Richard DRAKE

Birth:
Chr:
4 Feb 1767
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
Burial:
18 May 1840
Monroe, New York
Marriage:
Abt 1791
Somerset, New Jersey
Research Citations:
  • Messler Genealogy
    • Sources:
    North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Messler Genealogy
    Sarah MESSELER
    Birth:
    21 Jan 1773
    Monmouth, New Jersey
    Death:
    15 Sep 1826
    Ovid, Seneca, New York
    Burial:
    Ovid, Seneca, New York
    Sources:
    Find A Grave Memorial, #83341307
    Notes:
                       BURIAL:
    Buried at McNeal Cemetery.
    Children
    Marriage
    1
    Elizabeth DRAKE
    Birth:
    18 Jul 1793
    Friendship, Alleghany, New York
    Death:
    12 Feb 1873
    Ionia, Michigan
    James Nicholas PERRINE 
    Marr:
    18 Jan 1810
    Somerset, New Jersey 
    Notes:
                       BIRTH:
    Elizabeth's birth date listed in Messler Genealogy as 8 July 1792.
    2
    Maria DRAKE
    Birth:
    30 Jul 1794
    Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey
    Death:
    3 Nov 1857
    Rochester, Monroe, New York
    Philip COLEMAN 
    Marr:
    Abt 1822
     
    Notes:
                       BURIAL:
    Buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.
    3
    Matilda DRAKE
    Birth:
    1 Jan 1797
    Somerset, New Jersey
    Death:
    15 Jun 1879
    Stephen COLE 
    Marr:
    4 May 1814
    New York 
    Notes:
                       BURIAL:
    Buried at Hoosick Hill Pioneer Cemetery.
    4
    Catherine DRAKE
    Birth:
    25 Oct 1799
    Ovid, Seneca, New York
    Death:
    29 Apr 1821
    Ovid, Seneca, New York
    Isaac BODINE 
    Marr:
    1819
    Ovid, Seneca, New York 
    Notes:
                       BURIAL:
    Buried at McNeal Cemetery.
    5
    Cornelius DRAKE
    Birth:
    20 Aug 1802
    Somerset, Niagara, New York
    Death:
    14 Nov 1872
    Clarksville, Albany, New York
     
    Marr:
     
    Notes:
                       NOTES:
    1. Cornelius was unmarried.
    6
    Phoebe Van Nest DRAKE
    Birth:
    8 Sep 1804
    Somerset, New Jersey
    Death:
    27 Jan 1886
    Clarksville, Allegany, New York
    Samuel COMPTON 
    Marr:
    1824
    Allegany, Cattaraugus, New Yor 
    7
    Elisha DRAKE
    Birth:
    21 Dec 1806
    New York
    Death:
    6 May 1860
    Lodi, Seneca, New York
    Rhoda SMALLEY 
    Marr:
    1822
    Ovid, Seneca, New York 
    Notes:
                       OCCUPATION:
    Farmer
BURIAL:
    Buried at McNeal Cemetery.
    8
    Sarah Ann DRAKE
    Birth:
    15 Jul 1809
    Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey
    Death:
    29 Aug 1889
    Somerset, Niagara, New York
    John WILLIAMS 
    Marr:
    19 Dec 1828
     
    9
    Abraham DRAKE
    Birth:
    21 Feb 1813
    Somerset, New Jersey
    Death:
    20 Aug 1814
     
    Marr:
     
    FCID:2094:877
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    Richard Drake - Sarah Messeler

    Richard Drake was christened at Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey 4 Feb 1767. His parents were Elisha Drake and Christiana Bridgeman.

    He married Sarah Messeler Abt 1791 at Somerset, New Jersey . Sarah Messeler was born at Monmouth, New Jersey 21 Jan 1773 daughter of Cornelius Johannes Messeler and Maria Gerret Dorland .

    They were the parents of 9 children:
    Elizabeth Drake born 18 Jul 1793.
    Maria Drake born 30 Jul 1794.
    Matilda Drake born 1 Jan 1797.
    Catherine Drake born 25 Oct 1799.
    Cornelius Drake born 20 Aug 1802.
    Phoebe Van Nest Drake born 8 Sep 1804.
    Elisha Drake born 21 Dec 1806.
    Sarah Ann Drake born 15 Jul 1809.
    Abraham Drake born 21 Feb 1813.

    Sarah Messeler died 15 Sep 1826 at Ovid, Seneca, New York .