The will of Samuel Drake, sen. bears date May 30th, 1676. •> Samuel Drake is presumed to have been a son of John Drake who emigrated to Boston in 1630, and finally settled in Windsor Conn., from whence his son Samuel removed to Fairfield.

The Drake family are of great antiquity, and descend from the old house of Drake of Ashe, Devonshire, England, a branch of

• Fairfield town Rec.

* Surogate's office, N. Y. vol. iii. 47.

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PEDIGREE OF PINCKNEY OF EASTCHEsTER.

Arma. or, four fusils in fesee gules. Crest, out of a ducal coronet or, a griffen's liead ppr.

Philip Pinckney, one of first the patentees of Eastcheater, 1664=

Thomaa Pinckney, of Eastchcster=Hamiah'

Tbomas, died=Elizabeth

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Samuel Ferris, 1699. Sarah

Abigail

II a. Aiiaasran, ■[ aOutcli faily

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Ann. Deborah.

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Thomaa, nat.=:Abbv Is raei= Dorothy Rich Philip=EIiza')eth

Feb, 1729. | Briggs I I Tovvnsern

Wj

iiliam=:Freelove,

da. uf Jolin TowiiBend

Jemima, married Thomas Ward.

Phoebe, marijpd

Thomas FowJer

tiathan, ob.

Gilbert, nat. John, nat.

Philip, nat.

Cliarles

Mav3l, laihJuly,

21st Ocio

nal.aiat

presenlativG

1743 1746, of Noher, 1749, nf

Nov.

of the house

va Seolia.

Nova Scotia

1751, of

of nssejubly

Nova

of Nova

Scotia.

i:;cotia.

Thomas Elijah Briggs Josiah

Riehard^^Susan

Henry, kiHed du-: ring the war

:Esther Coutant, da. of Jacob.

Jonalhan=Elizabeth Palmer

1. John Town-

2. Thomas C.

1. Elijah

2. Peter

3. Stephen

J. Will. Townsend

2. James Ward

3. Isaac Micajah

4. Abraham Cross