Reuben Drake

Brief Life History of Reuben

When Reuben Drake was born on 16 September 1793, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, James Drake, was 46 and his mother, Rachel Collier, was 42. He married Lucretia Dunham in 1820, in Schuyler, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Dix, Schuyler, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 April 1866, in Townsendville, Lodi, Seneca, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Townsend Cemetery, Townsend, Dix, Schuyler, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Drake
1793–1866
Lucretia Dunham
1798–1888
Marriage: 1820
Lowly Ann Drake
1822–1845
Ann Drake
1827–1857
Adoniram Judson Drake
1834–
James Drake
1836–1844
Josephine Drake
1843–1926

Sources (5)

  • Reuben Drake, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Reuben Drake, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Reubin Drake, "New York State Census, 1855"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1804

Historical Boundaries 1804: Seneca, New York, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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