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Drake, who resigned from the NSA under pressure in 2008, has been working in recent months at an Apple computer store outside Washington, D.C., answering questions from customers about...
Elizabeth was the daughter and heiress of Sir George Sydenham, of Combe Sydenham in Somerset, a rich landowner of a prominent family. Following Drake’s death in 1596, she married Sir William Courtenay of Powderham. Neither marriage produced any children and Sir Francis’ heir was his brother, Thomas.
Drake sailed as a crewmember under Captain Hawkins on slave-trading voyages to Sierra Leone in 1560, 1562 and 1564, carrying captive Africans across the Atlantic to sell in Spanish and Portuguese American ports, making a vast profit.
To reach the Pacific, Drake became the first Englishman to navigate the Straits of Magellan. He travelled up the west coast of South America, plundering Spanish ports.
The Drakes lived on a disused old boat on the River Medway in Kent. Drake's father Edmund preached to sailors and later became vicar at nearby Upchurch. Therefore young Francis was anti-Catholic. As a teenager, Francis was experiencing life in the North Sea upon a trading bark. Sir Francis Drake.
Sir Francis, who served in Parliament three times, built up a moderate landed estate, including Buckland Abbey barton and three Devon manors, all of which eventually passed to Drake’s father, Thomas. 16 Drake himself inherited these properties in 1606, but being then only 17 he found himself a ward of the Crown.
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Jun 1, 2023 · Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Thomas Drake born abt. 1554 Crowndale, Tavistock, Devon, England died 1606 including ancestors + descendants + 2 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
