Jacob Droke

Jacob was born on January 22nd, 1773 in Virginia.¹   Jacob's father was Jacob Droke and his mother was Magdalena Shyra.  His paternal grandfather was Johan Peter Druck. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Peter, Gabriel, John D., Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Catherine and Ann.  He was the fifth oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 69 on January 4th, 1843.¹