Reverend John Drake

1655 - 1741  (86 years)

• Name	Reverend John Drake  [1, 2]
  Title	Reverend
  Born	6 Jul 1655	Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1689 - 1739	Edison Twp., Middlesex, New Jersey   [4]
  	Pastor, First Baptist Church of Piscataway
  Will	8 Apr 1740	Essex Co., New Jersey   [1]
  	Children: Benjamin, Isaac, Abraham, Samuel, and Sarah Fulsom. Grandchilren: Abraham, John, Philip, and Gershom Drake; Samuel, Thomas, and Mary Davis; children of daughter Mary, deceased. Daughter-in-law Patience Drake. Edward Slater, Allizhaih Skebbo, Elizabeth (wife of Benjamin Hull, Esq.), Filiratea (wife of Benjamin Martin), Moses FitzRandolph, Christian Rebout, the poor of Piscataqua. Executors: grandsons Samuel and Jonas Drake, and their mother, Hannah Drake.
  Died	8 Apr 1740 -29 Sep 1741
  Probate	29 Sep 1741	Essex Co., New Jersey   [1]
  	Will proved
  Buried	Edison, Middlesex, New Jersey   [3]
  	Stelton Baptist Church Cemetery [3]
  		Rev John Drake (1655 - 1741) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes memorial photo and genealogical information. Created by: Marvin Hilts Record added: Apr 07, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 13879357
  Person ID	I2057	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	2 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Francis Drake,   b. Bef 1630,   d. Bef 29 Sep 1687  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Mother	Mary,   b. Bef 1638,   d. Aft 27 Feb 1692/3  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	Bef 1650  [5]
  Family ID	F904	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Trotter,   b. 5 Jul 1655  [2]
  Married	1677  [2, 6]
  Notes	Order of children is speculative at best; it is even likely that some were born to later wives than Rebecca Trotter
  Children	1. John Drake,   b. 2 Jun 1678, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey ,   d. 30 May 1758, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey  (Age 79 years)   2. Francis Drake,   b. 23 Dec 1679,   d. 2 Apr 1733 - 25 Apr 1733  (Age 53 years)   3. Mary Drake,   d. Bef 8 Apr 1740   4. Samuel Drake,   b. 1680,   d. Aft 8 Apr 1740  (Age 60 years)   5. Joseph Drake,   b. 21 Oct 1681,   d. 1722 - 8 Apr 1740  (Age 58 years)   6. Benjamin Drake,   b. 1683,   d. 23 Jun 1763 - 29 Aug 1763  (Age 80 years)   7. Abraham Drake,   b. Apr 1685,   d. 29 Jul 1759 - 5 May 1763  (Age ~ 78 years)   8. Sarah Drake,   b. 1686,   d. 3 May 1749 - 18 May 1749  (Age 63 years)   9. Isaac Drake,   b. 12 Jan 1687/8,   d. 3 Jan 1756 - 24 Jan 1759  (Age 71 years)   10. Jacob Drake,   b. 1690   11. Ebenezer Drake,   b. 19 Jul 1693   12. Ephraim Drake,   b. 1694   13. Rebecca Drake,   b. 21 Nov 1697   14. Abigail Drake,   b. 10 May 1699
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F902	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume XXX, Abstracts of Wills, 1730-1750, p. 151 (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2016. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 266 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2009. 59. Ensign Benjamin Hull...was married in 1704 to Sarah Drake, 1686-17--, daughter of Rev. John Drake and his wife Rebecca Trotter, who was the daughter of William Trotter and his wife Catherine Gibbs. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 13879357 (Reliability: 1), 2 May 2016. [S100] History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway, Geo. Drake, P. A. Runyon, W. H. Stelle, (New York: Pakenham & Dowling, 1889), 20 (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2016. [S26855] The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, (The Hull Family Association), 266 (Reliability: 1), 10 Jul 2009. The Rev. John Drake was a son of Capt. Francis Drake and his wife Mary of Piscataway. Capt. Drake was a son of Robert Drake of Portsmouth and Exeter, N. H. [S100] History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway, Geo. Drake, P. A. Runyon, W. H. Stelle, (New York: Pakenham & Dowling, 1889), 112 (Reliability: 1), 2 May 2016.