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Heirs of Sir Francis Drake being sought for distribution of estate

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Re: Heirs of Sir Francis Drake being sought for distribution of estate

wr_whitney  (View posts) Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:47PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coombs, Drake, Banks,
My family is one of those who come partially from the Drake family. One of my Coombs men married Tacy Drake in KY. This story has been around awhile. True, there is no child produced by Sir Francis Drake; however, at that time, if there was a brother (George Drake) with a male child, and the brother died, then the living brother could claim that child as his. This is what happened in the case of our Sir Francis Drake and his brother George. If the persons who put up that award could ever educate themselves on that fact, there are many of us who could inherit the money/claims/etc. My idea is that there are so many of us that we may not get more than a few cents.

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