The History of the Drake Family and the Times They Lived: This Is a Study into the Genealogy of the Drake Family Name.

By Terry W. Drake

This history takes factual information provided by encyclopedias and other historical documents. Other reference material includes birth certificates, death certificates and census data which support the factual basis of this history. The war records and military history of individuals and their family members were also used in the determination of their contributions to the society in which they lived. Other research material included Wikipedia, Ancetry.com, wikitree.com, genealogy.com family bibles and my many brothers and sisters.

Two directions of ancestry history were investigated to gain the most effective approach to the design of this history. First the genealogy of Amye Grenville was traced to her origin of Charlemagne. Her marriage to John Drake VI allowed further investigation into his ancestry. Both were thoroughly pursued with vigor to determine their origins over the last 1300 years. The investigation provided by Earl Drake combined with my efforts has provided this history for your enjoyment.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781479789870

Terry W. Drake

The author was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, on July 20, 1948. It is a small town in the south east corner of the state. He joined the United States Air Force in the middle of the Vietnam War era in August 1966. He served four years in the military, acquiring the G.I. Bill for his college education. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where he earned his Bachelor in Business Administration degree and continued on in graduate school. He obtained his Master in Business Administration in May 1975 and received his Certificate in Public Accounting in June 1976. The author is the former General Manager for the Board of Public Utilities in Kansas City, Kansas, and a former Board Member for the American Public Power Association. He has served on the Board of Western Fuels Association and is a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In his last eight years in public service, he lived in the United States Territory of the Virgin Islands on St. Thomas. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Water and Power Authority and as a special financial consultant to the Government of the Virgin Islands. The author began his new career in writing after the death of his wife Deanna in 2004 and now lives in Kansas City, Kansas. Mr. Drake is the father of three children. His elder daughter Terry Christine Drake lives in Everett, Washington, with her two sons Sean and Jacob, his younger daughter Dresden Marie Drake Goldberg lives in Frisco, Texas, with her husband Stephen Arnold Goldberg and their twin girls Hannah and Harper, and the authors son Brandon Octavian Lee Drake lives in Tampa, Florida, just after serving eight years in the United States Navy stationed in Japan.

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The History of the Drake Family and the Times They Lived

This is a study into the genealogy of the Drake family name.

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to my uncle Earl Drake of Ness City, Kansas, who provided historical information into the genealogy of our family tree. Through his steady guidance and investigative assistance the publication of this book has been greatly enhanced. I also would like to thank my sisters Merylene Joyce Thompson, Leesa Arlene Gavin, Regina Marie O’Hare and Cynthia Denise Mendenhall for their input. My contributing brothers Robert Merrill Drake, Dale Allen Drake and Merrill Clayton Drake, Jr. provided information into this history as well. And of course my parents Bettie Eileen Walker and Merrill Clayton Drake are responsible for me and all my brothers and sisters.

Furthermore, I would like to thank Elizabeth Betsy Bachofer of Shawnee, Kansas for the Author’s picture featured on the back cover of this book.

The author utilized Wikipedia for factual information disclosed in this history.

