Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJames DRAPER
Birth29 Sep 1715, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts1581, p 119,1582, p 3,1583
Removalabt 1764, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont1584 Age: 48
Death28 Mar 1806, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont1180, p 5 & p 11,1178 Age: 90
BurialShaftsbury Center Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont1585, p 19,1144
FatherGideon DRAPER (1694-1750)
Individual Notes
• Lot number twenty seven to James Draper.1586

• 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.1167, p 1
Census
• 1790 Census: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont. 3 males >16; 2 males <16; 3 females.1587
Spouses
Birthabt 1715, Massachusetts1589,1590
Death3 Jul 1745, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut1180, p 11,1591, Vol. 1, page 75 Age: 30
Ancestral File #CVRN-7H1590
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherSamuel ALLEN (1692-)
MotherUNNAMED (~1693-)
Marriage1 Jun 1742, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts1592, p 157,1180, p 11; Brimfield Marriages VR, page 184,1175, p 184,1589,1593
ChildrenJames (1742-1828)
 Sarah (1745-~1827)
Birth1720, Massachusetts1106, date only,1582, p 3; date only,1178
Memodied at age 81
Death12 Jun 1802, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont1180, p 11,1178 Age: 82
BurialShaftsbury Center Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont1585, p 19
Ancestral File #J04X-RR1143,1590
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherSamuel ALLEN (1692-)
MotherUNNAMED (~1693-)
Census
• 1790 Census: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont.1587
ChildrenMoses (1747-)
 Hannah (1749-)
 Lydia (1750-1830)
 Ruhamah (1755-)
 Jonathan (1757->1816)
Last Modified 20 Feb 2014Created 12 Mar 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh
Updated 12 Mar 2025
Click a name for more on the person.
Click the tree icon for the person’s ancestry.
Click the camera icon for photos.
Sources are downloadable.