Our Family Story
The Draper family was
originally from the Netherlands. John
le Drapour and his brothers, William and Henry, were cloth weavers
by trade. They moved to England six hundred years ago, and
established their business in Yorkshire.
Three Hundred years later, in
the late17th century, Samuel Draper ran away from
the home of his father, Thomas Draper,
an English Clergyman. He became a Pirate, who
sailed the "Seven Seas", eventually settling his family near Boston,
Massachusetts
It was the
custom of the Captain to name his sons after the port in which they were
born, or to which the ship was bound. His son
Boston Draper was our ancestor.
The Draper pages have two main
components: Descendants of Samuel's son, Boston,
and Samuel's Yorkshire ancestors,
Ari
Draper's pedigree chart maps his ancestry.
The Ancestors of Tryphena Brown -
The Thomas Brown family came to Concord, Massachusetts in about 1638
from England. Eventually their Great Great Granddaughter Tryphena,
married Boston Draper and they raised their family in Boxborough,
Massachusetts.
The Carpenter pages have two
main sections. The Descendants of Reuben S.
Carpenter and the Ancestors of
Robert N. Carpenter, Reuben's father. Robert's ancestor, Captain
William Carpenter, came to America in the ship "Bevis" in 1638, and
settled in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Nearly three hundred of his
descendants fought in the Revolutionary war. Reuben's daughter Harriet,
married into the family of Ari Draper.
The Pennocks of Madison County -
Ira and Freelove Pennock came to Madison County, New York in the early
1800s. They were born in Washington County NY. Their son
Ebenezer, became one of the largest
property holders in central New York State. Their daughter
Hannah, married Reuben S. Carpenter.
Our Madison County Families - The
Bender, Carpenter, Draper, and Pennock families started moving to
Madison County, New York in the 1830's. Many of their descendants still
live there.
Boston Draper's family
are descendants of Samuel Draper, a young man from
Heptonstall, Halifax, (WRY) Yorkshire, England.
"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 thereafter returned home."
"In course of time
Samuel Draper became a captain of a ship, which it is more than probable was on
buccaneering intent. Whilst in some port of the kingdom of Spain he carried off
a Spanish girl, and it is presumed made her his wife. She thereafter always
sailed with him. They had children, and it was the custom of the Captain to name
his sons after the port in which they were born, or to which the ship was bound.
We have, therefore, 1.
Boston Draper, 2. Newburyport Draper, 3. New York
Draper, and, an exception, 4. James Draper. Legend gives us the names of New
York and Newburyport Draper, but we have only authenticated, through old
documents which have been available to us, the names of Boston and James."
Reference, "Drapers in
America" published in 1892 by Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper.
Captain Samuel Draper's Story
The coat_of_arms of
the Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire Draper family is:
