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Elizabeth (Bonham) Drake (abt. 1666 - aft. 1715)

Elizabeth Drake formerly Bonham aka Slater
Born about in Barnstable, Plymouth Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 9 Jan 1685 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
Wife of — married before 1715 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 49 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1666 at Barnstable, daughter of Nicholas Bonham Hannah Fuller.[1] She married Edward Slater 9 Jan 1685 in Piscataway, New Jersey[2] and they had the following children, born in Piscataway, NJ:[1]

  1. Philoreta b. 6 Nov 1685 d. 2 Sep 1687
  2. Elizabeth b. 14 Mar 1686/7 d. 17 Sep 1687
  3. Philoreta b. 23 Feb 1690/1
  4. Phebe b. 28 Jul 1693
  5. Caleb b. 10 Aug 1695. Caleb's name was changed to Edward after d. of his father & brother Edward in 1702. (See wills of John Drake and Benjamin Hull.) He was living as Edward Slater 1 April 1740.
  6. Elizabeth b. 8 Aug 1697
  7. Abraham b. 8 Sep 1699
  8. Aleeshia b. b. 29 Oct 1702

Edward Slater had married 1st Mary (Unknown) by whom he had son Edward in May 17 1683. Inventory of the estate of Edward of "Piscataque" was taken 11 Feb 1702/3 by Thomas Grub and George Drake. Administration was granted 29 May 1704 to widow Elizabeth.[1]

She married 2nd John Drake Sr. who died in Essex County, New Jersey between 7 April 1740 and 29 September 1741. There is no evidence that they had any children.[1]

On 21 Dec 1715 Elizabeth Drake "late wife of Edward Slater," acknowledged that she and her deceased husband had witnessed a deed by Thomas Higgins of Piscataway on 26 Jan 1682/3.[1]

There does not appear to be a recorded date of death nor a will for Elizabeth Drake. We know she was alive in Piscataway, New Jersey in 1715 and died prior to when her second husband, John Drake, wrote his will 7 April 1740.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Volume Four, Third Edition, Family of Edward Fuller. Plymouth MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006. pg 42-3
  2. Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1975) p. 41

See also:

  • Amis Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, (Barnstable, Mass: F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90) (republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979)
  • Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/123172919/elizabeth-slater : accessed 23 June 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Bonham Slater (1665–28 Jan 1705), Find A Grave: Memorial #123172919; Maintained by Shelby Bozeman (contributor 47464729) Unknown. (No gravestone photo or transcription.)




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I would like to improve this profile based on Mayflower Families Vol 4 pg 42-43
posted by Judy (Flamer) Bramlage
Does the MF Vol. 4 give any information about her death or probate?
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I don't find evidence to support her death date & place. Did she return to Massachusetts after living most of her life in New Jersey?

Findagrave suggests otherwise, but there's no gravestone record there either.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall

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