Enoch Drake (3)

a. Birth: 5 September 1655. (…"does not quite agree with Matthew Grant's statement when he recorded the marriage "both 25 yere ould, Sara 5 of last Juen enoch ye 8 of nixt month.")

b. Marriage: 11 November 1680.

c. Death: 13 December 1730/31.

d. Parents: John, Jr. (d. 2 Aug 1688) and Mary (Stanley) Porter (d. 13 Sep 1688).

After Enoch's death, Sarah married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, widower Lieutenant Josiah Barber, son of John Barber and father of her daughter-in-law (via son Nathaniel), Rebecca (Barber) Drake (4), on 5 November 1701. Josiah had married (1st) Abigail Loomis, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Moore) Loomis, on 22 November 1677 and had had 6 children, five of whom were mentioned in his will (Nathaniel, Jonathan, Aaron, Abigail, Rebecca).

Josiah Barber was employed as a wheel wright. His will states he possessed none of the property his wife, Sarah had from her former husband: "For she disposed of the same unbeknown to me." Josiah bequeathed Sarah "a feather-bed, a mare and a cowe to be her own forever, and one year's provisions," besides a fair share of his estate. His will was proved 6 January 1729/30.

The estate of Sarah, widow of Enoch Drake (3) and Josiah Barber, was probated 4 January 1730/31. The agreement of the heirs of Sarah (Porter)(Drake) Barber was signed by Enoch Drake, Jr., Nathaniel Drake, Benoni Trumble, Remembrance Shelding/Sheldon, Sarah (Drake) Trumble, and Hannah Shelding/Sheldon "only heirs of our honoured Mother" on 30 February 1731/32. Sarah died 13 December 1730/31.

5. Children:

a. Sarah Drake (Gay #32)

Born 31 May 1681 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 8 May 1742 at Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. Married Captain Benoni Trumbull (b. 10 Aug 1684 at Suffield, CT, d. 24 Jul 1770 at Hebron, CT), son of Joseph and Hannah (Smith) Trumbull and uncle of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, at Windsor on 31 August 1709 and had the following children:

(1. Sarah Trumbull: Born 26 August 1710 in Lebanon Township, New London County, Connecticut. Died 18 December 1736, perhaps from complications of child birth. Married Ezekiel Thomas on 25 February 1735/6 and had the following son:

(a. Ezekiel Thomas, Jr.: Born 15 December 1736. Died 18 May 1737.

(2. Ensign Benjamin Trumbull: (Gay #66) Born 11 May 1712 in Lebanon Township, New London County, Connecticut. Died about 1793; will dated 3 Mar 1790 and proved 3 Sep 1793. Appointed Ensign of a Company in the Parish of Gilead, Hebron Township in May 1758. Married (1st) Mary Brown (d. 18 Nov 1763) at Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut on 9 January 1734/5 and had the following children:

(a. Reverend Benjamin Trumbull, Jr.: Born 19 December 1735. Died 2 February 1820 at North Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; will dated 12 Aug 1818. Graduated from Yale College in 1759 and was ordained in the church at North Haven. Earned a Doctor of Divinity degree from Yale in 1796. Was a Chaplain in the 1st Connecticut Regiment during the Revolutionary War. Perhaps best remembered as author of "A History of Connecticut," published in 1797 and 1818. Married Martha Phelps (b. 23 Sep 1732, d. 21 Jun 1825), daughter of Ichabod and Martha (Tillotson) Phelps, at Hebron, Connecticut on 4 December 1760 and had the following children:

(1) Martha Trumbull: Married (?) Woodward.

(2) Mary Trumbull: Married (?) Eastman.

(3) Hannah Trumbull: Married (?) Bishop.

(4) Benjamin Trumbull, III.

(b. Asaph Trumbull: Born 1 March 1738. Died February 1821. Married Zilpah Phelps (d. 1823, age 77, at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT) on 4 December 1760.

(c. Mary Trumbull: Born 13 February 1741/2. Married 1 January 1761 to Ichabod Phelps, Jr. of Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut.

(d. David Trumbull: Born 8 April 1744. Died 23 June 1744.

(e. Sarah Trumbull: Born 11 July 1745. Married 20 November 1766 to Asahel Skinner of Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut.

(f. Esther Trumbull: Born 18 December 1748. Married 5 April 1770 to Ebenezer Carver.

(g. Hannah Trumbull: Born 27 December 1751. Died 7 November 1754.

Following Mary's death, Benjamin Trumbull married (2nd) widow Abigail Loomis (b. 1720, d. 25 Feb 1810, age 90; will dated 26 Jan 1801) of Bolton, Connecticut on 24 May 1764.

(3. Hannah Trumbull: Born 12 May 1716 at Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. Married Benjamin Archer on 22 April 1742.

(4. Esther Trumbull: Born 22 August 1722 at Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut. Died 14 May 1747, perhaps from complications of child birth. Married Josiah Mack, Jr. (b. 19 Aug 1720, d. 24 May 1812) on 21 April 1743 and had the following children:

(a. Esther Mack: Born 26 December 1744.

(b. Sarah Mack: Born 30 April 1747.

Following Sarah's death, Benoni Trumbull married (2nd) Hannah (Post) Bliss, daughter of Deacon Phineas Post and widow of Reverend John Bliss of Hebron, Connecticut, on 27 October 1742. Hannah (Post)(Bliss) Trumbull died 7 May 1759, age 67. Captain Benoni Trumbull married (3rd) Phebe Post at Gilead, a parish of Hebron in January 1760. Phebe died 19 September 1762. He married (4th) Margaret Warner (Warnes) in 1763. Captain Trumbull's will, dated 24 November 1757, named his (2nd) wife, Hannah (who, by the time of his death, had been dead for years); son, Benjamin (to whom he gave his dwelling house); daughter, Hannah (Trumbull) Archer; and granddaughters, Esther and Sarah Mack.

b. Enoch Drake, Jr. (Gay #33)

Born 5 May 1683 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 17 November 1776, age 94. His will, dated 17 March 1774, mentions "Wife Sarah," who may be the "Widow Sarah Drake" who, according to Wintonbury church records, died 3 September 1794, age 87, which means Enoch may have married 4 times. Resided in Wintonbury Parish (later known as Bloomfield Twp), Windsor. Admitted to the Congregational Church there on 20 May 1770 (age 87). Enoch married (1st) Elizabeth Barber (d. 2 Apr 1717, probably from complications of child birth with daughter, Hannah) on 20 April 1704 and had the following children: (Note: this marriage is not recorded in ref 153/157.)

(1. "Sergeant" Enoch Drake, III: (Gay #67) Born 12 January 1705/6 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 4 January 1782 (will dated 1 Nov 1781); interred in the old cemetery at Bloomfield, Connecticut. Resided in Wintonbury Parish (now Bloomfield Twp), Connecticut. Married Mary Barber (b. perhaps 1712, d. 7 Jan 1781, age 69; note: church records say age 65, while tomb stone says "in her 76th year"), daughter of Joseph and Mary (Loomis) Barber (or Nathaniel and Mary (Filley) Barber) on 1 May 1735 and had the following children:

(a. Mary Drake: (Gay #138) Born 31 December 1736; baptized in the Wintonbury Parish Church. Died January 1824, age 87. Married Joel Barber (b. 22 Oct 1736, bapt 24 Oct 1736, estate probate complete 27 Dec 797 at Simsbury, CT), son of John and Jane (Alford) Barber, in Wintonbury Parish on 23 November 1758 and about 1760 settled in Harwinton Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Mary and Joel had the following children:

(1) Joel Barber, Jr.: Born 1 July 1760. Died 1 April 1820, age 60.

(2) William Barber: Born 1762. Married (?) Thompson of Avon, Hartford County, Conneceticut and had at least the following children:

(a) Romanta Barber: Married Emily Dutton.

(b) Samuel Barber: Married (1st) Phebe Beckwith, daughter of Captain John Beckwith. Married (2nd) Roxy Ann Pettibone of Burlington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(3) Aaron Barber: Born 1764. Moved south about 1815.

(b. Elizabeth Drake: (Gay #139) Born 14 November 1739; baptized in the Wintonbury Parish Church. Died 14 February 1772. Married John Matson.

(c. Enoch Drake, IV: (Gay #140) Born 24 August 1741 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized 30 August 1741 in the Wintonbury Parish Church, Windsor, Connecticut. Died 10 December 1773; interred in the old cemetery in Bloomfield Township, Connecticut. Resided in Wintonbury Parish.

1790 U.S. Census: No record of an (approx. 18-year old) Enoch Drake as head of a household in Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Vermont. Perhaps he was living with a child.

Married, as her 1st husband, Sibyl Griswold (b. 17 Apr 1742, d. 14 Aug 1829, age 88, at Granville, MA), daughter of David and Huldah (Brown) Griswold, on 25 August 1763 and had the following children:

(1) Sibyl Drake: (Gay #256) Baptized 6 December 1767 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(2) Enoch Drake, V #1: Baptized 25 December 1770 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 2 March 1772.

(3) Enoch Drake, V #2: (Gay #257) Born 24 September 1772 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized there 4 October 1772. Died 20/26 March 1863. Employed as a blacksmith at East Granville, Massachusetts from 1794 to 1830, and then as a dealer in land and money lender in Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio from 1830 to 1863. Married (1st) Sibyl Stanley (b. 12 Nov 1778 at Goshen, CT, d. 27 Feb 1843) on 15 April 1794 at East Hartford, Connecticut and had the following children:

(a) Enoch Griswold Drake: (Gay #473) Born 7 August 1796 at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died there 8 November 1827, age 31. Married Harriet Bancroft (d. 30 Oct 1825, age 27, at Granville) on 28 January 1819 and had the following children:

[1. Harriet Jennette Drake: Died 31 March 1825, age 4.

[2. Enoch Lafayette Drake: (Gay #795) Under age 14 in 1837.

(b) Leumon Drake: Born 1 May 1798. Died 4 May 1798.

(d) Son: Born 26 February 1803. Died 27 February 1803, age 1 day.

(e) Orsamus Lucius Drake: (Gay #474) Born 31 Oct 1805 (per family Bible) at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Married Climena Sarah Strong (b. 22 Jan 1805), daughter of Eleazer and Mary (Pratt) Strong, on 29 April 1829 at East Granville and subsequently resided in Ohio. Orsamus and Climena had the following children:

[1. Climena Jeanette Drake: (Gay #796) Born 11 August 1830.

[2. Rosamond Olivia Drake: (Gay #797) Born 18 February 1836. Married Franklin Portius Savage of Chicago on 22 April 1869.

[3. Eveline Drake: Born 15 January 1842. Died 15 September 1843.

[4. Ursula Lekella Drake: (Gay #798) Born 30 June 1845. Married Byron P. Beardsley of Freedom, Ohio on 6 December 1870 and had the following children:

[a. Orra D. Beardsley.

[b. Hazel Beardsley.

