Born in Virginia
Daughter of Jesse Drake
and Jemima Wilhelmina (Julianna) Drake
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Tunis Newkirk
— married
24 Apr 1794 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Newkirk, Jemima (Newkirk) Bowen, Elizabeth Betsy (Newkirk) Stewart, Drake Newkirk, Peter Newkirk, Sarah (Newkirk) McPherson, David Seaton Newkirk and Harrison R. Newkirk
Died
at age 80
in Moniteau, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jun 2016
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Biography
Catherine was born about 1775 in Virginia. [1]
Burial Newkirk Cemetery Moniteau County Missouri
Catharine's father, Jesse Drake, born in England, came to the "Boones Lick" country of Missouri in territory days, 1818. Her mother was Jemima-Wilhelmina Julianna Rose from Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.[2]
She was the wife of Tunis Newkirk whom she married, at the age of 18, on April 24, 1794 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The service was performed by John Whitaker.
Her father Jesse Drake [1] sold Tunis Newkirk a slave in Bullitt County, Kentucky 1818, about the time the Drakes were planning on leaving Kentucky for Missouri. "...Know all men by these presents that I, Jesse Drake of the County of Bullitt and State of Kentucky, hath sold and do by these presents bargain and sell unto Tunis Newkirk of the County and State aforesaid one negro woman by the name of Sarah at the age of thirty one years. Also one negro girl child by the name of Harriott of the age of two years the 18th day of July next, both of them for the Consideration of five hundred and sixty dollars to the said Drake in hand paid. In Witness whereof I set my hand and Seal this 24 January 1818. Signed: Jesse Drake in the presence of David R. Drake and Catharine Drake. Recorded 28 Jul 1818. [3]
Sources
- ↑ US Census 1850; District 58, Moniteau, Missouri; Roll: M432_407; Page: 15A; Image: 35 household of David Newkirk, Catherine Newkirk age 74 born Virginia.
- ↑ Ford, J. E. A history of Moniteau County, Missouri. California, Mo.: M.H. Crawford, 1936.
- ↑ Bullitt Co KY Deed Book C, page 475, 24 Jan 1818
- Find A Grave [2]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~1.56%
Stacy (Finley) Pelton
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