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• _UID: 5336AB5123B816438771B93AD1A19638E4E6

Notes:

From Drapers in America, p. 165-166

MOSES. (2. James, 1. Thomas.) 6th child, 3d s. of James Draper and Miriam Stansfield. m. 1st: July 7, 1684, Hannah, dau. of John Chandler. She was b. Sep. 9, 1669. d. July 9, 1692. He m. 2dly: Nov. 3, 1692, Mary Thacher, of Boston.

Moses Draper "confessed Jesus Christ" in 1683; was received into full communion and baptized "month 12, day 17;" Hannah, his wife, on "month 1, day 30," 1684, at the First Church, Roxbury. Hannah is buried in the Eustis Street or Eliot Burial Ground at Roxbury. The small gravestone is marked:

"Hannah Draper, ye wife of Moses Draper.
Aged 22 years, 8 Mos. 21 Das.
Dyed June ye 9, 1692."


A grant was made by the Town of Dedham to Moses Draper, near Stony River bridge, by Dedham road, for a blacksmith's shop for him and his successors, for this use and no other. He also had a blacksmith's shop in Boston, and it is generally supposed a small store there also. Mr. Draper died young, and of his children but one lived to grow up, or at least there are no authentic records of any descendants. The following are the official records relative to the settlement of his estate and administration of the same for his children:

Suff. Records, Lib. 13, Fol. 140. (Index Vol. 2.)


Letters of administration granted to Mary Draper, relict, wid. &c. On the estate of her late husband, Moses Draper, late of Boston, county of Suffolk, blacksmith, deceased. Letters granted the 9th day of November. 1693.

Ibid. Fol. 141. Inventory (Index Vol. 2), taken this 22d day of August, 1693, commences with household furniture--"item, One cow 1 15."; then follows shop tools; "One crank at Roxbury, weighing 1 ?? 8 lbs.", is one of the items, &c. &c., making 161, 18, 1.

And then follows "An inventory of his estate at Roxbury, taken the 25th day of Oct. 1693."


His dwelling house & barne 90
The shop with the land adjoining 10
The hay in the barne 2 10
1 pr. bellows 2, 5s. 1 vice 18s 3 3
1 brass kettle 1, 10s. 1 plough, 8s 1 18
1 acre of meadow at Beare Marsh 4
1 acre more at Hollison 2 10
7 acres of land at Dorchester 3
His first wife's wearing cloathes & child bed linnen 6 3

123 4
161 18 1

285 2 1

Approved, Nov. 9th, 1693.
Lib. 13, Fol. 355, Settlement of acct.
Dec. 26, 1695.


Lib. 13, Fol. 323.


Letters of guardianship appointing James Draper (7) to be guardian unto Hannah, the daughter of his brother, Moses Draper (9) of Boston, deceased, "being a minor about 7 years of age." Granted 1st. day of August, 1695.

Lib. 17, Fol. 73.


Roxbury, Moses Draper, son of late Moses Draper (9), blacksmith, being upwards of 16 years, having nominated and appointed my honord. uncle, Joshua Gee of Boston, shipwright, to be my guardian.

June 27th, 1710.

Lib. 21, Fol. 33.


Settlement of acct. of the estate of Moses Draper, late of Boston, deceased, merchant.

Nov. 10th, 1718.

Lib. 18, Fol. 212.


Joseph Grant of Boston, Shipwright, and Samuel Gore, of Roxbury, yeoman, appointed administrators of the estate of Moses Draper, shopkeeper, late of Boston.

Granted 19th January, 1714.

Lib. 19, Fol. 22, Index 3d. vol.


Inventory, dated Boston, March 29, 1715, beginning with 2 doz. combs at 4s., &c. amounting to 24 17 6.

Appraisers:
JOHN KILBY,
SETH DWIGHT,


Then follows an inventory dated Roxbury, (???), 1715, of the real estate of Moses Draper, late of Roxbury.


