Francis Drake

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Francis Drake

Francis was born about 1540 in Ashe Parish, Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon, England. Francis' father was Edmund+ Drake and his mother is Mary+ Milwaye. His paternal grandparents were John+ Drake and Anne+ Grenville. He had a brother named Thomas+. He was the older of the two children. He died due to dysentery while on board his ship "Defiance". on January 28th, 1596 in At sea Portobello, Panama.

General Notes

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John+ Drake
  - b.1500 in Ashe, Dorsetshire, England d.1559 in Alternate YOD given
  
  Edmund+ Drake
  - b.~  1520 in Mount Drake, Ashe, Devonshire, England d. in Devon, England
  
  Thomas+ Grenville ^*
  - b.~  1432 in Stowe, Cornwall, England d.1483 in Jacobstow (Stowe), Cornwall, England
  
  Thomas+ Grenville
  - b.1454 in Stowe, Cornwall, England d.18 Mar 1513 in Bideford, Devonshire, England
  
  Elizabeth+ Gorges ^*
  - b.~  1435 in Jacobstow (Stowe), Cornwall, England d.~  1470 in Jacobstow (Stowe), Cornwall, England
  
  Roger+ Grenville
  - b.1477 in Stowe, Cornwall, England d.07 Jul 1524 in Stowe, Cornwall, England
  
  Ortho+ Gilbert ^*
  - b.1417 d.02 Feb 1494
  
  Isabella+ Gilbert
  - b.~  1454 in Compton, Devonshire, England
  
  Elizabeth+ Hill ^*
  - b.<  1423
  
  Anne+ Grenville
  - b.1503 in Stowe, Cornwall, England d.18 Feb 1577 in Musbury, Devonshire, England
  
  Margaret+ Whitley
  - b.~  1477 in Efford, Devonshire, England
  
  Francis Drake
  - b.~  1540 in Ashe Parish, Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon, England d.28 Jan 1596 in At sea Portobello, Panama
  
  Mary+ Milwaye
  - b.~  1522
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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