Moses Drake

MaleNovember 1765–1836

Brief Life History of Moses

When Moses Drake was born in November 1765, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Moses Drake, was 22 and his mother, Mary Shepard, was 21. He married Sarah Root on 8 April 1790, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1836, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Moses Drake
1765–1836
Sarah Root
1762–1846
Marriage: 8 April 1790
David Drake
1793–1858
Elijah Drake
1794–
Moses Drake
1794–1827
Francis Drake
1798–1833
Salley Drake
1800–
Hiram Drake
1801–
Samuel Drake
1803–1885
Oliver Drake
1805–1833

Sources (7)

  • Mosses Drake, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Moses in entry for Saml. Drake, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
  • Moses in entry for Samuel Drake, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 April 1790Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

    • Children (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 11

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 11

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 21

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    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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