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Elizabeth Ruth Drake (Stelle)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Death: April 15, 1768 (56)
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
Place of Burial: Edison, Middlesex County, NJ, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev Benjamin Stelle and Mercy Stelle
Wife of George Drake
Mother of John Drake; Mary Drake; Hannah Drake; George Drake; Elizabeth Pound and 2 others
Sister of Susanna Hull; Deacon Benjamin Stelle, Jr; John Stelle; Rev. Isaac Stelle and Rachel Fitzrandolph
Half sister of Mercy Drake; Mary Jones; Samuel Piatt and James Piatt

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About Elizabeth Ruth Drake

When Elizabeth Stelle was born on January 3, 1711/12, in Piscataway, New Jersey, her father, Benjamin Stelle, was 27, and her mother, Mercy Hull, was 27. She was married on December 20, 1730 (or 21 July 1731) to George Drake. She died on April 15, 1768, in her hometown at the age of 57, and was buried in Edison, New Jersey.

George Drake (1709-1776). Was the Son of Captain Andrew Drake (1684-1743) and Hannah Fitz Randolph (1689-1742).

Inscription on grave stone:

"Frugal like Martha as a wife, and lived merry's godly life"

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Elizabeth Ruth Drake's Timeline

1712
January 3, 1712
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
1736
May 12, 1736
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1739
1739
1744
1744
Piscataway Township, United States
1744
Piscataway Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
1747
1747
Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
1748
1748
1768
April 15, 1768
Age 56
Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
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