Willam
Drake
Born about [location unknown]
Son of James Drake
and Mary (Manning) Drake
Husband of
Sarah (Liston) Drake
— married
1803 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Drake, Charlotte (Drake) Hawkins, Joseph Liston Drake, Martha (Drake) Miller and William C. Drake
Died
at about age 65
in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2011
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Biography
William Drake was born in 1784. He was a son of John Drake. [1]
He married Sarah Liston, about 1803 in Bloomfield, Edgar County, Illinois.
In 1820, they resided in Vigo County, Indiana. [2]
In 1840, they resided in Clay County, Indiana. [3]
William passed away 1840, in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
Sources
- ↑ Hunt, John E., Compiled by; “Pound and Kester Families”; Regan Printing House, 1904; 628 pages, Indexed; Pages 291-292, 585 (Appendix D).
- ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Vigo, Indiana; Page: 189; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 290
- ↑ 1840 Census, Clay, Indiana; Roll: 76; Page: 323; Image: 666; Family History Library Film: 0007722
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Jenea Mascho for creating WikiTree profile Drake-2575 through the GEDCOM import of "Exporting Exporting Mascho.ged" on Apr 11, 2013.
- Thank you to Julia R.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willam 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 Willam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willam 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 Willam:
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~1.56%
Karen (Luse) Ralsten
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M703240 [compare]
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~1.56%
Betsy (Elmer) Berens :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A187227 [compare], Ancestry member berensb
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A187227 [compare], FTDNA kit #B133573
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~0.78%
David Motz :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YK8961111 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bruce Monroe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GH9181675 [compare], yourDNAportal BRU91629eb1, Ancestry member bhmonroe
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~0.78%
Diane (Workman) Bedlington :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member di_on_whidbey
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~0.39%
Jenea (Mascho) Heilaman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cure4als1980
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Norman Jones
Drake-11120 and Drake-1852 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
posted
by Norman Jones
Greg Hays
Drake-2575 and Drake-1852 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse William and Sarah Liston Drake were prominent early settlers in Indiana
posted
by Greg Hays
Rejected matches › William Edward (Willie) Drake
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