OTHER DRAKES
David Belding Drake Ancestors &
Descendants
(Start at generation 1, below.)
Note: Though the focus in this web domain is primarily on
the ancestors and descendants of George Edgar Drake, who resided near LeRaysville, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York,
there are other (not closely related) Drake families in that general area of
northern New York State, and this annex documents one of them. Others include families headed by: Caleb Drake of Gouverneur; Daniel
David Drake of Moira; Francis Wilson Drake
of Orwell; Henry Drake of LeRay; Joseph Drake of Stockholm;
Josias Drake; Loren H. Drake of
Adams Center; and Thomas Drake of LaFargeville. Also
note: Andrew J. Drake
of Sackets Harbor, New York was the great-great grandson Josiah Drake (5) (see paragraph
5.c.(2.(c.(2)); and John
Drake of New Haven, New York was the great-great grandson of Nathaniel
Drake (4) (see paragraph 6.a.(4.(h.(12)).
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Origin of
the surname “Drake:”
Generation
5
2 Asaph Drake
1. Biographical notes:
Born 27 May 1775 in Easton Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Died 8 June 1871.
1850 US Census: Asaph
Drake, age 75 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $6,500. The household also included his wife, Louisa
Drake, age 80 (b. NH); and daughter, Sylvia Drake, age 40 (b. VT). Of interest, the household headed by his son,
Solomon, age 34, was enumerated directly afterwards (likely under the same
roof).
1860 US Census: Asaph
Drake, age 85 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge (Lower Weybridge Falls
Post Office) Township, Addison County, New York. His real estate was valued at $9,000, and his
personal property was valued at $500.
The household also included Sylvia Drake, age 52 (b. VT). Of interest, several family members were
enumerated on the same census page.
1870 US Census: Asaph
Drake, age 95 (b. MA) and a retired farmer, resided in the household headed by
Fordyce Shaw, age 59 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, in Weybridge
Township (West Salisbury Post Office), Addison County, Vermont. Fordyce's real estate was valued at $12,000,
and his personal property was valued at $2,000.
The household also included Angeline P. Shaw, age 56 (b. VT); and Sylvia
S. Drake, age 60 (b. VT).
2. Wife: Lovice/Lovisa L./Louisa/Lucinda Belding
Born 13/18 May 1770.
Died 15
November 1854 at Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont; interred there in Weybridge Cemetery.
3. Children:
a. Elijah Graves Drake: Born 6 August 1797 at (perhaps) Weybridge, Addison County,
Vermont. Died 20 September 1860, age 63
years, 1 month, and 14 days, from complications of paralysis, at Weybridge, Vermont (per Town Clerk Record; also seen: d.
Middlebury, Addison Co., VT); interred Weybridge
Cemetery.
1840 US Census: Elijah Drake
was heading a household in Weybridge Township,
Addison County, Vermont. The household
included 2 males age 20 to 30; 1 male age 40 to 50; 1 female age 5 to 10; 1
female age 10 to 15; 1 female age 15 to 20; 1 female age 40 to 50; and 1 female
age 70 to 80.
1850 US Census: Elijah G.
Drake, age 53 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $4,000. The household also included his wife, Harriet
Drake, age 51 (b. VT); daughter, Sarah L. Drake, age 20 (b. VT); daughter,
Harriet Drake, age 17 (b. VT); Tully Danaree, age 14
(b. VT); Martha Prindle, age 65 (birth location
unknown); Henry W. Hagar, age 38 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, whose real
estate was valued at $1,600; Emeline Hagar, age 38
(b. VT); Laura Hagar, age 8 (b. VT); Charlotte Hagar, age 7 (b. VT); Henry B.
Hagar, age 1 (b. VT); and Sarah Hagar, age 67 (b. CT).
1860 US Census: Elijah G.
Drake, age 63 (b. VT) and Harriet B. Drake, age 60 (b. VT) resided in the
household headed by their son-in-law, John A. Child, age 31 (b. VT) in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont.
