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Francis Drake 1679 – 1733 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Dec 1679

Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 26 Apr 1733

Death Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Father: John Drake

Mother: Rebecca Trotter

Spouse(s): Patience (Drake), Hannah Miller), Mary Drake, Rebackah Trotter

Children(s): Ephraim Drake, Ephraim Drake, Mary (Platt), Martha DRAKE, Martha Drake, John Drake, Ephraim DRAKE, Ephraim Drake, Hezekiah Drake, Martha Drake, Joseph Drake, Sarah Robinson, Rachel Runyon), Rachel Drake, Elizabeth Drake, Elizabeth Drake, Elizabeth DRAKE, Francis Drake, Francis Drake, Francis Drake, Mary DRAKE, Mary Drake, Benjamin Drake, James Drake, James Drake, Henry Drake, Henry Drake, Joseph Sr., Joseph DRAKE, Joseph Drake, Betty Drake, Rus Drake, Joshua Drake

Francis Drake was born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA in 1679, to John Drake and Rebecca G. Trotter. Later in life, Francis Drake married Patience Walker (Drake), Hannah Manning Drake (Dunn Miller), Mary Drake and Rebackah Trotter; among their children were Ephraim Drake, Ephraim Drake, Mary Drake (Platt), Martha DRAKE, Martha Drake, John Drake, Ephraim DRAKE, Ephraim Drake, Hezekiah Drake, Martha Drake, Joseph Drake, Sarah Robinson, Rachel Drake (Hyde Runyon), Rachel Drake, Elizabeth 'Betty' Drake, Elizabeth Drake, Elizabeth DRAKE, Francis Drake, Francis Drake, Francis Drake, Mary M Bonham DRAKE, Mary Drake, Benjamin Drake, James Drake, James Drake, Henry Drake, Henry Drake, Joseph Drake, Sr., Joseph DRAKE, Joseph Drake, Betty Drake, Rus John Drake and Joshua Drake. Francis Drake died in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, 1733.

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Parents

John Drake
1655 – 1741
Birth Location: Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Rebecca Trotter
1655 – 1702
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey, United States
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Spouses(s)

Patience (Drake)
1680 – 1762
Birth Location: Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Hannah Miller)
1699 – 1748
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Mary Drake
Birth Location: –
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Rebackah Trotter
1655 –
Birth Location: New Jersey
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Children(s)

Ephraim Drake
1694 – 1797
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Ephraim Drake
1694 – 1733
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Mary (Platt)
1696 – 1725
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
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Martha DRAKE
1699 – 1700
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Martha Drake
1699 – 1785
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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John Drake
1700 – 1786
Birth Location: Amsterdam, , Holland
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Ephraim DRAKE
1700 – 1702
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Ephraim Drake
1701 – 1733
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Hezekiah Drake
1703 – 1704
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Martha Drake
1705 – 1785
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Joseph Drake
1706 – 1754
Birth Location: Colony, Anderson, Kansas, United States
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Sarah Robinson
1707 – 1784
Birth Location: Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Rachel Runyon)
1707 – 1784
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Rachel Drake
1707 – 1784
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States of America
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Elizabeth Drake
1710 – 1740
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Elizabeth Drake
1710 – 1711
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Elizabeth DRAKE
1710 – 1711
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Francis Drake
1712 – 1801
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Francis Drake
1712 – 1762
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Francis Drake
1712 – 1762
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Mary DRAKE
1713 – 1726
Birth Location: Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
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Mary Drake
1713 – 1756
Birth Location: Huntingdon, New Jersey or Kings County NY, or West Virginia
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Benjamin Drake
1716 – 1717
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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James Drake
1717 – 1757
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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James Drake
1717 – 1757
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Henry Drake
1721 – 1754
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Henry Drake
1721 – 1754
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Joseph Sr.
1725 – 1803
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Joseph DRAKE
1725 – 1762
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Joseph Drake
1725 – 1759
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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Betty Drake
– 1738
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Rus Drake
1687 – 1779
Birth Location: Brooklyn, Queens Co, NY
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Joshua Drake
Birth Location: Sussex, New Jersey
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 23 Dec 1679
    Event Place: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 10 November 1698
    Event Place: Piscataway, NJ

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1710

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Apr 1733
    Event Place: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

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