Housing & lambs in Roxbury, one dwelling house, one out house, one smith's shop, adjoining to the dwelling house, five acres of land, being planted out with an orchard, being formerly the land of Jacob Newel, as may appear from a deed from P. Newel to Moses Draper, of Roxbury, deceased. 102.
One small piece of land lying upon Meeting House hill, bounded towards the north, "heirs of John Ruggles, late of Rox. deceased," containing 24 feet square, as by deed from Sarah Allen & Wm. Cleaves to said Draper. 3.
One acre of fresh meadow, lying in Beases Marsh, as may appear by deed.
One acre of freash meadow lying within the range of lot, known by the name of Morrel's lot, bought of Capt. Timothy Stevens. 4.

Seven acres of land lying in the township of Dorchester, near a place commonly called Mother Brooks, bought of Baraciah Lewis, his part in it. 4.
Item. Said Draper's interest & right with his sister's Hannah Gore, in two 19 acre lots, lying in Woodstock, in part of it commonly called the Old Town, half, with the after right his part, 10.

Signed: EDWARD BRIDGE,
JOSIAH HOLLAND,
THOMAS MORY.

Approved, January, 16th, 1715.


CHILDREN, BY 1ST WIFE:
1978. I. Hannah, b. Roxbury, Apr. 8, 1686. m. John Gore.


The Probate Court appointed her uncle, James Draper, 7, her guardian on Aug. 1, 1695, after the death of her parents.

1979. II. Elizabeth, b. Roxbury, 1687. d. Nov. 5, 1687.
1980. III. Elizabeth 2d, b. Roxbury, Nov. 17, 1688. d. Nov. 17, 1688.



CHILDREN, BY 2D WIFE:
1981. IV. Moses, b. Boston, Sep. 12, 1693. Bap. Second Church, Boston, Sep.
17, 1693.


On June 27, 1710, being then 16 years old, he chose his uncle, Joshua Gee, shipwright, of Boston, as his guardian. (He is supposed to have m. Mary Allen or Aldis, of Boston, Nov. 26, 1743. This is not at all authentic, and there are no traces of any descendants.)

10. DANIEL. (2. James, 1. Thomas.) 7th child, 4th s. of James Draper and Miriam Stansfield. m. Nov. 16, 1691, Elizabeth Brackett.


CHILDREN, B. ROXBURY:
I. Elizabeth, b. Sep. 9, 1692. d. Sep. 12, 1692.
II. Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1695. d. Sep. 17, 1703.
III. Mary, b. Nov. 5, 1698. d. Oct. 25, 1775. m. Apr. 4, 1722, by Rev.
Jacob Belcher, Captain Hezekiah Allen, s. of Joseph Allen and
Hannah Sabin, of Dover. He was b. 1692. d. Aug. 16, 1775.
Both are buried in Dover, Mass. They lived first in Medfield,
moved from there to Weston, and finally settled in Dover.
Children:--I. Hezekiah, 1990. b. Apr. 15, 1724. II. Mary, 1991.
b. July 2, 1727. III. Timothy, 1992. b. Aug. 31, 1729. d. Nov.
23, 1736. IV. Elizabeth, 1993. b. Aug. 7, 1731. V. Hannah, 1994.

b. Nov. 21, 1733. VI. Mehetable, 1995. b. Apr. 30, 1736. VII.
Abigail, 1996. b. Mar. 22, 1742.
IV. Miriam, b. July 16, 1701. d. same day.
V. Mehetable, b. June 19, 1705.
VI. Daniel 2d, b. Nov. 3, 1707. d. Feb. 2, 1764.
VII. Timothy, b. Apr. 12, 1711. d. Feb. 10, 1774.
VIII. Elizabeth 2d, b. 17--. d. Sep. 15, 1728.

Other Events:

• Occupation: weaver
• Religion: Congregational Church
• Residence: 1647/50 -- emigrated from England
• _UID: 0E0C6ADA692E3B4B96BD2C222693E5460037
• Baptism: 28 Jul 1622, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

From: "The English Ancestry of James Draper," TAG, Vol. XV, p 241

"According to Roxbury town records, James Draper died July 13, 1697. This date is probably correct. That he did not die in 1694 is evident from the fact that he deeded land to his son James Draper, Jr., March 13, 1697 [1696/97]. See Suffolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 38, folio 193....

