Person:Zachariah Drake (1)

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Zachariah Drake
b.Bef 1725
d.1766 Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1707
  1. Zachariah DrakeBef 1725 - 1766
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1745
  1. Jacob Drake1746 -
  2. John Drake1748 -
  3. Robert Drake1752 -
  4. Hannah Drake1755 - 1800
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Name Zachariah Drake
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 1725
Marriage Est 1745 to Elizabeth Blackwell
Death? 1766 Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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Will of Zachariah Drake

Will of Zachariah Drake of Upper Makefield, Bucks Co., Pa., Yeoman, signed Jan 28, 1766; proved Apr. 12, 1766.
Wife Elizabeth; until my children respectively arrive to 21 yrs of age; children: Jacob, John, Benjamin, Robert, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Hannah. Brother Daniel Drake. "Bind out my children apprentices...to such trades as they shall chose".
Exrs: Wife Elizabeth Drake, brother Daniel Drake of Hopewell in West New Jersey, friend Joseph Hamton of Wrightstown. Signed by name.
Wit: Saml Merrick, Robert Comfort, James McNair.
Registered Will Book C, p.141 #1191.


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From Ancestry Member Tree:


IV. ZACHARIAH DRAKE (4) Benjamin (3) Rev. John (2) Capt. Francis (1)
born before 1725, probably Hopewell Township, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey; died 1766 (will), Upper Makefield Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. I do not know when he removed to Bucks Co. - have found no record of him there excepting his will - however, in 1749 he was a member of the Baptist Church at Hopewell (Gedney, "Pioneers of Old Hopewell", p. 131).
He m. Elizabeth Blackwell (dtr of Robert and Elizabeth Blackwell of Hopewell
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