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Rev John A Drake 1655 – 1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 July 1655

Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 26 September 1741

Death Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Father: Francis Drake

Mother: Mary Walker

Spouse(s): Rebecca TROTTER-Drake

Children(s): Ephraim Drake, Joshua Drake

In 1655, Rev John A Drake entered the world in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, born to Francis Drake and Mary Walker. In 1669, Rev John A Drake resided in Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ. In 1740, Rev John A Drake resided in New Jersey, USA. Rev John A Drake married Rebecca Gibbs TROTTER-Drake, and had children including Ephraim Drake, Joshua Drake. Rev John A Drake passed away in 1741 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1655, Rev John A Drake entered the world in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA, born to Francis Drake and Mary Walker.
  • In 1669, Rev John A Drake resided in Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ.
  • In 1740, Rev John A Drake resided in New Jersey, USA.
  • Rev John A Drake married Rebecca Gibbs TROTTER-Drake, and had children including Ephraim Drake, Joshua Drake.
  • Rev John A Drake passed away in 1741 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Drake
1634 – 1683
Birth Location: Ireland, Ireland
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Mary Walker
1625 – 1688
Birth Location: Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America
MW

Spouses(s)

Rebecca TROTTER-Drake
1655 – 1702
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
RT

Children(s)

Ephraim Drake
1694 – 1797
Birth Location: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
ED
Joshua Drake
Birth Location: Sussex, New Jersey
JD

Rev Drake's Ancestors

Self
Rev Drake
1655 – 1741
Birth Place: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Francis Drake
1634 – 1683
Ireland, Ireland
Mary Walker
1625 – 1688
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Grandparents
Joseph Walker
1599 – 1683
Kings Stanley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England
Hanah Walker
1602 – 1660
Haverhill, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Capt. (Raynolds)
1572 – 1638
Isabel Wood
1581 – 1638
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Wood
1545 – 1586
Margaret Molineux
1539 – 1617