"The writer has not seen any evidence that he was in Roxbury before he settled in Dedham, Jan. 2, 1653/4. According to a deed made Oct. 3, 1667, he was then 'of Dedham.' The birth of his daughter Patience, Aug. 17, 1668, was entered in Roxbury records. It appears then, that he removed to Roxbury in 1667 or 1668."

From: GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF BOSTON AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, William Richard Cutter, Editor. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1910. Page 2286.

James, son of Thomas Draper, was the immigrant ancestor. He was born in Heptonstall in 1618, and came to New England about the time he came of age, and from 1640 to 1650 was a pioneer and proprietor of the town of Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1654 he became a proprietor of Lancaster, Massachusetts, but remained in Roxbury, and died there in July 1694 [probably 13 July 1697], aged seventy-three years [probably 75]. His grave in the old Roxbury churchyard is marked by a stone. He was admitted a freeman in 1690. From his exceedingly strict piety he was known in his day as 'James the Puritan,' and thus is still known to genealogists and historians. He was the owner of several looms, and followed his trade of clothier in this country. He married, April 21, 1646, at Heptonstall, England, Miriam Stansfield, born there November 27, 1625, daughter of Gideon and Grace (Eastwood) Stansfield. She died at Roxbury, December-January, 1697. Her epitaph reads: 'Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Marrian Draper, wife of Mr. James Draper, aged about 77 years. Dec.-Jan. 1697.' The stone appears to be one of the oldest in the burying ground. Children: 1. Miriam, born in England, February 7, 1646-47; died there. 2. Susannah, born 1650 at Roxbury; married John Bacon of Charlestown. 3. Sarah, born 1652, at Roxbury. 4. James....[born in Roxbury, in 1654, and died there April 30, 1698; soldier in King Philip's War in 1675-76; married February 18, 1681, Abigail Whiting; seven children]. 5. John, born April 24, 1656, at Dedham, Massachusetts; died April 5, 1749. 6. Moses, born at Dedham, September 26, 1663; died at Boston, August 14, 1693. Daniel, born May 30, 1665, at Dedham, and died there. 8. Patience, born August 17, 1668, at Roxbury. 9. Jonathan, born March 10, 1670, at Roxbury; died there February 28, 1746-47; married Sarah Jackson."

[Discrepancies: Text above says that James was from 1640 to 1650 a pioneer and proprietor of the town of Roxbury, MA; however, it also says that he was married in England in 1646 and had a daughter born in England in 1646-47. Text gives July 1694 as death date; James Scott says July 1691 (1618 + 73 = 1691). Clarence Almon Torrey's TAG article, 1938/39, the most reliable source, states 1697.]

LDS Ancestral File (ver. 4.13):

Shows James Draper's birth date as 28 July 1622, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; his father as William Draper], born 1586 Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; his mother Grace Mitchell born about 1582, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.

From "The Drapers in America":

