DRAKE Index

The earliest known ancestor of this line is Lambert DOUWESZ.

Alphabetical Listing

(1660-1???) Aeltje Adams (BROUWER)

(1741-1831) Hester (or b. Aug. 1727?)

(1648-1701) Joseus Jansen DRATZ
(1687-1780) John

(162?-1???) Lambert DOUWESZ

(162?-1???) Marij (JANS)
(1698-17??) Martha (OLDFIELD)

Descent Chart

01 Lambert DOUWESZ (162?-1???) m. Marij JANS
- 02 Joseus Jansen DRATZ (1648-1701) m. Aeltje Adams BROUWER 30 Apr 1682
  - 03 John or Jan (1687-1780) m. 1718/9 Martha OLDFIELD
    - 8 children shown in John's 1779 will
    - 04 Joseph or Josias bap. 8 Jan 1721/2 d. 1807 m1. ? m2. Amy CARMAN
    - 04 John (1722-1784) m. Christina KERMER
      - 05 William b. 4 May 1758 bap. 31 Aug 1760 Dutch Ref. Ch., Smithfield, Northampton, PA, d. 18 Jun 1828, age 70y 1m 14d, bur. First Gayhead Cemetery, Ira Vail Road, Cairo, Greene, NY m. Eunice HELME
        
        06 John m. Clarissa WORTH (ancestor of Michael O'Leary)
        
        06 Samuel m. Sylvia THORN
        
        06 Jessamine m. Mary ? (ancestor of Ruthe White's husband)
        
        06 James m. Hannah BLACKMORE
        
        06 Mary "Polly" m. Silas BULLOCK
        
        06 Claudius m. Lydia BREWSTER
        
        06 Ransom m. Loretta JUMP
        
        06 Susan m. Moses COOKE
        
        06 Catherine m. Horace JUMP
        
        06 Joseph (bur. w/parents)
    - 04 William b. 22 Nov 1727 d. 15 Apr 1808 m. 12 Jul 1753 Abigail ? b. 2 Dec 1732 d. 12 Sep 1785
      - 05 8 children, born between 1754 and 1775
      - 05 Hannah b. 28 Feb 1754 Orange Co. NY
      - 05 James b. 1 Oct 1755 Orange Co. NY
      - 05 Esther b. 13 Apr 1758 Orange Co. NY
      - 05 David Grasset/Grossett b. 2 Dec 1759 Orange Co. NY d. Goshen, NY between 14 Jun 1850 (will) and 5 Aug 1850 (probate) m1. bef. 1788 Mary SMITH b. 15 Apr 1768 d. 24 Jun 1824 m2. widow Hannah WOOD b. 1784 d. 20 Mar 1829 bur. East Chester Cemetery
      - 05 William b. 9 Jun 1763 Orange Co. NY
      - 05 Burgess b. 8 Aug 1769
      - 05 Phoebe b. 15 Jan 1772
      - 05 Jesse b. 19 Jul 1775
    - 04 Jacob3 (1732-1???)
    - 04 Samuel (1733-1789) m. Sarah HANDY
    - 04 Benjamin (1734-1???) m1. Sarah SMITH m2. Abigail KNAPP
    - 04 Zephaniah (1736/7-1823) m1. Anna KNAPP m2. Hannah KNAPP
    - 04 Martha m. ? JACKSON
    - 04 Mary m. Joseph HOLLY
      - 05 Martha
      - 05 Mary
    - 04 Hester (1741-1831) m. James KNAPP
  - 03 John b. 14 Sep 1722
  - 03 William b. 9 Nov 1730
  - 03 4 other children

Doris (SAWYER) JIMISON has concluded that there are 2 separate John DRAKEs, one the cousin of Magdelena BROUWER (my ancestor, married to Martha OLDFIELD) and the other her husband, Johannes DRAECK. The book "Early Germans of New Jersey" (meaning Dutch) lists (p 341) the family of John and Magdalena (BROUWER) DRAKE. It was concurrent with the family of John and Martha (OLDFIELD) DRAKE in Goshen, with many of the same given names, but with 12 children instead of 9. Their son John died at Mendham, NJ and that is likely why they are referred to as the DRAKEs of Mendham. Martha's son William was born 22 Nov 1727 and married Abigail, while Magdalena's son William was born 9 Nov 1730 and married Catherine BIERS. Our Esther (Hester) was Martha's daughter; the Grassets were in her family. While this can't be proven yet, it is the only explanation that makes sense. It is likely that the mixup came about because Anneke JANS had a considerable estate, plus descendancy from William of Orange, and some social-climbing woman wanted the prestige of being royalty, and muddied the water for all future genealogists. Here's the family of John and Magdalena:

02 John d. at Mendham, NJ
02 William b. 9 Nov 1730 m. Catherine BIERS
02 10 other children (12 total)

The idea that Magdalena/Madelina BROUWER and John DRAKE (husband of Martha OLDFIELD) were cousins is based on the following. A section from a book called "Drake Genealogy in the line of Samuel Drake" by Lillian Drake Avery, privately printed, 1926 shows Madelina BROWER, b. 1704 (bapt. March 8), d/o Jacobus and Annette (BOGARDUS) BROWER of Gowanus, LI, NY; with Jacobus listed as son of Adam BROWER and brother of Aeltje Adams BROWER (John DRAKE's mother). It gives Annette BOGARDUS as d/o William and Wyntie (SYBRANT) BOGARDUS, son of Rev. Everardus BOGARDUS and Anneke JANS, "who was the daughter of Anneke WEBBER, said to be daughter of King William the 14th of Holland." I wonder if there is any relation between Anneke JANS and Marij JANS, wife of Lambert (or ? JANS, wife of Johannes ALTHUISIUS 1644-1708, see ALTHUIS)?

Anneke JANS 1605-63 58yo
Marij JANS (wife of Lambert DOUWESZ b. c1610)
? JANS (wife of Johannes ALTHUISIUS 1644-1708 64yo)
other JANS? ...

Much of this information came from Michael Boyer O'Leary. He has a website which includes a description of his DRAKE line, an original analysis of the many William DRAKEs in NY ca. 1750-1850, a GED2HTML of this Drake line and a list of sources on this line of DRAKEs.

See also the DRAKE page of the Long Island Genealogy website.