Sir Thomas Freke

1563 - 1633  (69 years)

• Name	Sir 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	27 Feb 2023

  
  

  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.