Reverend Thomas Draper

Ninth Generation - At this time this is an unsubstantiated theory. We believe that Thomas is Samuel Draper's father. It is anticipated that research will eventually substantiate it.

Thomas Draper and his wife raised a family. There is only one child known at this time:

Samuel Draper - born in the late 1600s

Excerpt: "Drapers in America", published 1892

"Capt. Samuel Draper led so exceedingly roving a life, and sailed to so many ports of the world, that he left few or no records of himself. The following information about Samuel Draper is largely conjectural. He is supposed to have been the wild son of a Church of England clergyman, one Thomas Draper, of Halifax, Yorkshire, England. The young man ran away to sea, and never there-after returned home. "

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