(f) Sibyl Sophronia Drake: (Gay #475) Born 7 January 1810 at Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Married William Clark Moore (b. 30 Jul 1807, d. 21 May 1894), son of Elihu and Hannah (Clark) Moore, on 27 March 1827 at Granby, Connecticut and resided there before moving to Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, followed by Montville, Ohio in 1828, and Freedom, Ohio in 1832. Sibyl and William had the following children:

[1. Sheldon Griswold Moore: Born 27 July 1827. Died 27 April 1828.

[2. Clark Moore: Died as an infant.

[3. Sibil Elvira Moore: Married Jesse B. Dinsmore in 1845.

[4. William Ayers Moore: Born 27 March 1837 in Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio. Died 1 June 1922. Married Sarah Maria Davis (b. 5 May 1838, d. 5 Apr 1919 in Freedom, Portage Co., OH) on 28 September 1857 and had the following children:

[a. Charles Skiffe Moore: Born 11 November 1858. Died 5 October 1917. Married (1st) Nellie M. Robinson (b. 22 Feb 1864 at Whitefield, Marshall Co., IL, d. 9 Mar 1888) of Gribbon, Nebraska on 8 October 1884 at Kearney, Nebraska and had the following children:

[1] Guy Ernest Moore: Born 10 December 1885. Married Bertha L. Smith on 22 February 1911 and had the following children:

[a] Mary Jane Moore: Born 6 October 1915.

[b] Hazel Marie Moore: Born 31 July 1917.

[c] Doris Ernestine Moore: Born 24 November 1923/24.

[2] Nellie Elvira Moore: Born 22 December 1887. Married Rudolph Steinforth (b. 2 Mar 1888) of Mantua, Ohio on 27 January 1910 and had the following son:

[a] Glenn Vaughn Steinforth: Born 28 August 1911.

Charles Skiffe Moore married (2nd) Weltha Ann Tuttle, daughter of Eli and Olivia (Sage) Tuttle, on 14 September 1898 and had the following daughter:

[3] Mabel Florentine Moore: Born 20 April 1904.

[b. Ernest H. Moore: Born 21 March 1861. Never married.

[c. Clifton J. Moore: Born 13 May 1864. Died 3 November 1913. Never married.

[d. Lucian Stanley Moore: Born 22 November 1866. Died young.

[e. Frank Drake Moore: Born 7 May 1868. Married Cora Elnore Hawley (b. 1 Jun 1869) on 28 July 1889 at Garrettsville, Ohio and had 6 children.

[f. Harriet Elvira Moore: Born 4 July 1870. Married John Franklin Dudley on 24 March 1897.

[g. Augusta Belle Moore: Born 8 October 1873. Died 13 March 1875.

[h. Martin Leroy Moore: Born 2 November 1877. Married Matilda May Miller (b. 26 Aug 1878, d. 20 Feb 1919 in Freedom Twp, Portland Co., OH) on 4 November 1900.

[i. Erma Ernestine Moore: Died young.

[j. Daughter: Still born.

(g) Lois Adeliza Drake: (Gay #476) Born 22 April 1817. Married John Ayers Skiff on 30 March 1836 in Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio.

Enoch Drake, V married (2nd) Mrs. Louisa (Marvin) Hall (d. 21 Sep 1850, age 47) of Tennessee on 14 March 1847 in Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio.

Following Enoch, IV's death, Sibyl married (2nd) Elisha Rose (d. 10 Dec 1814, age 86, at Granville, MA) of Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts on 17 April 1777 and had the following children:

(4) Olive Rose: Born 9 April 1778 in Granville Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

(5) Aaron Rose: Born 10 September 1784 in Granville Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

(d. Elijah Drake: (Gay #141) Born 20 June 1744; baptized in the Wintonbury Parish Church. He died 5 May 1783. Married Jerusha (?).

(e. Eunice Drake: (Gay #142) Born 22 June 1749 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; baptized there in the Wintonbury Parish Church. Married Darius Segur/Segar (b. 25 Jul 1751 at Windsor), son of Joseph Segur, on 12 November 1772 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Connecticut. Eunice and Darius sold their property at Simsbury, Connecticut and presumably moved west. They had the following children:

(1) Darius Segur, Jr.: Born 30 July 1773 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(2) Elijah Segur: Born 1 November 1778 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Conncticut.

(3) Hezekiah Segur: Born 10 May 1780 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(4) Eunice Segur: Born 24 October 1786 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(5) Lydia Segur: Born 8 September 1789 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(f. Major Joseph Drake: (Gay #143) Born in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; baptized there 25 August 1751 in the Wintonbury Church. Married Lois Pierce (d. Aug 1811 at Southwick, MA), daughter of Samuel Pierce, on 19 November 1772 and moved to Southwick, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Joseph and Lois had at least the following children:

(1) Joseph Drake, Jr.: (Gay #258) Born in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; baptized there 29 February 1773. Died 24 September 1809, age about 40, at Windsor (suffocated in a well; note: gravestone inscription says d. age 37). Married Elizabeth Cook and had the following children:

(a) Joseph Drake, III: (Gay #477) Died about 1880. Married, as her 1st husband, Harriet Holcomb, daughter of Asa and Chloe (Dibble) Holcomb of Granby, Connecticut; no children. Harriet (Holcomb) Drake married (2nd) Nathaniel Holcomb; no children.

(b) Elizabeth Drake. (Gay #478)

(d) Henry Drake: (Gay #480) Born 6 December 1802 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 1 March 1891 at Westfield, Massachusetts. Employed as a farmer. For a short time resided at Southwick, Massachusetts, where he tended the canal locks. Married Betsey Holcomb (d. 6 Feb 1896, age 87 yrs, 7 mo., 4 days), daughter of Elijah and Betsey (Ives) Holcomb, and had the following children:

[1. Emeline A. Drake: (Gay #799) Born 8 December 1831. Married (1st) Kilbourn T. Rising, son of Thaddeus and Fanny (?) Rising of Westfield, Massachusetts, on 21 May 1851. Married (2nd) Charles Shattuck on 12 August 1859.

[2. Henry Newton Drake: (Gay #800) Born 27 April 1834. Married (1st) Harriet Tyler, daughter of Joseph Tyler of Blandford, Massachusetts, on 11 March 1854. Married (2nd) Sarah Rose.

[3. Elijah Holcomb Drake: (Gay #801) Born 6 May 1841 at Southwick, Massachusetts. Died 20 September 1903 at Westfield, Massachusetts. Employed as a cigar manufacturer. Married Elvira T. Spencer (b. 9 Dec 1839 at Feeding Hills), daughter of George and Sally (Barker) Spencer, on 25 November 1861 at Westfield and had the following children:

[a. Nellie Elvira Drake: (Gay #1086) Born 16 September 1862. Married John Wesley Welcome (b. 9 May 1858), son of John A. and Almira (Granger) Welcome of Southwick, Massachusetts, on 21 September 1881 at Westfield, Massachusetts and had the following son:

[1] Carl Elijah Wesley Welcome: Born 6 February 1883. Was employed as Pay Master for the H. B. Smith Company, and was a member of the Mt. Moriah Lodge of Masons, Knights Templar. Married Mary Ethelind Harries (b. 26 Nov 1884 at Willimantic, CT), daughter of James and Isadora (Mitchell) Harries, on 19 September 1905 and had the following son:

[a] Carl Harries Welcome: Born 4 October 1909.

[b. Ernest Henry Drake: (Gay #1087) Born 23 November 1898. Married Flora A. MacKinnon on 14 February 1920 at Westfield, Massachusetts.

(e) Rhoda Drake: (Gay #481) Married Samuel Soper of Sandisfield, Massachusetts on 30 November 1828 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut and had several children. Moved to Pennsylvania.

(f) Lyman Drake: (Gay #482) Died 1829, age 24 in a powder mill explosion.

(g) Louisa Drake: (Gay #483) Died 12 march 1888, age 77 years, 11 months, 18 days, at Southwick, Massachusetts; interred Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married William B. Reed (d. before Louisa) of Granby on 20 September 1830 and had the following children:

[1. Cornelius Reed: Married Angie Morgan.

[2. Lillis Reed: Interred Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut. Never married.

[3. Jane Antoinette Reed: Died 22 July 1904, age 60 years, 7 months, 6 days.

(2) Samuel Pierce/Perez Drake: (Gay #259) Born in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; baptized there 9 November 1777. Married Anna Brockway of Northington (now Avon), Connecticut on 22 January 1800 and had the following children:

(a) Daughter: Baptized 19 December 1800.

(b) Daughter: Baptized 25 September 1802.

(3) Amos Drake: (Gay #260) Born 1782 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized there in 1782. Died 19 May 1845, age 63 years, 3 months, 23 days, at Southwick, Massachusetts. Married (1st) Clarissa (?) (d. 1829 at Southwick, MA) and had the following children:

(a) Amos M. Drake: (Gay #484) Enumerated as age 31 during the 1850 US Census. Employed as a drover. Married Mary Jennette and had the following daughter:

[1. Adah J. Drake: Born 7 May 1846.

(b) Clarissa Drake: (Gay #485) Baptized 21 August 1817 at Granville, Massachusetts.

(d) Sylvia Drake: (Gay #487) Baptized 21 August 1817 at Granville, Massachusetts.

Following Clarissa's death, Amos Drake married (2nd) Charlotte Hayes and had the following children:

(e) Lyman Joseph Drake: (Gay #488) Born 10 August 1830 at Southwich, Massachusetts. Died 30 September 1864 at Suffield, Connecticut. Employed as a traveling salesman. Married Mary Eliza Rising (b. 9 Jun 1832, d. 17 Mar 1894), daughter of Nelson A. and Mary Elizabeth (Sheldon) Rising, on 31 October 1855 and had the following children:

[1. Arthur Nelson Drake: (Gay #802) Born 11 August 1858 in Suffield Township, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married (1st) Minnie R. Gates (d. 18 Jan 1885, age 24) of Hartland, Connecticut. Married (2nd) Lilla Slade (b. 22 Oct 1860, d. 11 Mar 1931) on 6 May 1886 at Cleveland, Ohio. In 1933 resided at Springfield, Massachusetts. No children.

[2. Stella Cornelia Drake: (Gay #803) Born 1 January 1864 in Suffield Township, Hartford County, Connecticut. Graduated 1882 from the Connecticut Literary Institute at Suffield, Connecticut. Married Edgar W. Frost (b. 9 Jun 1864, d. 11 Aug 1899), son of Levi Dwight and Cornelia (Thorpe) Frost of Marion, Southington Township, Hartford County, Connecticut, on 29 April 1886 and had the following children:

[a. Lyman Dwight Frost: Born 14 October 1887 at Marion, Connecticut. Married Hazel Hutton.

[b. Lucille Josephine Frost: Born 28 March 1892 at Marion. Married Russell Johnson Woodward and resided in Montana.

(f) Aurelia Drake: (Gay #489) Born 1837. Died 11 August 1911, age 74 years, 4 months, 10 days. Married LaFayette Carlton (d. 16 May 1906, age 81 yrs, 8 mo., 19 days), son of Rowland and Sophia (Foster) Carlton of Alstead, New Hampshire, on 1 January 1863.

