OTHER DRAKES
Francis Wilson 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; David Belding Drake
of Stockholm; Henry Drake of LeRay; Henry F. Drake of
Black River; 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)).
WORKING DRAFT
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Origin of
the surname “Drake:”
Generation
5
4 Seaver Drake (perhaps)
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1799 in Massachusetts. Died . Moved to New York by 1839.
1850 US Census: Seaver
Drake, age 51 (b. MA) and employed as a joiner, was heading a household in
Eagle Township, Wyoming County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Juliann Drake, age 45 (b. VT);
son, Miran Drake, age 16 (b. VT) and employed as a
farmer; son, Charles Drake, age 11 (b. NYS); and son, Asaph
Drake, age 18 (b. VT) and employed as a joiner.
Of interest, the household headed by his likely son, Oliver Drake, age
25 (b. VT) and employed as a joiner, was enumerated directly afterwards on the
same census page. That household also
included Oliver's wife, Roxanna Drake, age 22 (b. NYS).
2. Wife: Juliann (?)
Born about 1805 in Vermont. Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Oliver Drake: (perhaps) Born about 1825 in
Vermont. Employed as a
joiner. Married
Roxanna (?).
b. Marsena Drake:
(perhaps) See generation 3, below.
c. Asaph Drake: Born about
1832 in Vermont.
d. John Drake: (perhaps) Born about 1832 in Vermont.
1850 US Census: John Drake, age 18 (b. VT), with no
employment recorded, resided in the household headed by Henry H. Keyes/Keyser,
age 45 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, in Eagle Township, Wyoming County, New
York.
e. Miran Drake: Born about
1834 in Vermont.
f. Charles Drake: Born about 1839 in New York.
3 Marsena Drake
1. Biographical notes:
Born Dec 1827 in New York. Died .
1850 US Census: Marsena
Drake, age 22 (b. NYS), with no employment recorded, resided in the household
headed by Smith Lyon, age 37 (b. VT) and employed as a farmer, in Eagle
Township, Wyoming County, New York, whose real estate was valued at $6,450.
1860 US Census: Marcena
Drake, age 32 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Eagle Township, Wyoming County, New York.
His real estate was valued at $3,520, and his personal property was
valued at $1,200. The household also
included his wife, Eliza Drake, age 32 (b. NYS); son, Fred Drake, age 7 (b.
NYS); and Elezabeth Nelson, age 18 (b. NYS) and
employed doing housework.
1870 US Census: Marsena
Drake, age 42 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer and speculator?, was heading a household in Eagle Township, Wyoming
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $10,000, and his personal property was valued at $8,000. The household also included his wife, Elza Drake, age 42 (b. NYS); and son, Charles Drake, age 11
(b. NYS).
1880 US Census: Marcena
Drake, age 52 (b. NYS; parents b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Eagle Township, Wyoming County, New York. The household also included his wife, Eliza
M. Drake, age 52 (b. NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. VT); and son, Charly Drake, age 20 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed
as a farm laborer.
1900 US Census: Marsena
Drake, age 72 (b. Dec NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a capitalist, was
heading a household in the Village of Arcade, Arcade Township, Wyoming County,
New York. The household also included
his wife of 49 years, Elza M. Drake, age 73 (b. May
1827 in NYS; parents b. VT), who had had 2 children, both still alive; and
servant, Emma Hand, age 21 (b. Oct 1878 in NYS; father b. Ireland; mother b.
NYS) and single.
2. Wife: Eliza M. (?)
Born 3 May 1827 in New York. Died 11 June
1905; interred with Marsena.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Fred E. Drake: Born July 1852 in New York.
1880 US Census: Fred E. Drake, age 27 (b. NYS;
parents' birth location not recorded) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Eagle Township, Wyoming County, New York. The household also included his wife, Jennie
Drake, age 23 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); Thomas Hughes, age 24 (b. NYS; parents
b. Wales), single, and employed as a farm laborer; and Mary Doran, age 18 (b.
NYS; parents b. Ireland), single, and employed as a servant.
