Saturday, May 2, 2009

Publication Fund Series By New-York Historical Society

Publication Fund Series By New-York Historical Society: "Page 122 JOSEPH DRAKE Jr In the name of God Amen the 20 November 1711 I Joseph Drake Jr of the town of Eastchester in the County of West chester being weak in body I leave to my honored father Joseph Drake and my brother John Drake all my lands and meadows and privileges I leave to my sisters Mary Fowler and Sarah Drake 2 cows each I leave to my father in law Isaac Taylor all my household goods and movable estate that he gave me with my wife Jane deceased his daughter I leave all the rest to my father Joseph Drake and make him executor Witnesses Roger Barton John Stanton Roger Barton Jr Proved at Scarsdale before Caleb Heathcote Esq May 22 1712 Page 124 Robert Hunter Esq Captain General "
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Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society By New Jersey Historical Society
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History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "to Westchester county is in the following ItMy RESOLVED AND ORDERED That Colonel Joseph Drake and Colonel Thomas Thomas of Westchester connty do draft out of their Regiments two hundred men in the following proportions to wit Two Companies of sixty five Privates each besides the Captains and other inferior Officers out of Colonel Joseph Drake"

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "body resumed the consideration of the proposition it was led to suppose that the Resolution which had been adopted approving the same was imperfect inadequate to the end and that the method thereby proposed will create unnecessary expense It also appointed a Committee of three Deputies two of whom were John Thomas Junior and Colonel Joseph Drake both of them Deputies from Westchesler county to reconsider the method of establishing a Magazine of Provisions and to report thereon 8 Jwrnal r Pnmmvil l mijnm Pie Lump 3 ho PM March 4 1770 J mrmiI fmtixtial mgntt Die Snliljati 1 1 ho AM March 9 1770 "

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "Graham Stephen Ward Esq Colonel Joseph Drake Robert Graham Esq John Thomas Junior Esq William Paulding Major Ebenezer Lockwood Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt and Colonel Gilbert Drake were elected and that any three of these should have authority to represent Westchester coun ty in the coming Provincial Congress Gouverneur Morris James Van Cortlandt Philip Van Cortlandt James Holmes and Duvid Dayton all of whom had been members of the preceding Congress having been dropped and Major Ebenezer Lockwood and Colonels Pierre Van Cortlandt and Gilbert Drake sent in their stead The day appointed for the organization of the new Provincial Congress was the fourteenth of November COUNTY "
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History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "George Monson for its Third Lieutenant 10 The six Companies on the Manor of Philips borough and those at Westchester previously referred to at Eastchester and at New Rochelle and the Manor of Pelhani all of them reorganized and re officered as thus described were known as the South Battalion of Westchester county of which soon afterwards Joseph Drake was made Colonel James Hammond its Lieutenant colonel 12 M Drake its First Major 13 Jonathan G Graham its Second Major 1 Abraham Emmons ita Adjutant 15 and Theophilus Barton Junior its Quarter master 16 The District of Mamaroneck and Rye except the upper end of King street elected Robert Bloomer for "

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "was made its Captain William Pinkney its First Lieutenant John Sneden its Second Lieutenant and William Reed its Ensign 18 New Rochelle and the Manor of Pelham united formed a District or Beat and it elected Joseph Drake for ite Captain 17 James Willis for its First Lieutenant and David Guion for its Second Lieutenant It did not elect an Ensign The Manor of Philipsborough included six distinct Districts or Beats the Upper the East the Lower the Yonkers the Tarrytown and the Associated Company in the upper part of the Manor and these elected the following Officers in their several Districts The Upper District elected Abraham Ledew for its Captain Benjamin Brown for its First Lieutenant John Relyea for its Second Lieutenant and John Oakley for its Ensign John Relyea having declined "

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "County Convention Morris Doctor Robert Graham Colonel Lewis Graham and Colonel James Van Cortlandt all of them from the Borough Town of Westchester Stephen Ward and Joseph Drake from Eastchester Major Philip Van Cortlandt of the Manor of Cortlandt Colonel James Holmes of Bedford John Thomas Junior of Eye David Dayton of North Castle and William Paulding of and undoubtedly with equal promptness the Meeting confirmed the nominations by electing the eleven nominees to seats in the proposed Congress of the Colony It is said in the official report of the Meeting that after the election of the Deputation as above stated the Committee signed an association simi "

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "is for this County met at this place for the purpose of devising means for taking the Sense of this County upon the Subject viz Col Lewis Morris Theodosius Barlow Esq Thomas Hunt William Sutton Esq Abraham Leggot Capt Joseph Drake James Horton Jr Esq James Willis Stephen Ward Benjamin Drake Abraham Guion Esq Moses Drake who having taken the Same into consideration agreed to send the following notification to the principal freeholders in the different Towns and districts in the County viz March 28th 1775 Sin A number of gentlemen from different dis tricts in the county of Westchester having this "

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Th

History of Westchester county New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York city edited by John Thomas Scharf: "enacted An act for settling a ministry and raising a maintenance for them in Westchester County An act for settling the militia An act offering twenty shillings for a grown wolf killed by a Christian in Westchester County and ten shillings for such a wolf killed by an Indian one half that sum respectively for a whelp An act for the further laying out and regulating and better clearing public highways throughout this Colony in which Adolph Philipse Esq Caleb Heathcote Esq Mr Joseph Drake Mr John Stevenson and Mr John Haitt are made commissioners to take a review of the roads These and the other acts of this Assembly were sent to England for approval After much delay and hesitation and under circumstances "

Dedham Historical Register By Dedham Historical Society (Mass.)

