no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Sarah Ann (Ray) Drake (1838 - 1910)

Sarah Ann Drake formerly Ray
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
Wife of — married 26 Nov 1854 in Itawamba, Mississippi, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 71 [location unknown]
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Karen Allman private message [send private message]
Profile last modified
This page has been accessed 38 times.

Biography

Sarah Ann Ray, daughter of Solomon Ray and Elizabeth Locke, was born 1 Nov 1838 in Alabama. By 1840 their family had moved to Itawamba County, Mississippi.

In 1850 she is recorded living with her parents and siblings in Itawamba County.

Solomon Ray 58
Elizabeth Ray 50
Thomas Ray 21
Jane Ray 17
Martha Ray 15
Sarah Ray 11
Martin Ray 8
Franklin Ray 5

As we see from these Itawamba County marriage records, the Ray family were very intermarried with the Drake family.

Itawamba Co., Mississippi, Marriages for Ray: (not complete)

1867, A. m. Eliza Gilbert
1849, Alfred m. Elizabeth Milner
1860, Andres J. m. Elizabeth Wooten
1864, C.A. m. Amanda Posey
1858, Delila F. m. Mose King Ewing
1879, E Miss m. J.W. Dawning
1862, Eliza m. Thomas Hopper
1856, Elizabeth m. John Robuck
1858, George G. m. Artimissa Guess
1864, J.C. m. Jane Riley
1848, John Thomas m. Frances James (this is Jaynes)
1857, Leoney R. m. James Drake
1865, Mahala m. Henry Cooper
1846, Margaret m. Zachariah Cudde
1864, Rebecca m. Daniel Mason
1865, Sarah m. James Carter
1854, Sarah A. m. Freeman Drake
1854, Thomas G. m. Mary Bartly
1856, William Green m. Elizabeth King
1846, William Green m. Permelia R. Collins
1856, William Green m. Nancy Drake

Sarah Ann Ray married Freeman Drake 26 Nov 1854, in Itawamba County, Mississippi.

In 1860 she is recorded with her husband, and in 1870 she is with her husband and family. In each of these years the family is living in Caldwell, Louisiana.

1870
Freeman Drake 40
Sarah Drake 32
Ada J Drake 9
Charles Drake 6
Jesse Drake 2
K Lill Crill 13
John Wells 15

Three more children were later added to the family: Frances L Drake (1872–), Mary E Drake (1878–) and Frank Drake (1882-)

Sources

1840 Census [1]

1850 Census[2] Mississippi Marriage Record [3] 1860 Census[4] 1870 Census[5] 1880 Census[6] 1900[7] 1910 Census[8]





Is Sarah your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message the profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Sarah:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.

R  >  Ray  |  D  >  Drake  >  Sarah Ann (Ray) Drake