Andrew Drake
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Andrew Drake (1685 - 1743)

Captain Andrew Drake
Born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 22 May 1705 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 58 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Parents

Son of Captain George Drake (1651-1709) and Mary Oliver (1657-c1709).

Name

Capt Andrew DRAKE

Birth

20 JAN 1683/84 Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Marriage

He married Hannah FitzRandolph (1689-1742) and they had 12 children with eleven listed in his will: Johanna Drake (1705-?) married Tristum Manning; Jeremiah Drake (1707-c1759) married Martha Dunn; George Drake II (1709-1776) married Elizabeth Stelle (1711-1768); Mary Drake (1711-?) married Gershom B. Lee; Edward Drake (1713-?) married Mary Vail; David Drake (1715-1747) married Sarah; FitzRandolph (Randolph) Drake (1717-1791) who married Rachel Drake who was his cousin; Lydia Drake (1719-?); Susannah Drake (1722-1781) married Isaac Smalley, Jr; Sarah Drake (1724-?); Catherine Drake (1726-?) and Andrew Drake (1728-1731).[1]

Will, Abstract of

1742, Sept. 16. Drake, Andrew, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Children—Randle (FitzRandolph), George, Jeremiah, Edward, David, Johana Manning, Susannah Smalley, Mary Lee, Lydia, Sarah and Catherine Drake. Lands bought of Moses and Jean Sutton and James Pyatt. Executors—wife, Hannah, son Jeremiah, brother-in-law John Clarkson and friend Benja. Stelle, Jun'r. Witnesses Benja. Stelle, Hendrick Vroom, Jun'r, Marey Thomson. Proved Dec. 2, 1743. Lib. D, p. 104. [2]

Death

Age at Death: 59 in NOV 1743 Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. The inventory of his estate was taken at the end of November 1743, and his will was probated on 02 December 1743.

Burial

Stelton Baptist Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex Co., NJ
Andrew Drake's grave has two tombstones, a large elaborately carved headstone and a smaller equally beautiful footstone. This footstone is a rare specimen, few from the 1700s survive intact and in situ. Most footstones in cemeteries were removed to make mowing the grass easier. This appears to be the second oldest extant tombstone in the cemetery. The oldest belongs to Elizabeth (1677-1731), the wife of John Sutton (1674-1750).[3]

Sources

  1. "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1F-BFW : 12 December 2014), Andrew Drake and Hannah Fitz Randolph, 22 May 1705; citing 974.941 D2M PT 1,2
  2. Page 150 Calendar of New Jersey Wills. https://ia902700.us.archive.org/1/items/calendarofnewjer01newj/calendarofnewjer01newj.pdf
  3. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-FMKQ : 13 December 2015), Andrew Drake, 1743; Burial, Edison, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States of America, Stelton Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 8057656, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
  • This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.
  • Auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Drake-2981 was created by Jessica Bindner through the import of condensedgedcom.ged on Jan 11, 2014.




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Drake-2981 and Drake-98 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, parents, spouse, birth and death years/locations (slight difference in birth year)
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