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Col. Samuel Drake 1733–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 DEC 1733

Birth Location: Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States

Death Date: 1789

Death Location: Lower Smithfield, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: John Drake

Mother: Martha Oldfield

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The story of Col. Samuel Drake began in 1733 in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States. Col. Samuel Drake passed away in 1789 in Lower Smithfield, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Col. Samuel Drake began in 1733 in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States.
  • Col. Samuel Drake passed away in 1789 in Lower Smithfield, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Col. Drake's Ancestors

Self
Col. Drake
1733–1789
Birth Place: Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
Parents
John Josias Drats or Drake
1681–1779
Brooklyn, Kings, or Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA
Martha Oldfield
1687–1779
Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York
Grandparents
Josias (Jansze Janse Janze Janszen Jansen Fansz Dratz) Drake/
1642–1701
Amsterdam, Montgomery, or New York, New York, United States
Fytie (Sophia) Brower
1664–1698
New Amsterdam, NY, USA
Joseph Oldfield
1670–1736
Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York, United States
Martha Grassett
1670–1741
Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States or Larochelle, Aunis, France
Great-Grandparents
Capt. Drake
1625–1688
Mary Walker
1615–1687
Adam BrouwerBerkhoven/
1619–1691
Madelena Berkhoven
1625–1692
John Oldfield
1620–1691
Sarah Post
1622–1698
Augustus GrassettGrasset/
1643–1712
Marie PelePelle
1644–1712
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Drake
1579–1664
Jane Gawton
1584–1640
Joseph WALKER
1599–1683
Hannah Philbrick
1602–1660
Jacob Brouwer
1596–1692
Helena Mey
1581–1641
Jacob Brouwer/
1600–1635
Maria Badie
1608–1697
John Oldfield
1583–1659
Mary Blythe
1600–1658
Richard Post
1617–1689
Dorothy Johnson/
1620–1694
Pierre Grasset
1619–1660
Elizabeth Costardeur
1623–1672
Pierre Pele
1619–1672
Marie Bousquet)/
1630–1671

Col. Drake's Timeline

2 Records

1733
3 DEC 1733
Birth of Col. Samuel Drake in Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
1789
1789
Age 56
Death of Col. Samuel Drake in Lower Smithfield, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Lower Smithfield, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1733
    Event Place: Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 312

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Lower Smithfield, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 312

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