(4) Jeremiah Drake: (Gay #261) Born 1789 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 14 December 1844, age 54 years, 7 months, 28 days, at Southwick, Massachusetts. Married Anna Barns (d. 26 Feb 1853, age 65, at Southwick), daughter of Timothy Barns, on 11 January 1811 at Granby, Connecticut. At the time of the 1850 US Census, Anna, age 60, resided in the household headed by her son-in-law, Stephen Russell. Jeremiah and Anna had the following daughter:

(a) Anna Drake: (Gay #490) Died 21 November 1859, age 48, at Southwick, Massachusetts. Married Stephen Russell.

(g. Sarah Drake: (Gay #144) Baptized 7 December 1755 in the Wintonbury Parish Church, Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 4 September 1832, age 77. Married Ephraim Barber (d. 30 Aug 1813, age 61 (note: cemetery inscription says age 59)), son of Isaac Barber of Simsbury, Connecticut, on 1 February 1753 and resided at Barkhamsted, Connecticut. Sarah and Ephraim had the following children:

(1) Ephraim Barber, Jr.: Baptized 22 February 1788.

(2) Child: Baptized 3 August (?).

(3) Alvin Barber: Baptized 14 June 1789. Died 13 January 1820, age 30.

(4) Rosilla Barber: Baptized 3 March 1793. Died 27 June 1818, age 25.

(5) Abiram Barber: Baptized 4 June 1796.

(6) Sarah Barber: Married Augustus Humphrey of Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut on 19 February 1811.

(7) Hannah Barber: Married (?) Atwater.

(2. Elizabeth Drake: (Gay #68) Born 3 February 1707/8. Died 5 January 1802, age 93; interred in the old cemetery in Windsor, Connecticut. Married John Gillett (b. 11 Sep 1707, d. 24 Dec 1800), son of Daniel and Mary (Eno) Gillett of Windsor, on 30 September 1731. Elizabeth and John had the following children:

(a. Elizabeth Gillett: Born 26 September 1732.

(b. Lucy Gillett: Born 23 November 1735.

(c. John Gillett, Jr.: Twin. Born 30 July 1738.

(d. Jabez Gillett: Twin. Born 30 July 1738.

(e. Ann Gillett: Born 16 August 1740. Baptized 17 August 1740.

(f. Prudence Gillett: Born 22 May 1743. Baptized 29 May 1743.

(g. Son: Born and died 20 April 1746.

(h. Daniel Gillett: Born 22 November 1748.

(3. Eunice "Emma" Drake: (Gay #69) Born in 1712. Died 27 November 1804, age 93; interred Windsor Cemetery. Married, as his 2nd wife, Isaac Hayden (b. 3 Jul 1706, d. 20 Sep 1777, age 72), son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Hayden, on 25 January 1753. Isaac married (1st) Hannah Stiles (d. 27 Aug 1750) in 1736 and had the following children:

(a. Hannah Hayden.

(b. Lucy Hayden #1.

(c. Isaac Hayden #1.

(d. Ezra Hayden #1.

(e. Anna Hayden.

(f. Miriam Hayden.

(g. Mabel Hayden.

(h. Isaac Hayden #2.

Isaac and Eunice (Drake) Hayden had the following children:

(i. Eunice Hayden: Born 17 November 1754.

(j. Lucy Hayden #2: Born 30 December 1755.

(k. Ezra Hayden #2: Born 27 February 1758.

(4. Lois Drake: (Gay #70) Born 15 June 1710 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 3/30 October 1793, age 83. Married (1st) Matthew Holcomb, son of Joshua, Jr. and Hannah (Carrington) Holcomb, on 20 January 1729/30 (divorced Mar 1743/4) and had the following children:

(a. Matthew Holcomb, Jr.: Born 30 May 1730.

(b. Elijah Holcomb: Born 5 March 1731/32.

(c. Eli Holcomb: Born 30 August 1734.

(d. Lois Holcomb: Born 25 October 1736.

Of interest, in his will, probated 29 May 1779, Matthew Holcomb wrote: "First, being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my past sins," which might elude to the circumstances that resulted in divorce. Matthew bequeathed his entire estate to Isaac Phelps.

Lois (Drake) Holcomb married (2nd) Henry Wright (d. before 4 Feb 1763) of Springfield, Massachusetts and had the following children:

(e. John Wright: Born 14 October 1748.

(f. Moses Wright: Born 1 October 1750. Died December 1804.

(g. Sybel Wright: Born 11 September 1752.

(5. Noah Drake: (Gay #71) Born 13 June 1714 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut; his estate was probated at Litchfield on 29 November 1804. Married Hannah Skinner (b. 1 Sep 1720, d. 19 Jun 1793), daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Moore) Skinner, in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Connecticut on 1 October 1741.

1790 U.S. Census: A Noah Drake was heading a household at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. The household included 1 male over 16 years old and 1 female. There was also a Noah Drake in both Litchfield, Connecticut and Chesterfield, Massachusetts. However, those households included children under 16, which would not be likely for a man who was 76 years old.

Noah and Hannah (Moore) Drake had the following children:

(a. Noah Drake, Jr. #1: Born 30 May 1743. Died 12 June 1743, age 12 days.

(b. Noah Drake, Jr. #2: Born 5 May 1744. Died 21 July 1744, age 11 weeks.

(c. Noah Drake, Jr. #3: Born 3 September 1745. Died 25 October 1745, age 7 weeks.

(d. Hannah Drake: (Gay #145) Baptized 26 October 1746. Died 28 April 1831, age 84, at Enfield, Connecticut. She was not named in her father's will, perhaps because she was a Shaker. Married Zaccheus Munsell (b. 17 Aug 1745, d. 23 Sep 1794 at Enfield, CT), son of Calkins Munsell, on 4 May 1768 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut and subsequently resided at East Windsor, Torrington, and last at Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, where they joined the Shakers. Hannah and Zaccheus had the following children:

(1) Hannah Munsell: Born 14 May 1769. Died with the Shakers at Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(2) Zaccheus Munsell, Jr.: Born 16 April 1771.

(3) Susanna Munsell: Born 14 April 1773. Died 10 March 1861. Married Ira Grant of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut on 10 March 1796.

(4) Levi Munsell: Born 9 Sep 1775. Died 28 April 1833 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

(5) Agnes Munsell: Born 23 February 1778. Resided last and died with the Shakers at Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(6) Submit Munsell: Born 17 June 1780. Died with the Shakers at Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(e. Ira Drake: Born 1749. Died 23 December 1749, age 4 weeks.

(f. Moses Drake: (Gay #146) Born 23 May 1751 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized 9 June 1751 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Connecticut. Died 4 July 1831; interred Newfield, Torrington Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Served in the American Revolutionary War (his wife, Abigail, applied for a related pension). Resided last in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Abigail Hubbard (b. 24 Sep 1758, d. 29 Nov 1849; interred with Moses), daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Cadwell) Hubbard on 3 May 1783 and had the following children:

(1) Abigail Drake: (Gay #262) Born in February 1784. Married (1st) Stephen Wheadon. Married (2nd) Noah Humphrey (d. 1867 in Winchester Twp, Litchfield Co., CT) of Goshen, Connecticut after 1821. Married (3rd) Deacon Noah Rogers of Cornwall.

(2) Chloe Drake: (Gay #263) Born January 1786. Died 28 August 1823. Married Grove Weslin (b. 2 Jun 1793) and settled in Ohio.

(3) Moses Drake, Jr.: (Gay #264) Born 14 February 1788 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 10 April 1859; interred Newfield Cemetery, Torrington, Connecticut. Married (1st) Lucy Shepard (b. 31 May 1792, d. 5 Jun 1838; interred with Moses), daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Spencer) Shepard, on 29 November 1815 and had the following children:

(a) Roxanna Frances Drake: (Gay #491) Born 15 March 1817 in Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Died 6 September 1869. Married David Norton (b. 29 Apr 1811), son of Alexander and Rhoda (Collier) Norton of Goshen Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on 27 September 1838 and resided last in Illinois; no children.

(b) Marantha/Myrantha Drake: (Gay #492) Born 5 October 1818 in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married (1st) Alexander Gillett (b. 21 Apr 1815 at Torrington, Litchfield Co., d. there 1 Jan 1851), son of Asaph and Elizabeth (Smith) Gillett, on 24 October 1839 in Winchester Township. Married (2nd) John Marsh Wadhams (b. 7 Mar 1811 in Goshen Twp, Litchfield Co.), son of John, Jr. and Mary (Ripley) Wadhams, on 2 December 1857 at Torrington.

(c) Martin Van Drake: (Gay #493) Born 10 January 1822. Died 4 August 1884; interred Newfield Cemetery, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married his 2nd cousin, Sally A. Drake (d. 14 May 1885, age 65; will dated 27 Apr 1885; interred with Martin), daughter of Hezekiah Drake (see below), on 27 October 1847 at Torrington and adopted the following children:

[1. Mary E. Drake: Born 11 February 1853. Married Stanley Pulver of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut on 1 October 1872 (recorded at Winsted, CT) and in 1885 resided at New Haven, Connecticut.

[2. Lucy Barnum Drake: Born 7 January 1867 at Ellsworth (part of current Sharon), Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Louis Case Weigold (b. 27 Feb 1857 at Winchester, Litchfield Co.), son of Andrew and Catherine (Stumpf) Weigold of Germany, on 21 February 1884 at Brewster, Southeast Township, Putnam County, New York and had 5 children.

(d) Delia Case Drake: (Gay #494) Born 1 March 1824. Married Levi Hodges (b. 26 Jan 1817 at Torrington, Litchfield Co., CT, d. 27 Dec 1860), son of Erastus and Laura (Loomis) Hodges, on 24 September 1844 and had the following children:

[1. Lucy Shepard Hodges: Born 24 December 1846. Married Frederick Wilcox.

[2. Erastus Hodges: Born 20 January 1848. Died 12 March 1865.

[3. Levi Hodges: Born 12 May 1849. Married Lucy Fish.

[4. Helen Roxanna Hodges: Born 20 June 1860. Married Edward M. Norton.

(e) Sherman Drake: Born 2 January 1826. Died 19 August 1828, age 2.

(f) Henry Drake: (Gay #495) Twin. Born 9 June 1829. Married (1st) Harriet S. Elmore (b. 29 Aug 1829, d. 28 Sep 1872) of Canaan Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut on 25 December 1850 and had the following children:

[1. Ella Shepard Drake: (Gay #804) Born 8 November 1851. Married Roger S. Starks on 29 November 1877.

[2. Eddie M. Drake: Born 9 June 1854. Died 4 March 1861.

Henry Drake married (2nd) Mrs. Lucia (Drake) Elmore, daughter of Hezekiah Drake and widow of Sterling Elmore, on 25 December 1877 and resided in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

(g) Helen M. Drake: (Gay #496) Twin. Born 9 June 1829. Married Fred William Elmore (b. 25 May 1827), son of John and Phebe (Sterling) Elmore of North Canaan, Litchfield County, on 14 March 1849 in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut and moved to Illinois. Helen and Fred had the following children:

[1. Hattie Elmore: Born 6 May 1853 in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Francis E. Pierce/Fierce on 24 December 1878 at Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa.

