THE DRAPERS IN AMERICA, BEING A HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THOSE OF THAT NAME AND CONNECTION. BY THOMAS WALN·MORGAN DRAPER, C. E.; M. E. CDrresj>ondg. Mnn. Dedham Hisle/. Socf)'. ,- Metn. Socly. •• Stm1 of the Rrvolution "#. Mmi. American Socly. Mecltl. Engs.; Mn11. Assos. Engs. of Va•• de. NEW YORK: Jon PolJISXtJS PJt1HT1Mc. CoMPAl'W, u, FuLTON Snucrr. z 8 9 :a. Entcn:d ac:cordilll: to Act or Coo- in the year z8go, by T. W.u.,o.)foRGAH D........, in the 08ice or the Li"br:arian or Coagraa at Wubial'°D, D. C. THE DRAPERS IN AMERICA. '" What craftsman art thou,' said the King._ • I pray thee telle me trowe ?' • I am ~ DRAPER. Sir, by my trade, Now telle me, what art thou?'" DEDICATION. This HISTORY is dedic:ited to those brave men who left Home and Fireside, for Conscience sake, and. who planted the seeds of the greatest of Republics. To those who answered the Lexington Alarm, and helped to conquer our land's Independence. To those who, later, were ever to the front in defence of the Unity of our Nation and one Flag. To them-one and all. May their descendants ever hold the name as synony­ mous with love of Country, Home and Liberty, emulate their deeds, and keep their memory green. PREFACE . .. 0 ye •ho proudly boau. In your free vein•, the blood or lircs like thCIC, Look to their lineament.I. DreAd lest ye lose Thcu- lllccncu in your t0ns. • • • • • Tum ye to Plymouth R~ and where they knelt, Kneel, lUld renew the vaw they breathed to God." S1GOI.TllN'EY, HE verse that heads this page seems particularly appropriate to peruse before T entering upon the task of reading the History of a Puritan family. I have care­ fully scanned the lives of all the descendants, and can truthfully say that they have been an ancestry of sound bodied, clear minded, Christi.in men and women; which is hardly to be over-valued. certainly not to be despised, by our posterity; and in spite of the verse attributed to Tom Moore- •• Seelc not too far, my bone1t friend, Pc:n:hancc you will find a rope at the other end." to which a friend called my attention when I began this history, those who foUow us may search in vain for a fulfilment of such a prophecy. ·· The Draper men have ever been to the front in all emergencies of private and public life. They have held offices of all kinds in the village, town, city, county or country. at home and abroad. They have been soldiers, sailors. statesmen. lawyers. doctors. engineers. authors, merchants, farmers, manufacturers. in the church and school, and have brought to each and every one of these occupations an earnestness and steadfastness of purpose and success of the highest order. The women, their wives and daughters, have not often had a role to play in public. but to whatever position they have been called, they have always fulfilled the duties assigned to them, not alone as helpmates and equal partners in life's struggles, but with credit to themselves and the name. and have ever, in the truest sense. been women. The author's thanks arc cspecialiy clue to-General \Villi:im F. Draper. of Hopedale, who has lent him not alone the kindly assistance of bis mind. but h:is freely given of his means, to make this undertaking a success: to Mr. Charles Draper. of W. Dedham, for his cordial hospitality; to Mr. Warren F. Draper. of Andover, for his efficient researches; VI. Preface. to James L. Draper. of Canton, to whom we are indebted for all the information on the Canton branch of the family; to Miss Adelaid H. Draper, of S. Boston, for the notes on the descendants of the sea captain, Samuel Draper; to Mrs. Samuel D. Mason and Dr. Frank E. Draper, of N. Attleboro, for their researches, kindly aid and generous hospi­ tality; ably seconded by the Misses Antoinette and Anna Draper, of Providence; to Mr. Thomas Draper, of New York. and Mrs. Dr. Eunice Draper Kinney, of Roxbury, for the information on the Irish branches of the family. Also to the secretarie~ and officers of the Mass. Genealogical Historical Society, the Boston Public Library, and the Dedham Historical Society; and to many more, whose help has been of exceeding value to the author. are his sincerest thanks and grateful acknowledgments due. \Vhen they, one and all, see their handiwork in these pages, they will feel, with the author, that this book is the work, not alone of him who has collated it. but of all the family. In the hundreds of replies received by the author, from all over the country, there has been but one discourteous one, which should prove to the satisfaction of all the gentleness and natural good manners of those who bear our name or are connected with that name. THOMAS \VALN-MORGAN DRAPER MARCH I, r8S)z. ST. GEORGE'S, Staten