Family of Rev John DRAKE Sr. and Rebecca TROTTER
Husband: Rev John DRAKE Sr.
Wife: Rebecca TROTTER
| Name:
| Rebecca TROTTER
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| Sex:
| Female
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| Father:
| -
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| Mother:
| -
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| Birth
| 5 Jul 1655
| Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.
5 |
Child 1: Mary Abigail? DRAKE
| Name:
| Mary Abigail? DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Female
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Child 2: John DRAKE Jr.
| Name:
| John DRAKE Jr.
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 2 Jun 1678
5 | |
Child 3: Capt Francis DRAKE
| Name:
| Capt Francis DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Spouse:
| Patience WALKER ( - )
|
| Birth
| 23 Dec 1679
| Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J.
6 |
| Death
| 17 Apr 1733 (age 53)
| Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J.
6 |
Child 4: Samuel DRAKE
| Name:
| Samuel DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 1680 (app)
5 | |
Child 5: Joseph DRAKE
| Name:
| Joseph DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 21 Oct 1681
| Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J.
2 |
| Death
| | New Jersey
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Child 6: Abraham DRAKE
| Name:
| Abraham DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| Apr 1685
7 | |
| Death
| 1763 (app) (age 77-78)
| Newton, Sussex Co., N.J.
7 |
Child 7: Sarah DRAKE
| Name:
| Sarah DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Female
|
| Birth
| 1686 (app)
5 | |
Child 8: Isaac DRAKE
| Name:
| Isaac DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 12 Jan 1687
5 | |
| Death
| 1759 (app) (age 71-72)
8 | |
Child 9: Jacob DRAKE
| Name:
| Jacob DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 1690 (app)
5 | |
Child 10: Ebenezer DRAKE
| Name:
| Ebenezer DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 19 Jul 1693
| Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J.
5 |
| Death
| | Sussex Co., N.J.
1 |
Child 11: Ephraim DRAKE
| Name:
| Ephraim DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Male
|
| Birth
| 1694 (app)
5 | |
Child 12: Rebecca DRAKE
| Name:
| Rebecca DRAKE
|
| Sex:
| Female
|
| Birth
| 21 Nov 1697
| Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J.
7 |
| Death
| 1749 (app) (age 51-52)
| Piscataway, Middlesex Co. N.J.
7 |
Note on Husband: Rev John DRAKE Sr. - shared note
John along with Hugh Dunn & Edmund Dunham presumably started holding some sort of meetings for religious teaching in Piscataway about 1669 & did so for about 2 yr when a Baptist congragation was organized & John became the 1st pastor (The Beginnings of Three New Jersey Family Lines, Runyon Dunn Drake p 16). P 25 says John b. Portsmouth @ 1655. He pastored over 50 yr.; was member of Assembly 1693; Town Clerk 1695. John may have md. 3rd time & moved to Essex Co., towards end of his life. Will said of Essex, yoeman.
Note on Wife: Rebecca TROTTER - shared note
Rebecca was of Elizabethtown, N.J. The daughter of William Trotter & Cutbury Gibbs. Elizabeth was the mother of most of John's children. "History of Piscataway Twp 1666-1976" p 64 says Rev. John Drake, 1653-1740 was 3rd son of Francis Drake & John had 3 wives & 14 children. His 8th child, Isaac 1687-1759.
Sources
| 1 | "Automated Archives, Inc. cd 100".
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| 6 | "Mayflower Families Thru 5 Gen. Vol 3 Soule". p 34-36.
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| 8 | "History of Piscataway Twp 1666-1976". p 64.
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