[2. Delia Elmore: Born 4 May 1855 in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Olin I. Mullison on 10 February 1875 at Galva, Henry County, Illinois.

[3. Sarah Elmore: Born 14 January 1864 in Burns Township, Henry County, Illinois. Married (?) on 29 December 1886 in Center Township, Monroe County, Illinois.

[4. Louie May Elmore: Born 10 May 1868 in Burns Township, Henry County, Illinois. Married Albert K. DeWolf on 14 October 1891 at Sioux City, Woodbury and Plymouth Counties, Iowa.

Moses Drake married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Rhuby (North) Loomis (b. 28 Jul 1790, d. 16 May 1875; interred with Moses), widow of Orrin Loomis and daughter of Junius and Sabrina (Fyler) North, on 29 October 1839.

(4) Roxa Drake: Born March 1790. Died age 17.

(5) Ira Drake: Born 1792. Died 8 March 1794.

(6) Lucy Drake: (Gay #265) Born 18 April 1796. Died 1876. Married (1st) Herman Hinsdale (b. 31 Mar 1789, d. 12/13 Sep 1831 at Hudson, Portage Co., OH), son of Captain Elisha Hinsdale, on 9 October 1817 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut and subsequently resided in Portage County, Ohio. Lucy and Herman had the following children:

(a) Eleanor Nelson Hinsdale: Born 18 September 1818. Died 12 July 1894. Married Sylvester Bissell.

(b) Abi Cornelia Hinsdale: Born 7 March 1820. Died 14 January 1883.

(d) Julius Hinsdale: Born 12 February 1824. Died 21 February 1826.

(e) Mary Hinsdale: Born 31 October 1825.

(f) Moses Hinsdale: Born 1 October 1827. Died 12 February 1828.

(g) Herman Hinsdale: Born 25 December 1828. Died 25 November 1839.

(h) Lauren Martyn Hinsdale: Born 12 June 1831. Died 27 October 1876.

Following Herman's death, Lucy (Drake) Hinsdale married (2nd) Owen Brown (d. 1855), father (from an earlier marriage) of John Brown, the well-know Abolitionist, who was hanged, in 1841 at Hudson, Ohio.

(7) Huldah Drake: (Gay #266) Born 1804/6. Died 12 January 1846 at Benton, Hocking County, Ohio. Married William Yale Ford (b. 27 Aug 1802, d. 18 Nov 1881 at Kingston, Ross County, OH), son of Elias and Eunice (Cook) Ford, on 27 June 1825 at Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, and subsequently resided at Stratsborough, Portage County, Ohio. Huldah and William had the following children:

(a) Emily C. Ford: Born 25 May 1826 at Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut.

(b) Harriet Eliza Ford: Born 8 May 1830 at Streetboro, Ohio. Married Stephen Crawford (d. 11 Jan 1893) on 26 July 1846.

(d) Francis Drake Ford: Born 6 May 1838 at Bethlehem, Ohio. Died 7 October 1888 at Kingston, Ross County, Ohio. Married Mary Ann Strawn on 30 April 1864.

(g. Lucy Drake: (Gay #147) Born 8 May 1754. Died 13 August 1812; Bolivar Cemetery near Chittenango, Madison County, New York. Married Silas Fyler (b. 22 Mar 1752 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, CT, d. 15 Aug 1812; interred with Lucy) on 4 February 1779. Lucy and Silas had the following children:

(1) Lucy Fyler: Born 26 February 1780.

(2) Silas Fyler, Jr.: Born 31 May 1782.

(3) Shayler Fyler: Born 9 December 1786.

(4) Erastus Fyler: Born 2 October 1789.

(h. Noah Drake, Jr. #4: (Gay #148) Born 10 September 1758 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 3 March 1849, age 90, at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut; interred there in Newfield Cemetery. Served in the American Revolutionary War; received a related pension in 1840. Married Anna Parsons (b. 7 May 1764, d. 27 Oct 1842, age 79; interred with Noah), daughter of Hezekiah and Hannah (?) Parsons, and had the following children:

(1) Noah Drake, III: (Gay #267) Born in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 1 November 1874, age 91; interred Newfield Cemetery, Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Polly Fyler (b. 13 Mar 1784, d. 2 Mar 1874, age 90; interred with Noah), daughter of Captain Stephen and Polly (Collier) Fyler of Torrington, Connecticut, on 27 October 1804 at Winchester, Connecticut and had the following children:

(a) Mary Ann Drake: (Gay #497) Born 31 December 1805. Died 7 May 1866 in Winchester Township, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Harvey Ford (b. 1 Feb 1802 at Bethany, CT, d. 29 Aug 1882 at Bristol, Hartford Co., CT), son of Amos and Rachel M. (Russell) Ford of Cheshire, Vermont, on 26 June 1825 and had the following children:

[1. Nelson Drake Ford: Born 29 November 1825 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Mary Ann Norton.

[2. Reuben Fyler Ford: Born 28 May 1830. Married (1st) Mrs. Rebecca Fanning. Married (2nd) Phebe M. Dennison.

(b) Flora Philecta Drake: (Gay #498) Born 1 October 1817. Died January 1894. Married Thomas Allen Starks (b. 1 Jan 1815, d. 1893), son of Roger Starks of Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on 20 May 1840 and resided on the old Silas Fyler homestead in the Newfield area of Torrington, Litchfield County. Flora and Thomas had the following children:

[1. Octavia Starks: Born 19 October 1840. Married John Andrews.

[2. Hiram Munsell Starks: Born 5 November 1841. Married Mrs. Irene (Hill) Drake in 1866.

[3. Harriet A. Starks: Born 7 February 1842. Married James Franklin Beach.

[4. Mary Ann Starks: Born 25 May 1843. Died 25 October 1893. Married (1st) J. Emery Johnson. Married (2nd) Duane L. Roraback.

[5. Roger S. Starks: Born 23 August 1845. Married Ella Shepard Drake, daughter of Henry Drake, on 8 November 1877 at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

[7. Adaline Starks: Born 9 April 1847 (also seen: b. 21 August 1847). Married William Beckley.

[8. Lucius Starks: Born 21 October 1848. Died 1851/13 January 1849.

[9. Jennie L. Starks: Born 28 May 1851. Married William Archer.

[10. Flora P. Starks: Born 14 February 1854. Married Frank Chandler.

[11. Thomas Drake Starks: Born 4 January 1857. Married Mary Bailey.

[12. Lincoln Fyler Starks: Born 17 June 1860.

(2) Hezekiah Drake: (Gay #268) Born 7 March 1789. Died 4 March 1882. Married Lucy Covey (b. 27 Oct 1790, d. 28 May 1861, age 71), daughter of (?) and Sarah (Burdick) Covey, on 21 February 1814 and resided at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Hezekiah and Lucy had the following children:

(a) Edwin Covey Drake: (Gay #499) Born 9 November 1819. Died 23 July 1873. Married Betsy Carrier (b. 27 Nov 1820 in Columbus Twp, Chenango Co., NY, d. 19 Jul 1881), daughter of John Lyman and Barbara (Weaver) Carrier, on 24 December 1845 and had the follwing children:

[1. Gertrude Amelia Drake: (Gay #804a) Born 6 April 1848 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Died 15 June 1858 at Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

[2. Lyman Hezekiah Drake: (Gay #804b) Born 5 July 1850 at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Died 18 April 1852 at West Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.

[3. Byron Carrier Drake: (Gay #804c) Born 18 September 1852 at West Edmeston, Otsego County, New York. Died 28 December 1860 in New York City.

[4. David Russell Drake: (Gay #804d) Born 21 August 1855 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Died 24 June 1858.

(b) Sally Ann Drake: (Gay #500) Born 20 March 1822. Died 14 May 1885. Married her 2nd cousin, Martin Van Drake, son of Moses, Jr. (see above), on 27 October 1847.

(c) Chester Parsons Drake: (Gay #501) Born 8 February 1824 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Employed as a flour merchant. In 1885 resided in Texas. Married Caroline Moore, the adopted daughter of Harlow FYler, on 24 December 1846 and had the following children:

[1. Carlton Fyler Drake: (Gay #805) Born 29 August 1857. Graduated 1877 from Yale Law School.

[2. Willis Moore Drake: Born 12 March 1860. Died 6 November 1860.

[3. William Sherman Drake: (Gay #806) Born 30 August 1864

(d) Lucia Wade Drake: (Gay #502) Born 29 April 1827. Married (1st) E. Sterling Elmore (b. 4 Feb 1823, d. 11 Oct 1867), son of John and Phoebe (Sterling) Elmore, on 23 September 1845 and had the following children:

[1. Edgar Samuel Elmore: Born 24 December 1846. Died 23 May 1884.

[2. Lucy Jane Elmore: Born 5 April 1849. Died 30 January 1861.

Following Sterling's death, Lucia married (2nd) Henry Drake, son of Moses Drake, on 25 December 1877.

(3) Rufus Drake: (Gay #269) Born 1791. Died 15 April 1874, age 83. Married Hannah Hubbard (b. 1794, d. 23 Mar 1860 at Winchester, CT) and had the following children:

(a) Lucius Morgan Drake: (Gay #503) Born 29 August 1817 at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Died 4 January 1906, age 88 years, 1 month, 3 days, at Hall Meadow, Harwinton, Connecticut. Married Harriette Lovelia Knecttle (b. 31 Oct 1816 at Vernon, NY, d. 14 Jan 1901, age 84 yrs, 2 mo., 14 days at South Norfolk, CT), daughter of John and Harriette Lovelia (Hubbard) Knecttle of Lowell, MA, on 4 June 1843 and had the following children:

[1. Henrietta Augusta Drake: Born 1 April 1843. Died 3 May 1858.

[2. Hannah Frances Drake: (Gay #807) Born 4 September 1847.

[3. Rufus Norton Drake: Born 2 December 1850. Died 8 February 1859.

[4. Lucius Perry Drake: (Gay #808) Born 1 September 1852 at Lexington, Ohio. Employed as a carpenter. Married Adelia Jane Brace (b. 12 May 1856 at Torrington, Litchfield Co., CT), daughter of Wallace and Fidelia (Miller) Brace, on 2 October 1872 at Torrington and subsequently resided at Harwinton, Connecticut. Lucius and Adelia had the following children:

[a. Luella Agnes Drake: (Gay #1088) Born 29 March 1873. Married David Scoville of Harwinton, Connecticut on 4 February 1891.

[b. Gertrude Adelia Drake: (Gay #1089) Born 5 December 1874 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

[c. Gouldie Rhoda Drake: Born 14 November 1876. Died 21 August 1878.

[d. Rufus Harlem Drake: (Gay #1090) Born 8 August 1880.

[e. Morgan Lucius Drake: (Gay #1091) Born 8 January 1890 at Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Laura Ida Cables (b. 22 Aug 1888) on 6 April 1910 at Harwinton and resided there. Morgan and Laura had the following children:

[1] Elmer Wilbur Drake: (Gay #1241) Born 30 July 1912.