Dedham Historical Register By Dedham Historical Society (Mass.): "Rhoda Clap widow of Timothy Clap died Dec 5 1815 Betsey Harlow dau of Otis and Betsey Harlow died Oct 15 1811 Nathaniel Morse died January 1 1816 in his 46 year Joseph Drake died February 8 1810 Ruth Drake wife of Joseph Drake died February 8 1814 Rebecca Drake wife of George Drake died June 5 1815 in her 35 Benjamin Richards Died January 1816 aged 77 years William Billings Died Feby 18 1816 aged 73 years Jemima Holmes widow of Ebenezer Holmes died February 6 1816 "

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott,

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles: "WAR DEPARTMENT Richmond April 4 1862 Hon OR SINGLETON House of Representatives SIR I have received the letter of Col Joseph Drake submitted by you In reply I have the honor to inform you that General Huger and General Wool are now negotiating for an exchange of prisoners of war The names of Colonel Drake and the other parties furnished by you will be forwarded to General Wool in the event that an exchange can be effected No other steps can be taken at present Very respectfully your obedient servant GEO W RANDOLPH Secretary of War "
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The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott,

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles: "FOKT DELAWARE DEL May sti 1862 ADJUTANT GENERAL Headquarters Department of Virginia Fort Monroe Ya SIR I have the honor to inform yon that having been informed officially that Major General Dix had not received Major General Wool"
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The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott,

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles: "Baltimore M 1 May 20 1862 Col JOSEPH DRAKE SIR I am directed by Major General Dix to state to you that he has forwarded to the Secretary of War both of your communications on the subject of your going South and that he has received no intelligence from Major General Wool relating to it I am very respectfully your obedient servant WM H LUDLOW Major and Ai le le Jamp "

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott,

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles: "Baltimore Md April 14 1862 Capt AA GIBSON Commanding Fort Delaware Del CAPTAIN Lieut Wilson Barstow aide de camp will deliver to you Col Joseph Drake Fourth Mississippi Volunteers C 8 Army a prisoner of war whom you will retain in your custody By command of Major General Dix WM H LUDLOW Major and Aide de Camp "

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott,

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles: "Baltimore Md April 11 1862 Capt WILLIAM D WHIPPLE Assistant Adjutant General Fort Monroe SIR Col Joseph Drake Fourth Regiment Mississippi Volunteers CS Army has reported at these headquarters I have the honor to inclose to you a copy of telegram just received from the Secretary of War which indicates the disposition to be made of him By command of Major General Dix WM H LUDLOW Major and Aide ae Camp "

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott,

The War of the Rebellion A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies By United States War Dept, Robert Nicholson Scott, Henry Martyn Lazelle, George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, United States War Records Office, Joseph William Kirkley, United States Congress. House, United States Record and Pension Office, Fred Crayton Ainsworth, John Sheldon Moodey, Calvin Duvall Cowles: "BALTIMORE April 11 18fi2 Hon EM STANTON Col Joseph Drake Fourth Mississippi Regiment released on parole from Fort Warren on 7th instant for the purpose of exchange for Colonel Cogswell is here awaiting permission to proceed beyond our lines to execute the object of his release Will you give your orders concerning him f JOHN A DIX Major General "

The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Ho

The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard: "Edwin O Boylen 1862 1896 Joseph Drake 1842 1910 Hannah his wife 1851 1911 Nora their dau 1872 1892 Ida M wife of Tillman Kresge Aug 3 i863 George P Hill 1856 "

The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Ho

The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard: "I mo 24 das Josephine wife of John Drake d May 31 1864 aged 21 yrs Joseph Drake Aug 22 1797 Mar i 1864 Hannah his wife Feb 27 i8o2 Feb 5 1878 Phoebe Drake 1831 1910 Aaron Drake July 26 i845 June 4 1877 Jonas Kresge 1855 1915 Libbie his wife 1859 "

The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Ho

The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard: "bounded by land of John Baxter late dec d July 20 1727 P 262 Joseph Drake of Eastchester Esq to son Jasper Drake of the same place land in Eastchester June 13 1728 P 263 Benjamin Grant of Westchester yeoman to Jeremiah "
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The New York genealogical and biographical record By Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, John Reynolds Totten, Louis Effingham De Forest, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard