Benjamin Drake 
Benjamin was born about 1683 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. Benjamin's father was Rev. John Drake and his mother was Rebecca Trotter. His paternal grandparents were Francis Drake and Mary Walker; his maternal grandparents were William Trotter and Catherine Cutbury Gibbs. He had nine brothers and six sisters, named John, Francis, Samuel, Joseph, Abraham, Jacob, Ebenezer, Isaac, Ephraim, Sarah, Rebecca, Hannah, Abigail, Mary and Elizabeth. He died before August 30th, 1763 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA.General Notes
Extract of Will of Benjamin Drake: 1763, June 22, Drake, Benjamin, of Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co.; will of. "Being aged." Wife, Hannah [2nd wife], all the goods she brought when I married her; also £50. Daughter, Rebecca, £40. Son, Zachariah, £40. Daughter, Hannah [only child by 2nd wife], £40. Grandson, William Drake, the son of William Drake, £5. To Isaac Eaton, minister of Baptist Church of Hopewell, £2. Son, Edmond, my plantation where I live. Executor-- my sons, Edmond and Zachariah Drake. Witnesses-- John Lamburt, Daniel Gano, John Drake. Proved Aug. 30, 1763.
From "First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 4" by Ora Eugene Monnette.
BENJAMIN DRAKE Born at Pisc., ca. 1683-4, was a son of Rev. JOHN DRAKE, and wife, Rebecca Trotter, and became the prominent and outstanding citizen of Hopewell, (vide, ante, this PART, p. 558). He certainly had a wife, MARY, determined to have been MARY RUNYON, (of VINCENT), when they organized the church there, in 1715, the time of his removal, with ROBERT DRAKE, both 1722, owners there, (vide, ante, this PART, p. 561). In GEDNEY, (p. 126), where that other great citizen, JONATHAN STOUT, wife, Ann; son, JOSEPH STOUT, wife, Ruth, SARAH (Stout) SMITH, wife of Andrew, Jr., THOMAS CURTIS, wife, Alse, (Alice or Aley), HANNAH STOUT, SARAH FITZRANDOLPH, nee BONHAM, widow of JOHN, and RACHEL HYDE, participated, at the home of JOSEPH STOUT. Mr. O. B. Leonard suggested that the second wife of BENJAMIN DRAKE was HANNAH DUNHAM, and, he may m. above HANNAH STOUT. In his will, he left a widow, Hannah, and named nearly all his children, (ARCH., Vol. XXXII, p. 120), dated 6-2, 1763; Rebecca, Zachariah, Hannah, William, Edmond, Daniel, Francis, Thomas and Nathaniel; proved, Aug. 30, 1763.
Whether or not BENJAMIN DRAKE m. (2) a Hannah Dunham or a Hannah Stout, he certainly m. (2) or (3) Hannah Seabrooke, (vide, STILLWELL, Vol. III, p. 405).
Downloaded from Bill Stout's RootsWeb data.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1518 in Great Waltham, England d.23 Sep 1555 in White Notley, Essex, England
- b.1555 in Colchester Or Halstead, Essex, England d.03 Nov 1616 in Halstead, Essex, England
- b.~ 1531
- b.23 Jul 1581 in Halstead, Essex, England d.14 Jan 1687/1688 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., Nh
- b.1557 in Halstead, Essex, England d.16 Mar 1615/1616 in Elmstead Or Halstead, Essex, England
- b.1618 in Devonshire, Devon, England d.24 Sep 1687 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA
- b.~ 1584
- b.~ 1655 in Portsmouth, Nh d.<07 Apr 1740 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA
- b.~ 1625 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., Nh d.29 Jul 1688 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA
- b.~ 1683 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA d.<30 Aug 1763 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA
- b.1548 in Byers Hall, , Westmorland, England
- b.~ 1571 in Byers Green Hall, Durham, England d.1629
- b.1552 in Byers Ahllwestmoreland, , , England
- b.~ 1607 in Byers Green, Durham, England d.~ 1657 in Newburyport, Massachusetts
- b.Jun 1575 in Redworth Hall, , Durham, England d.1598
- b.04 Apr 1630 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d.1676 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey
- b.26 Mar 1610 in Auckland, Durham, England d.~ 1660 in Newburyport, Massachusetts
- b.05 Jul 1655 in Newburry, Essex Co., Nj d.~ 1702
- b.27 Mar 1600 in Bath Abbey, Somersetshire, England
- b.08 Jul 1628 in Piscataway, Middlesex, Nj d.1667 in Newbury, Essex Co., Ma
- b.1605 in Long Sutton, Summerset, England d.1655 in Newburyport, Ma
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Benjamin and Mary were married in a religious ceremony about 1705 in Elizabethtown, Nj. They had nine sons and two daughters, named John, Benjamin, Francis, Zechariah, Edmond, Thomas, Nathanial, William, Daniel, Rebecca and Rachael.
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Children
John Drake
John was born in 1704 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA. He died at the age of 46 on October 25th, 1750 in Stony Brook, Hunterdon Co., Nj.
Benjamin Drake
Benjamin was born about 1708. He died on March 29th, 1742 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co., Nj.
Francis Drake
Francis was born about 1713 in Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA. He died about February 7th, 1753 in Hopewell, Mercer Co., Nj, USA.
Zechariah Drake
Zechariah was born about 1715 in Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA. He died about 1766 in Berks Co., Pa, USA.
Edmond Drake
Edmond was born about 1722 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died on February 3rd, 1767 in Hopewell, Mercer Co., Nj, USA.
Rev. Thomas Drake
Thomas was born about 1723 in Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA. He died on March 10th, 1792 in Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA. He was buried in Hopewell Baptist Cemetery, Titus Mill Rd., Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj.
Nathanial Drake
Nathanial was born about 1724 in Hopewell Twp, , New Jersey.1 He died in September 1804 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA.
William Drake
William was born about 1730. He died before April 6th, 1752 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA.
Daniel Drake
Daniel was born on November 14th, 1732 in Hopewell, Mercer Co., Nj, USA. He died at the age of 85 on February 8th, 1818.
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