drake ⁸ was born on 12 Mar 1659/60 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸ and died on 10 Oct 1717 in Easton, MA ².

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Marriage; 12 Dec 1687; Milton, MA ^{9 10}. Married Sarah King.

2. VR - Birth; 12 Mar 1659/60; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

3. VR - Birth of Child; 9 Nov 1688; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of Prudence, daughter of John & Sarah Drake.

4. VR - Birth of Child; 20 Sep 1694; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of John, son of John & Sarah Drake

   4 M    iii. William Drake ⁸ was born on 30 May 1661 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Birth; 30 May 1661; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

2. VR - Birth of Child; 1 May 1687; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of Sarah, daughter of William & Sarah Drake.

3. VR - Birth of Child; 4 Apr 1689; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of Abigail, daughter of William & Sarah Drake

4. VR - Birth of Child; 7 Mar 1691/92; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of James, son of William & Sarah Drake.

5. VR - Birth of Child; 20 Jul 1695; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of William, son of William & Sarah Drake

   5 M    iv. Joseph Drake ⁸ was born on 28 Oct 1663 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Birth; 28 Oct 1663; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

2. VR - Birth of Child; 4 Sep 1687; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸. Birth of Jane, daughter of Joseph & Elishama Drake

   6 M    v. Benjamin Drake ⁸ was born on 15 Jan 1676/77 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

Documented events in his life were:

1. VR - Birth; 15 Jan 1676/77; Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ⁸.

   7 M    vi. Thomas Drake ² was born about 1657 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ².

   8 F    vii. Elizabeth Drake ² was born in 1670 in Weymouth, Plymouth Co., MA ².

1. Pedigree Resource File, (LDS). William M. Smith, 13174 Aztec St., Sylmar, CA, 9132-2505.

2. George Walter Chamberlain, M.S, History of Weymouth, Genealogies of Wemouth Families, Vol III & IV Weymouth Historical Society, H.H. Joy, Pres., 1923, (Weymouth Historical Society, H.H. Joy, Pres., 1923).

3. Stephen M. Lawson, (http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/).

4. Vital Records for Plymouth Colony, (Search & Research). citing Mayflower Descendant, 3:42; Vital Records of Marshfield.

5. Cyrus Orcutt, transcriber, Early Records of Weymouth, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 3, January 1849, p 71 & subsequent). 3:71.

6. ibid. 3:72.

7. ibid. 3:270.

8. ibid.

9. Clemens, William Montgomery, American Marriage Records before 1699, (Pompton Lakes, NJ: Biblio Co., 1926.)

10. Edward Doubleday Harris, Marriages at Milton, [Massachusetts], from 14 Sept. 1686, to 6 Sept. 1727, by Rev. Peter Thatcher, (New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 36, January 1882, p 19 & subsequent).

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