Andrew Drake (1746 - 1827)

Born 13 Aug 1746 in Washington Valley, Somerset County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Martin) Drake — married 15 Nov 1778 in Piscataway, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1827 at age 81 in rural Scotch Plains, New Jersey

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Biography

Andrew Drake was born on 13 August 1746, at the Old Drake Homestead, Washington Valley, Somerset County, New Jersey. He served as a Private in the Revolutionary War. He was married on 15 November 1778, Piscataway, New Jersey, to Eunice Martin (b. 09 November 1759, Piscataway?, New Jersey; d. 14 February 1840, Scotch Plains, New Jersey), daughter of Humphrey Martin and Experience Pyatt.

He lived during the time (1816) of the "year without a summer" due to the cold summer weather caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora volcano the previous year. "On June 25, 1816, The Franklin Repository in Pennsylvania reported that snow blanketed the area. Around the same time, The Evening Post in New York described freezing temperatures and nearly a foot of snow. Farm animals in Vermont succumbed to the freezing temperatures as long-time residents said they’d never seen anything like it!" "As fall approached, the Hartford Courant noted that 1816 would go down in history because there had been frost every month of the year. European papers complained that constant rains had ruined crops and created a famine."

Andrew passed away in 1827.

Sources

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46610787

• First Settlers of Passaic Valley (page 145): https://www.digifind-it.com/njhistoricalportal/data/ringwood//First%20Settlers%20of%20Passaic%20Valley.pdf

• Timothy Alton Perrin, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #4887, Date of Import: May 29, 1999. (1995), "Electronic," Date of Import: Jun 2, 1999.