Family of Henry DRAKE and Susannah BLACKWELL

See also

Henry DRAKE's parents: Thomas DRAKE (1724-1792) and Dorothy VANKIRK (1731-1791)

Henry DRAKE's siblings: Mary DRAKE ( - ), Ralph DRAKE (1752-1815), John DRAKE (1754- ), Daniel DRAKE (1758?-1800), Enoch DRAKE (1761-1822), Esther DRAKE (1764-1827), Benjamin DRAKE (aft1770-1814) and Thomas DRAKE (1782?- )

Husband:	Henry DRAKE (1753?-1796)
Wife:	Susannah BLACKWELL ( - )
Children:	Elizabeth DRAKE ( - )
	Jacob DRAKE ( - )

Husband: Henry DRAKE

Name:	Henry DRAKE ¹
Sex:	Male
Father:	Thomas DRAKE (1724-1792)
Mother:	Dorothy VANKIRK (1731-1791)
Birth	1753 (app)	Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey ²
Death	15 Nov 1796 (age 42-43)	Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey ^2,3

Wife: Susannah BLACKWELL

Name:	Susannah BLACKWELL ⁴
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-

Child 1: Elizabeth DRAKE

Name:	Elizabeth DRAKE ⁵
Sex:	Female

Child 2: Jacob DRAKE

Name:	Jacob DRAKE ⁶
Sex:	Male

Note on Husband: Henry DRAKE - shared note

Henry's will dated 5 Sept 1796; proved 15 Nov 1796; mentions wife, Susannah; daughter, Elizabeth; son, Jacob. Witnesses: John Drake, Thomas Drake, and Ralph Drake.

From: Hardin, "The Drakes in New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Kentucky" page 15.

1796, Sept. 5. Drake, Henry, of Hopewell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey: Will of

Wife, Susannah, bed and furnishings, 1 cow, 1 chest, dresser, teatable, 6 silver spoons and set of china teacups; also 1/4 of residue. Daughter, Elizabeth, featherbed and bedstead, dining table, gilt looking glass and 1/4 residue, when 18. Son, Jacob, bed and 1/2 of residue, real and personal, when 21.

Executor--borther-in-law, Jacob Blackwell.

Witnesses--John Drake, Thomas Drake, and Ralph Drake

Proved Nov 15, 1796.

From: New Jersey Post-Revolutionary Documents--Calendar of Wills 1796-1800. pg 113

Call No. G974.9N427doc

Sources

¹	"Named in Will of Thomas Drake-State of NJ; bk34; pg200; File 1607J".

²	"LDS Ancestral File".

³	Clifford M. Hardin and Martha Wood Hardin, "Hardin, "The Drakes in New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Kentucky"". 15. Text From Source: Henry's will dated 5 sept 1796; proved 16 Nov 1796.

⁴	Ibid. 15. Text From Source: Henry's will dated 5 Sept 1796; proved 15 Nov 1796; mentions wife: Susannah.

⁵	Ibid. 15. Text From Source: Henry's will proved 15 Nov 1796 mentions daughter, Elizabeth

⁶	Ibid. 15. Text From Source: Henry's will proved 15 Nov 1796 mentions son, Jacob.

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