Thomas Freke

1563 - 1633  (69 years)

• Name	Thomas Freke  [1]
  Birth	27 Sep 1563	Blandford, Dorset, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 May 1633	Warnford, Hampshire, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Shroton, Dorset, England   [2]
  Person ID	I17122	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	3 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Freke,   b. of Shroton, Dorset, England d. 1592
  Mother	Alice Swaine   d. 1577
  Family ID	F10486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 13 Sep 1567   d. 16 Jan 1641 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1587  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Freke,   b. 21 Mar 1598, Shroton, Dorset, England d. 30 Apr 1642 (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F10484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Knight of the shire for Dorchester, 1584, and for Dorset in 1604 and 1626. Sheriff of Dorset 1597-98 and 1611-12. Member, King's Council for Virginia, 1607 to at least 1612; Virginia Company from 1609.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6823] Leslie Mahler, "The English Ancestry of John1 Freake of Boston, Massachusetts, with His Descent from Edward I, King of England." The American Genealogist 86:257, 2012. [S2187] A Pedigree, or Genealogye, of the Family of the Frekes by Ralph Freke and John Freke, ed. William Freke, 14 Jul 1707. Published 1825. [S90] Stirnet.com, by Peter Barns-Graham., year only. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.