Jacob Drake b. 1624 England d. Abt Aug 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1624 - Abt 1689 (65 years)

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Name Jacob Drake [1, 2]

Born 1624 England

estimated date

Gender Male

Died Abt Aug 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Buried Abt Aug 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Palisado Cemetery

Probate 25 Sep 1689 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [3]

Reference Number 4960

Siblings 3 Siblings

	1. Joseph Drake, b. Aft 1599, d. 20 Nov 1634, Hampton In Arden, Warwickshire, England (Age < 33 years)
	2. Jacob Drake, b. 1624, England , d. Abt Aug 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years) ▻ Mary Bissell, m. 12 Apr 1649
	3. Mary Drake, b. 1625, England , d. 12 Jun 1683, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 58 years) ▻ John Gaylord, m. 17 Nov 1653
+	4. Elizabeth Drake, b. 9 Jan 1624/25, Hampton In Arden, Warwickshire, England , d. 8 Jun 1716, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 91 years) ▻ William Gaylord, m. 9 Feb 1653/54

Person ID I4960 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	John Drake, b. 1585, England , d. 17 Aug 1659 (Age 74 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elizabeth Rogers, b. 1581, d. 7 Oct 1681 (Age 100 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	Abt 1624
	based on death of 1st wife and birth of next child
Family ID	F1492	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Mary Bissell, b. 1631, England , d. 11 Sep 1689, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 58 years)
Married	12 Apr 1649 [1]
Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
Family ID	F1296	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1624 - England
	Died - Abt Aug 1689 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	Buried - Abt Aug 1689 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	Probate - 25 Sep 1689 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

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Photos		drake jacob probate Date:11/28/2013 11:07:10 AM
Photos		Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1305; Document Reference: DR(B) 63

Notes

from findagrave.com:

Birth: 1624
Devon, England
Death: Aug. 6, 1689
Windsor
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Sgt. Jacob Drake, s. of John Drake and Elizabeth Rogers, b. circa 1624 in England. He d. testate at Windsor, Conn. Aug. 6, 1689, his age at death not stated in any record known to the memorialist.

On Apr. 12, 1649 at Windsor, Conn., Jacob m. Mary Bissell, undoubtedly the eldest dau. of John Bissell, Sr. and his unnamed first wife, b. circa 1631 in England. She d. testate at Windsor Sept. 11, 1689, her age at death also not stated in any record known to the memorialist.

Jacob Drake and Mary Bissell had no children and both left wills by which they distributed property to their respective siblings or their sibling's children. Jacob's estate, abstracted by Manwaring citing Hartford Probate District vol. V, pp. 22-24, follows:

• Jacob Drake of Windsor. Inventory of £551-14-09 taken Sept. 25, 1689 by Daniel Clarke sen. and John Moore. Will dated Aug. 2, 1689.
• I give to Mary my wife the Use of all my Real and Personal Estate during her natural life, and at her death to dispose of £100 of my Personal Estate to whom she pleaseth.
• I give unto Nathaniel Gaylord's two Children, Hezekiah & Nathaniel, my Lott beyond Rocky Hill, about 26 acres; & unto Nathaniel Gaylord I give 2 acres of Land next adjoining to his Meadow Land on the South side.
• I give unto Jacob Drake, son of Job Drake, all my Houseing and Homested, with Land that was my Father Drake's and that which was purchased of Mr. Saint Niccolases [i.e., Nicholas'] Overseers.
• I give to John Elderkin the Lott over the Great River that is commonly called Fellows Lott, he paying his sister Bashua £10, and Abigail Due's 3 Children, Israel, Mary & Joseph, £10 apeice.
• I give to my Cousin John Gaylord, son of Sargt. Gaylord, a Lott on the East side of the River called Hoskins Lott, bounded North by John Birge, south by Land of Thomas Bissell.
• I give to my Brother Job Drake half the Lott that was my Father Drake's lying above Namerick, the other half I give to Nathaniel Gaylord.
• I give to Thomas Deble the Lott that I purchased of Prior, at the age of 21 years.
• I give to Joseph Elderkin 30 acres in the Great Meadow, bounded south by Nicholas Buckland, North by Abram Phelps.
• I give to Joseph Drake, son of John Drake, 2 acres of Land in the Great Meadow, South [by] Samuel Marshall's, North [by] Nathaniel Winchell's.
• I give to Nathaniel Gaylord 15 acres upon the Pine Meadow Playne, which I bought of Humphrey Pinney.
• I appoint my wife and Cousin Job Drake Jr. to be Administrators on the Estate, and desire my Brother Drake, Abraham Phelps, Nathaniel Gaylord, and my Cousin Job Drake to be Overseers............JACOB DRAKE.
Witness:
Abraham Phelps,
Job Drake sen.

• Court Record, Page 6--Nov. 11, 1689: Will Proven.
• Page 26--Mar. 5, 1690/1: A Report to this Court that the Estate will not hold out to pay all the debts and Legacies, the Court orders to first pay the debts and distribute to the Legatees (Pro Rata.)

Family links:
Parents:
John Drake (1585 - 1659)
Elizabeth Rogers Drake (1581 - 1681)

Spouse:
Mary Bissell Drake (1631 - 1689)

Burial:
Palisado Cemetery
Windsor
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: Don Blauvelt
Record added: Apr 24, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51556152

Sources

[S282] The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor Connecticut 1635-1891, Henry R Stiles.

[S341] Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1305; Document Reference: DR(B) 63.
Enoch son of John Drake and Lettice his wife was baptized on the 31st day of March 1622
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=warwickearlyparish&h=3096269&indiv=try

Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1305; Document Reference: DR(B) 63

[S164] A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Charles Manwaring, (Name: R.S. Peck & Co, Printers; Location: Hartford, Connecticut; Date: 1604;), P439 V5.

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