Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameThomas (Thomas) Drake, 1C4R
Birth1790
Deathbef 1829
Baptism23 Jul 1790, St Andrew’s Church, Lammas, Norfolk, England
Note 1Prior to 1829, Thomas Drake’s farm at Stow Bardolph near Downham Market was managed by David Long (1800-55).
Note 2A Thomas Drake, aged 50, of Great Cressingham, Norfolk, was buried 29 Mar 1829 at St Michael’s Church, Great Cressingham.
FlagsDenn, Long
FatherThomas (---) Drake (?-1828)
MotherMary (David) Long (1752-<1828)
Marriagebef 1829
SpouseElizabeth Chapman (Joseph) Ransome ?, GG Grandmother
Birth1800
MemoAccording to the Snow family tree.
Death1891
Baptism21 Mar 1800, St Mary’s Church, Halesworth, Suffolk, England
Residencebef 1855, Dillington Hall, East Dereham, Norfolk, England
OriginBrought up at Lammas (Hautbois/Hautboys), Norfolk
Note 1Her parents appear to have died when she was a child. Apparently brought up by an aunt ‘Drake’ (presumably Mary Long m. Drake) and then married Thomas Drake, her first cousin. She appears in a daguerreotype photograph.
Note 2Described on her daughter Lucy’s birth record as “Elizabeth Chapman Drake Wood Ransome”.
Note 3Since she was apparently brought up by her aunt and married her first cousin, we assume that her mother Elizabeth Drake was the sister of Thomas Drake (?-1828).
Note 4The 1861 census has her at Dillington Hall, landed proprietor, with her son William, daughter Laura and visitors Mary Sands, Robert Long, her daughter Emily now Kingsford and three servants (two in the house and a groom).
FatherJoseph RANSOME (1775-?)
MotherElizabeth (---) Drake (1780-?)
Other spousesDavid (David) Long, GG Grandfather