James Draper (settler)

James Draper "The Puritan" (c. 1622–1694) was an early settler of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

They are buried in the Westerly Burial Ground in West Roxbury, now a neighbourhood of Boston, and share the oldest marker in the cemetery.

[2] Draper also lived for a short time in Charlestown where he sold part of an orchard to Jonathan Carey in 1672.

[5] According to his tombstone, Draper died 13 July 1697,[6] and the following month, on 19 August, his widow appeared before the Suffolk County probate judge, petitioning the court to allow her two sons, James and Jonathan, to be given administration of her husband's estate.

The entry plaque to the cemetery reads in part: "The oldest gravestone, from 1691, commemorates James and Merriam Draper, members of a prominent West Roxbury family."

[2] However, there is strong evidence that the eldest daughter, Miriam, in fact married Daniel Holbrook.

Daniel's widow Miriam signed a paper relinquishing administration on his estate, which was insolvent.