Person:Elizabeth Drake (56)

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Elizabeth Drake
chr.22 Apr 1787 Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
d.1856 Devon, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 29 Apr 1782
  1. Mary Drake1784 - 1873
  2. Elizabeth Drake1787 - 1856
  3. John Drake1790 - 1877
  4. Christopher Drake1793 - 1793
  5. Grace Drake1793 - 1830
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Greep1791 - 1871
  • W.  Elizabeth Drake1787 - 1856
m. 2 Feb 1815
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Facts and Events
Name Elizabeth Drake
Gender Female
Christening[1] 22 Apr 1787 Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
Marriage 2 Feb 1815 Walkhampton, Devon, Englandto John Greep
Census[2] 6 Jun 1841 Buckland Monachorum, Devon, EnglandMilton
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Meavy, Devon, EnglandMays
Death[4] 1856 Devon, England

Elizabeth Drake was baptised on 22nd April 1787 at Bere Ferrers in Devon, daughter of Celia Drake, formerly Foot, and her husband John Drake. She was the second of the couple's five children. In 1797, when Elizabeth was eleven, her mother Celia died.

Elizabeth was married on 2nd February 1815, aged 27, to an agricultural labourer named John Greep. They married at Walkhampton, a few miles north-east of Bere Ferrers. The appear to have had six children between 1815 and 1829, baptised at Walkhampton and Buckland Monachorum.

Elizabeth and John appear together in the 1841 census living at Milton in the parish of Buckland Monachorum. By 1851 they were living at Mays in the parish of Meavy.

Elizabeth died in 1856, aged 69. John survived her by fifteen years.

References
  1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Registers of Bere Ferrers. (Exeter: Devon Heritage Services).

    Baptisms 1787
    April the 22 Elizabeth Daughter of John and Sillya Drake

    This baptism has been linked to the Elizabeth Drake who married John Greep at Walkhampton in 1815 on the basis that it is in the parish Elizabeth gave as her birthplace in the 1851 census and at about the time suggested by her quoted age. Moreover, the adult Elizabeth named two of her children John Drake and Celia, both of whom were presumably named after her parents.

  2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class HO107; Piece 240; Book 9; Folio 6; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Milton, Buckland Monachorum, Devon
    John Greep, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag Lab, born in county
    Elizabeth Greep, female, 55 [1781-6], born in county
    Sibyl Greep, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county

  3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class HO107; Piece 1883; Folio 163; Page 15, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Mays, Meavy, Devon
    John Greep, head, married, male, 60 [1790/1], Farm Labourer, b. Walkhampton, Devon
    Elizabeth Greep, wife, married, female, 66 [1784/5], Labourer Wife, b. Beer Ferris, Devon

  4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    d. Betsy GREAP, September Quarter 1856, Tavistock Registration District, Volume 5b, page 192, aged 70 [1785/6]

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