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Mansfield Drake Family
Richard Mansfield, son of John
Mansfield and
Elizabeth Unknown,
was born in
1611 in
Exeter, Devon, England and
died
January 10, 1655 in
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
He married
Gillian Drake on
August 10, 1636 in Saint Mary Arches Church, Exeter, Devonshire,
England.
Other Events in the Life of Richard Mansfield
Residence: He bought land from James Marshal, Exeter, in
1639 in Quinnipiac, now known as New Haven.
It was situated on the northwest corner of what is now Elm and
Church street, extending from near Temple street easterly and
round the corner northerly to a point near the present Wall
street. He owned another lot on State street, nearly
opposite the county bank building. In the schedule of the
first planters in 1641 he is rated at four hundred pounds,
thirty acres in the first division, six acres in the Neck,
twenty two acres of meadow, and eighty eight acres in the second
division. About this time he established his large farm and
built his dwelling house and farm buildings at a place called
East Farms in the second division on the present New Haven road,
where he lived until his death.
On
July 1, 1644, he took the Connecticut oath of fidelity
from Govenor Theopilus Eaton at General Court in New Haven.
Gillian Drake, daughter of
John Drake and
Elizabeth Rogers, was born
in 1615 in Exeter, Devonshire, England and died
on
December 8, 1669
in
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
Other Events in the Life of Gillian Drake
Other Spouses:
Alexander Field in 1657.
Residences:
After Alexander's death, she lived with her son Moses' family.
Children of Richard Mansfield and Gillian Drake
Joseph Mansfield
was born in
1637 in
Exeter, Devon, England and
died
November 15, 1692 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
Moses Mansfield
was born
about 1639 in New Haven, Connecticut and died October 3, 1703. He married first, Mercy Glover on May 5, 1664,
and later Abigail Yale after her death.
He was bestowed the rank and title of Major after defeating a
band of Indians in the King Phillip war at a battle, near
present day Mansfield, a town named after him.
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