Josias Janszen Drats was born, according to his marriage record, at Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands. [1] His birth date is estimated as about 1650.
In his 1687 Oath of Allegiance at Brooklyn, Josias stated that he had lived in the country for 26 years, placing his arrival in 1661. [2] If he is of the approximate age of his wife, Aeltje Brouwer, this would indicate that Josias came to America as a young child, and most likely in the company of a parent or parents.
Josias married Aeltje Brouwer, daughter of Adam Brouwer and Magdalena Jacobs Verdon, at Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York, on 30 April 1682 (banns 16 April 1682, Flatbush; 15 Apr 1682, New York). Josias was from (born in) Amsterdam; Aeltje was born in "Gauwanes" (Gowanus); and it was the first marriage for both.[3]
According to Hoffman, Josias Drats died in 1701 at Newtown, Long Island, New York, where he was recorded in 1692.[4] This date might simply reflect an assumption that he died after the baptism of the last recorded child. A Josias Drake appears in Flatlands records as late as 1719.[5] Whether this is Josias, or his son Josias Junior, has not been determined.
Children
Children of Josias and wife Aeltje Adamse Brouwer:[6]
Hoffman noted that Josias and Aeltje departed from Dutch custom when naming their children, naming the first son for his father (instead of the paternal grandfather) and not naming any children for Aeltje's mother and father. This suggests that Josias was of non-Dutch descent. [11]
Recorded Life Events
Josias, recorded as Josias Dret, was a member of the Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, on 28 May 1679 called Josias Dret.[12]
Josias Janszen Drats appeared on the assessment list at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, on 26 September 1683 as Jesies Dregz, rated at £30, with 1 poll, and 1 horse.
Josias witnessed the baptism of Jacob Brouwer , son of Jacob Brouwer and Annetje Bogardus, on 30 November 1684 at Old First Dutch Reformed Church, Breuckelen (Brooklyn), Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (sponsors Jesaya Drets (Josias Dratse), Aeltje Brouwer).[13]
Josias Janszen Drats took the Oath of Allegiance in September 1687 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, as Josias Dreths, 26 Jeare." Recorded next to Adam Brouwer.
Josias Dret and Aeltie Brouwers witnessed the baptism of Anna Nazareth, daughter of William Nazareth and Helena Brouwer, on 30 September 1691 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Barent van Tilburg, Josias Dret, Aeltie Brouwers).[14]
On 7 Jan 1694/5, Josias Drack bought "a peec of land lying at the end of his lot paying twenty-five shilling per acor being one acor or there abouts and to pay ye monys to Edward Stevenson & Richard Betts."[15]
On 1 Jun 1696, Josias Drates of Newtown, in Queens County on the Island of Nassau conveyed to Richard Betts, Junr., of the same place, a lot lying in the Township of Newtown. Signed Josias Drats, in the presence of Richard Scuder (his mark) and William Gleane[16].
On 7 October 1696 Josyas Draets of Newton deeds to Jurian Nagell of Bushwick, land in Bushwick "scituate to the Normans Kill lying with one end to the meadows of Hendrick Deforrest and the other side to the meadow of Alexander Cocquivere." Signed. Witnessed by Abraham Duttoyet and Jurian Collier. Recorded 25 Jan 1697/98 by Henry ffilkin, Reg. On 29 Jan 1697/98, Jurian Nagell deeded the property to Henry Filkin of Flatbush, who on the same day, in turn, deeded the property to Alexander Cockyvere.[17]
Church Records
Marriage (three records for the same marriage, including banns and wedding)
1682 Apr 15 Josias Janszen Drats, j.m. Van Amsterdam, en Aeltje Brouwers, j.d. Van de Gauwanes. Getrouwt tot N. Breuckelen. [3]
1682 Apr 16 Josias Jansz Drats, young man from Amsterdam, residing in N. York, with Aeltje Brouwers, young lady from Gowanus and residing there, and married the 30th of said month (April) at Brooklyn. [18]
30 April 1682 Altje Browers to Josias Jansz Drats or Drals. Flatbush, NY [19]
Jacob; parents: Jacob Brouwer, Annetje Bogardus; op Breukelen; witnesses: Josias Dratse, Aaltje Brouwers.[26]
1691. den 30 Sept. Willem Nazareth, Helena Brouwers. Anna. Witnesses: Barent Van Tilborg, Josias Dreth, Aeltie Brouwers.[14]
Research Notes
Disambiguation
Joseph Driggs is Not Josias Drake, Jr. At one time a Driggs family genealogist erroneously concluded that the immigrant ancestor of their family was Josias Drats/Drake/Driggs -- and that his descendants were all named Driggs. Modern members of the Driggs family recognize the error, which is confirmed by DNA. [27][28] See profile of Joseph Driggs Sr. (abt.1682-1748) for more information.
John Draeck as father?
This profile cited Imogene Lane as saying that Josias' father was John Draeck of Maastricht, in Holland, who may have been the son of Martinus Draeck, "an eminent churchman and member of a royal family. He was born in Maastricht and died Nov 10, 1667. (Cootin Niew Neder Landsch Biographic Wordenbook Vol. 6, p.45).[29] This assertion has not been found in the document by Lane that was cited and no affirmative evidence has been found for it.
