Born in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hezekiah Gay
and Jemima Fisher
Wife of
Nathan Drake
— married
17 May 1753 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Patience (Drake) Capen, Nathan Drake Jr., Bethuel Drake, Asa Drake, Enoch Drake, Jemima (Drake) Shepard, Keziah (Drake) Nichols and Stephen Drake
Died
at age 47
in Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2014
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Biography
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68827492/jemima-drake: accessed 01 September 2022), memorial page for Jemima Gay Drake (24 Apr 1733–2 Oct 1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68827492, citing Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by David Allen Lambert (contributor 46539084) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jemima 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 Jemima:
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~0.39%
Rich Capen
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M222141 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M222141 [compare], Ancestry member richcapen
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Jakob Regino :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Carol Lynn Napora :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UA8624228 [compare], Ancestry member CarolLynnN
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UA8624228 [compare], FTDNA kit #B568939
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch UA8624228 [compare]
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