When Sara Viele was born on 28 July 1797, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Myndert Cornelise Viele, was 33 and her mother, Johanna Parmetier, was 38. She married John Drew about 1812, in Sullivan, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 31 January 1881, in Neversink, Sullivan, New York, United States, at the age of 83.