Mary (Drake) Lee (1711 - abt. 1750)

Born 19 Feb 1711 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Gershom Lee Sr. — married before 1735 in Colony of New Jersey

Descendants

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Biography

Mary was born in Piscataway, NJ in 1711 to Capt Andrew and Hannah (Fitz Randolph) Drake.^[1][2][3][4] She married Gershom Lee before 1742.^[5][6][7]

• Not to be confused with a Mercy/Mary Drake born 25 Sep 1709 in Middletown, Piscataway, NJ to Joseph Drake and Anne Walker. Married John Dunham on 23 Oct 1729, died 1754.^[8]

Birth

19 FEB 1710 Another birth date by researchers

Housekeeping

• Need to add link/establish profile for children if they can be identified
• Need additional original sources for birth, death, marriage records. Confirm consistency with census records.
• Need to confirm original entry for birth date and transcriptions.

Sources

1. ↑ William A. Whitehead, "Piscataway Register of Births", Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Third Series Vol. 2, No. 1 (1897): page 77. Birth date: 19 February 1710/11; Birth place: Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. The birth date is given as 19 Feb 1710/11 (Old Style) which would mean 19 Feb 1711 (New Style).
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Accessed 13 Dec 2014. Birth date: 1709
3. ↑ Source number: 564.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Submitter Code: EET. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Accessed 13 Dec 2014. Name: Mary Drake; Birth place: NJ; Birth year: 1710; Spouse: Gershom Lee; Spouse birth place: Ir; Spouse birth year: 1698.
4. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Accessed 13 Dec 2014. Birth year: 1709; Birth city: Piscataway; Birth state: NJ
5. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Accessed 13 Dec 2014. Spouse: Gershom Lee; Marriage date: 1742
6. ↑ A. Van Doren Honeyman, editor, Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Vol. XXX, Calender of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol. II, 1730-1750 (Somerville, New Jersey: The Unionist-Gazette Association, Printers, 1918), page 150. Married Gershom B. Lee before September 1742. Named in her father's will dated on 16 Sep 1742 as Mary Lee
7. ↑ Modern Fitz Randolph genealogies cite Mary's parents, birth date and location, noting that she married Gershom Lee. Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1955). The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, and Supplement 1955. Copies, Historical Library, Grand Av., Des Moines and Iowa Historical Society Library, Iowa City
8. ↑ Name: Mercy Mary Drake; Parents: Joseph Drake, Anne Walker; Birth date : 25 Sep 1709; Birth place: Middletown, Piscataway, NJ. Marriage place: Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; Marriage date: 23 Oct 1729; Death date: 1754. Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Accessed 13 Dec 2104

• Will of Mary Drake's father Andrew Drake
• Family Data Records Source Citation: Birth year: 1709; Birth city: Piscataway; Birth state: NJ, Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to DeCoursey who created this profile on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.