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

1691 - 1768  (77 years)

• Name	Draper, James
  Born	1691	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	510973E625A50D409D0014A8A3630679A806
  Died	14 Apr 1768	Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England   [5]
  Person ID	I7478	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Draper, James,   b. 1654, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 30 Apr 1698, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, New England  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	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)
  Married	18 Feb 1680	Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA, USA
  Family ID	F3055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aldis, Rachel,   b. 15 Mar 1689/1690, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, New England ,   d. 16 May 1717  (Age 27 years)  [2, 3]
  Married	2 May 1715  [1, 6]
  _UID	2EA5A89FE050094EA45088BC0BFAAFF27F6C
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Drapers in America, p. 33 James Draper, 5th child, 3d s. of James Draper and Abigail Whiting. m. 1st: May 2, 1716, Rachel, dau. of John and Mary Aldis. She was b. Mar. 15, 1690. d. May 16, 1717. He m. 2dly: Nov. 12, 1719, Abigail, dau. of Joshua Child and Elizabeth Morris, of Brookline, Mass. She was b. 1698. d. Nov. 23, 1767. She was a sister of Dorothy, who m. Ebenezer Draper. "Nov. 14, 1734, Church West Roxbury voted the dismission of Eb. Draper, James Draper, and Abigail, his wife, to ye church in Dedham." The reason James and Ebenezer left the house and ordinary at Baker Street, Roxbury, for Dedham, was want of room; the granite rocks on the one side, and the wet lands of Charles River on the other, limited their farming operations. They found in Green Lodge more room. Here they, with their cousin Jeremiah Whiting, who was a carpenter, removed and built each a house in style and character fully up to the time. They soon had their farms under way; in accordance, carrying on all branches of manufacture within themselves, each lending the other assistance, and, with their children, forming quite a flourishing village. Although some 13 miles from Boston, they sent to its market wood and charcoal and, in the summer, vegetables. The brothers kept four or five horses apiece, and carried the vegetables on horseback in panniers. The marketing was done by females, who often let themselves for the season. String and shell beans were an important article; it was not uncommon for them each to plant four or five acres. There were generally two persons at each place going on alternate days, it being considered too much for either person or animal to go on successive days without rest. Potatoes were considered too bulky to carry, except a few that were produced very early. Wood and charcoal were carried in ox carts, there being no wagons; they generally preferred to go in winter, and use sleds for coal and wood. The records of Dedham show that on Dec. 19, 1733, a highway was authorized to be laid out from the country road, beginning at the former line between Dedham and Dorchester, and running by the house of Jeremiah Whiting, at Green Lodge, and the houses of James and Ebenezer Draper, towards Dedham Meeting House, Green Lodge was an outlying settlement, about 2 miles E. from Dedham, on the present Green Lodge Road, on the Neponset River. It was much nearer to Dedham than to Dorchester; and, consequently, in the annals of Dedham, under date of Nov. 29, 1732, James Draper, Henry Crane, Robert Swan, Ebenezer Draper, Jeremiah Whiting and Thomas Witherby, of Stoughton (in Dorchester), petitioned the General Court, setting forth the great difficulties in attending upon the public worship of God, as well as civil and military duties, by reason of the great distance to Dorchester, and prayed that they might be, with their families and estates, set off from Stoughton and annexed to Dedham. This petition was granted, although Stoughton fought against it strongly. Captain James Draper had a negro servant, named Sharper Gulder, who was m. July 31, 1760, by the Rev. M. Tyler to Rozella Allen, a negro servant of Esther Fisher. James Draper was a Captain of the Trained Bands; was elected a Selectman in 1746, to serve one year, and again in 1756, to serve two years. He was a prosperous man, a large land owner, prominent in the affairs of the town of Dedham, and highly respected. CHILD, BY 1ST WIFE: I. John, b. Jan. 29, 1716. Bap. Mar. 10, 1717. d. Mar. 10, 1717. CHILDREN, BY 2D WIFE: II. James, b. Stoughton, Sep. 22, 1720. d. Spencer, Mar. 2, 1781. III. Abigail, b. Stoughton, Dec. 12, 1721. d. Spencer, Nov. 3, 1817. IV. John 2d, b. Stoughton, June 16, 1723. d. Dedham, Nov. 8, 1745. He went to Spencer in 1744, but his health was so bad that he returned to Dedham, where he died. (Unmarried.) V. Joshua, b. Stoughton; Dec. 25, 1724. d. Spencer, Oct. 27, 1792. VI. Josiah, b. Stoughton, Apr. 3, 1726. d. Aug. 18, 1726. VII. Josiah 2d, b. Stoughton, Sep. 12, 1727. VIII. Rebecca, b. Stoughton, June 30, 1729. d. Spencer, Jan. 30, 1820. IX. Mary, b. Stoughton, Sep. 24, 1731. X. Abijah, b. Dedham, July 13, 1734. d. Nov. 18, 1734. XI. Abijah 2d, b. Dedham, July 11, 1735. d. Feb. 13, 1737. 137. XII. Abijah 3d, b. Dedham, May 10, 1737. d. Dedham, May 1, 1780. 138. XIII. Samuel, b. Dedham, Dec. 5, 1740. d. Nov. 29, 1750.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [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. [S173] Vital Records of Dedham, Norfolk Co, MA (Deaths 1636-1844). [S164] Roxbury Vital Records, (The Essex Institute, Salem, 1926), Vol. 2.