Elijah Drake married
Harriet Brewster (b. 14 Sep 1799, d. 10 Mar 1863 at Weybridge,
VT; interred with Elijah), daughter of William and Sarah (Williston) Brewster,
on 6 December 1821 at Weybridge, Addison County,
Vermont (license issued same day in Middlebury Twp, Addison Co., VT) and had at
least the following children:
(1. Sarah Louisa Drake:
Born 5 May 1830. Died 15 January 1893;
interred Weybridge Hill Cemetery, Weybridge,
Addison County, Vermont. At age 22
married John Adams Child, age 23, son of John and Abigail (Wright) Child, on 10
March 1852 at Weybridge and had children.
1860 US Census: John A.
Child, age 31 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township (Weybridge
Lower Falls Post Office), Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $500, and his
personal property was valued at $500.
The household also included his wife, Sarah Child, age 30; son, Willis
B. Child, age 4 (b. VT); daughter, Harriet Child, age 2 (b. VT); father-in-law,
Elijah G. Drake, age 63 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, whose real estate was
valued at $4,500 and personal property was valued at $550; mother-in-law,
Harriet B. Drake, age 60 (b. VT); George McCue, age 19 (b. Ireland) and
employed as a farm laborer; Charles Gantt, age 23 (b. Canada) and employed as a
farm laborer; Sylva Drake, age 75 (b. MA); and domestic servant, Fanni Adams, age 21 (b. Canada).
(2. Harriet Emily Drake:
Born 22 September 1833 at Weybridge, Addison County,
Vermont. Died 2
November 1899, age 66 years, 1 month, and 11 days, from complications of cancer
in Vermont. Married
(?) Bouditch.
b. Lauren Drake: Born 16
January 1800 at (perhaps) Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont. Died 22 June 1869 in Owen Township, Clark
County, Indiana; name and dates on parents' gravestone, Weybridge
Hill Cemetery, Weybridge Township, Addison
County, Vermont.
1850 US Census: Lauren Drake,
age 50 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $4,000. The household also included his wife, Rebecca
Drake, age 41 (b. CT); son, Lauren C. Drake, age 18 (b. VT); and Charles McFarlan, age 19 (b. NYS) and employed as a laborer.
1860 US Census: Lauren
Drake, age 60 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Ripton Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $4,500, and his
personal property was valued at $2,000.
The household also included his wife, Rebecca Drake, age 59 (b. CT).
Lauren Drake married
Rebecca W. Hurd (b. 23 Oct 1801, d. 12 Jun 1862;
interred Weybride Hill Cem.), daughter of William Hurd, on 12 June 1828 at Weybridge,
Vermont and had the following son:
(1. Achsa
L. Drake: Born 1830 in Vermont. Died 25 September 1899.
Married Uriah D. Twitchell (b. 1825, d. 1901)
and had the following children:
(a.
Alice Twitchell: Born about 1856 in Vermont.
(b.
Daniel L. Twitchell: Born 1858. Died 3 February 1858 in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont.
(b.
Eugene Twitchell: Born 12 August 1861 in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. At age 37 married Ella Gertrude Vance, age
42, daughter of James and Anne (Bethel) Vance, on 30 September 1899 at
Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont.
(2. Lauren Curtis Drake:
Born about 1833 in Weybridge Township, Addison
County, Vermont. Died there 13 May 1885,
age 52 years, 10 months, and 21 days, from complications of an embolism;
interred there in Weybridge Hill Cemetery.
1870 US Census: Loren C.
Drake, age 38 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township (West Salisbury Post Office), Addison
County, Vermont. His real estate was
valued at $7,500, and his personal property was valued at $800. The household also included his wife, Marion
Drake, age 32 (b. VT); son, Harrison W. Drake, age 6 (b. VT); daughter, Hortense Drake, age 4 (b. VT); and Amanda Hayward, age 50
(b. VT).
Lauren C. Drake married
Marion Eliza Wilder (b. 15 Aug 1836, d. 17 Jan 1923) and had the following
children:
(a.
Harrison W. Drake: Born 24 April 1864 in Vermont.
(b.