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Contents

Introduction

History of the Drake Family and Their Royal Ancestors

History of the Drake Family and the Times They Lived

Children of Charlemagne and Hildegard

Louis the Pious and Descendants’ of Princess of Bavaria Judith von Altdorf

Charles the Bald King of Frances and Descendants of Ermentrudis de Orleans

Judith, Princess of France, Carolingians and Descendants

of Baldwin I Count of Flanders

Baldwin II Count of Flanders, the Bald and

Descendants of Aelfthryth, Princess of England

Arnulf I Third Count de Flanders and Descendants of Adela de Vermandois

Baldwin III, Fourth Count of Flanders and Descendants

Matilda von Billung Princess of Saxony

Arnulf II de Flanders, Fifth Count of Flanders and

Descendants of Susanna Lombard de Ivrea

Baldwin IV Sixth Count of Flanders and Descendants of Otgiva de Luxemburg

History of The Drake Family and Their Royal Ancestors

History of the Drake Family and the Times They Lived

Generations of the Drake Family in England

History of the Drake Family and the Times They Lived

Generations of the Drake Family in England

Generation XVII John Drake Esq. of the Drake Family in England

Generation XVIII John Drake II of the Drake Family in England

The Drake Family History Merged With the Cruwys Family History

Generation XIX John Drake III of the Drake Family in England

The Drake Family History Merged With the Kelloway Family History

Generation XX John Drake IV of the Drake Family in England

The Drake Family History Merged With the Cole Family History

Generation XXI John Drake V of the Drake Family in England

History of The Drake Family and Their Royal Ancestors

Generation XXII John Drake VI of the Drake Family in England

The Drake Family History Merged With the Prideaux Family History

Generation XXIII Sir Robert Drake of the Drake Family in England

The Drake Family History Merged With the Dennys Family History

Generation XIV William Drake of the Drake Family in England

The Drake Family History Merged With the Rogers Family History

Generation XXV John Drake of the Drake Family and Their Move to America

The Drake Family History Merged With the Barlow Family History

Generation XXVI Samuel Drake of the Drake Family in America

The Drake Family History Merged With the Shute Family History

Generation XXVII Joseph Drake of the Drake Family in America

Generation XXVIII John Drake of the Drake Family in America

Generation XXIX Samuel Drake of the Drake Family in America

The Drake Family History Merged With the Sherwood Family History

Generation XXX Jasper Drake of the Drake Family in America

The Drake Family History Merged With the Bowker Family History

Generation XXXI Nathan Drake of the Drake Family in America

History of America from the American Revolution to Modern Times

Generation XXXII Jasper B. Drake of the Drake Family in America

Cultural and Scientific Achievements

History of America from the American Revolution to Modern Times

Generation XXXIII John Bruff Drake of the Drake Family in America

The Drake Family History Merged with the Talley Family History

Generation XXXIV Ralph Rothwell Drake of the Drake Family in America

History of America from the American Revolution to Modern Times

The Drake Family History Merged With the Walker Family History

Generation XXXV Merrill Clayton Drake of the Drake Family in America

The Drake Family History Merged With the Browning Family History

Generation XXXVI Terry W. Drake of the Drake Family in America

History of the Drake Family from the American Revolution to Modern Times

History of the Walker Family in Progression from the Drake Family Unity

Drake Family History and the Times They Lived in England

Introduction

This history takes factual information provided by encyclopedias and other historical documents. Other reference material includes birth certificates, death certificates and census data which support the factual basis of this history. The war records and military history of individuals and their family members were also used in the determination of their contributions to the society in which they lived. Other research material included Wikipedia, Ancetry.com, wikitree.com, genealogy.com and my many brothers and sisters.

Two directions of ancestry history were investigated to gain the most effective approach to the design of this history. First the genealogy of Amye Grenville was traced to her origin of Charlemagne. Her marriage to John Drake VI allowed further investigation into his ancestry. Both were thoroughly pursued with vigor to determine their origins over the last 1300 years. The investigation provided by Earl Drake combined with my efforts has provided this history for your enjoyment.

Charles Martel the Hammer was the illegitimate son of Pippin the Middle of Herstal and his mistress Alpaida. He governed the Franks from 737 to 741 when his jurisdiction was replaced by his two sons Carloman and Pepin the Short. Charles Martel’s father had descended from Ansegisel and his wife Begga of Franks. In 743 the two brothers Carloman and Pepin appointed Childeric III of the Merovingian Dynasty as King over western and central Europe.

The assembly of Franks met with Pope Zachary to anoint Pepin the Short King who currently held the office of Mayor in 749. The Carolingian Dynasty replaced the Merovingian Dynasty in 750 with the anointing of Pepin the Short as King. He replaced Childeric III who was exiled into a monastery by Pope Zachary. In 753 Pope Stephen II replaced Pope Zachary upon his death. Pope Stephen II fled Italy to Francia appealing for assistance from Pepin. Pepin together with Carloman defeated the Lombards who ruled over Italy and reinstated the Pope in the Vatican. The Pope in turn anointed Pepin the Short as King and secured the royal patrimony for his sons and heirs.

Charlemagne, the eldest son of Pepin the Short was born April 2, 742 in Herstal, Wallonia which is now Belgium. The division of the Carolingian Dynasty would form the territories of France and Germany.

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The Ancestral Line to William the Conqueror

Charlemagne the Great is the highest ranking Noble blood in my family tree. We derive our ancestral linage from the marriage of John Drake VI to Amye Anne Grenville whom she descended from the Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne was known by many names in his time due to the vast Empire he ruled over. Karl der Grosse by the Germans, Carolus Magnus by the Italians, King of the Lombards and Charles le Grand and Charles le Magne by the French. Charlemagne was born on April 2, 742 the product of the marriage between King Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon Queen of the Franks. King Peppin was born 714 and died September 24, 768 his Wife Bertha Bertrada de Laon was born