William Drake (1789 - 1842)

Born 28 Aug 1789 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Merridee (Thayer) Drake — married [date unknown] in Sharon, Mass.

Died 29 Aug 1842 at age 53 in Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

William Drake, son of William and Susanna (Harlow) Drake, was born Aug 28, 1789, in Stoughton, Massachusetts, and died August 29, 1842, in Sharon, Massachusetts. He is buried in Stoughton at Dry Pond Cemetery.^[1]

He married Merede Thayer. ^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

This data from Find A Grave needs to be confirmed.

He was the son of William Drake and Susanna Harlow. As of the 1820 Census, he was living in Sharon in a household containing 1 boy under 10 years old, two men between the ages of 26 and 45 (who probably worked in agriculture), two girls under 10 years old, and two women between the ages of 16 and 26.^[2] As of the 1830 Census, he was still living in Sharon, probably with his son William; his daughters Harriet, Susan, Sally, and two unknown; and his wife Merede.^[3] At the time of his death, he was a stone cutter in Sharon, Massachusetts. He passed away in 1842 of consumption and was buried at Dry Pond Cemetery in Stoughton, Massachusetts.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for William Drake Jr. (28 Aug 1789–29 Aug 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #58375639, citing Dry Pond Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by David Allen Lambert (contributor 46539084) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBC-87N?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-VFT%3A1586986602%2C1586984912%2C1586986336 : 16 July 2015), Massachusetts > Norfolk > Sharon > image 3 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTT-9H43?cc=1803958&wc=35Y4-8LL%3A1588480702%2C1588479102%2C1588471218 : 14 August 2015), Massachusetts > Norfolk > Sharon > image 15 of 26; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D559-WMW?cc=1536925&wc=M61J-K2Q%3A73563801 : 1 March 2016), 004220465 > image 36 of 518; Massachusetts Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 September 2020), memorial page for William Drake Jr. (28 Aug 1789–29 Aug 1842), Find a Grave Memorial no. 58375639, citing Dry Pond Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.