Roger Drake junior

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???? - 1770

Biography

Will of Roger Drake merchant New Broad Street proved 01/02/1770. In the will he left the income from half his estate as soon as it could be disengaged from trade to his mother with remainder to his brother George Drake, and the other half directly to George.

Sources

PROB 11/954/330.

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Absentee?

British/Irish

Relationships (2)

Roger Drake junior

Son → Father

Roger Drake senior

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Roger Drake junior

Brothers

George Drake

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LBS has inferred that the brother of George Drake was Roger Drake junior (d. 1770) rather than Roger Drake the younger (d. c....

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People of Interest

Ann Katherine Storer (née Hill)

1785 - 1854

Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Roger Drake junior', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146651027 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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