Rev Drake's Descendants

1.
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Rev (John A) Drake (5 July 1655 – 26 September 1741) m. Rebecca (Gibbs) TROTTER-Drake (5 Jul 1655 – 23 December 1702)
  1. 1. Ephraim Drake (May 1694 – 27 Apr 1797) m. Mercy Piatt (11 Dec 1700 – 1754) m. Mary Drake
    1. 1. Ephriam Drake (1720 – 1801)
    2. 2. Ephriam Drake (1720 – Bet. 1815–1918)
    3. 3. Experience Drake (2 January 1726 – 24 Apr 1790) m. Thomas Harris (abt 1720 – 27 April 1790)
      1. 1. Experience Harris (about 1740 – about 1815) m. Morritz Cramer (about 1735 – about 1815)
        1. 1. Matthias Crammer (abt 1764 – after 1840) m. Margaret Reed (abt 1765 – about 1845)
        2. 2. George Cramer (about 1768 – 30 Oct 1849)
        3. 3. Thomas Cramer (7 Dec 1769 – about 1840)
        4. 4. Morris Cramer (20 July 1775 – 1 March 1831)
        5. 5. Isaac Cramer (12 July 1777 – 14 Jan 1840)
        6. 6. Elizabeth CRAMER (about 1778 – about 1850)
        7. 7. Nancy Cramer (abt 1788 – Bef. 1850)
        8. 8. Elisabeth Cramer
      2. 2. Experience Harris (about 1740 – about 1815) m. Morritz Cramer (about 1735 – about 1815)
        1. 1. Matthias Crammer (abt 1764 – after 1840) m. Margaret Reed (abt 1765 – about 1845)
      3. 3. Experience Harris (abt 1745 – Aft. 1830) m. Morritz Cramer (1740 – Abt. 1800) m. Andrew Besset
        1. 1. Matthias Cramer (abt 1764 – after 1840) m. Margaret Reed (abt 1765 – about 1845)
        2. 2. George Cramer (1768 – 10 Jan 1823)
        3. 3. Thomas Cramer (7 Dec 1768 – abt 1840)
        4. 4. Morris Cramer (20 Jul 1775 – 1 Mar 1831)
        5. 5. Isaac Cramer (12 July 1777 – 14 Jan 1840)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Cramer (1778 – about 1850)
        7. 7. Nancy Cramer (abt 1788 – about 1855)
      4. 4. Experience Harris (1746 – about 1815) m. Morritz Cramer (about 1735 – about 1815)
        1. 1. Matthias Cramer (abt 1764 – after 1840) m. Margaret Reed (abt 1765 – about 1845)
        2. 2. George Cramer (about 1768 – about 1840)
        3. 3. George Cramer (1772 – 1823)
        4. 4. Morris Cramer (20 July 1775 – abt 1831)
        5. 5. Isaac Cramer (12 July 1777 – 14 Jan 1841)
        6. 6. Elisabeth Cramer (about 1778 – about 1850)
        7. 7. Nancy Cramer (about 1780 – about 1855)
        8. 8. Nancy Cramer (abt 1788 – 1805)
        9. 9. Nancy Cramer (1790 – Bef. 1850)
      5. 5. Experiensen Harris (About 1746 – prob after 1830) m. Morritz Cramer (about 1735 – about 1815)
        1. 1. Matthias Cramer (abt 1764 – after 1840) m. Margaret Reed (abt 1765 – about 1845)
      6. 6. Esther (Jane Jennie) Harris (11 Feb 1750 – 19 Feb 1836)
      7. 7. Esther (Jane Jennie) Harris (11 Feb 1750 – 19 Feb 1836) m. Jacob (W.) Wiltse (3 July 1757 – 11 October 1827)
        1. 1. John (Sterling) Wiltse (22 March 1787 – 26 December 1857)
        2. 2. Cornelius Wiltse (22 November 1796 – 1 December 1865)
      8. 8. Thomas Harris (1752 – Aft. 1790) m. Dorcas Ricketts
        1. 1. Thomas Harris (1771 – )
      9. 9. Thomas Harris (1752 – 1833)
      10. 10. Ephraim (Drake) Harris (18 Feb 1753 – 25 Jan 1816) m. Barbara (Dorothea "Dolly") Graaf (15 Jul 1760 – 1838) m. Margaret (Peggy) Foote (1793 – 1838) m. Barbara Harris (1760 – ) m. Sarah Preston (5 Jul 1753 – 18 Apr 1806)
        1. 1. Barbara (Ann Nancy) Harris (19 Dec 1781 – 13 Jul 1809)
        2. 2. William Harris (1790 – )
        3. 3. Catherine Harris (25 May 1790 – 10 March 1816)
        4. 4. Hector Harris (1792 – 18 Jul 1822)
        5. 5. Thomas (Harvey) Harris (21 Jan 1794 – 17 Feb 1880)
        6. 6. Thomas (Harvey) Harris (abt 1803 – 17 February 1880)
        7. 7. Experience Harris (28 Oct 1784 – 2 Dec 1861)
        8. 8. Harvey Harris (10 May 1786 – 25 May 1861)
        9. 9. Ephraim (Drake) Harris (1775 – Abt 1832)
      11. 11. Ephraim (Drake) Harris (18 Feb 1753 – 25 Jan 1816)
      12. 12. Thomas Harris (9 Sep 1759 – 3 Mar 1825)
      13. 13. Thomas Harris (9 Sep 1759 – Aft. 1790)
      14. 14. John Harris (1762 – 2 Dec 1805)
      15. 15. John Harris (1762 – 2 Dec 1805)
      16. 16. John Harris (1762 – )
      17. 17. Pierson Harris (8 Apr 1764 – 4 Apr 1802)
      18. 18. Pierson Harris (8 Apr 1764 – 4 Apr 1802)
      19. 19. Allen Harris (29 Apr 1766 – 5 Feb 1767)
      20. 20. Allen Harris (29 Apr 1766 – 5 Feb 1767)
      21. 21. Jane Harris (22 Feb 1768 – 22 Jul 1803)
      22. 22. Jane Harris (22 Feb 1768 – 22 Jul 1803)
      23. 23. Hannah HARRIS (3 Apr 1771 – 21 Aug 1819)
      24. 24. Hannah HARRIS (3 Apr 1771 – 21 Aug 1819)
      25. 25. Ephraim (Drake) Harris (25 Sep 1780 – )
    4. 4. Ephraim Drake (20 Mar 1731 – 04 Nov 1803)
    5. 5. Ephriam Drake (20 Mar 1731 – 04 Nov 1803) m. Estille Harris m. Rachel FitzRandolph (21 Aug 1751 – )
    6. 6. Joshua Drake (1758 – Dec 1844)
    7. 7. Betsy Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1814–1921)
    8. 8. Ira Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1815–1918)
    9. 9. Joel Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1815–1918)
    10. 10. Mary Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1814–1921)
    11. 11. Mary Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1814–1921)
    12. 12. Joel Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1815–1918)
    13. 13. Ira Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1815–1918)
    14. 14. Betsy Drake (Bet. 1804–1838 – Bet. 1814–1921)
    15. 15. Benjamin Drake (10 Jan 1804 – 22 Apr 1884)
    16. 16. Mary Drake (Bet. 1812-1835 – Bet. 1813-1906)
    17. 17. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Drake (Bet. 1812-1835 – Bet. 1813-1906)
    18. 18. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Drake (Bet. 1812-1835 – Bet. 1813-1906)
    19. 19. Mary Drake (Bet. 1812-1835 – Bet. 1813-1906)
    20. 20. Mary Drake (Bet. 1812–1835 – Bet. 1817–1919)
    21. 21. Mary Drake (Bet. 1812–1835 – Bet. 1817–1919)
    22. 22. Aletta Drake (Abt. 1814 – Bet. 1813-1906)
    23. 23. Aletta Drake (Abt. 1814 – Bet. 1813-1906)
    24. 24. Enos Drake (Abt. 1815 – Bet. 1813-1902)
    25. 25. Enos Drake (Abt. 1815 – Bet. 1813-1902)
    26. 26. Betsy Drake (Abt. 1817 – Bet. 1817–1919)
    27. 27. Betsy Drake (Abt. 1817 – Bet. 1817–1919)
    28. 28. Mary Drake (Abt. 1819 – )
    29. 29. Joel Drake (1824 – Bet. 1813-1902)
    30. 30. Ira Drake (1832 – Bet. 1813-1902)
    31. 31. Mary Drake
    32. 32. Mary Drake
    33. 33. Rus (John) Drake
    34. 34. Ephraim Drake
  2. 2. Joshua Drake

Rev Drake's Timeline

5 Records

1655
5 July 1655
Birth of Rev John A Drake in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
1669
1669
Age 14
Rev John A Drake resided here in Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ
Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ
1740
1740
Age 85
Rev John A Drake resided here in New Jersey, USA
New Jersey, USA
1741
26 September 1741
Age 86
Death of Rev John A Drake in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
1741
29 Sep 1741
Age 86
Rev John A Drake - Probate
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 July 1655
    Event Place: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1669
    Event Place: Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ
    Record Source: New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 September 1741
    Event Place: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 29 Sep 1741
    Record Source: New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
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