"The reasons for the migration of the earlier Drapers to America were principally religious ones. Those who have come later have done so in the hope that in this freer land of ours, their chances in life were better, which has proven to be the case. The earlier religious and political exiles have in some instances left their mark and a posterity; others have dropped entirely from sight; all have been accounted for as far as possible. But one especially rises up through the misty tangle of over two centuries to be a lesson and a beacon for the guidance, not alone of his own posterity, but of all who bear the name he did - James Draper - called variously, the "First," the "Emigrant," and best, truest of all, "The Puritan," for that he was persecuted for "Righteousness' Sake" in the old home. It was during the reign of King James I. that the excitement under the laws relating to the uniformity of religion arose. The Puritans, to avoid the persecutions which these laws would inflict upon them and to enjoy in peace the mode of worship they deemed most consonant to the Scriptures, emigrated in large numbers to Holland and the New World, settling in Plymouth and Massachussetts Bay, in 1620. The spirit of individual independence and the love of personal liberty and freedom of conscience which was aroused by the great religious excitement, had a deep influence on James as it had upon his father, Thomas Draper, and his brothers. What we learn of him hereafter very largely goes to prove this; be this as it may, he caught the feeling which was carrying so many to the rugged shores of the Western World, and with others from this same neighborhood, who cherished sentiments adverse to the claims of the Established Church, and the Prerogatives of Royalty concerning it, he, with his wife, Miriam, emigrated to this country but a few years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The exact date cannot be ascertained, but from careful research and calculation, the author believes it to have been in the year 1647-8. The first public Record of James is in 1654, as one of the proprietors of the newly laid out Town of Lancaster. But he had not lived there, but in Roxbury where, shortly after his arrival, he built what, for those early days, was considered a very substantial house. A picture of this building is inserted in this History, and the house stood until destroyed by fire some 20 years ago. Near its site stands a slightly more modern one, which was built by his son and is, to this day, occupied by one of his descendants. James gave largely of his means and time to build the Church and sustain it; and he was foremost in its councils and those of the Town. In the old cemetery at Roxbury he and his wife lie buried together, and one slab marks their common grave. The authenticity of connection between the Drapers of Heptonstall, England, and of James Draper and his descendants of Roxbury, Mass., is very clear. Not alone by the English Records, but by the following affidavits made many years ago, and amply proven to the entire satisfaction of Dr. Abijah Draper, his son, Dr. Abijah Weld Draper, and the celebrated Historian, Dr. Lyman Copeland Draper: "John Draper, of Dedham, aged eighty-two years or thereabouts, under oath declares that he hath often heard his father and mother say, that the deponent's grandfather's name was Thomas Draper, who lived in Heptonstall Brige or Bridge, in Yorkshire, and was a clothier by trade, and had sons, Thomas, John, William, and James - the deponent's father. The three former died in England, never came to this country, and two sisters, Mary and Martha, who also died there. The deponent's mother's surname was Stansfield, dau. Of Gideon Stansfield, alias Standfast, of the same place in Yorkshire, near the said Bridge, blacksmith by trade, who only had one son, that had not the use of speech, and the deponent's said mother, Meriam, and Abigail, who came together into this country, and who left their said father, Gideon, in Yorkshire, and who had estate there, but the deponent knows not what became thereof." New England, Provonce of Massachusetts Bay, Suffolk, SS. Roxbury, Mass., 25th April, 1742. "Then John Draper made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed, before Wm. Dudley, Justice of the Peace for said Province." (The above is a copy of a paper in the possession of William Draper, Roxbury, May, 1808, copied by Dr. Abijah Draper, and the copy in possession of Dr. Abijah Weld Draper - 1854 - and already transcribed from the original by Dr. Lyman Copeland Draper. The time of his (James Draper's) coming to this country is not ascertained, but that he was married here, as it would seem from the above deposition that Meriam and Abigail "came together to this country." The earliest record yet found of his name in Roxbury records of Births, etc., "1668, Patience, daughter of James Draper (born or baptized), Aug. 11th.") "I, Thomas Baker, of Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Province of Mass. Bay, in New England, yeoman, in the 78th year of my age, do testify and declare, that about 70 years ago, I well knew one James Draper, who then followed the business of a weaver, but I have heard he was a cordwainer; and he was then an old man, I believe between 60 and 70 years of age, and then lived in said town of Roxbury. I also well knew said James Draper's wife, and they often declared, and I always understood, that they came from Yorkshire, in Old England; and I also knew the sons of said James Draper, which he had by his 2d wife, who I always understood came from England after he, the said James, came to this country; and the names of their sons were James, John, Moses, Daniel and Jonathan; and I was well acquainted with them, and I knew that the same James was the eldest son of the first mentioned James Draper, who is long since dead. And I do further declare, that the last mentioned James (by his wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Whiting) had five sons, to wit: Nathl., William, James, Gideon and Ebenezer; but William died young, and I was not well acquainted with him, but I was well acquainted with the others - and that the same Nathanl. lived and died in said Roxbury and was the same James's oldest (son) and goes on to substantiate to the 2d Nath." (Signed) Thos. Baker. The above was sworn to the 12th of February, 1754, before Saml. Watts and Ebenezer Pierpont. Justices of the Peace & Quorum. The author of this book, however, had the advantage not only of the English records but of some American ones not reached by the three doctors, and is able to furnish the proofs in these pages that James the Puritan had but one wife - Miriam. Also that Miriam and her sister, Abigail, did come together from England; but the former was already the wife of James Draper, as the Heptonstall Parish Records amply denote. Her sister, Abigail, however, married in this country, Samuel May, of Boston, May 7, 1654. She was then 16 years old and must have been a child when she came to America with her sister."

