AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
NameJames Draper 
Birth21 Apr 1618, Heptonstall, England1220
FatherWilliam Draper (~1586-1635)
MotherGrace Mitchell (~1582->1636)
Spouses
Birth27 Nov 1625, Heptonstall, England
DeathJan 16971223
FatherGideon Stansfield (~1601-1658)
MotherGrace Eastwood (1602-1682)
Marriage21 Apr 1646, Heptonstall, England
Notes for James Draper
James' ancestors had lived along Draper's Lane in the village of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, in windswept northern England since at least 1415... But as other Puritan families had for a generation, they [made the journey]. Draper’s great-grandsons fought in the American Revolution. Moses fought in the Battle of Lexington; Samuel was a captain the Contintental Army and Jonathan was an officer who served with the Minutemen at Lexington.1224
He was known as "James the Puritan" because of his strict piety.1225
He was made a freeman in 1690 in Roxbury, MA. 1226
He was known as "James the Puritan" because of his strict piety.1225
He was made a freeman in 1690 in Roxbury, MA. 1226
Notes for Miriam (Spouse 1)
She was known as the “belle of Stansfield Hall”1227