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Mary Vail Drake

Birth
Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
20 Apr 1795 (aged 75–76)
Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Quaker Unmarked Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Daughter of John J Vail 1685-1774 & Martha Rose Fitz Randolph 1693-1766.
Source: Greenbrook Historical Society stated: Mary was the fourth of the Quaker Preacher's eleven children.

Mary Vail married to Edward Drake, son of Capt. Andrew and Hannah (Fitz Randolph) Drake. Date of marriage: Sept 27, 1736. Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records.
Source : Genealogy of some of the Vail family, descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640, together with collateral lines, by Wm. Penn Vail. 1937. pg. 109.

The family was raised on the The Drake Homestead, that was near Plainfield, in Watchung, Somerset, NJ. It is believed that Edward built his home circa 1740, which overlooked the Washington Valley.

Mary & Edward children:
1) Mary Drake 1738-1808 m. Thomas Vail 1734-1792 kids: Isaac, Martha, John, Ester & Peter. Mary is linked to memorial.
2) Joseph Drake b. 1739, he went south, no other info.
3) Jeremiah Drake 1738-1801 m. (2nd wife) Elizabeth Wooten 1737-1801 Their daughter Rhoda Drake Sayer 1764-1827, married Josiah Sayer 1763-1857, served Rev War, FAG # 145114553.
4) Edward Drake Dray 1741-1828 He changed his last name from Drake to Dray. MEMORIAL ID 9181107, private, 1st. class, 6th Co,5th batt. Cumberland Co, Pa. Militia in the Rev. War. Eleven kids last name of Drey: James, William, Robert, Samuel Edward, Susannah, Thomas, Mary Agnes "Nancy", Mary Ann "Polly", Jane, Margaret, and Kay.
4) Andrew 1746-1827 m. second wife, Eunice Martin 1759-1840 . Their kids: Noah, Mary Polly (Allen), Experience (Watson), Piatt, Martha (Frazee) and Sarah (Secor). Andrew is linked to memorial
**these kids were noted in Family Records of First Settlers of Passiac Valley. D. Felt, 1851, not noted in Wm. Penn Vail writings.
5) Cathy (Catherine) Drake m. Ebenezer Lyon.
6) Sarah Drake m. William Littel, son of Andrew. They relocated to Sussex.

Mary Drake's death recorded in Quaker records at Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting. Death Date 20 Apr 1795 Death Date on Image 20 Fourth 1795. Spouse Edward Drake.
Daughter of John J Vail 1685-1774 & Martha Rose Fitz Randolph 1693-1766.
Source: Greenbrook Historical Society stated: Mary was the fourth of the Quaker Preacher's eleven children.

Mary Vail married to Edward Drake, son of Capt. Andrew and Hannah (Fitz Randolph) Drake. Date of marriage: Sept 27, 1736. Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records.
Source : Genealogy of some of the Vail family, descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640, together with collateral lines, by Wm. Penn Vail. 1937. pg. 109.

The family was raised on the The Drake Homestead, that was near Plainfield, in Watchung, Somerset, NJ. It is believed that Edward built his home circa 1740, which overlooked the Washington Valley.

Mary & Edward children:
1) Mary Drake 1738-1808 m. Thomas Vail 1734-1792 kids: Isaac, Martha, John, Ester & Peter. Mary is linked to memorial.
2) Joseph Drake b. 1739, he went south, no other info.
3) Jeremiah Drake 1738-1801 m. (2nd wife) Elizabeth Wooten 1737-1801 Their daughter Rhoda Drake Sayer 1764-1827, married Josiah Sayer 1763-1857, served Rev War, FAG # 145114553.
4) Edward Drake Dray 1741-1828 He changed his last name from Drake to Dray. MEMORIAL ID 9181107, private, 1st. class, 6th Co,5th batt. Cumberland Co, Pa. Militia in the Rev. War. Eleven kids last name of Drey: James, William, Robert, Samuel Edward, Susannah, Thomas, Mary Agnes "Nancy", Mary Ann "Polly", Jane, Margaret, and Kay.
4) Andrew 1746-1827 m. second wife, Eunice Martin 1759-1840 . Their kids: Noah, Mary Polly (Allen), Experience (Watson), Piatt, Martha (Frazee) and Sarah (Secor). Andrew is linked to memorial
**these kids were noted in Family Records of First Settlers of Passiac Valley. D. Felt, 1851, not noted in Wm. Penn Vail writings.
5) Cathy (Catherine) Drake m. Ebenezer Lyon.
6) Sarah Drake m. William Littel, son of Andrew. They relocated to Sussex.

Mary Drake's death recorded in Quaker records at Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting. Death Date 20 Apr 1795 Death Date on Image 20 Fourth 1795. Spouse Edward Drake.


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