"Although James Draper is found in history as one of the original proprietors of the Town of Lancaster, there is no evidence that he ever lived there. His first residence was in Roxbury, and there Sarah, Susanna and James, his first American children, were born. He then moved into the next Town of Dedham, for we find that his sons John, Moses and Daniel were born there, and the following official data from the records of that town confirms this view. He probably then returned to his first home in Roxbury where his youngest children, Patience and Jonathan, were born, and where he and his wife are buried. He was made a Freeman of Roxbury in 1690. All of Roxbury is now contained within the corporate limits of the City of Boston, yet it is still the country, and not yet built up to any extent, leaving the old landmarks untouched. James was also for a short time in Charlestown, Mass., for we find him notified in 1676, and that he sold to Jonathan Carey part of an orchard there in 1672. Deed recorded 1684."

From Drapers in America

Administration Bond of James Draper. Aug. 19, 1697.
Know all men by these presents That We, James Draper, Jonathan Draper, John Davis, Yeoman, and Joseph Warren, Carpenter, all of Roxbury within the County of Suffolk--within his Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto William Houghton Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills and Granting administrations within the said County of Suffolk, in the full sum of Four hundred pounds currant money in New England. To be paid unto the same William Houghton his successors in the said Office or Assignes. To the true payment whereof, we do bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Administrations jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the ninteenth day of August Anno Domini 1697.


Armog R. Rs. Gulieane Fertu Anglio di nono.
The condition of this present obligation is such that the above bounden James & Jonathan Draper appointed administrators of all and singular the Goods chattels Rights and Credits (lying and being in the County of Suffolk aforesaid, and elsewhere within the Province) of their Father James Draper late of Roxbury aforesd Weaver, deceased intestate, do make a true & perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels Rights & Credits of the said deceased at the time of his death which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said James & Jonathan Draper or any other person or persons for them do well and truly administer according to law. And further do make or cause to be made a just & true account of the said administration upon oath at or before the Nineteenth day of August which will be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety eight, and all the rest & residue of the said Goods Chattels Rights & Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Account (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations within the said County of Suffolk) shall deliver & pay unto such person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or sentance pursuant to law shall limit or appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will or testament was made by the Deceased and the Executor or Executors therein named do Exhibit the same into the said Court of Probate making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly. If the said James & Jonathan Draper, within bounden, being thereunto required do render & deliver the said letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made) into the Registers Office of the County of Suffolk aforesaid. Then the within written obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to abide and remain in full force and virtue.

Sealed & Delivered JAMES DRAPER (SEAL)
in presence of JONATHAN DRAPER (SEAL)
BENY 2 ELIOTT JOHN DAVIS (SEAL)
EDWARD HUMFREY. JOSEPH WARREN (SEAL)

An Inventory of the Estate of James Draper, late of Roxbury, Weaver deceased. Approved
by us the Subscribers.

s. d.
To house & shop and halfe barne & home lands 25 00 00
To one acre & roode of meadow in Deadham 1 00 00
To rights of lands in Deadham bounds 2 00 00
to 1 mare & 2 cows 7 00 00
To one swine 0 15 00
To corn and apples and to bakon 3 15 00
To mirror and brass 5 00 00
To iron tongues fireshovel handirons & other things 1 10 00
Chairs, tables, pails, dishes 1 00 00
To agur and other small things 2 10 00
To beds & bedding 9 00 00
Wooling and lining clothes 2 00 00
to books 1 00 00
Chests, boxes, cubord 1 00 0
to yarn lining & wooling 1 00 0
Wheels and lumber 1 10 0
looms and tacklin 5 00 0
Cart and a cidar mill 1 10 0

