Person:Benjamin Drake (8)

Introducing Benjamin Drake_______________________

Who is Benjamin Drake?

Benjamin Drake 3 Nov 1734 Goshen, Orange Co, NY - 1817 Owasco Twp, Cayuga Co, NY; s/o John Drake and Martha Oldfield; John 1687 Orange Co, NY-1780 Mendham, NJ m 24 Feb 1720; s/o francis Drake 1661 of Holland; Martha Oldfield 1699 Jamaica, LI - aft 1780 Goshen, Orange Co, NY; d/o Joseph Oldfield 1682 Jamaica, Queens Co, NY-will of 14 May 1741 Goshen, Orange Co; m 1696 Jamaica, Queens Co and Martha Ann Grassett 1 Oct 1675 Jamaica - 1741 Goshen m1 Sarah Smith, 11 Apr 1757; b 1738 Goshen m2 Abigail Knapp, 1775, b 1738 Goshen

OR s/o John Drake and Madelina Bower m Ann Abigail Knapp

OR s/o Benjamin Drake and Susannah Pell or he is mar to Susannah Pell

The information for the 1775 Assessment Rolls of Orange County, New York was obtained from "History of Orange County, New York" by E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, 1881, reprinted by Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, NY, 1980, available in three volumes including a full name index from the Orange Co. Genealogical Society, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY 10924. Ruttenber & Clark comments about the importance of the 1775 Assessment Roll as an early record of the country history especially given the destructive fire which consumed the town clerk's office in 1842.

1775 Assessment Roll In Orange Co, NY: Drake, Benjamin 4-614 John 7-522 Joseph 4-614 William 4-614 Zephaniah 6-660

Benjamin Drake Event: Lived Year: 1776 County: Orange Province: New York Comments: (Land Bounty Rights) 4th Reg't Source: New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I - Extracts Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co. Publication info: Albany, NY, 1904 Page: 256

Benjamin Drake Event: Lived Year: 1790 Place: Goshen County: Orange Province: New York Source: 1790 Federal Census of New York State Publisher: Government Printing Office Publication info: Washington, DC, 1908. Page: 139

Benjamin Drake Event: Lived Year: 1800 Place: Goshen County: Orange Province: New York Source: Reel 21, 1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm Series M32 Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC. Additional info: See Family History Library, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Page: 360

Benjamin Drake Event: Lived Year: 1800 Place: Minisink County: Orange Province: New York Source: Reel 21, 1800 Federal Census of New York, Microfilm Series M32 Publisher: National Archives, Washington, DC. Additional info: See Family History Library, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Page: 317

There is a Benjamin Drake 3 Nov 1734 Goshen, Orange Co, NY - 1817 Orange Co, NY m1 Sarah Smith, 11 Apr 1757, Goshen, Orange Co, NY; m2 Abigail Knap, 1775 Goshen, Orange Co, NY This Ben was son of John Drake and Martha Oldfield

Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835., (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), (From material originally compiled by William A. D. Eardeley, now held by the Brooklyn Historical Society.), the following:

Tioga Co p164 - Admin of estate of Joseph Drake late of Chemung Co, Tioga, died intestate, granted to Benjamin Drake of Minisink Co Orange as admin, seal 25 Feb 1828

p219-221 Will of Abigail Smith of town of Goshen Co Orange, NY to my son Stephen, his son Elisha G Smith to my dau Sally Maria to my 3 daus Patience, Joanna, Abigail to my son Elisha his son Lewis to my 2 gr daus Mary Ann and Joanna to my 4 daus Patience, Joanna, Abigail, and Sally Mara appt my dau Sally Maria exec and Nathaniel Tuthill and William Goldsmith exec 6 Oct 1826 /s/ Abigail Smith; wit Joshua Goldsmith and Malinda Goldsmith and Elizabeth Goldsmith, prob 25 Dec 1826

New York Wills, 1626-1836. (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Calendar of Wills On File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1626-1836. Compiled and Edited by Berthold Fernow, Clearfield Company, New York, 1896.), the following: (Calendar of Wills p120-121)

10 Sept 1757 - 8 Oct 1757 S 63 Henry Smith of Goshen, Orange Co Wife Joanna, daughters Abigail, Phebe, Joanna, Elizabeth, and Hannah, sons, Caleb, Henry, Stephen. Homefarm and land in Wawayanda Patent, do in Menesink Patent, personal property. Executors the wife and bro Jeremiah Smith. Witnesses Solomon Smith, Benjamin Drake, and Danll Everett.

6 Feb 1779 - 28 Jan 1780 D 108 John Drake of Goshen Prect, Orange Co, NY, yeoman, wife Martha, sons Benjamin, Joseph, Samuel, William, Zephaniah, heirs of son John, daughters Martha Jackson, Mary Holly, and Esther Knap, granddau Martha and Mary, daus of Joseph Holly. Home farm, land in Queens and Kings Counties, inherited from grandfather Adam Brewer; personal estate. Executors Captain Colvil Bradner and son Joseph. Witnesses Daniel Vail of Goshen, weaver, Isaac Smith and W. Thompson.