Hortense M. Drake: Born 5 June 1866 in Vermont. Died March 1963 in Volusia County, Florida;
interred Lake View Cemetery, West Addison, Addison County, Vermont. Married (?) Hoyt.
c. Isaac Drake: Born 8
March 1802 at (perhaps) Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont. Died 17 May 1886.
1850 US Census: Isaac
Drake, age 48 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $8,500. The household also included his wife, Mary
Drake, age 44 (b. VT); Reuben Laburte, age 50 (b. Canada)
and employed as a laborer; and Margarette McLauglin, age 20 (b. Ireland).
1860 US Census: Issac Drake, age 58 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison
County, Vermont. His real estate was
valued at $6,000, and his personal property was valued at $5,000. The household also included his wife, Mary
Drake, age 56 (b. VT) and Reuben Liberty, age 60 (b. Canada) and employed as a
farm laborer.
1870 US Census: Isaac
Drake, age 68 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real
estate was valued at $9,000, and his personal property was valued at
$7,000. The household also included
Harriet Bowdish, age 35 (b. VT); Julia Walker, age 28
(b. VT); and Urbin Liberty, age 70 (b. Canada) and
employed as a farm laborer.
Isaac Drake married Mary
Williston Brewster on 11 March 1830 at Weybridge, Vermont.
d. David Belding Drake: See generation 1, below.
e. Mary Lucy Belding Drake:
Born 2 October 1806 at Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont. Died 4 August 1881.
f. Sylvia Louisa Drake:
Born 23 February 1810 at Weybridge, Addison County,
Vermont. Died there 17 March 1896 in
Vermont, age 86 years and 23 days, from complications of heart failure;
interred Weybridge Hill Cemetery. Never married.
1860 US Census: Sylvia
Drake, age 52 (b. VT), resided with her father in Weybridge
Township, Addison County, Vermont.
g. Cyrus/Syrus Bryant Drake, DD (doctor of divinity) : Born 18
August 1812 at Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont. Died 21 April 1878, age 65 years, 3 months,
and 20 years, from complications of pneumonia at Royalton, Windsor County,
Vermont; interred Weybridge Hill Cemetery. Employed as a clergyman
1870 US Census: Cyrus
Drake, age 57 (b. VT) and employed as a clergyman, was heading a household in
Royalton Township, Windsor County, Vermont.
His real estate was valued at $3,500?. The household also included his wife, Louise
Drake, age 55 (b. VT); and daughter, Louise Drake, age 27 (b. VT).
Cyrus Drake married Louisa
Maria Smith (d. 6 Nov 1870) on 6 October 1840.
h. Polly Angelina Drake
"Angeline": Born 7 August 1814 at Weybridge,
Addison County, Vermont. Died there 26 March 1887, age 74 years and months, from
complications of heart disease.
Married Fordyce M. Shaw (b. abt 1811 in VT), likely son of Annis/Ann S. Shaw (b. abt 1777 in MA).
1855 MA Census: Mardis Y. M. Shaw, age 43 (b. VT) and employed as a
commission? merchant, was heading a household in Malden, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Angelia P. Shaw, age 41 (birth location not recorded); Annis Shaw, age 76 (birth location not recorded); and Julia
Sullivan, age 20 (b. Ireland).
1860 US Census: F. M.
Shaw, age 49 (b. VT) and employed as a grocer, was heading a household in
Malden Township, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The household also included his wife, A. P.
Shaw, age 46 (b. VT); and Ann S. Shaw, age 83 (b. MA).
1870 US Census: Fordyce
Shaw, age 59 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township (West Salisbury Post Office), Addison
County, Vermont. His real estate was
valued at $12,000, and his personal property was valued at $2,000. The household also included his wife,
Angeline P. Shaw, age 56 (b. VT); father-in-law, Asaph
Drake, age 95 (b. MA) and a retired farmer; and sister-in-law, Sylvia L. Drake,
age 60 (b. VT) and at home.
