Descendants of John Hake of Devon, England
(alive 1606)

The name Hake is supposed to have come from Prussian Saxony. Hache is a town in the region of Broadcliss, Devon, mentioned in the Domesday Book, and is noticeable in the Broadcliss Register in the time of Queen Anne; in the reign of Edward I there was a Viscount Hake. At Stassfurt in Saxony there is a Hake's Bridge.

A Walter Hake of Plympton, Devon, was mentioned in a document relating to water rights in 1361.

There is a monument in St. Mary's Church, Whittlesey, Isle of Ely, to members of the Hake family dated 1508, and there was an Edward Hake, Churchwarden of Bishop's Stortford in 1576.

Between 1550 and 1614 there were Hakes at:- Plymstock, Honiton, Whimple, Sheldon, Otterton, Ottery St. Mary (all in Devon), and at Whitestaunton (Somerset). See Parish registers and wills for more information. The Blitz on Exeter City Library destroyed many parochial and legal documents.

Index of Hake & related names on this site
First Generation of Hake Family
Hake Site Index
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The direct line to Libby is (1) John Hake & Grace, (2) Robert Hake, (3) Robert Hake & Mary Keene,
(4) Richard Hake & Elizabeth Wills, (5) RIchard Hake & Grace Trethewy, (6) George Hake & Ann Hoyle,
(7) Robert Hake & Ann Bedford, (8) Robert Hake & Frances Marsh,
(9) Sidney Hake & Charlotte Helen Hemsley, (10) Dora Beatrice Hake & Percival Serle, (11) Katharine Beatrice Serle & John Sampson Grierson.

Contact Libby Shade for further details
email: lshade@melbpc.org.au

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