Samuel Drake

Not a known son of Benjamin Drake, of Hopewell

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A133278

According to THE KITH AND KIN OF CAPTAIN JAMES LEEPER AND SUSAN DRAKE, HIS WIFE, Samuel Drake was a son of John Drake and Margaret Weldon, b. 1719, first m. Margaret Pottle, second Mary Cox, in 1743. Children are listed as Joseph, Ephraim, Samuel, Nathaniel, Mary, Rebecca, William and Elizabeth. I do know there has been some controversy about this book. It does mention that Samuel Drake left a will in Davidson Co, TN dated 6 Dec., 1795. He includes his wife (not named); sons Ephraim, Nathaniel and William; daughters Elizabeh Daugherty, Mary Crockett, Rebecca Newell, Rachel Shepherd and Margaret Livingston.

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Parents and Siblings
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• F. John Drake1695 -
• M. Mary Margaret Weldon1697 -

m. 1717

• Samuel L Drake1719 - 1795
• Benjamin Drake1721 -
• Margaret Weldon Drake1725 - 1798

Spouse and Children
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• H. Samuel Drake1719 - 1795
• W. Margaret Pottle - Bef 1743

m. Abt 1738

• Nathaniel DrakeAbt 1738 -
• Effie DrakeAbt 1738 -
• William DrakeAbt 1740 -

Spouse and Children
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• H. Samuel L Drake1719 - 1795
• W. Mary Pauline CoxAbt 1719 - 1827

m. 1743

• Rebecca DrakeAbt 1743 -
• Rachel DrakeAbt 1744 -
• Michael Drake1745 - 1798
• Samuel DrakeAbt 1748 -
• Joseph Drake, Long HunterAbt 1750 - 1778
• Margaret DrakeAbt 1750 -
• Elizabeth DrakeBef 1753 -
• Mary DrakeBef 1754 - 1826
• Ephraim DrakeAbt 1761 -

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Notes

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BIOGRAPHY: The following was taken from the book entitled - EarlyAdventures OnThe Western Waters Volume II - The New River of Virginia inPioneer Days 1745-1800 by Mary B. Kegley.

The Drake family left only a few records of their presence in the NewRiver settlement. The Drakes first appear on the New River about 1769when William Preston surveyed 95 acres for Samuel Drake, under the termsof the Loyal Company. The tract adjoined Persimmon Bottom on the NewRiver(Preston Family Papers, Library of Congress, 581). Samuel Drakealso claimed 400 acres on both sides of the New River which he settled in1776, but gave up his claim in 1784. He appears to have lived on Mack'sCreek, where his farm adjoined the Persimmon Bottom, and contained 260acres which was surveyed in 1783(Commissioner's Certificatres, p. 15;Montgomery County Surveys).

BIOGRAPHY:

In 1770 Samuel and his two sons Ephraim and Joseph, appear onthe tithable lists of Ingels' Company. Samuel appears as a road viewerin 1779 and 1780, but no other record has been found (Kegley, Tithables,p. 3: Summers, Annals, pp. 705, 732, 735) Samuel Drake's sister marriedJames Newell (the first James) of New River.

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Comments

There is a lot of confusion and variant name spellings for this person, and it needs to be documented until it is sorted out

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Drake-1511
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQ9G-ZLD