[2] Phyllis Irene Drake: (Gay #1242) Born 5 February 1919.

[f. Addie Mabel Drake: (Gay #1092) Born 31 December 1891. Married Archibald L. Garner (b. England, m. age 24) of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut on 15 February 1911.

[5. Mary Miner Drake: Born 5 November 1856. Died 3 April 1857 at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

(b) Lauren Norton Drake: (Gay #504) Born 16 November 1818. Died 20 December 1892, age 74. Married Mary Louise Miner (b. 17 Aug 1826 at Norfolk, CT, d. 22 Apr 1904, age 79 yrs, 8 mo., 15 days, in the Drakeville area of Torrington, Litchfield Co., CT), daughter of Preston and Olive Maria (Humphrey) Miner, on 25 June 1854 and had the following children:

[1. Miner Merwin Drake: (Gay #809) Born 14 February 1855 at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Died 25 October 1899, age 44 years, 8 months, 11 days. Married Ida Julia Elmore (b. 1 May 1858), daughter of George W. and Julia A. (Johnson) Elmore of Torrington, Litchfield County, on 27 December 1876 at Winchester and had the following children:

[a. Marion Humphrey Drake: (Gay #1093) Born 28 May 1878 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Walter Stephen Fyler (b. 14 Mar 1873), son of Carlton and Louise Roxy (Barber) Fyler of Torrington, on 21 November 1894 and had the following son:

[1] Miner L. Fyler: Born 27 July 1903 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

[b. Elma J. Drake: (Gay #1094) Born 16 November 1882. Married Frederick H. Baldwin on 16 April 1907.

[2. George Wetmore Drake: (Gay #810) Born 12 May 1856 at Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Married Harriette Carrie Elmore (b. 21 Jan 1862), daughter of George Washington (of Canaan, CT) and Julia N. (Johnson) Elmore of Torrington, on 20 April 1879 and had the following children:

[a. Lena Estella Drake: (Gay #1095) Born 26 November 1879.

[b. Hattie Ida Drake: (Gay #1096) Born 6 July 1891. Married George I. Dayton, age 25, on 29 March 1910 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

[c. Elmore Lorrain Drake: (Gay #1097) Born 21 January 1895.

[d. Francis Miner Drake: Born 27 June 1896. Died 28 July 1896, age 30 days.

(c) Francis Wheaton Drake: (Gay #505) Died April 1856, age 28. Married Henrietta Irene Hill on 14 December 1850 at Goshen, Connecticut and had the following daughter:

[1. Ella Harriet Drake.

(i. Annis Drake: (Gay #149) Born 15 January 1762. Died 1814. Married Aaron Loomis (b. 25 May 1766, d. before 1809), son of Ephraim Loomis, on 12 February 1789 at Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut and had the following children:

(1) Aaron Loomis, Jr.: Born 16 May 1790.

(2) Jane Loomis: Born 11 March 1792.

(3) Laura Loomis: Born 17 February 1794.

(4) Annis Loomis: Born 23 June 1797.

(5) Alvin Loomis: Born 22 December 1800.

(6. Hannah Drake: (Gay #72) Born 29 March 1717. Married (perhaps) Reverend Daniel Marshall (b.1705, d.1784), son of Deacon Thomas and Mary (Drake) Marshall (b. 1705, d. 1784), on 11 November 1742. Daniel Marshall married (2nd) Martha Stearns of Tolland, Connecticut in 1747.

Enoch Drake, Jr. married (2nd) Lydia Cook (d. 16/18 May 1718), daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Clark) Cook. He married (3rd) Dorcas Eggleston (b. 7 Sep 1692, d. 18 May 1751, "age perhaps 68 years"), daughter of Corporal John and Esther (Mills) Eggleston, on 6 May 1719 and had the following children:

(7. Jerusha Drake: (Gay #73) Born 14 June 1720 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Samuel Filley (b. 22 Oct 1706, d. 1787; will dated 24 Jul 1784 with probate complete 1 Jan 1788), son of Josiah and Esther (Eggleston) Filley, on 13 August 1739. Jerusha and Samuel had the following children:

(a. Jerusha Filley: Born 3 June 1740.

(b. Sarah Filley: Baptized 22 August 1742.

(c. Aaron Filley: Born in 1745.

(d. Child: Born and died 2 August 1747.

(e. Dorothy Filley: Baptized 20 November 1748.

(f. Moses Filley: Baptized 9 February 1752.

(8. Hezekiah Drake: (Gay #74) Born 17 January 1721/2 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 7 October 1763, age 41, in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Connecticut. Married Mary Filley (d. 7 Dec 1785, age 56; interred beside 2nd husband), daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Wilson) Filley, in June 1747. Hezekiah's estate was divided between his widow, Mary, and his brothers and sisters, so, perhaps he and Mary did not have children.

Mary (Filley) Drake married (2nd) Alexander Hoskins, Jr. (b. 1739, d. 15 Mar 1773, age 34; interred the old cemetery at Bloomfield, CT), son of Alexander Hoskins, on 14 February 1764. Mary (Filley)(Drake) Hoskins married (3rd) Robert Sanford (b. 1730, d. 11 Apr 1810, age 80).

(9. Dorcas Drake: (Gay #75) Born 11 September 1723 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Isaac Skinner, Jr. (b. 1717, d. 13 Jun 1799), son of Isaac and Hannah (Moore) Skinner (and brother of Hannah Skinner, who married Noah Drake), on 8 October 1744 in Wintonbury Parish and had the following children:

(a. Lucy Skinner: Baptized 17 February 1745 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(b. Isaac Skinner, III: Baptized 15 March 1747 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(c. Dorcas Skinner: Baptized 14 December 1755 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(d. Hezekiah Skinner #1: Baptized 16 April 1758. Died 7 May 1761.

(e. Hezekiah Skinner #2: Baptized 12 February 1764 at Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(10. Dudley Drake: (Gay #76) Born 30 August 1725. Died 3 April 1810.

1790 U.S. Census: There was a Dudley Drake heading a household in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. The household included 1 male over 16 years old; 2 males under 16; and 2 females.

1800 U.S. Census: The Dudley Drake mentioned in the 1790 Census was now over 45 years old. His household also included 1 male 16-26 years old, 1 female 16-26, and 1 female over 45.

(11. Lydia Drake: (Gay #77) Born 15 November 1727. Married, as his 2nd wife, Benjamin Loomis, Jr., son of Benjamin and Joanna (Alford) Loomis, on 27 April 1760. Benjamin, Jr. had first married Elizabeth Barber on 3 February 1751. Lydia and Benjamin had two children from 1760 to 1762.

(12. Ebenezer Drake: (Gay #78) Born 28 November 1729 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 4 May 1776. Served in the American Revolutionary War. Married Mehitable (?) Cook, widow of Reuben Cook (b. 1726, d. Dec 1762, age abt 36, at New York City, returning from the Havanna, Cuba expedition), on 23 February 1764 at Wintonbury, Connecticut. Reference 125, page 40 indicates Ebenezer also married Martha Steadman. Ebenezer and Mehitable had the following children:

(a. Mehitable Drake: (Gay #150) Born 28 January 1766 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized 24 December 1766. Died 20 December 1834, age 69. Married Joseph Case Webster (b. 1 Feb 1762, d. 13 Mar 1839, age 69), son of Sergeant William and Anna (Case) Webster of Wintonbury, on 14 April 1785 and had the following children:

(1) Son: Born 9 July 1786 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 23 July 1786.

(2) Joseph Case Webster, Jr.: Born 9 June 1787 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized there 11 January 1801.

(3) Ebenezer Webster: Born 22 March 1789 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(4) Mehitable Webster: Born 14 October 1791 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(5) Nancy Webster: Born 10 December 1795 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(6) Daniel William Webster: Born 21 April 1797 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(7) Clarissa Webster: Born 23 April 1803 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.

(8) Son: Born in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 2 February 1809, age 2 years.

(b. Ebenezer Drake, Jr.: (Gay #151) Born at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized 19 July 1767 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor. Died 1 April 1824. Served in the American Revolutionary War, enlisting for 3 years from Simsbury, Connecticut on 1 January 1777; was discharged 8 June 1783. Moved to Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont, where he married Lois Hale (d. 2 May 1843) about February 1791 and had the following children:

(1) Polly Drake: (Gay #270) Born 25 March 1793 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 19 December 1870 at Corinth, Vermont. Married David Paine (b. 8 Nov 1788 in Plainfield, N.H., d. 20 Apr 1870), son of Jesse and Polly (Robinson) Paine, who moved to Vershire in 1792, on 2 December 1812. David served in the War of 1812. Polly and David had the following children:

(a) Julianna Paine: Born 21 July 1813 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 7 August 1823.

(b) Cynthia Paine: Born 11 February 1819. Died 4 April 1887. Never unmarried.

(c) Lyman D. Paine: Born 14 December 1821 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died there 1 December 1886, age 64 years, 11 months, 16 days from complications of a heart attack. Married Wealthy/Welthy Robinson (b. 13 Oct 1822 in Stafford Twp, Orange Co., VT, d. 4 Apr 1892, age 69, in Norwich Twp, Windsor Co., VT from complications of pneumonia), daughter of Joel and Fanny (Chamberlain) Robinson, and had the following children:

[1. Nellie E. Paine: Born 17 February 1859 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 22 May 1931 from complications of heart disease at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire; interred Strafford Cemetery, Strafford Township, Orange County, Vermont. Married Eugene Greenough Harris (b. 7 May 1858 in Worcester Twp, Washington Co., VT, d. 18 Nov 1938 at Concord, NH), son of John Wood and Abbie G. (Carter) Harris, on 25 September 1878 at Strafford, Orange County, Vermont. Eugene was, at the time of their marriage, employed as a farmer. Later he was employed as a railroad machinist, belt maker, butcher, and silversmith. Nellie and Eugene had the following children:

[a. Eva "Effie" May Harris: Born 12 April 1880 in Strafford Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 15 January 1927 from complications of Banti's Disease (chronic congestive enlargement of the spleen) at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire; interred Blossom Hill Cemetery, Concord. Married Wallace Elmer Fernald (b. 25 Nov 1875 in Eliot Twp, York Co., ME, d. May 1965 in NH), son of John E. and Eliza J. (Adlington) Fernald, on 9 February 1904 at Concord. Wallace was employed as a belt maker, and, subsequently, as a gasoline station attendant.

[b. John Wood Harris: Born 3 January 1882 in Strafford Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 29 March 1944 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Employed as a barber. Married Annie M. Smith, daughter of William and Ann (Day) Smith, on 25 April 1906 at Concord.

[c. Norman Eugene Harris: Born 16 July 1884 in Strafford Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 26 January 1885, age 6 months, 10 days, from complications of a medical condition presenting as a sore throat; interred with his parents in Strafford Cemetery.

