Draper, James^{[1, 2, 3]}

1654 - 1698  (44 years)

• Name	Draper, James
  Born	1654	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A5E7D9F40FD569499F521D6F7CCB9C67B6A0
  Died	30 Apr 1698	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England   [4, 5]
  Buried	First Parish Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England   [6]
  Person ID	I7434	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	Draper, James,   b. Jul 1622, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 13 Jul 1697, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Stansfield, Miriam,   b. 27 Nov 1625, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Jan 1701, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	21 Apr 1646	Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F3057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Whiting, Abigail,   b. 7 Jun 1663, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 25 Oct 1721, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England  (Age 58 years)  [2, 3]
  Married	18 Feb 1680	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA   [5, 7, 8]
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	6D7DF781D06D294E80B557EB186F4967C433
  Children	1. Draper, Abigail,   b. 29 Dec 1681, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. Massachusetts?   2. Draper, Nathaniel,   b. 2 Apr 1684, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 30 Dec 1721, Massachusetts?  (Age 37 years)   3. Draper, William,   b. 15 May 1686, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. Bef 1696, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England  (Age < 9 years)   4. Draper, Eunice,   b. 5 Jun 1689, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 13 Jun 1714, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England  (Age 25 years)   5. Draper, James,   b. 1691, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 14 Apr 1768, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England  (Age 77 years) + 6. Draper, Gideon Sr.,   b. 1694, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 1750, Killingly, Windham Co., CT, New England  (Age 56 years)   7. Draper, William,   b. 1696, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. MA, New England   8. Draper, Ebenezer,   b. 17 Apr 1698, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 3 Jun 1784, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1 _MILT 2 PLAC Military Rec.: King Philip's War, 1675-76 From Drapers in America James was a soldier in the King Phillip War during the year 1675. James recieved from his father, part of the family farm in Roxbury. This he sold to John Aldis and he then bought the estate below Baker Street where he and his wife kept and ordinary. the location of theis is fixed by James' Granddaughter, Jemima Turner. Her father, Ebenezer, when she was a girl, took her to visit the old house where he was born. (She related this to Dr. A. W. Draper.) It was from here that James and Exbenezer went to Green Lodge, Dedham. James was mortally injured during a wrestling match on May Day. As was the custom in England, this day was reserved for a festival, at which a maypole was erected, about which wrestling, pitching quoits and other games were held. On that day, an individual arrived at the maypole and declared himself the wrestling champion and took on all comers, all of whom he threw to the ground. The crowd was commenting that James Draper would be a good match for the man. No sooner said than James and his wife Abigail arrived together on horseback. James was urged to wrestle the champion. At first he declined, but was dragged from his horse, despite Abigail's attempts to keep him from being taken. He met the champion, and after having been given the signal, threw him to the ground. "Unfair" was cried by the bested man, and another match was declared. Again, he won the match. However, he severely broke the sinew in his leg and never recovered. James was carried back to his house and was never able to go out again. James and Abigail are buried in First Parish Cemetery, Dedham, MA, Their epitaph reads: 2 Samuel 1: 23. They were lovely & pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided. "The stroke of death, hath laid my head Down in this dark & silent bed, The Trump shall sound, I hope to rise, And meet my Saviour in the Skies." James death is recorded iIn the Roxbury Vital records. He is referred to as Sergt.

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Drapers in America, Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, (John Polhemus Printing Co., New York, 1892). [S118] GEDCOM File : GED Joanna Draper Anc.ged, 21 Feb 2003. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative. [S161] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, editor, (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1910), P. 2286. [S164] Roxbury Vital Records, (The Essex Institute, Salem, 1926), Vol. 2. [S162] Genealogical and Family History of New York, William S. Pelletreau, A.M., (Originally Published NY 1907, reprint for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD), p. 110. [S161] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, editor, (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1910), p. 2286. [S166] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence Almon Torrey, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. c. 1989), P. 230.