Island, N. Y. ABBREVIATIONS. s. son. dau. daughter. b. born. d. died. m. married. o. s. old style. The Latin numerals denote the number of the child in any given family in rotation. Example: IV. MARY-she is the fourth child, in rotation of birth, of her father. The regular numerals denote the number of any one person, the same number never being used twice in the same branch of the Drapers. Example: JAMES 17-a descendant of JAMES the PuRrTAN-JAllfES, a descendant of Captain Samuel Draper, which is an entirely different branch, would have a number of his own. Each branch begins with the number one (r). Preface. vii. AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. An Account of the Silver Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Draper at Westford, N. Y. Genealogical Tables of the" Griffitts Family," by Frank P. Griffitts. Ye Ancestors of Beulah Bradford Draper, by Geo. B. Draper. Sketch of the History of Attleborough, by John Daggett. Memoir of Dr. John William Draper, by George F. Barker. Memoir of Dr. Henry Draper, by George F. Barker. Ancestry of Calvin Guild and others, by Howard Redwood Guild. Biography of Dr. Lyman C. Draper, by Reuben G. Thwaites. Biographical Sketch of James Draper, of Canton. The Whitney Family History•. The Chandler Family History. Unrealized Ideals. In Commemoration of Robert Draper, of Canton, by Rev. Henry F. Jenks. History of Washington, N. H. History of Antrim, N. H .. by W. R. Cockrane. Sabine's "Loyalists." Trumbull"s "McFingal." History of Roxbury, by Francis S. Drake. History of Milford, Mass ..- by Adin Ballou. Historical Annals of Dedham, by Herrman Mann. Dedham Records, by Don Gleason Hill. Vol. I.. Church and Cemetery. Vol II., Births, Marriages and Deaths. · History of Spencer, Mass., by James Draper. History of North Brookfield, Mass .. by Temple. Boston, Mass., Church Records. Roxbury, Mass., Church Records. Sketches of the Town of Lancaster, Mass., by J. Willard. History of Printing in America. by Isaiah Thomas, LLD. Drake's History of Boston. Holton's Lists of Emigrants to the American Colonies. Hudson's History of Lexington, Mass. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary. History of Francestown, Mass. \Vight Genealogy. Wyman's Charlestown, Mass. Jackson's History of Newton, Mass. History of Concord, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln and Carlisle, by Lemuel Shattuck. List of Farm Owners in the States of Maine and Massachusetts. Genealogies and Estates oi Charlestown, by Thomas B. Wyman. viii. Preface, History of Medfield, Mass., hy \Vm. S. Tilden. Records of the Town of Dovi:r, Mass. Suffolk County, Mass., Recoi-ds. Records of the City of Boston, Mass. Vital Statistics of the Cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and many others. ENGLISH AUTHORITIES. Heptonstall Parish Church Records. Genealogical Guide, by Marshall. The Genealogist. History of the Parish of St. Leonards, by Henry Ellis. The Antiquities of Gainford, by J. R. \Valbran. J ewitt's Reliquary. Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. Nichols' History of the County of Leicester. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Arch:eological Society. Surtees' Durham. Thornton's Nottinghamshire. Miscelanea Genealogica et Heraldica. History of the County of York. History of Halifax. Burke's Extinct Baronetcies. Burke's General Armory. Nichols' Account of the Company of Ironmongers. " Junius' Letters." . History of the Family of Stansfeld, of Stansfeld, by John Stansfeld, 1885. Family Crest Book. Genesis of the United States. Preface, ix. DRAPERS IN Tlte On'jrziuzl Lists of Persons of Quality, Emz'granls, Rel:'g'ious Exz'ks, Polz'lica/ Re/Je/s, SeruiilJr-mm sold, Apj,rmlzces, Cnz1tirm slolm, Mazilms pressed, anti olms w!,o wml from Great Brilazn lo 1/te Amerzcan Planlalzims, 16oc>-1700. ___ -BY JOHN CAMDEN HATTON. Per ship "Faulcon" de London. Thos. Irish, Master. April 14, 1635 :-Joseph Drap (Draper), 21. To be transported to the Barbadoes. Per ship" Ann and Elizabeth." Jo. Brookhaven, Master. Bartholomew Draper, 20. Shipped to St. Christophers, Barbadoes. July 6, 1635. Per ship "Paul" of London. Leonard Betts, Master, bound to Vir­ ginia. Thomas Draper, 26. Robert Draper. A servant in the "Jacob." 1624, aged 16. (In the list of inhabitants in and about the towne of St. Michaels, Barbadoes, 168o, Robert Draper, the above, has two hired servants and five slaves.) · In the census of the living and dead in Virginia, Feb. 16, 1623, we find as residing at Elizabeth Citie, Henry Draper. Henrie Draper, aged 14, was a servant sent out in the "George," in 1621. Cleare Drap (Draper), ag. 30, went out in the "Francis," of Ipswich, Master, John Cutting, the last of April, 1634: FROM GENEALOGIE~ AND ESTATES OF CHARLESTO\VN AND CONCORD. ROGER DRAPER. m.