Ancestry of
Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

Elizabeth -----

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• • 10th Great-grandmother of Christopher Reeve — 13th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4671 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1604 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Oct 1681 
  • Death Location:
  • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Drake
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 9 Jan 1624 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth Drake (Ahnentafel No:2335 )

  Jacob Drake

  Mary Drake

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth's maiden name is said to be Rogers.

• Sources for Elizabeth -----

  • ¹ England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963, FHL No 4291976, Image 24, Baptism for daughter Elizabeth Drake.
  • ² England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963, FHL No 4291976, Image 27, Baptism record for daughter Mary Drake.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1959, Vol. 35, p. 24.
  • ⁴ Andrews, Henry Porter, The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Vol. 1, Saratoga Springs: G. W. Ball, Book and Job Printer (1893), 264.
  • ⁵ Gay, Frank B., The Descendants of John Drake of Windsor, Connecticut, Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company (1933), 2.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 141.

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