1900 US Census: Fred E. Drake, age 47 (b. Jul 1852
in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a traveling salesman, was heading a
household in the Village of Arcade, Arcade Township, Wyoming County, New
York. The household also included his
wife of 24 years, Jennie A. Drake, age 43 (b. Jul 1856 in NYS; parents b. NYS)
who had had no children.
b. Charles M. Drake: See generation 2,
below.
2 Charles M. Drake
1. Biographical notes:
Born 16 August 1858/59 in New York. Died 15
March 1933; interred Arcade Rural Cemetery, Arcade Township, Wyoming County,
New York.
1900 US Census: Charles M. Drake, age 40 (b. Aug
1859 in NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Eagle
Township, Wyoming County, New York. The
household also included his wife of 9 years, Ellen Drake, age 30 (b. Feb 1870
in NY); daughter, Eliza M. Drake, age 8 (b. Feb 1892 in NYS); and son, Marcena C. Drake, age 5 (b. Sep 1895 in NYS).
1910 US Census: Charles M. Drake, age 50 (b. NYS; parents
b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in the Village of
Arcade, Arcade Township, Wyoming County, New York. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 19
years, Ellen W. Drake, age 40 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 3 children,
all still alive and had been married once; daughter, Eliza M. Drake, age 16 (b.
NYS) and single; daughter, Marcena C. Drake, age 14
(b. NYS); and daughter, Francis W. Drake, age 11 months (b. NYS).
1920 US Census: No record found.
1930 US Census: Charles Drake, age 71 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS), a widower, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household
in the Village of Arcade, Arcade Township, Wyoming Township, New York. He married 1st at age 31 [abt 1890]. The household also included his son, Francis
Drake, age 20 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and single.
2. Wife: Ellen W. (?)
Born 22 February 1870 in New York
Died 23 February 1920; interred with Charles.
1920 US Census: Ellen Drake, age 49 (b. NYS; parents
b. NYS) and not employed, was heading a household in the Village of Arcade,
Arcade Township, Wyoming County. The
household also included her son, Francis Drake, age 11 (b. NYS) and single.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Eliza M. Drake: Born February 1892 in New York.
b. Marcena C. Drake Born
September 1895 in New York.
c. Francis Wilson Drake: See generation 1,
below.
1 Francis Wilson Drake
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1910 in New York. Died 16 October 1967.
1940 US Census: Francis W. Drake, age 30 (b. NYS)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at 121 Olean Street, Sardinia
Township, Erie County, New York. He had
completed 4 years of college. The
household also included his wife, Mildrid Drake, age
31 (b. NYS), who had completed 4 years of college; son, Philipp Drake, age 6
(b. NYS), who had completed 1st grade; and daughter, Judith Drake, age 3 (b.
NYS). All but Judith resided in Wyoming
County, New York on 1 April 1935.
2. Wife: Mildred Olmstead (more info)
a.
Biographical notes:
Born 3 January 1909 in Orwell Township, Oswego county, New York; daughter of Frederick "Fred" L.
and Lela (Bambury) Olmstead. Died 5 March 2010 at The
Country Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre, Carthage, Wilna Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Married Francis Wilson Drake on 15 August 1931 in Orwell Township,
Oswego County, New York.
b. Children: (order uncertain)
(1. Philip F. Drake: (more info) Born 13 December 1933 at Buffalo, Erie County, New
York. Died ,
age 81, at Oswego Hospital, Oswego, Oswego County, New York; interred Evergreen
Cemetery, Orwell Township, Oswego County, New York. US Army Veteran. Employed as a dairy farmer. Married Janet C. Durant (d. 23 Mar 1993) on
16 June 1957 and resided in New York.
Philip and Janet had the following children:
(a. Teresa Drake: Married
Anthony Hewitt and resided in New York.
(b. Jeffrey Drake: Married
Tracy (?) and resided in New York.
(2. Judith Ann Drake: (more info) Married David G. Porter, son of Glenn Porter of
Watertown, on 17 June 1956 and resided in New York.
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Other, still unidentified,
Drake names:
1.
Scott J. Drake: (more info) Born about 1963. Died Monday, 18
November 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse, Onondaga
County, New York; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell, Oneida County, New York.
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