[d. Harold Franklin Harris: Born 18 October 1895 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Employed as a printer for a newspaper. Married Helen Gladys Davis, daughter of Charles P. and Flora E. (Newhall) Davis, on 27 July 1921 at Concord.

[e. Arthur Eugene Harris: Born 23 September 1897 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Died 3 November 1917 in Durham Township, Strafford County, New Hampshire; while still a student used hydrocyanic acid to take his own life.

[2. Arthur Lyman Paine: (photos) (more info) Married Bessie May McFarlane (photos) (more info) (b. New Brunswick, Canada; immigrated to the US) and resided at Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire. Arthur and Bessie had the following children:

[a. Walter Lyman Paine: (photos) Born 16 October 1892 in the Lakeport area of Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire.

[b. Owen Samuel Webb Paine: (photos) Born 26 November 1897 at Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire. Veteran of World War I; served in the US Marine Corps.

[c. Earl Arthur Paine: (photos) Born 12 July 1899 in Belmont Township, Belknap County, New Hampshire.

[d. Dorothy Arlene Paine: Born 23 September 1906 at Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire.

(d) Louis Paine: Born 15 January 1825. Died 2 August 1842.

(e) David Paine, Jr.: Born 17 July 1828. Died 5 June 1898. Married Clarissa Chandler (b. 18 May 1836) on 7 June 1857 and had at least the following daughter:

[1. Eva C. Paine.

(2) Laura Drake: (Gay #271) Married (?) Comstock.

(3) Clarissa Drake: (Gay #272) Married (?) Hutchins.

Following Ebenezer's death, Lois (Hale) Drake married (2nd) David Brewer.

(c. Hezekiah Drake: (Gay #152) Born 1 March 1767 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized 19 July 1767 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 1848. Married Judith Prescott on 15 March 1802 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont and resided there initially. In 1821 moved from Oneida County, New York to Concord, Erie County, New York, settling near Eighteen-Mile Creek, in the north part of the township, where they lived until Hezekiah's death in 1848. At the time of the 1850 US Census, Judith (Prescott) Drake, age 68, resided with her son, Ira E. Drake in Concord, New York. Hezekiah and Judith had the following children:

(1) Hezekiah Freeman Drake: (Gay #273) Born 25 November 1802 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 1825.

(2) Lydia Drake: (Gay #274) Born 30 November 1803 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 1886. Married Thomas Streeter and moved to Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin.

(3) John Prescott Drake: (Gay #275) Born 17 September 1805 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 8 July 1887 in Stockbridge Township, Wisconsin. Married (1st) Mary "Polly" Chubbuck (b. 2 Apr 1806 in Oneida Co., N.Y., d. 6 Oct 1871 in Stockbridge Twp, WI), daughter of Job and Susan (Miller) Chubbuck, on 25 December 1825 and had the following children:

(a) Eliza Drake: Born 11 October 1828. Married (?) Mann.

(b) John Vanorman Drake: Born 23 November 1831. Died age 6 (drowned).

(d) Phineas Alonzo Drake: (Gay #506) Born 11 July 1836 in Oneida County, New York. Died 26 March 1891 at Stockbridge, Wisconsin. Married Abbie Caroline Dwelley (b. 12 Oct 1840 at Portsmouth, NH), daughter of George Wilder and Narcissa (Spinney) Dwelley of Ashburnahm, Massachusetts, on 28 August 1862 at Fond de Lac, Wisconsin and had the following children:

[1. Charles Wellington Drake: (Gay #811) Born 4 May 1866.

[2. Harriett Zena Drake: (Gay #812) Born 30 May 1868. Died 25 May 1890.

[3. Mary Isabel Drake: (Gay #813) Born 4 March 1870.

[4. John Wilder Drake: (Gay #814) Born 22 December 1873.

[5. Louisa Narcissa Drake: (Gay #815) Born 17 March 1883.

(e) Judith Louisa Drake: (Gay #507) Born 26 October 1838 in Oneida County, New York. Married Henry Watson Cook (b. 24 Feb 1839 in King Twp, Canada West), son of William Prescott and Jane (McGarvey) Cook, on 12 October 1859 and had the following children:

[1. Arthur Watson Cook: Born 11 July 1860. Married Letta Dezelle and resided at Antigo, Wisconsin.

[2. Almon Prescott Cook: Born 30 April 1863. Married Marietta Eldred and resided at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin.

[3. Lizzie Jane Cook: Born 28 November 1866. Married George Kempfer on 26 May 1892 and resided at Washington, D.C.

[4. Nash Ellsworth Cook: Born 25 October 1869.

[5. Alice Emma Cook: Born 7 January 1872.

[6. Roy Everard Cook: Born 20 February 1875. Died 20 July 1879.

[7. Paul DeBarr Cook: Born 7 December 1880.

(f) Isaac Palmer Drake: (Gay #508) Born 19 June 1841 at Deansville, New York. Married Sarah Jane Cook (b. 30 Jan 1843 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, daughter of William Prescott and Jane (McGarvey) Cook, on 5 January 1862 at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin and had the following children:

[1. Villa Mary Drake: Born 24 November 1862. Died 22 February 1864.

[2. Isaac Harrison Drake: (Gay #816) Born 22 May 1864. Married Lilla Young on 26 November 1891 and resided at Mankato, Minnesota.

[3. John Prescott Drake: (Gay #817) Born 30 July 1866. Married Lucinda Cain (b. 17 Sep 1875 in Bruce Co., Canada), daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane (Scott) Cain, on 1 October 1893 and resided at Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin.

[4. Samuel Lawren Drake: (Gay #818) Born 9 September 1867 at Stockbridge, Wisconsin. Married Emma Annie Turner (b. 10 Nov 1872 at Edson, Chippewa Co., WI), daughter of Francis and Elspeth (Mason) Turner of Canada, on 8 November 1893 at Cadott, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

(g) Susan Maria Drake: (Gay #509) Born 7 October 1843 at Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Married Mark M. Thompson, son of Luke and Rhoda (Tyler) Thompson, at Stockbridge, Wisconsin and resided at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Susan and Mark had the following children:

[1. Frank Wellington Thompson: Born 4 January 1869 at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Died 27 September 1869.

[2. Ernest Prescott Thompson: Born 8 April 1871 at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Died 3 May 1874.

[3. Mattie Edith Thompson: Born 25 December 1872 at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin.

[4. Lewis Lorenzo Thompson: Born 18 March 1877 at Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Died 25 March 1887.

[5. Susie Emma Thompson: Born 2 July 1880 in Clay County, Iowa.

[6. Mabel Winifred Thompson: Born 12 June 1882 at Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa. Died 23 May 1885.

(h) John Lewis Drake: (Gay #510) Born 4 September 1845 at Brotherton, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Died 14 June 1891 at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin. Married Jane Ann Hampton (b. 16 Jun 1850 at Bethlehem, Albany Co., NY), daughter of William Giddings and Jane (Filley/Tilley) Hampton, on 4 September 1867 at Stockbridge and had the following children:

[1. William Wellington Drake: (Gay #819) Born 10 August 1868. Married Edith Lovica Dutcher on 2 July 1892 and resided at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin.

[2. George Lewis Drake: (Gay #820) Born 16 November 1870. Married Viola Jerusha Hicks on 21 January 1893 and resided at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin.

[3. Edna Eliza Drake: (Gay #821) Born 14 December 1874. Married Irwin Miller on 17 February 1892 and resided at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin.

[4. Alice Ethel Drake: Born 24 July 1879. Died 24 October 1882.

[5. Lottie May Drake: Born 17 March 1885. Died 1 April 1885.

[6. Frank Hampton Drake: (Gay #822) Born 23 May 1889.

[7. Anzolette Drake: (Gay #823) Born 19 August 1891.

(i) Austin Nathaniel Drake: Born 14 November 1852. Died about March 1853, age 4 months.

John Prescott Drake married (2nd) Roby (?) in 1875.

(4) Isaac S. Drake: (Gay #276) Born 1 March 1808 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died in 1830.

(5) Rhoda Drake: (Gay #277) Born 1 May 1811 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Died 1857. Married John Chubbuck and had the following children:

(a) Nathaniel Chubbuck.

(b) Austin Chubbuck.

(d) Imogene Chubbuck.

(6) Ebenezer Harrison Drake: (Gay #278) Born 6 November 1812 in Vershire Township, Orange County, Vermont. Ebenezer was employed as a school teacher in southern Erie County, New York for a period of time, but eventually transitioned to jailer in the County Jail, and then as an overseer in the state penitentiary at Buffalo, New York. Married Mary Betsey Goodrich (b. Fairhaven, VT), daughter of Josiah and Lucy (Brown) Goodrich of Benson, Vermont, in September 1843 and had the following children:

(a) Amelia Drake: (Gay #511) Born 11 November 1845 in Boston Township, Erie County, New York. Died 8 April 1900; interred Trumansburg, New York. Married Delos H. Townsend (b. 10 Oct 1834 at Townsendville, NY), son of Gilbert and Elizabeth (Miller) Townsend, on 10 June 1867 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York and had the following children:

[1. Martha Bell Townsend: Born 24 June 1868. Married C. Fred Sundberg (d. 7 Jul 1894) on 21 January 1891.

[2. Mary Linda Townsend: Born 28 August 1869.

[3. Florence May Townsend: Born 24 April 1871.

[4. Gilbert Delos Townsend: Born 24 December 1872.

[5. Howard Miller Townsend: Born 10 November 1874. Died 7 April 1875.

[6. Byrd Smith Townsend: Born 8 October 1875.

[7. Julia Winifred Townsend: Born 6 January 1878. Died 23 March 1878.

[8. John Vincent Townsend: Born 7 February 1883.

(b) Melinda Drake: (Gay #512) Born 6 November 1849 in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Jonathan Hiram Buckland (b. 17 Aug 1828 in Boston Twp, Erie Co., NY), son of Jonathan and Damaris (Corey) Buckland of Connecticut, on 24 May 1894 in Boston Township, Erie County, New York.

(7) Ira Evans Drake: (Gay #279) Born 28 March 1817 in Oneida County, New York. Died 18 October 1896. Was 4 years old when his parents moved to Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Maria Agard (b. 12 Jan 1818, d. 15 Dec 1885), daughter of Joshua and Lucy (Sibley) Agard of Concord, on 22 October 1840 and had the following children:

(a) Lauren J. Drake: (Gay #513) Born 28 January 1842. Died 10 October 1918 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Employed 10 years as a railroad conductor in Pennsylvania, then was in business at Keokui, Iowa. Subsequently employed by the Standard Oil Company, retiring as President of the Company in Indiana. Married Mary Josephine Anthony (b. Boston, Erie Co., NY), daughter of John and Mariah (Churchill) Anthony, on 22 December 1863 and had the following children:

[1. Seth Carlos Drake: (Gay #824) Born 23 march 1869.

[2. Louie Gertrude Drake: (Gay #825) Born 4 September 1873.

[3. Alice Mariah Drake: (Gay #826) Born 12 December 1875.

[4. Lauren J. Drake: (Gay #827) Born 27 August 1881. In 1920 resided at Roslyn, New York.