Dutch-language information about Martinus Draeck:
DRAECK (Martinus) of Draerck, geboren te Maastricht uit adellijke familie, overleden te Gembloux 10 Nov. 1667, trad in de Benediktijner-abdij te St. Truyen, waar hij 19 Nov. 1617 zijne kloostergeloften uitsprak. Gedurende vele jaren bekleedde hij in zijne abdij het ambt van prior na 1638 en werd door zijn abt, Jan van Soetendael, met het grootste vertrouwen vereerd. Bij de abtskeuze had hij evenveel stommen verkregen als Soetendaal. Bovendien was Martinus Draeck 12 jaar als lector der theologie werkzaam bij de jonge kloosterlingen. In 1643 verzette de prior met eenige monniken zich tegen de invoering van enkele voorschriften van den visitator, die tegen de gebruiken der abdij ingingen. Dit bracht eenige wrijving tusschen den abt en den prior, welke spoedig weder ophield.
De abt van Gembloux, Gaspar Benselle, nam ontslag, toen eene hervorming in zijne abdij werd ingevoerd. De prior van St. Truyen, Martinus Draeck, werd benoemd om de vrede en tucht in Gembloux te herstellen. Hij ontving zijne patentbrieven van benoeming 27 Dec. 1650 en bestuurde de abdij tot zijn dood, 10 Nov. 1667 (Berlière) en niet 17 Dec. zooals in het Necroloog van St. Truyen (Analectes hist. eccl. Belg. XVI, 428) of 17 Nov. zooals in Gallia Christ. staat.
Het portret van den abt M. Draeck komt voor in een handschrift gedeeltelijk door hem vervaardigd (v.d. Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibl. Royale Belg. VI, no. 3747). Hij gaf uit te Mechelen zonder naam: Abrégé des merveilles arrivées à Gembloux devant l'image miraculeuse du Sauveur flagellé, 1658.
Zie: Berlière, Monasticon Belge I, 25, 163; Gallia Christiana III, 569; Analectes hist. eccl. Belg. XXXIX (1913), 99-101.
Sources
↑ Hoffman, William J., "Brouwer Beginnings; The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family", The American Genealogist 23:193-206; 24:23-32, 96-102, 161-170 (1947, 1948): 24:30.
↑ O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New-York,. vol. 1. Albany [N.Y.]: Weed, Parsons. 1850. p. 430. See also (apparently the same record, but in a reprinted version that is under copyright): O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York. Excerpted from The Documentary History of the State of New York, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979, 1989, 1999), p.38.
↑ van der Linde, A. P. G. Jos. Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 123. Sara; parents: Jesaijs Draeck, Aeltje Brouwers.
↑ van der Linde,, page 127. Jan; parents: Jesaijas Dreets, Aeltje Brouwer.
↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York - Members List", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 9- (1878-): 9:164.
↑ David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 433. Jacob; parents: Jacob Brouwer, Annetje Bogardus; op Breukelen; witnesses: Josias Dratse, Aaltje Brouwers.
↑ Canfield, Dr. Amos, "Town Records of Newtown, Long Island", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vols.63-64 (1932-3): 64:32. Page 40 of original records, Josias Drake to Richard Betts, Jr., a lot. 1 Jun 1696. Witness: Richard Scuder.
↑ Richard B. Morris, Town Minutes of Newtown (New York: Historical Records Survey, 1940), 2:40.
↑ David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998). via Chris Chester, "The Brouwer Genealogy Database".
↑ David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 433.
↑ Lane, Imogene H. "Drakes of Orange County, New York and Related Families." 1971. link to document text or see Family History Library film #872801, item 4, in Family History Library.
Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Hoffman, William J. "Brouwer Beginnings; The First Three Generations of the Adam Brouwer Berchoven Family", The American Genealogist 23:193-206; 24:23-32, 96-102, 161-170 (1947, 1948)
"International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MN54-9XX : accessed 2015-03-27), entry for Josias Janse Drats. -- a listing of his marriage record
Purple, Samuel S., editor. "Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890. (Also reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 2003.)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josias Jenszen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josias Jenszen:
Drats-2 and Drats De Raet-1 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles have the same spouse and mostly the same offspring. The death dates differ, but there's no documentation to support one of those dates.
Drake-830 and Drats-2 appear to represent the same person because: This certainly looks like it must be the same ancestor, with the same wife. Add nickname Jesayes. Thanks!
It's been a long time since I looked at this, but I recall that it was clear that profiles Driggs-163 and Driggs-164 resulted from a mistake. A Driggs family genealogist had erroneously concluded that the immigrant ancestor of their family was Josias Drats/Drake/Driggs -- and that his descendants were all named Driggs. The situation is described in profile Driggs-28, which was formerly connected to Driggs-163 as his father. Modern members of the Driggs family recognize the error, which is confirmed by DNA. Therefore, profiles Driggs-163 and Driggs-164 should be merged away. Since Driggs-163 is a mistake, but represents the same real person as Drats-2, Drats-2 is the merge destination.
I don't know if the Driggs family has ID'd the real [Portuguese] father of Driggs-28.
I don't know what to think of the merge, if Chris Chester doesn't know who his parents are then I'm not sure anyone would. His marriage record states that he's from Amsterdam?
Drake-2821 and Driggs-163 appear to represent the same person. Names have been affected by the disproven notion that this was ancestor of the Driggs family.
This profile was formerly connected -- as father -- to Driggs-28, but documentation on that profile and in the sources linked here indicates that this was a false relationship.
Father is John Dredge. (Dredge sounds very much like Drats) It would mean an Englishman, and probably not related to the Draeck family.
13 aug. 1653 in Amsterdam.
edited by Jouke De Vries
I don't know if the Driggs family has ID'd the real [Portuguese] father of Driggs-28.