Josias <?> Drats
18 June 2013


                                                                                                                Generation 1
       
    1. Josias <?> Drats (Drake) (Rn=30239). 

       He married 30 April 1682 at Reformed Dutch Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York Aeltje <Adam> Brouwer Drats (Drake) (Rn=24628), who was born about 1664 at Gowanus, Kings County, New York, a daughter of Adam <?> Brouwer
       (Berchoven) (Rn=1411) and Magdalena <Jacob> Verdon Brouwer (Rn=4696).
       
       Children of Josias <?> Drats (Drake) and Aeltje <Adam> Brouwer were as follows:
       
             2.     i. Josias <Josias> Drake was born 1682).
                       
             3.    ii. Sara <Josias> Drake was born 1684).
                       
       +     4.   iii. John <Josias> Drake (Rn=24665), who was born December 1687 and married Martha <?> ? Drake (Rn=67648).
                       
             5.    iv. Cathryn <Josias> Drake was born 1691).
                       
       +     6.     v. Cornelis <Josias> Drake (Rn=24666), who was born March 1696 and married Maria <Laurens> Toers Brouwer (Rn=24667).
                       
             7.    vi. Betty <Josias> Drake Michielse was born 1699 and married 1725) {Reyer}.
                       
             8.   vii. Casparus <Josias> Drake was born 1701).
                       

                                                                                                                 Generation 2
       
    4. John <Josias> Drake (Rn=24665), who was born December 1687 and died before February 1779 at 92 years of age. 

       He married Martha <?> ? Drake (Rn=67648).
       
       Baptized on 11 December 1687.     Religion 1- - Reformed Dutch Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. First   Residence - - Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Second   Residence - - Jamaica, Queens County, New York. Third   Residence - - Chester,
       Orange County, New York. Will - - His will was dated 6 February 1779 and proved 28 February 1779. Source [The American Genealogist: Volume 23 1948 page 193]
       
       Children of John <Josias> Drake and Martha <?> ? were as follows:
       
             9.     i. Benjamin <John> Drake.
                       
            10.    ii. Joseph <John> Drake.
                       
            11.   iii. Samuel <John> Drake.
                       
            12.    iv. William <John> Drake.
                       
            13.     v. Zephaniah <John> Drake.
                       
            14.    vi. John <John> Drake.
                       
            15.   vii. Martha <John> Drake Jackson {?}.
                       
            16.  viii. Marya <John> Drake Holly {Joseph}.
                       
            17.    ix. Esther <John> Drake Knapp {?}.
                       
    6. Cornelis <Josias> Drake (Rn=24666), who was born March 1696. 

       He married Maria <Laurens> Toers Brouwer (Rn=24667), who was born September 1689, a daughter of Laurens <Arent> Toers (Rn=12160) and Francyntje <Thomas> Cadmus Toers (Rn=26361).
       
       Baptized on 11 March 1696.     Religion 1- - Reformed Dutch Church, New York City. First   Residence - - New York City. Second   Residence - - Acquackanonck, Passaic County, New Jersey. Source [The American Genealogist: Volume 23 1948 page 193]  Source [The
       Toers Tuers Family by H S F Randolph]
       
       Children of Cornelis <Josias> Drake and Maria <Laurens> Toers were as follows:
       
            18.     i. Jacobus <Cornelis> Drake was born 1728).
                       
            19.    ii. Sara <Cornelis> Drake was born 1730).
                       
            20.   iii. Francina <Cornelis> Drake was born 1730).