[5. Clara Josephine Drake: (Gay #828) Born 26 November 1883.

(b) Emery Agard Drake: (Gay #514) Born 24 July 1844 in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Frances Warrington (b. 20 Feb 1844 at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY), daughter of William and Sarah (Porter) Warrington of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 20 December 1867 and resided at Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Emery and Frances had the following children:

[1. Harry Ainsworth Drake: (Gay #829) Born 25 June 1868 "in Boyd Farm, PA."

[2. Archie I. Drake: (Gay #830) Born 6 June 1870 in Pennsylvania.

[3. Fred Emery Drake: Born 27 May 1875 at Irvineton, Pennsylvania. Died 5 July 1885 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

[4. Mabel Warrington Drake: (Gay #831) Born 3 March 1881 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

(c) Walter S. Drake: (Gay #515) Born 26 August 1846. Married Sarah A. Blakeley (b. 31 Aug 1849 in Hume Twp, Allegany Co., NY), daughter of David and Jane (Harper) Blakeley, on 7 December 1872 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York and had the following daughter:

[1. Pearl M. Drake: Born 2 November 1883 at Brocton, Portland Township, Chautauqua County, New York.

(d) Lucy P. Drake: (Gay #516) Born 20 January 1854. Never married.

(e) John Wallbridge Drake: (Gay #517) Born 29 April 1856. Died "killed" 9 September 1896 at Norfolk, Nebraska. In 1896 was employed as Manager of the Standard Oil Company of Norfolk, Nebraska. Married Anna Williams (b. 14 Mar 1858 in Cattaraugus Co., NY), daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Ann (Harrison) Williams of Washington, County, New York, on 17 January 1877 at Springville, Erie County, New York and had the following son:

[1. Walter John Drake: (Gay #832) Born 22 June 1883 at Springville, Erie County, New York. Married Ida Mae Fultz (b. 1880 at Washington Court House, Ohio) in 1904 at Westerville, Ohio and had the following daughter:

[a. Alice Irene Drake: Born 22 May 1906 at Columbus, Ohio.

(8) Mary Drake: (Gay #280) Born in 1819. At the time of the 1880 US Census, Mary, age 61, resided with her brother, Ira, in Concord Township, Erie County, New York.

(d. Isaac Drake: Baptized 6 February 1769 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died June 1857 in Orford Township, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Married (?) (d. 12 May 1829, age 64, at Orford, NH).

(e. James Wood Drake: (Gay #154) Baptized 26 August 1770 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Abigail Cross (b. Vershire Twp, Orange Co., VT) on 23 March 1796 and had the following children:

(1) Harriet Drake: Born 1 July 1799. Died 30 April 1800, age 9 months.

(2) Ruby Drake: (Gay #281) Born 31 March 1800.

(3) James Drake, Jr.: (Gay #282) Born 12 June 1802.

(4) Roxcina Drake: Born 30 August 1804. Died 16 April 1807, age 2 years, 10 months, 11 days.

(5) Ira Drake: (Gay #283) Born 30 August 1806.

(6) Orrin Allen Drake: (Gay #284) Born 1812. Married (1st) Maria Abbott (d. 1869) of Colden Township, Erie County, New York in 1837 and had the following children:

(a) Oscar Menso Drake: (Gay #518) Born 1841. Married Hattie Owens, daughter of John Owens, in Boston Township, Erie County, New York and had 4 sons; subsequently divorced. Oscar married (2nd) (?).

(b) Orrin Allen Drake, Jr.: (Gay #519) Born 22 July 1843. Married Phillippa Laury (b. 16 Mar 1847 at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), daughter of John and Mary (Hoskin) Laury, on 22 November 1865 in Colden Township, Erie County, New York and had the following children:

[1. Archie Laury Drake: Born 31 August 1868.

[2. Nellie Leone Drake: Born 10 February 1872.

[3. Bert T. Drake: Born 22 January 1874.

At the time of the 1850 U.S. Census, Orrin Drake, Sr. was married to Hannah (?), age 33.

(f. Lyman Drake: (Gay #155) Born 6 May 1772 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 1818. In 1810 moved from Otsego County, New York to near Eighteen-mile Creek in the north part of Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married (1st) Polly Wright on 1 May 1791 and had the following children:

(1) Lyman Drake, Jr.: (Gay #285) Born 12 May 1792. Died in November, 1812.

(2) Isaac Drake: (Gay #286) Born 7 February 1795. Died 30 June 1873 at Milton, Rock County, Wisconsin. Married Minerva Andrews and had the following daughter:

(a) Almira Drake.

Lyman Drake married (2nd) Irena Cole (b. 13 Mar 1776 in R.I., d. 26 Feb 1859), daughter of Wheeler and Eunice (Ingalls) Cole and had the following children:

(3) Wheeler Cole Drake: (Gay #287) Born 4 December 1799. Died 1 September 1868, age 68 years, 8 months; interred Canfield Cemetery, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. In 1810 moved with his parents and siblings to Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Mrs. Sarah Buckingham (Churchill) Humphrey (b. 17 Sep 1799, d. 14 Dec 1875, age 76 yrs, 2 mo.; interred with Wheeler), daughter of Edward Churchill, Sr. (b. in CT) about 1833 and resided on the family homestead. Sarah had married (1st) Nathan Egbert Humphrey and had children (see (j., below). Wheeler and Sarah had the following children:

(a) Lyman Wheeler Drake: (Gay #520) Born about 1832 in New York. Married Julie Dye.

(b) Edward Cole Drake: (Gay #521) Born about 1834 in New York.

(4) Polly Drake: (Gay #288) Born 11 October 1801. Died 12 March 1878. Note: She may be the Mary Drake who married an Andrews and was 48 years old at the time of the 1850 U.S. Census.

(5) James Drake: (Gay #289) Born 9 September 1803. Died in 1809.

(6) Cordella Drake: (Gay #290) Born 9 April 1805. Died 21 January 1890.

(7) Eben Drake: (Gay #291) Born 22 January 1807. Died 9 January 1848. Married (?) and had the following children:

(a) Howell Drake.

(b) Irene G. Drake.

(c) Austin Sherman Drake: (Gay #523) Born 28 January 1842 in Troy Lakes, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Married Ada Victoria De Laski, daughter of John de Laski, at Eau Claire, Wisconsin and had the following children:

[1. Vivian Austin Drake: Born Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

[2. Louis Victor Drake: Born Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

[3. Arthur Verrion Drake: Born Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

[4. Elmer Vernon Drake: Born Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

(8) Oren Drake: (Gay #292) Born 1811. Died 1819.

(9) Daniel David Drake: (Gay #293) Born 29 January 1812.

(10) George Washington Drake: (Gay #294) Born 22/23 March 1815 in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Jane Eliza Humphrey (b. 9 Nov 1820 at Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., N.Y., d. 21 May 1861, age 40 years, 5 months, 22 days), daughter of Nathan Egbert and Sarah Buckingham (Churchill) Humphrey (also see (c., above), on 1 December 1840 and resided at Hamburg, Erie County, New York. George and Jane had the following children:

(a) Austin Lovell Drake: (Gay #524) Born 22 November 1841. Married Margaret Murray, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Kelly) Murray, and had the following children:

[1. James Drake: Died 6 July 1866, age 11; interred Canfield Cemetery, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

(b) Humphrey Nathan Drake: (Gay #525) Born Born 5 February 1845. Married Alice Holly, daughter of John L. and Hannah (Killom) Holly.

(c) Sarah Irene Drake: (Gay #526) Born 25 December 1848. Married Walter Chubbuck, son of John Bird and Rhoda (Drake) Chubbuck.

(d) Jane Eliza Drake: (Gay #527) Born 23 November 1852. Married William Olin, son of William and Marie (Martin) Olin.

(e) George Washington Drake, Jr.: (Gay #528) Born Born 5 February 1858. Died 21 January 1883 at Fargo, North Dakota.

(f) Ida May Drake: (Gay #529) Born 8 May 1861. Never married.

(11) Eliza Ann Drake: (Gay #295) Born 10 July 1818.

(g. Clarissa Drake: (Gay #156) Born 6 May 1772 a Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Theodore Wadsworth, son of Elisha Wadsworth of Hartford, Connecticut, on 11 April 1793 and in 1844 resided at Northampton, Fulton County, New York.

(h. Ira Drake: (Gay #157) Baptized 30 April 1775 at Windsor, Hartford County, New York. Impressed into the British Navy as a young man and "was never definitively heard of again." According to family tradition, Ira was sold as a slave to the Turks.

(i. Reuben Drake: (Gay #158) Baptized 6 July 1776 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 4 December 1865 in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Was admitted to the Wintonbury Parish Church in 1821, but subsequently moved from Vermont to Jefferson County, New York, and in 1834 moved to Concord Township, Erie County, New York.

1850 US Census: The household headed by Reuben Drake included Electa Drake, age 48, who was employed as a farmer and mechanic.

Reuben Drake married Abigail "Nabby" Cooley (b. 18 Dec 1783, d. 5 Jan 1832) in Vermont, where Reuben was a Captain in the Vermont Militia for several years. Reuben and Abigail had the following children:

(1) Cyrena Drake: (Gay #296) Born 6 February 1803/6 in Connecticut. Died 6 June 1863 at Plymouth, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Married Chester Kies/Keyes Sedgwick (b. 19 Jul 1799, d. 14 May 1860 at Plymouth, Sheboygan Co., WI) of Hartford, Connecticut, son of (?) (b. 17 May 1771) and (?) (?) Sedgwick (b. 4 Sep 1779), on 27 November 1822 and had the following children:

(a) Harriet Eliza Sedgwick: Born 13 October 1823. Died 24 November 1889 in Ellington Township, Hancock County, Iowa. Married (?) Decatur Willson, son of Stephen Decatur Willson (b. 24 Sep 1816) and grandson of Abner (b. 7 Mar 1772) and Lucy (Stone) Willson of Chester County, Vermont, on 1 December 1842 at Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin and had the following children:

[1. Olive Elizabeth Willson: Born 10 August 1843. Died 25 January 1874.

[2. Orrin Henry Willson: Born 1 September 1850.

[3. Clark Decatur Willson: Born 4 February 1853. Married (?) on 7 February 1875.

[4. Chester Bird Willson: Born 17 January 1855. Married (?) on 15 April 1890.

[5. Mary Alfaretta Willson: Born 19 September 1857. Died 23 May 1878. Married (?) on 1 January 1877.

(b) Chester Harmon Sedgwick: Born 24 November 1824. Died 9 February 1846 at Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin.

(d) Aaron Henry Sedgwick: Born 26 May 1842 in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Catherine L. Bacon (b. 29 Apr 1844 at Northfield, Summit Co., OH), daughter of William and Cynthia (Odell) Bacon, on 1 January 1861 and had the following children:

[1. Chester William Sedgwick: Born 4 October 1861. Married Mary Armena Johnson on 25 August 1884 and had the following children:

[a. Harry Llewellyn Sedgwick: Born 15 September 1885.