1880 US Census: Fordge M. Shaw, age 69 (b. VT; parents b. MA) and employed
as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge
Township, Addison County, Vermont. The
household also included his wife, Polly A. Shaw, age 65 (b. VT; father b. MA;
mother b. NH); and sister-in-law, Sylvia L. Drake, age 70 (b. VT; father b. MA;
mother b. NH).
i. Solomon Drake: Born 11 January 1817 at Weybridge, Addison County,
Vermont. Died 18 June 1884 at Otho, Webster County, Iowa. Employed as a farmer.
1850 US Census: Solomon
Drake, age 34 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. No record of owning real or personal
property. The household also included
his wife, Mary Drake, age 29 (b. NYS).
Of interest, the household headed by his father was enumerated directly
before (likely under the same roof).
Solomon Drake married
(1st) Mary Bangs (b. 17 Nov 1821, d. 30 Dec 1853, age 32; interred Weybridge Hill Cem.) on 10 October 1843 in LeRoy Township, Genesee County, New York and had the
following children:
(1. Lucius
Bangs Drake: Born August 1852 in Vermont.
Married Nellie L. (?) (b. Mar 1859 in NYS) and
had the following children:
(a.
Mary B. Drake: Born about 1878 in New York.
(b.
Irving L. Drake: Born May 1880 in New York.
(c.
Louis B. Drake: Born July 1882 in Iowa.
(d.
Ella L. Drake: Born February 1886 in Kansas.
(e.
Willard W. Drake: Born April 1888 in Kansas.
(f.
Cora E. Drake: Born January 1890 in Kansas.
Solomon Drake married
(2nd) Anna Amelia Killam/Killum
(b. 20 Jan 1843) on 28/29 May 1867 in Otho Township,
Webster County, Iowa and had the following children:
(2. Vesta
Louise Drake: Born 25 March 1869 in Otho Township,
Webster County, Iowa.
Died 30 November 1940 at Malad City, Oneida
County, Idaho; interred there in Madad City
Cemetery. Married
Frank Metcalf (b. 26 Nov 1871 in Oneida Co., ID, d. 15 Feb 1950 at Malad City, Oneida Co., ID) at Elkhorn, Oneida County,
Idaho.
(3. Sylvia Mabel Drake:
Born 15 December 1871 in Iowa. Died 17
December 1946 in Los Angeles County, California; interred Hillside Memorial
Park, Redlands, San Bernardino County, California. Married Raymond Cummings
Brooks (b. 26 Sep 1869, d. 14 May 1944) in 1896.
(4. Bryant Stillman Drake: Born 13 August 1877 in Lehigh Township,
Webster County, Iowa.
Died 9 January 1958 in California; interred Golden Gate National
Cemetery; San Bruno, San Mateo County, California. Married Flora Ornis
Frickstad (b. 2 Sep 1881 in NYS, d. 27 Dec 1968 in
CA) and had the following son:
(a.
Herbert Belding Drake: Born 12 March 1907 in Washburn Township, Bayfield
County, Wisconsin. Died 29 December 1984
in Alameda County, California; interred Golden Gate National Cemetery, San
Bruno, San Mateo County, California.
Married Julia Victoria (?) (b. 22 Feb 1903, d.
2 Dec 1998).
1 David Belding Drake
1. Biographical notes:
Born 22 May 1804 at (perhaps) Weybridge,
Addison County, Vermont. Died 10 August 1869 in
Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York; interred Weybridge Hill
Cemetery, Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont.
1850
US Census: David B. Drake, age 46 (b. VT) and employed as a manufacturer, was
heading a household in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. His real estate was valued at $6,000. The household also included his wife,
Caroline Drake, age 48 (b. NH); son, Asaph Drake, age
18 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; son, Francis Drake, age 17 (b. NYS) and
employed as a manufacturer; daughter, Mary A. Drake, age 15 (b. NYS); daughter,
Harriet L. Drake, age 13 (b. NYS); son, Isaac, Drake, age 6 (b. NYS); and
Martha M. Ticher?, age 25 (b. NYS), with no record of
employment.
