Their son John de Plnkeucy k it James de Pinkeney, Lord of Pinkeney, In 1335-6. James Plnkeney left by his wife Joan; Hugh de Plnki'in \ , who'married Isabel, their heirs hild the Lordship of Pinkeney in 1399-1 10 •."

6 Bloomtleld's Norfolk, vol. v. pp. 5, 6. The arms of Pinkney or Pinkeni, of Buckinghamshire, Essex, Norfolk and Northamptenshire temp, Edward I, were, or, four fusils iu Ussegau. The anus of PHlip Pinckney of, Eastchester were the same.

c The familv Is now represented.

d Fairileld Town Kecords.

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

The will of Samuel Drake, Sen., bears date May 30th, i676.a Samuel Drake is presumed to be a grand-son of John Drake of the Council of Plymouth, one of the original company established by King James I, in 1606, for settling New England. John his son came to Boston in 1630, and finally settled in Windsor, Conn., from whence his son Samuel removed to Fairfield. The will of Samuel Drake, Sen., of Fairfield, bears date 12th of December, 1691, by which it appears that his mother's name was Anne, and his wife's Ruth, and that he had a sister Rebecka Rogers, then living at Eastchester. "To his cousin Joseph, son to his brother Joseph of Eastchester, he bequeaths all his lands situate in Fairfield."6

The Drake family are of great antiquity and descend from the old house of Drake of Ashe, Devonshire, England, a branch of which gave birth to the illustrious Sir Francis Drake. The name is supposed to be derived from the heraldrick Wivern. the arms of the family, which is another name for the fabled dragon of antiquity, Draco or Drago being a Roman name, as late as Sir Francis Drake -- writers called him the Dragon "c -- of this family was Joseph Rodman Drake, the poet ; the late Charles Drake,d M.D., of New York, E.