[b. William Roy Sedgwick: Born 11 March 1887.

[2. Harry Alton Sedgwick: Born 16 March 1864. Married Anna Dora Johnson (b. 25 Jul 1867 at Manistee, MI), sister of his sister-in-law, Mary Armena (Johnson) Sedgwick) on 14 February 1884 at Stockbridge, Calumet County, Wisconsin and had the following children:

[a. George Wilson Sedgwick: Born 7 November 1884.

[b. Chester Alton Sedgwick: Born 30 March 1886.

(2) Julia Drake: (Gay #297) Born 27 March 1809 in Connecticut. Baptized 4 August 1822 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 25 February 1893. Married Arvin Ray Bonesteel (b. 8 Jul 1805, d. 8 Feb 1888), son of John and Betsy (Hill) Bonesteel, on 12 February 1829 and resided at East Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York. Julia and Arvin had the following children:

(a) Clarissa Erdelia Bonesteel: Born 12 March 1833. Married Warren Green Ransom (b. 1 Apr 1829), son of Jared Comstock and Anna Amanda (Cook) Ransom, and resided at Springville, Concord Township, Erie County, New York.

(b) Arunah G. Bonesteel: Born 22 October 1836. Died 20 March 1914 at East Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York.

(c) Chester Henry Bonesteel: Born 15 May 1839. Married Sebra Caroline Brown (b. 26 Nov 1844), daughter of Porter and Susan (Pool) Brown, on 18 January 1866 at Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas.

(d) Reuben Cooley Bonesteel: Born Born 15 May 1843. Married (1st) Helen Augusta Morey (b. 29 Dec 1845, d. 6 Nov 1865), daughter of Barton and Betsy (Pratt) Morey. Married (2nd) Ellen Almira Edmunds (b. 20 Feb 1853), daughter of Austin and Jane (Demming) Edmunds of Springville, Concord Township, Erie County, New York, on 6 January 1870.

(e) Mary Cyrene Bonesteel: Born 14 March 1846. Died 9 April 1919 at East Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York.

(3) Reuben Cooley Drake, Jr.: (Gay #298) Born 10 October 1814 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized there 4 August 1822. Died 1 January 1888 in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. At age 15 moved with his parents and siblings to Jefferson County, New York. In spring 1834 moved to Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Married Mary Wood (b. 19 Aug 1825), daughter of Robert and Mary (Howe) Wood of Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York and granddaughter of Jesse Howe (an officer in the American Revolutionary War), on 19 December 1850 and had the following children:

(a) Jay Drake: (Gay #530) Born 30 June 1854. Never married. Resided most of his life at Sterlingville, Erie County, New York, where he was employed as a school teacher from 1873 on, and as Chairman of the Board of Assessors for Concord Township. Was also a "generous" contributor to Gay's research on the descendants of John Drake of Windsor, Connecticut, which was the principle source for the information displayed on this page.

(b) May Drake: (Gay #531) Born 29 March 1863. Married Henry Edwin Wiser (b. 16 Mar 1861), son of Dominio and Mary (Timm) Wiser, on 22 November 1888 and had the following son:

[1. Bert Henry Wiser: Born 14 December 1889. Married Ella Trevett on 12 August 1914 and had the following children:

[a. Mildred M. Wiser: Born 18 February 1921.

[b. Herbert H. Wiser: Born 23 October 1923.

(4) Abigail Jenette Drake: (Gay #299) Born 2 September 1815 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Baptized 4 August 1822 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor. Died 24 August 1892. Married Henry Ackley/Akerly (b. 26 Apr 1814), son of Charles and Chloe (Putnam) Ackley, on 26 March 1835 and resided in Boston Township, Erie County, New York. Abigail and Henry had the following children:

(a) Louisa C. Ackley: Born 5 December 1841. Died 5 May 1861.

(b) Mary Emmogene "Emma" Ackley: Born 14 October 1844. Died 7 January 1911. Married Alphonso Smith, son of William and Cinderilla (Briggs) Smith of Ellicottville, Wyoming County, New York, on 25 December 1871.

(5) James Leonard Drake: (Gay #300) Born 27 September 1820 at Windsor, Harford County, Connecticut. Baptized 4 August 1822 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor. Died 14 January 1917. Married Esther Yaw (b. 18 Apr 1824), daughter of Hiram and Mary (Torrey) Yaw, on 23 February 1851 in Boston Township, Erie County, New York and resided at Buffalo, New York. James and Esther had the following children:

(a) Clinton Leonard Drake: (Gay #532) Born 21 February 1852. Married Annette Underhill (b. 26 Jan 1853), daughter of James Henry and Lovina (Rice) Underhill of Newport, Herkimer County, New York, on 1 November 1874 in Boston Township, Erie County, New York and had the following son:

[1. James Adelbert Drake: Born 12 March 1877 in Boston Township, Erie County, New York.

(b) Mary Drake: (Gay #533) Born 2 April 1854. Died 16 October 1899. Never married.

(d) Hiram Yaw Drake: Born 24 February 1860. Died 19 September 1861 in Boston Township, Erie County, New York.

(e) Emma Louisa Drake: (Gay #535) Born 31 January 1863. Died 7 march 1888. Married Dr. Uriah C. Lynde.

(f) Dix Douglas Drake: (Gay #536) Born 3 October 1866. Married Minnie Borschel (b. 19 Feb 1882) on 12 October 1911 and resided at Buffalo, Erie County, New York.

(6) Orimel Keep/Hinckley Drake: (Gay #301) (female) Born 5 December 1822 (could this be 1821?). Baptized 4 August 1822 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 17 December 1880. Married Melvina Woodward (b. 28 Jun 1828), daughter of Philander and Samantha (Conkling) Woodward, on 13 April 1850 and resided in Concord Township, Erie County, New York. Of interest, at the time of the 1850 U.S. Census, Melvina Woodward's wife was enumerated as Amanda Woodward. Orimel and Melvina had the following children:

(a) Clara Drake: (Gay #537) Born 13 November 1854. Married Horace Kendall T. Tallmage (b. 4 Feb 1848), son of Asaph and Diantha Noble (Smith) Tallmage of Ludlow, Massachusetts, on 26 June 1872 and resided at Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Clara and Horace had the following children:

[1. Charles Dudley Tallmage: Born 16 October 1878.

[2. Millard Drake Tallmage: Born 22 March 1881.

[3. Grace Melvina Tallmage: Born 30 April 1885.

(b) Nellie Drake: (Gay #538) Born 28 February 1862. Married Truman Augustus Denton (b. 16 Apr 1857), son of Francis Granger and Almira Amelia (Wilcox) Denton of Covington, New York, on 19 May 1880 and had the following children:

[1. Laura Louise Denton: Born 13 July 1881.

[2. Lewis Burdette Denton: Born 2 July 1884.

(c) Flora Drake: (Gay #539) Born 8 August 1866. Married Walter Clement Morgan (b. 14 Dec 1860), son of James and Margaret (Hanbury) Morgan of Monmouthshire, England, on 1 July 1885 and had the following children:

[1. Roy Clement Morgan: Born 23 June 1886.

[2. Ethel Margaret Morgan: Born 2 February 1888.

[3. Gladys Bell Morgan: Born 23 January 1891.

(7) Chloe Drake: (Gay #302) Born 19 January 1825. Baptized 13 May 1826 in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Married Orrin Sillick Baker (b. 29 Sep 1820), son of Joshua and Wealthy (Canfield) Baker, on 12 July 1846 and resided in Boston Township, Erie County, New York. Chloe and Orrin had the following children:

(a) Leonard Cooley Baker: Born 24 March 1849. Married Mary E. Huyck (b. 2 Oct 1852), daughter of Harvey and Mary (Arnold) Huyck, on 7 April 1875 and had the following daughter:

[1. Mary Huyck: Born 19 December 1877.

(b) Walter E. Baker: Twin. Born 10 June 1851. Died 4 December 1882. Never married.

(d) Reuben Drake Baker: Born 30 March 1856. Married Lana Kujaneck in 1889.

(e) Mary Wealthy Baker: Born 1 August 1859. Married Alfred A. Ellis (b. 9 Feb 1852), son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Oxley) Ellis, on 15 April 1886.

(f) Rose Chloe Baker: Born 23 November 1861. Married Loran Maynard (b. 4 Aug 1864), son of Julius and Mary (Hinkson) Maynard, on 21 June 1885 and had the following children:

[1. Walter Maynard: Born 19 August 1887.

[2. George Lee Maynard: Born 5 June 1889.

(g) Henry Ward Baker: Born 29 August 1865. Married Nettie L. Booth (b. 10 Apr 1870), daughter of Warren and Dora (Robinson) Booth, on 15 May 1889.

(h) Harriet Jessie Baker: Born 30 August 1869. Married Karl H. Brucker, Jr. (b. 22 May 1866), son of Karl H. and Rosine (Heckel) Brucker, on 1 December 1891 and had the following daughter:

[1. Edna May Brucker: Born 16 October 1892.

(8) Ira Drake: Died young.

(13. Isaac Drake: (Gay #79) Born 13 July 1733. Died 26 October 1755 at Lake George, New York while assigned to Captain Benjamin Allyn's Company during the French and Indian War. According to reference 46, Isaac enlisted in 4th Co., 1st Regiment, commanded by Major Phineas Lyman.

c. Nathaniel Drake (4) (1685-1769) (Gay #34) See generation 4.

d. Samuel Drake (Gay #35)

Born 27 July 1688. Probably died young.

e. Hannah Drake (Gay #36)

Born 6 October 1695 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 31 March 1758. Married Remembrance Sheldon of Hartford, Connecticut, son of Captain John and Elizabeth (Pratt) Sheldon (from whom he received land at Windsor, CT), on 19 February 1718/9. Of related interest, in 1762, Epaphras Sheldon of Torrington and Remembrance Sheldon of Windsor quit claimed to Jerusha Sheldon some land at Windsor. Hannah and Remembrance had the following children:

(1. Elisha Sheldon: Born 29 February 1719/20.

(2. Jerusha Sheldon: Born 27 November 1722 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 1 May 1798. Per reference 75, Jerusha married (1st) Nathaniel Bissell and (2nd) Samuel Filer (b. 19 Dec 1716), son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Grant) Filer. Reference 77 indicates Jerusha was unmarried in 1762.

(3. Epaphras Sheldon: Born 24 September 1726. In 1762 resided at Torrington, Connecticut. Married Eunia Allen on 30 April 1752 and had two children from 1753 to 1755.

(4. Remembrance Sheldon, Jr.: Born 23 October 1728. Married (1st) Sarah Eggleston (b. 16 Mar 1726, d. 7 Nov 1761, age 35), perhaps daughter of Jedediah and Sarah (Moore) Eggleston, on 31 January 1751 and had four children. Remembrance married (2nd) Mary (?).

(5. Hannah Sheldon: (perhaps; not mentioned in ref 77) Died 31 March 1758.

* Note: References throughout are to the numbers assigned to people by Alice M. Gay in The Descendants of John Drake of Windsor Connecticut, published in 1933.

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