Benjamin
Drake
Born in Goshen, Orange, New York
Ancestors 
Son of John Josias Drake
and Martha (Oldfield) Drake
Brother of
Joseph Drake, Josiah Drake, Martha (Drake) Jackson, Phoebe (Drake) Fuller, William Drake, Eleanor Drake, Jacob Drake, Samuel Drake, Mary (Drake) Holly, Zephaniah Drake Sr. and Esther (Drake) Knapp
Husband of
Abigail (Knapp) Drake
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Smith
— married
before 27 Aug 1753 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Drake, Martha Drake, William Drake, Joseph Drake, William Drake, Sarah Drake, Hannah (Drake) Smith, William Drake and James Drake
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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| Benjamin Drake was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland |
Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-13C : accessed 15 October 2021), Benjamin Drake, Goshen, Orange, New York, United States; citing p. 437, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 181,383.
Acknowledgements
- This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~1.56%
Douglas Drake
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Sally Linderman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jim Woodward :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Eugena (Starks) Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member waygen152
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Judith (Weeks) Ancell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B436876
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Jessica (Clark) Burgoyne :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T810708 [compare], FTDNA kit #657961
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Living DNA
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- No sources connect father and son Apr 26, 2021.
Benjamin is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 18 degrees from Carl Sagan, 17 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 22 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 16 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 22 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 12 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 19 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
My FTDNA results show 10 out of 12 markers with Chris Chester's "Dutch Drakes" markers. In other words DNA does not rule me out as a direct descendant of the Dutch Drakes. My GreatUncle Frank H wrote in 1926 that his GGG Grandfather Benjamin married a "Miss Smith." She would be his GGG Grandmother. Wiki has my Benjamin marrying a Sarah Smith. Chris Chester says there is an indenture at FHL film #0828547 dated 7 Aug 1753 between Benjamin and Samuel Denton, both of Goshen, that notes the consent of his wife Sarah. Unfortunately COVID has shut down the local Family History Center so I have not verified this document. If this indenture says what Chris says, then Benjamin married Sarah sometime before 7 Aug 1753. Can you help me by telling me how the Project determined that Benjamin-158 should be noted as a New Netherland Settler? Kindest Regards, Doug
This profile is noted as a New Netherland Descendant based on his father's family being New Netherland Settlers. You can see the criteria on this page: New Netherland Descendants 1674-1776