72 00 0



JOHN ALLDIS
THOMAS LION


Suffolk. By the Honorable Wm. Houghton Esq. Judge of Probate, etc., Jonathan
Draper, surviving Administrator of the Estate of his Father James Draper late of Roxbury,
Weaver, deceased, Exhibeted the above written And made oath that it contains
a just and true Inventory of the Estate of the said Deceased. So far as hath come to
his knowledge And that if more hereafter appears he will cause it to be added.


BOSTON. May 12, 1698. WM. HOUGHTON.


Suffolk, The Account of Jonathan Draper Admt. of all & singular the Goods Chattels
Rights and Credits of his father James Draper late of Roxbury Weaver Deceased.


The said Accountant Chargeth himself with all and singular the Goods Chattels etc. of the Deceased specified in an Inventory Exhibited into the Registry of the Court of Probate on the day of Amounting in the whole to ye sum of 73 10 0.

And prays Allowance of the following:

Payments.

Letter of Administration 00 7 6
Recording the Inventory 00 2 6
Funeral charges for my Father 6 7 10
Do. for my Mother 6 6 00
Rates paid to the Constable 0 12 6
Paid John Puffer 1 10 6
Paid a debt of keeping my Mother 3 years & six months 50 0 0
For allowing Drawing & Recording this Account 0 9 0

65 17 10


Suffolk. By the Honorable Samuel Sewell
Esq. Judge of Probate, etc.
Jonathan Draper, surviving Administrator presented the above written and made oath
that it contained a just and true account of his administration on the Estate of his
Father James Draper late of Roxbury Deceased And Produced Receipts and Vouchers
for several payments therein mentioned. Which I do accordingly allow and approve of.
SAMUEL SEWALL.
Lib. S. Folio 173. June 9, 1718.


From Genealogical and Family History of New York by William S. Pelletreau, AM
Originally published NY 1907, reprinted for Clearfield Co., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD 1998

p. 110
James's first residence in America was Roxbury, Massachusetts, and there his children were born. From Roxbury, he moved to Dedham. Later, he probably returned to Roxbury, where he and his wife died and are buried.

James married Stansfield, Miriam 21 Apr 1646, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. Miriam (daughter of Stansfield, Gideon and Eastwood, Grace) was born 27 Nov 1625, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died Jan 1701, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA; was buried Jan 1701, Westerly Cemetery, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Religion: Congregational Church
• _UID: 8BE9B85FD6CA084EBE03062446C1231CB298
• Baptism: 27 Nov 1625, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN 1691/92
2 PLAC Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
2 SOUR S2544
3 PAGE Vol. 2, but see her notes
1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN 1696/97
2 PLAC Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
2 SOUR S1942


From: "The English Ancestry of James Draper," TAG, Vol XV, p 241

"His sons James and Jonathan were appointed administrators of his estate, Aug. 19, 1697, his widow Miriam having declined administration. Jonathan Draper, the surviving administrator, rendered his account June 9, 1718. One item is:

"Paid a debt of keeping my Mother 3 years & 6 months L50 0 0

"Undoubtedly, this debt was for keeping his mother after her husband's death. As he died July 13, 1697, and she survived him at least three years and six months, it is evident that she did not die in January 1697, but survived at least until January 1700/01."

Petition of Widow Miriam to Judge of Probate Court, Suffolk Co., Mass. No. 2387.
"As the Honorable Wm. Houghton Esq. Judge of Probate is informed that I am leaft a widow throu God's providence therefore I do desire that my youngest son Jonathan Draper with my Eldest son James Draper may have adminestraytion granted unto them one the Estate of my deseased Husbands Estate I being agad and Crosey and not able forto undertack a invuny.

