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John Drake of the Hon East India Company - father of Thomas John Drake who arrived at Petone 1840 on the ship Aurora - new information to hand. In summary: John had four siblings - three died in India - the fourth was Major William Drake of the 21st Madras Native Infantry (c1791-1850). John had six voyages with the HEIC before transporting convicts to Sydney via the ship Chapman in 1819. In 1832 he applied to the Poplar Fund for a pension and a transcript of his letters and related correspondence can be found at nzpictures.co.nz/drakejohn1813mtime.pdf
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:10:58 +0000

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