Person:Thomas Drake (3)

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Capt. Thomas Drake
Duplicate parents - compare
  1. Capt. Thomas DrakeAbt 1555 - 1606
Duplicate parents - compare
  1. Sir Francis DrakeAbt 1539/40 - 1595/96
  2. Capt. Thomas DrakeAbt 1555 - 1606
m. Abt 1587
  1. Sir Francis Drake, 1st Baronet1588 - 1637
  2. Elizabeth Drake
Facts and Events
Name[1] Capt. Thomas Drake
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1555 Tavistock, Devon, England
Marriage Abt 1587 EnglandCitation needed
to Elizabeth Elford Gregoria
Death? 4 Apr 1606 Buckland Monachorum, Devon, EnglandCitation needed
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Research Notes

  • The DOB is uncertian. Thomas was named in his father's will and the will of his brother, Admiral Sir Francis Drake. Thomas' will,dated 17 March 1605, mentioned his son, Francis, his wife, and his uncle, John Drake. Citation needed
  • Sailed as a Captain of his own ship, on voyages with his brother, Admiral Sir Francis Drake. Citation needed
  • Medical Information describes his as short, broad shouldered, pale complextion, scant red beard. Citation needed
References
  1. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
    1:10.

    ... [Sir Francis Drake] left no children nor did any of his eleven brothers, except one Captain Thomas Drake, who left a daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Bamfield, Esq.; and a son Francis, who was created baronet August 2, 1622. ...