August 19, 1697. MARIAM DRAPER. M.
JOHN ALLDIS. her mark.
JONATHAN WHITING.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Yeoman
• _UID: B61DB0A0BFDB1E4BB3A3EB14898C73D1D471

Notes:

"The English Ancestry of James Draper,: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, Vol. XV, 1938-1939, p 237:

Mar. 4, 1634. Will of William Draper of Heptonstall, yeoman: to be buried in Heptonstall, Had given by deed of Ffeoffment to Thomas Draper, eldest son. All Messuage or tenement in the Stoneslacke that Testator then dwelt in, with all lands and grounds to same belonging, upon consideration that said son promised to pay to Testator or his assigns sum of L 20 pounds whereof L 3.7 had already been received. To Mary, Martha, Sara and Susan Draper, daughters, remainder of said sum of L 20 (i.e. L 16.13.-.) to be paid to them within one year of decease of Testator. To William Draper, second son, and his heirs for ever, messuage called Clay crofte and all houses lands &c to same belonging, situate at Heptonbridge, and then in occupation of said William Draper, T'tor, provided he paid out of said messuage sum of L 26 within two years of decease of Testator to said four daughters equally to be divided between them, or if he refuse so to do, said property bequeathed to said four daughters equally. To John Draper, son, and his heirs for ever, several houses messuages garden &c and one house and cottage called Northwell and close of land called Barkepitt, lying in Heptonstall, in the several tenures of John Robertshay, Richard (? Harswell), Henry Warley, Michael Utley, and said house at Northwell in occupation of said William Draper, testator, provided he paid out of said messuages and lands sum of L 20 within space of 5 years to said four daughters equally to be divided between them, but if he refuse so to do said property bequeathed to said four daughters equally.
To Grace, wife, and to James and Susan, two youngest children, all said house and lands before bequeathed to said son John and issues rents and profits of same for the two years immediately following decease of Testator. To James Draper, infant son, and his heirs for ever, all messuage called Croshill and houses lands common of pasture and turbary &c thereon belonging in Heptonstall then in tenure of John Grenewode, John Denby and Thomas Draper, provided that said James paid out of said messuage and lands sum of L 20 to said four daughters within space of 8 years of decease of Testator, otherwise said bequest to be divided between said four daughters equally.
To Grace, wife, 1 white cow. To John and James, sons, 1 pair of lambs each.
Grace, wife, to be tutor of said son James and of his lands &c, and to have her right in and through all lands and houses according to the custom of the Province of York.
To said four daughters all residue of goods to be equally divided.

4 March 1634. Executor Grace Draper, wife.

Witnesses: Michaell Hellwell MH his mark, Thomas Foster T his mark, William Whitwham.

No date of proof shewn.

16 Feb 1636-7. Administration of the goods of William Draper of Heptonstall in the County of York, deceased, was granted to Ellen [sic] Draper, his lawful relict and widow."

William married Mitchell, Grace 29 Aug 1603, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. Grace (daughter of Mitchell, Gregory and Cocroft, Ester) was born 1582, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died 1634, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 8E919209EAF1DD49961F5392CF5A52CB9B64
• Baptism: 1 Sep 1604, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England

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• Residence: Wadsworth, Yorkshire, England
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Notes:From "The Drapers in America":

"The Family of Stansfield, or Stansfeld of Stansfeld, as anciently written, trace their descent from Wyon Maryon, the descent of a noble line in Brittany and a companion-in-arms of William the Conqueror, who obtained from his Royal Master a grant of the extensive Township of Stansfeld in the county of York, England, and assuming therefrom his surname, was founder of this Family. His descendants have remained in this county ever since, enjoying high respectability. The ancient residence, Stansfeld Hall is still to be seen in the once beautiful valley of the Todmore. Like the Drapers, branches have scattered over the British Isles and America."

From an unknown source:

"The Stansfields, or Stansfeld of Stansfeld as anciently written, were of French or Brittany ancestry, like the Drapers. They can trace their descent from Wyon Maryon, a descendant of a noble line in Brittany and a companion in arms of William the Conqueror. William granted them the extensive township of Stanfield, York County, England. The Stansfields and Drapers have been closely connected in England for centuries. Their native place of residence was the villiage and parochial chapelry in Halifax Parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. They were finally brought together when James the Puritan married Miriam Stansfield.


