Rev. John Drake 
John was born about 1655 in Portsmouth, Nh. John's father was Francis Drake and his mother was Mary Walker. His paternal grandfather was Robert Drake and his paternal grandmother is Jane Gawton. He had two brothers and a sister, named George, Francis and Elizabeth. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died before April 7th, 1740 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA.General Notes
Extract of Rev. John's Will: 1740, April 7. Drake, John, Drake, Sen'r. of Essex Co., yeoman; will of. Children--Benjamin, Isaac, Abraham. Samuel and Sarah Fulson. Grandchildren--Abraham, John, Philip, and Gershom Drake; Samuel, Thomas and Mary Davis, children of daughter Mary, deceased. Daughter-in-law, Patience Drake. Edward Slater, Allizhiah Skebbo, Elizabeth (Wife of Benjamin Hull, Esq), Filiratea (wife of Benjamin Martain), Moses Fitzrandolph, Christian Rebout, the poor of Piscataway. Rev. John Drake appointed Hannah (Manning) Drake Blackford, wife of his son Isaac, executrix of his estate.
1741. Sept. 30. Hannah Drake, wife of Isaac Drake, renounces the Executorship on account of age and other inability, Witnesses: John Blackford, Jun'r, Jacob Thorp.
Executors--grandsons, Samuel and Jonas Drake, and their mother, Hannah Drake. Witnesses--James Manning, Grace Manning, David Drake. Proved Sept.29, 1741. Lib. C, p.442.
From "First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge Olde East New Jersey part 4" by Ora Eugene Monnette.
Rev. JOHN DRAKE, (FRANCIS and MARY), b. ca. 1655, d. 1741. He was the famous ordained minister, First Baptist Church of Pisc., 1715, (vide. ante, PART TWO, pp. 199-201), officiating until his great age forced retirement, 1729, but he continued to administer ordinances. Very active in public matters, civil magistrate, and member of the Colonial Assembly, 1693. He had also been called, "Capt. John Drake," in connection with the widow of Joshua Pierce, in 1675. The records are replete with his distinctions.
When he died he left a will, showing him then living in Essex County, dated April 7, 1740, proved Sept. 29, 1741, called "Sen'r," to show his seniority and great age, for his son of the same name. John Drake, Jr., was then deceased, and left chil. in the recs. This will names only five of his children, then living, Benjamin, Isaac, Abraham. Samuel and Sarah, (m. Folsom), and indic. decease of children, Mary, Jacob, Francis, et al., naming one Elizabeth, as wife of "Benjamin Hull, Esq." (ARCH., Vol. XXX, p. 151.)
In the meantime, REV. JOHN DRAKE had married three wives, (1), Rebecca Trotter, July 7, 1677, (dau. of William Trotter, and wife, Cutbury Gibbs, of Elizabethtown), who was prob. mother of all his children.
A Philadelphia record indicates that he may have married (2), Barbara Scott, there, in 1707, "JOHN DRAKE m. 1707-8 BARBARA SCOTT"--1st Pres. Ch. of Phila.--(Pa. Mgs., Vol. II, p. 20).
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1460 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.27 Nov 1541 in Great Waltham, Essex, England
- b.~ 1518 in Great Waltham, England d.23 Sep 1555 in White Notley, Essex, England
- b.1460 d.30 Sep 1550
- 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
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John and Rebecca were married in a religious ceremony on July 7th, 1677 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., Nj. They had ten sons and six daughters, named John, Francis, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, Abraham, Jacob, Ebenezer, Isaac, Ephraim, Sarah, Rebecca, Hannah, Abigail, Mary and Elizabeth.
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Children
John Drake Jr.
John was born on June 2nd, 1678 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died about 1751 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA.
Francis Drake
Francis was born on December 23rd, 1679 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died at the age of 53 on April 17th, 1733 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA.
Samuel Drake
Samuel was born in 1680 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died about 1740 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA.
Joseph Drake
Joseph was born on October 21st, 1681 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died before February 1758 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA.
Benjamin Drake
Benjamin was born about 1683 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died before August 30th, 1763 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., Nj, USA.
Abraham Drake
Abraham was born in April 1685 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died before May 6th, 1763 in Newton, Morris Co., Nj.
Sarah Drake
Sarah was born in 1686 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. She died at the age of 63 on May 22nd, 1749 in , , Nj, USA.
Jacob Drake
Jacob was born on May 10th, 1690 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died before 1740.
Ebenezer Drake
Ebenezer was born on July 19th, 1693 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died before 1740.
Rebecca Drake
Rebecca was born on November 21st, 1697 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. She died about 1749 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA.
Isaac Drake
Isaac was born in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., Nj, USA. He died before January 1759 in Essex Co., Nj, USA.
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