James Draper (settler)
James Draper | |
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Born | Abt. 1622 Weaver |
Spouse | Miriam Stansfield |
Children | 9 |
Parent(s) | William Thomas Draper and Grace Mitchell |
James Draper (c. 1622–1694) was an early settler of the
Life
Born in about 1622 and baptized 28 July 1622
Draper was an original proprietor of the town of
According to his tombstone, Draper died 13 July 1697,[7] and the following month, on 19 August, his widow appeared before the Suffolk County probate judge, petitioning the court to allow her two sons, James and Jonathan, to be given administration of her husband's estate.[2] The ensuing inventory showed a very modest estate valued at £72, of which £25 was the value given for the house, shop, barn and home lot.[8] The inventory also included an acre of meadow in Dedham.[8] His wife, Miriam, died the January after her husband's death [1697/8], and both James and Miriam Draper share a tombstone in the Westerly Burial Ground in West Roxbury, now a neighborhood of Boston. The entry plaque to the cemetery reads in part: "The oldest gravestone, from 1691, commemorates James and Merriam Draper, members of a prominent West Roxbury family." The year 1691 is incorrect; James died 13 July 1697 and his widow Miriam died the following January, which correctly reads "January 1697" on the marker, but technically should read 1697/8, as January was near the end of the year in the old calendar. Also, there was no town of West Roxbury when these people flourished; they lived in what was then called Roxbury.
Family and descendants
James and Miriam Draper had nine children, of whom the first, Miriam, was born in England, and the remainder were all born in Massachusetts.[9] The oldest surviving child, Susanna, married John Bacon; the next child, Sarah, married James Hadlock; and the oldest son, James, married Abigail Whiting.[9] The next son, John, married Abigail Mason; Daniel married Elizabeth Brackett; Patience married Ebenezer Cass; and Jonathan married Sarah Jackson.[10]
Among Draper's noted descendants are federal judge, educator and author
Image gallery
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Entry sign to Westerly Cemetery
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Entry plaque to Westerly Cemetery, mentioning the earliest tombstone, belonging to James and Miriam Draper
See also
References
- ^ Horsfall, Edith. The Parish Register of Heptonstall, in the County of York, 1593-1660. Place of publication not identified: publisher not identified, 1925. Print.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Draper 1892, p. 17.
- ^ Draper 1892, p. 18.
- ^ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP149/1
- ^ a b Trask, William Blake; Bradish, Frank; Drew, Charles A.; Small, A. Grace; Suffolk County (Mass.); Boston (Mass.). Board of Aldermen (1653). Suffolk deeds. Harvard University. Boston : [s.n.]
- ^ a b Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899, Cases 00615-00804, CASE 660. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. Print.
- ^ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-QCN1?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-7MS%3A353350401%2C355675801%2C355679401), Suffolk > Roxbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1630-1844 > image 89 of 252; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ^ a b Draper 1892, p. 19.
- ^ a b Draper 1892, p. 20.
- ^ Draper 1892, pp. 20, 145, 167, 179.
- ^ Draper 1892, pp. 51–54, 62, 112–113.
- ^ Draper 1892, pp. 67–68.
- ^ Draper 1892, pp. 154–155, 186–191.
Bibliography
- Draper, Thomas Waln–Morgan (1892). The Drapers in America, being a History and Genealogy of those of that Name and Connection. New York: John Polhemus Printing Company. p. 147.
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