Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJames DRAPER
Birth29 Sep 1715, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts727, p 119,731, p 3,2581
Removalabt 1764, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont3342 Age: 48
Death28 Mar 1806, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont728, p 5 & p 11,2150 Age: 90
BurialShaftsbury Center Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont732, p 19,7287
FatherGideon DRAPER (1694-1750)
Individual Notes
• Lot number twenty seven to James Draper.4878

• We did have a chance to look through the cemetery in Shaftsbury. The James Drapers are some of the oldest tombstones in the cemetery. Did not see anything different than as listed in the transcription.3288, p 1
Census Data
• 1790 Census: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont. 3 males >16; 2 males <16; 3 females.1429
Spouses
Birthabt 1715, Massachusetts2151,2579
Death3 Jul 1745, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut728, p 11,735, Vol. 1, page 75 Age: 30
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherSamuel ALLEN (1692-)
MotherUNNAMED (~1693-)
Marriage1 Jun 1742, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts125, p 157,728, p 11; Brimfield Marriages VR, page 184,729, p 184,2151,3293
ChildrenJames (1742-1828)
 Sarah (1745-~1827)
Birth1720, Massachusetts158, date only,731, p 3; date only,2150
Memodied at age 81
Death12 Jun 1802, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont728, p 11,2150 Age: 82
BurialShaftsbury Center Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont732, p 19
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherSamuel ALLEN (1692-)
MotherUNNAMED (~1693-)
Census Data
• 1790 Census: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont.1429
ChildrenMoses (1747-)
 Hannah (1749-)
 Lydia (1750-1830)
 Ruhamah (1755-)
 Jonathan (1757->1816)
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