John Fulton Drake (1754 - 1835)

Born 1754 in Pennington, Mercer, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Charity Phoebe (Hunt) Drake — married 20 Feb 1779 in New Jersey, United States

Husband of Rebecca (Heady) Drake — married 1781 (to about 1825) in Nelson, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1835 at about age 81 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Name

Name: John /Drake/

Birth

Date: 1754

Place: Hunterdon Co., NJ OR

Place: Pennington, Mercer, New Jersey

Death

10 May 1835 [after] in Fairfield, Nelson, Kentucky, United States OR

1835 in Newton, Sussex, New Jersey,

JOHN DRAKE AND INLAWS LEFT NEW JERSEY PRIOR TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, ABOUT 1770.

HE WAS IN THE 1790 CENSUS OF GEORGES, FAYETTEVILLE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IN 1800 HE WAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA CENSUS, AND POSSIBLY IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WAS AN AREA DOMINATED BY THE INDIANS. THIS WAS THE AREA, THAT BRITISH GENERAL BRADDOCK AND GEORGE WASHINGTON WERE AMBUSHED A FEW YEARS BEFORE. IT IS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE MONONGAHELA RIVER, JUST NORTH OF WHERE STONEWALL JACKSON GREW UP.

JAMES HEADY MARRIED AN ELEANOR JACKSON IN FAYETTE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 1779. THESE PEOPLE LIVED ON THE EDGE.

Sources

• "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-3H9V : 29 November 2018), John Drake and Charity Hunt, 20 Feb 1779; citing Marriage, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007719782.

• "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQT-KP1 : 19 January 2020), John Drake, 1835.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-X2C1 : 7 August 2020), John Drake, ; Burial, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, United States of America, Old Newton Burial Ground; citing record ID 14275685, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• FTM WFT Vol. 24 Tree 0679 dated 11 Aug 1997

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Lawrence for creating WikiTree profile Drake-2800 through the import of Broughton Family 8 1 13_2013-08-13 for web.ged on Aug 16, 2013.