1860
US Census: David B. Drak, age 56 (b. VT) and employed
as a farmer, was heading a household in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $9,400, and his personal property was valued at $4,580. The household also included his wife,
Caroline Drak, age 53 (b. NH); daughter, Harriet L. Drak, age 22 (b. ditto (NH)) and employed as a school
teacher; daughter, Ann Drak, age 20 (b. ditto (NH))
and employed as a music teacher; son, Isaac Drak, age
16 (b. ditto (NH)) and employed as a farmer; Olive Frary,
age 23 (b. ditto (NH)) and employed as a domestic servant; and George B. Smith,
age 4 (b. ditto (NH)). [note: place of birth for all but David and Caroline should
be NYS]
2. Wife: Caroline Wilson
Born 22 July 1806. Died 9
November 1865; interred with David. Married David Drake on 17
June 1830.
3. Children:
a.
Asaph Drake: Born 3 May 1831 in Stockholm Township,
St. Lawrence County, New York. Died 30
June 1876, age 47 years, 3 months, and 27 days, at Middlebury, Vermont;
drowned; interred Weybridge Hill Cemetery, Weybridge, Addison
County, Vermont. Employed
as a farmer. Married
Mary E. Foot (b. 1830, d. 5 Apr 1901, age 71; interred with Asaph),
daughter of Sylvester Scott and Abigail (Collins) Foot, in 1855.
1860
US Census: Sylvester S. Foot, age 60 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in Weybridge Township, Addison County, Vermont. His real estate was valued at $12,000, and
his personal property was valued at $7,500.
The household also included his wife, Abagail
Foot, age 60 (b. VT); Asaph Drake, age 29 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, whose real estate was valued at $1,250; and Mary Drake,
age 29 (b. VT).
1870
US Census: Asaph Drake, age 39 (b. NYS) and employed
as a farmer, was heading a household in Cornwall Township, Addison County,
Vermont. His real estate was valued at
$2,000, and his personal property was valued at $3,000. The household also included his wife, Mary
Drake, age 40 (b. VT); and (perhaps) sister-in-law, Anna Foot, age 61 (b. VT).
b.
Francis Belding Drake: Born 27 July 1832 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence
County, New York. Died 1917 in Otho Township, Webster County, Iowa.
1880
US Census: F. B. Drake, age 47 (b. NYS; father b. VT; mother b. NH) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Clay Township, Webster County,
Iowa. The household also included his
wife, Caroline Drake, age 46 (b. CT; parents b. CT); adopted daughter,
Charlotte Malander, age 16 (b. Sweden; parents b.
Sweden); sister-in-law, Weltha Drake, age 28 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a dress maker; nephew Belding Drake, age 9 (b.
NYS; parents b. NYS); Ed Hintz, age 22 (b. WI; father b. Germany; mother b.
England), married, and employed as a farm laborer; and Thomas Fox, age 55 (b.
Bohemia; parents b. Bohemia), married, and employed as a farm laborer.
c.
Mary Abigail Drake: Born 9 November 1834 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence
County, New York.
d.
Harriet Louise Drake: Born 13 March 1837 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County,
New York.
e.
Anne Lucretia Drake: Born 5 August 1839 in Stockholm
Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
Died 4 May 1892.
f.
Isaac Drake: Born 16 October 1843 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County,
New York. Married Miriam Louisa Colt (b.
abt 1845 in Stockholm Twp, NY, d. there 20 Mar 1876) on 11 February 1866 in
Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York and had at least the
following children:
(1.
Caroline "Carrie" Drake: Born 12 November 1866 in Stockholm Township,
St. Lawrence County, New York. Died 18 March 1876.
(2.
David Belding Drake: Born 19/18 February 1871 at Stockholm Center, Stockholm
Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
Died 29 March 1938 at Challis, Custer County, Idaho; interred there in
Challis Cemetery. Married Sarah Metcalf
(b. 23 Mar 1874 at Hyde Park, Cache Co., UT, d. 18 Nov 1960 at Challis, Custer
Co., ID), daughter of Anthony and Mary Ann (Reeder) Metcalf.
(3.
Mary "Mollie" Louisa Drake: Born 13 June 1873 in Stockholm Township,
St. Lawrence County, New York. Died 15 April 1876.
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