Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Drake was born in 1760, in New York, United States. She married James Tuthill on 8 February 1781, in Blooming Grove, Orange, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters.
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Spouse and Children
1753–1829 Male
1760– Female
Children (8)
1782–1861 Male
1784– Female
1785–1850 Male
1787– Male
1790– Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 16
1776
Age 16
1791
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English drake, either ‘drake, male duck’ (compare Duck ) or ‘dragon’ (Old English draca ‘snake, dragon’ or the cognate Old Norse draki), including an emblematic dragon on a flag (compare Dragon ). Both the Old English and the Old Norse forms are from Latin draco ‘snake, monster’; its sense as a nickname is unclear but it may have had the sense ‘standard bearer’. The name was taken to Ireland in the 13th century and reinforced by later English settlers in the 17th century.
German: from Low German drake ‘dragon’, familiar as image on signboards, hence a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn with such signboard.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized and Flemish, of Draak, a cognate of 2 above, from draak (Middle Dutch drake) ‘dragon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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