7th Great Grandparents: Robert Drake and Sarah Edwards

Robert Drake (1698-1) and Sarah Edwards (1700-)

John Drake (1731-) 

Joseph Drake (1755-1806) 

John Drake (1791-1870) 

John Drake (1829 - 1912)

Ellen Drake (1852 - 1931)

Frederick Ernest Jessep (1889 - 1966)

William Frederick Jessep (1910 - 1939)

Trevor Warren Jessep-Pond 

Tania Jessep-Pond

When Robert Drake was born in 1698, in Angersleigh, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Drake, was 55 and his mother, Sarah Henson, was 44. He married Sarah Edwards on 5 April 1719, in Pitminster, Somerset, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters, including my ancestor, John. He died on 8 September 1751, in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 53, and was buried in Pitminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. (2)

Sarah Edwards was christened circa 1700. (1)

(1) Information from The Tree of Us http://www.thetreeofus.net/32/307736.htm

(2) Information from Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/G9ZH-Q2D (numerous citations of original sources, including where Robert is mentioned in the birth/christening records of his children)