William Anthony Drane (1754 - 1830)

Born 1754 in Prince George's, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Smith) Drane — married 23 Dec 1778 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1830 at about age 76 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Names

Anthony Drane, William Anthony Drane (William Anthony name established through cemetery records)^[1]

1754 Birth and Parentage

Anthony b. 1754 Prince George's Co., Maryland; bap. Sep 1754 St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, near Upper Marlboro, Maryland s/o James Drane (abt. 1715 - 1787) and Elizabeth Smith Piles (abt. 1730 - aft. 1785).^[1]

An article stated that Anthony was possibly the son of James, who was the son of Anthony who was the original Drane of Brock Hall property - but this is supposition by the article and evidence is not presented^[2] That appears to be a true statement because in 1712 his grandfather Anthony Drane had purchased Brock Hall from William Nichols, his father-in-law by marriage to Elizabeth Nichols and John Darnall.

Anthony is also the great-grandfather of Rep. Herbert Jackson Drane of Florida^[3][4]

Marriages

Anthony must have been married prior to Ann Smith because he had at least three sons by the date of their marriage. Unfortunately, records can't be found on the first wife. Ann Smith is often listed as the mother of these boys but she would have been 11 years old when the first was born.^[1]

1. MNU
2. On 23 Dec 1778 Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Anthony m. Ann Smith b. 1761 d. bef. 1810 d/o James Smith and Ann Burgess

Death

Anthony d. 27 Dec 1830 Prince George's Co., Maryland based on a death notice in The National Intelligencer (Washington DC) 03 Jan 1831.^[1]

1841 Reinterrment in Washington DC

In 1841, Anthony's remains were reinterred in Rock Creek Cemetery^[5][6]

Children

Anthony and MNU had:^[1]

1. William Hezekiah Drane b. bef. 1772 d. bef. 1850; m/1 10 Oct 1793 Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Nancy Smith d. bef. 1802 m/2 03 Apr 1802 Pittsylvania Co. Nancy Earls
2. David Drane b. 1772 Prince George's Co. d. 09 Dec 1863 Warren Co., Illinois; m. 1801 Rockbridge Co., Virginia Jean Hayslet b. 1785 d. 1856 d/o Andrew Hayslet and Martha MNU
3. Issac Drane b. abt. 1774 Prince George's Co. d. btw. 1810/1820 Harrison Co., Virginia (now West Virginia); m. MNU likely in Prince George's Co.

Anthony and Ann had:^[1]

1. Haddock Drane b. 1782
2. Maj. Gustavus Savage Drane b. 27 Aug 1789 Prince George's Co. d. 16 Apr 1846 Ft. Mifflin, Pennsylvania buried Lauren Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia; m. Margaret Caldwell of Mobile, Alabama d. 1858
3. George Washington Drane b. abt. 1790 d. abt. 1832 Dranesville, Virginia; m. 23 Jun 1816 Washington, DC Anna Maria Dade b. abt 1797 d. abt. 1855 d/o Baldwin Dade and Catherine West
4. Kinsey Drane b. abt 1791 Pennsylvania d. bef. 1870; m. 24 Jul 1827 Harrison Twp. Elizabeth Burtner b. 10 Jan 1805 Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania d. 02 May 1884 Tarentem, Pennsylvania d/o Philip Burtner and Margaret Negley
5. Stephen Drane b. 1795 d. 1812 died of dysentery while fighting in War of 1812
6. Cap. Anthony Drane b. 19 Dec 1799 Prince George's Co. d. 05 Apr 1850 Louisville, Kentucky; buried Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville; graduated West Point 1824; m. abt 1828 Elizabeth Rebecca Ferguson b. 1807 d. 1858 Bladensburg, Maryland d/o Richard Ferguson and Elizabeth Booth

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Daniel A. Willis, Legends, Half-Truths, and Cherished Myths of The Drane Family, Bygone Era Books, Denver, Colorado, 2012, pp. 65-77.
2. ↑ Evening Star: "The probabilities are that [the Bladensburg plantation] descended to [Anthony's (d. 1723)] son James, who left it his son Anthony, who was the Anthony whose bones are now in Rock Creek cemetery. However it is idle to speculate on this..."
3. ↑ Evening Star
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7187019, accessed 2 May 2017
5. ↑ Evening Star: "The remains [of Anthony & Ann Smith Drane]... were removed to Rock Creek cemetery in 1841. The place of original interment, whence they were removed to Rock Creek is not known. The burial was probably on the Drane farm, near Bladensburg."
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #132990290, accessed 30 Apr 2017

• "Account for Building of Tomb Assists Rambler in Study of Drane History." Evening Star (Washington, DC). 7 May 1922, pg 3.
• * Marriage Licenses Issued at Upper Marlborough, Prince

George's County, Maryland—1777 to 1801. in Maryland records, colonial, revolutionary, county and church, from original sources by Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Published 1915. https://archive.org/details/marylandrecordsc01brumuoft