From Drapers in America

Of Gideon Stansfield, alias Standfast, of the same place in Yorkshire, near the said Bridge, blacksmith by trade, who only had one son, that had not the use of speech, and the deponent's said mother, Meriam, and Abigail, who came together into this country, and who left their said father, Gideon, in Yorkshire, and who had estate there, but the deponent knows not what became thereof.

Gideon married Eastwood, Grace 21 Feb 1624/1625, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. Grace (daughter of Eastwood, Gilbert and Thewles, Elizabeth) was born 29 Jan 1602, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died 12 Aug 1682, Heptonstall?, Yorkshire, England; was buried 14 Aug 1682, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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About the year 1400, a common Draper ancestor came to England from the
Netherlands, Normandy or Brittany. The Drapers are native of
Yorkshire, England, and they were of or near Heptonstall. They were
large land holders in Yorkshire as early as 1400. Undoubtedly, all of
the Drapers in that area descended from William, John and Henry le
Drapour.

To be a draper means to deal in cloth. A clothier and fuller was
one who manufactured cloth and fulled it ready to be made into
clothes. He was a weaver of clothes by means of a loom and used water
power for the fulling. The wool or flax was raised by him and carded,
spun and weaved into cloth, sent to the clothier's mill to be fulled,
colored, shorn and finished, ready on the return to be made into
clothes.

Thomas Draper was a clothier and fuller.


From: GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS RELATING TO THE FAMILIES OF BOSTON AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, William Richard Cutter, Editor. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1910. Page 2286.

"Thomas Draper, father [grandfather] of the American immigrant, lived and died in the parish of Heptonstall, vicarage of Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He himself was a clothier by trade. Children: Thomas, John, William, James (mentioned below [see James Draper "Notes"]), Mary, Martha. All remained in England excepting James."

From: "The English Ancestry of James Draper" by Clarence Almon Torrey, TAG, Vol. XV (1938/39), p 242:

"....It is unfortunate that the volume containing the earliest records of Heptonstall parish was lost or destroyed many years ago. The volume doubtless contained important records relating to the Draper and related families.

"The ancestry of Thomas Draper, James Draper's grandfather, can probably be found by securing further information from English records, including probate and land records. Many residents of Yorkshire held land by leases which could be transferred to other persons. Information about the leases and transfers of holdings is readily secured by searching the records at Wakefield. The writer has not made any plans for continuing the search and no further report from him about the Drapers of Yorkshire may be expected."

From The American Genealogist, Vol. XV, 1938-1939, p 237:

"21 June 1603. Will of Thomas Draper of Stoneslacke in Heptonstall:
To be buried at Heptonstall.To Grace Draper, daughter, sum of L 6.13.4. to be paid within a quarter of year after decease and further sum of L 13.6.8. to be paid within one year of decease. To Abraham, Thomas, and said Grace Draper, children, certain wearing apparel amd furniture, to be delivered to them at discretion of Cristall Sultonstall and Elizabeth Naylor, sisters-in-Law. William Draper, son, to be executor and tutor and guardian of Thomas Draper, son.
Richard Naylor, supervisor.

Witnesses: Richard Sutcliffe, Richard Naylor, William Scalfeild, William Hindley.

Proved 6 October 1603.

Thomas married Newall, Grace Bef 1580, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. Grace (daughter of Newall, James) died 21 Jun 1600, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; was buried 21 Jun 1600, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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Gregory married Cocroft, Ester Bef 1582, England. Ester was born 1564, England; died , England. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: 11 Mar 1630/1631, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England

Abraham married Dean, Maria 22 Jan 1598/1599, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England?. Maria (daughter of Dean, Robert) was born 1579, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died , Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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Gilbert married Thewles, Elizabeth 31 Jan 1596/1597, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth was born 1576, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; died , Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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