Vice-Adm. Francis William Drake ³

Born: 13 Jun 1724
Christened: 22 Aug 1724, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England ³
Partnership (1): Grace America Gredhill
Marriage (2): Elizabeth Heathcote on 3 Nov 1763
Died: Dec 1787 aged 63
Buried: Hursley, Hampshire, England

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Grace America Gredhill

Sir Francis Henry Drake Bt.

2. Elizabeth Heathcote

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

bullet Christening Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/2975324/person/-1687432213

And

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

bullet Death Notes:

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

bullet Burial Notes:

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

• General Comment. Governor of Newfoundland.
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

• Occupation. Vice-Admiral of the Red.
At the time the Royal navy was broken into three squadrons - Red, Bue and White.

Red was the senior sqadron followed by blue and then white.
Each squadron had an Admiral, a Vice-Admiral and a Rear-Admiral.
Promotion was sequential so Vice-Admiral of the Red would next be promoted to Admiral of the white.

http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheet_squadron_colours.html

Francis had a relationship with Grace America Gredhill, daughter of Col. Samuel Gredhill and Unknown.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon
She may have just been his mistress. Marriage is uncertain.

Francis next married Elizabeth Heathcote, daughter of Sir William Heathcote Bt. and Elizabeth Parker, on 3 Nov 1763. (Elizabeth Heathcote was born on 19 Oct 1730 in Hursley, Hampshire, England, died on 16 Apr 1797 and was buried in Hursley, Hampshire, England.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I119362&tree=Nixon

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There will inevitably be errors and omissions and the whole purpose of creating this online record, is to invite feedback and corrections.
The data is specifically for non-commercial use and my clear intention is to build family records. The data may, therefore, not be used in any way for the purposes of financial gain.

Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

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Vice-Adm. Francis William Drake ³